We shall see how well it does. Obviously Nintendo is marketing it and Capcom has been handing out free trials of the game. Its not like they aren't trying. However, the series is not exactly popular in America. I'm expecting it to do better than most other Monster Hunter series in America, but not 'good'. Probably around 200,000-400,000. Respectable for a third party Wii game, but probably still not as good as Nintendo and Capcom wanted.
Basically, its going to be Dragon Quest all over again. If they really want the series to do well, it'll be a long haul and take multiple titles to make the series 'popular'. Hey, much like Dragon Quest! Which...SquareEnix gave up on. A lesson Nintendo is learning right now with Dragon Quest IX!
Six upcoming games you should look into:
