Why Nintendo didnt moneyhat Monster Hunter.

[2000cc]

Degausser said:

phenom08 said:
@2000cc So in other words, you are waiting for a Monster Hunter Portable even though Monster Hunter 4 is portable game and not on home consoles. They could have been named that because they were released for portables while the main entry are released for home consoles. This time that wouldn't make any sense at all.

 It's hard to explain to people who arn't really fans of the series really. It is a bigger distinguishment then just having 'Portable' in the title. Moving the 'normal' series to handheld should have a bigger impact on thing though, but I dunno, all I can tell you is that after MH4 there wil be a MHP4, and it'll be a bigger deal in Japan, whatever console(s) it is on. 

@phenom08 Yeah if you have ever played Portable 3rd, or Freedom Unite (both final versions of their respective monster hunter games) they are vastly different to their comparative 'initial' Monster Hunter releases (eg MH 2 & MH tri) to the tune of A LOT of extra content (4 new weapons (on the previous 10), a much higher difficulty gradient, more monster and lands and a completely differnt setting in the case of portable 3rd from tri)

The thing with the 'portable' or 'freedom' series' is that they are seen as the complete versions of the games, If you play freedom unite on psp next to tri on the Wii, you will notice that even though Tri is MH3 while freedom unite is MH2 not only do 4 (of the most interesting) weapons get cut in the transition to Tri, but there is far less content in Tri and it is far easier (which is odd given that MH was originally a difficulty based game, like demons souls). Quite frankly Tri (and its portable version 3G on 3DS) are not even comparable to portable 3rd (the 'complete' version of MH3) on psp, and many long term monster hunter fans (myself inculded) were quite disappointed by the watering down of the series in Tri.

The portable series is the 'real' monster hunter for long term players, while the nintendo versions seem to be less intensive (but still tough in places, no disrespect as it is a hard game in parts, just nowhere near as many as other MH games) versions of MH to bring new people into the franchise.

but it is hard to explain to those who are not players of the series, I dont play MMO's, so this is a guess but an attempted similie would be something like saying the nintendo MH games are like someone with the original world of warcraft game only, while the comparison for freedom unite or Potable 3rd would be someone playing with every WOW expansion also. The additional content & extra difficulty of the likes of the 'portable' series makes them a different game to the basic nintendo editions that always predate them

&  2 million sales for tri is not that hot for an MH game, freedom unite & portable 3rd psp (listed as freedom 3) both more than doubled Tri's numbers (portable 3rd doing nearly 5 million even though never getting any release outside of Japan!)

@Degausser, thanks again, always great to see a fan on here