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Wii News by Robert Purchese
Nintendo overlord Satoru Iwata has revealed that Monster Hunter 3 is being made for Wii.
He took to the stage at the recent Japanese media briefing to unveil the news, which was helpfully live blogged by magazine Gemaga and translated by 1UP. It is the same conference responsible for the Wii Fit date and revelation that Mario Kart would feature bikes.
Monster Hunter is a series of games for PSP from Capcom that has been been wildly popular in Japan, with each edition shifting more than one million copies.
The third instalment had previously been announced for PS3, although no mention of it was made by either Capcom or Nintendo at the briefing. Details on gameplay and dates were also missing, probably because some sort of dinosaur-thing had gobbled them up.
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 was released for PSP in Europe in September, roughly seven months later than its Japanese counterpart. We enjoyed it, although we couldn't help thinking it had fallen short of its full potential.
Pop over to our Monster Hunter Freedom 2 review to see why.
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Triggerhappytel
10/10/07 @ 12:51
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Will any of the casual gaming Wii owners outside Japan give a flying fuck about this game?
I'd much rather it came to PS360. Or, fuck it, why not all three? |
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Wii exclusive, the PS3 version is cancelled.
http://www.sharewatch.com/story.php?stor... This game is not a psp port. 0o |
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Nothing in that link says its not a port. Looks like Capcom just gave up and went for the less work more money route.
Nothing in that link says it is a port - is there a Monster Hunter 3 on the PSP that I am not aware of (that's a serious question, I have no idea how the situation is in Japan), or do you just assume that a sequel on another platform will be port?
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SirScratchalot
10/10/07 @ 14:04
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Well, it's a big name... in Japan.
It's a game that begs for an MMO treatment but never gets it. Anyway, it just feels like bulying herbivores dosen't it? But it's good to have Capcom commiting one of their big gun franchises. |
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no there is no monster hunter 3 on psp!
@Uncle Lou, True I can't think of a sequel thats ported to the wii but then any console that ports titles from the DS should give you ample warning. Also look at Sega Bass fishing for example which looks like a straight port from Dreamcast. I guess I am making the assumption that it will be a port but then when they make a statement like the following we have to assume that there is something wrong otherwise they would make it cross platform. "Due to high development cost of titles for PS3, we have decided to switch the platform to which we release our Monster Hunster 3 title," Something stinks of corner cutting.
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Something stinks of corner cutting.
Uhh, why would you think that? They're putting this popular game on the Wii because it is an extremely popular platform, and because the PS3 isn't. It's as simple as that, no matter how much you'd like to come up with some kind of negative reason, to place the Wii in a less than flattering light. |
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@Nikanoru: Were it simply the case of popularity based decision making the current sales of the PSP would surely warrant a multi platform release. To choose to shift a game that so deserves the proper MMO treatment to a console that least supports online gaming is strange.
I don't need to sit here and spout negativity at the less than flattering light that the Wii has already cast itself in. Don't get me wrong I was an early adopter of the Wii and subsequently i was one of the early disappointed. Since launch I have only been inclined to buy two games Zelda and Res Evil. No one can deny that this exclusivity is a coupe for Nintendo and I applaud it because I know that I will at least have one more title to utilise the least worked console in my collection. My beef is not with the Wii here its with Capcom and their love of exclusivity. |
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On a side note: don't you think that Sony is really starting to look like the Nintendo of the mid 90s? Thinking that are so big they can push unpopular choices (bluray now, a cartridge based format in a CD-ROM era then) down developers and consumer throats only to discover too late that the party is over for them? At the time it was Squaresoft moving FF7 to the PS1 that buried Nintendo, maybe it will Capcom now.
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UNSCmasterCHEF
10/10/07 @ 15:30
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I'd put money on it being a psp port with crappy wii mote functionality added for gimmick effect.
Cutting corners doesn't cover it. Nowadays if a company can't afford to make a ps3 game they shift to the 360. For monster hunter, 360 owners wouldn't want it so Capcom were obviously forced to consider the lowest common denominator...the wii. |
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JediMasterMalik
10/10/07 @ 15:32
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This could have been so good with a proper graphical update, and of course a good online environment, none of which we're likely to get on the Wii, such a shame,
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What pisses me off is that this is the first "Next Gen" outing for Monster Hunter. They choose the most underpowered console of them all. The console with the least online support. The console with the least appropriate controller. The console which will have the smallest portion of the titles target audience. This is just plain cheap.
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Mr Harvest
10/10/07 @ 15:37
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JMM, indeed.
But isn't the "PS3 too expensive, so we'll do it for the Wii" just a euphemism for "Nintendo gave us bags and bags of money"? And surely it'll be a port of the PS2 engine, not the PSP version... |
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Yeah, because Capcom is in the business to lose money. The board sit down and the CEO says "guys, the PS3 version will sell loads, the XBOX360 is the perfect platform, let's do instead a Wii exclusive, it won't sell because in Japan it has been proved that if you don't have HD graphics and super online nobody likes you."
If Capcom decided to go for the Wii is simply because they think they will sell more on the Wii than they would on the PS3. No other reason. |
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Mr Harvest
10/10/07 @ 16:07
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"And Monster Hunter actually achieved a lot of its success on the PSP which does have very good online support. Hence it being the first million seller."
Except the PSP versions only have ad-hoc, which I really wouldn't call "very good online support". |
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UNSCmasterCHEF
10/10/07 @ 16:11
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@Smelly
'Oh get over yourself.. The first game was released on ps2 wasnt it? ' Do your research dude the Ps2 version WAS online!!! In the current crop of consoles the Wii DOES have the worst online support which begs the question, Why push a successful MMO style game on to it?
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Monster Hunter actually plays very well in Ad Hoc. And the downloadable content doesn't hurt either. I don't know why some of you are defending the Wii's online play so defiantly. There is no escaping the fact that it is practically non existent. To quote UNSCmasterCHEF "Why push a successful MMO style game on to it?"
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Mr Harvest
10/10/07 @ 16:24
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Bigshao, I'm not defending Wii's online capabilities. I just prefer to get the facts right. Imo the lack of infrastructure mode in the PSP versions was a huge omission, and I would have really liked to see MH3 on a console with good online support. :-|
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@MR HARVEST
I completely agree with you. Multiplayer Infrastructure would have made an already great game even better and it is a noticeable omission. However, to truly realise the potential of this license it must be produced for a console which will best exploit it's greatest facet. That is the multiplayer aspect. The Wii is simply the wrong console for the job. I just don't see why Capcom have wussed out of putting it on the PS3. I know developing on the PS3 is a risky business right now as parties are afraid of taking a loss due to the relatively low sales of the PS3, but if they were to take the chance I am sure they would find a system seller on their hands (in Japan at least) and would make a healthy profit off of that.
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CitizenGeek
10/10/07 @ 16:55
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Wow, major coup for Nintendo in Japan. Monster Hunter is crazy-popular in Japan!
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manic_mouse
10/10/07 @ 17:17
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"This could have been so good with a proper graphical update, and of course a good online environment, none of which we're likely to get on the Wii, such a shame"
+1 a PS3 version would be much better. "Imo the lack of infrastructure mode in the PSP versions was a huge omission" The Jap version had online play. It was pulled from the UK/US games, which sucked. |
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"Do your research dude the Ps2 version WAS online!!!"
Erm Sometimes i wonder if you guys can read.. I didnt say it wasnt online.. just that the ps2 had crap online support (in comparision to the xbox). "In the current crop of consoles the Wii DOES have the worst online support which begs the question, Why push a successful MMO style game on to it" Which moves me to this point and therefor proves my point.. |
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