MEGATON! Monster Hunter 4 for 3DS!

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Joelcool7 said:

 

Source?

I have not heard one confirmation that Nintendo paid a single cent for any of Capcom's games. Infact earlier this year Capcom stated it would be scaling back its 3DS support. Now your right Nintendo could be paying Capcom for MH4, but what evidence is their supporting this claim?

The reason I believe it was announced is because Capcom has always supported Nintendo. Even during GameCube Capcom released multiple titles including exclusives for the GCN. I think when they saw how well DS did they expected 3DS to sell shit loads and they began development on several projects. Look at how many titles were announced for 3DS prior to release from Capcom.

Capcom was hugely supportive of 3DS, their title StreetFighter4 was also the highest grossing third party game on 3DS. But if MH3G fails to generate adequate sales then I can't see MH4 coming to 3DS. Unless you are right and Nintendo pays out the ying yang for it.

If Nintendo is paying Capcom for exclusivity then yes it will come. But there is currently no evidence to support that, usually Nintendo announces these kinds of deals. We all knew about RE4's exclusivity deal long before it launched, If money was changing hands and Nintendo was paying Capcom Its sort of expected that this deal would come out.

I've looked high and low for any articles suggesting Nintendo bought MH4 exclusivity or even having it on 3DS at all. I found nothing to suggest any sort of deal was made for any of Capcom's titles for 3DS.

Capcom has always supported Nintendo and Sony, I don't see why Capcom would stick with 3DS if MHTG fails to sell. It wouldn't make business sense especially with Capcom's investors being so deeply against 3DS. Unless Nintendo is paying major dough for its release I think there remains a very good chance it will either get cancelled or ported to a different platform.

Of course if 3DS sales pick up and MHTG sells fairly well then this game will definatly come. But I wouldn't assume that its coming until you see the outcome of MHTG.

Not critical, but since I don't recall it, can you please provide a source for this - "earlier this year Capcom stated it would be scaling back its 3DS support" ? Only thing I vaguely recall is that at some point BEFORE 3Ds even came out Capcom said they will have less Nintendo titles for the fiscal year (not 3DS specifically but Nintendo) but with more focus on quality.

You say that you think if TriG doesn't sell enough as far as Capcom wants then MH4 will probably be cancelled, and you use PS3 as an example. But Capcom's stated reason for moving Tri from PS3 was HD development costs, not PS3 sales. This (beyond possible incentives from Nintendo) may be the reasoning behind MH4 on the 3DS as well, since it is the only new console that still does not necessitate HD level development... So, while I don't rule out multi platform, I don't see MH4 leaving the 3DS regardless of TriG sales. As Said earlier, TriG is probably simply a way to get additional MH fans on the 3DS (beyond of course being a way to get yet more money while using the same assets...)