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Soundwave said:
Taking a 3DS game and ramping it up in resolution I doubt is all that expensive. The Wii U had a HD MH up-port for its launch. In general I think the Japanese dev community fucked up by not taking the Switch seriously. They're going to miss a big window now where they could have cashed in with a lack of games to compete against. They're all probably scrambling now to get more content for the system, but it's probably going to take them 6-12 months to get their shit together. |
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate was a quickly remastered Wii game, not an upscaled 3DS game. That's a massive difference in starting quality. Bringing Monster Hunter XX over with the same level of detail would have been far more work and take more time. Also, would not be surprised if the Switch's Monster Hunter is currently planned to be Monster Hunter 5. XX is an inbetween game, not the full blown next big entry. It could be it was planned from the start as a game to capitalize on the 3DS's twilight year while saving the bigger release for the Switch.
