Soundwave said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Call it World if you want("World" is such a fucking terrible name, I keep calling it Worlds because it sounds just so much more natural), but it is pretty much the next mainline Monster Hunter. Even if Capcom didn't come out and say it, the MH4 team has been the main team for Monster Huner for a long time now, and they're working on it. Beyond that, I expect Monster Hunter Worlds to get some form of paid content later on, either in the form of big expansions or small microtransactions. That kind of stuff has simply been adopted on consoles for a long time where as handheld gaming rarely has it in triple A games. Not only could it maximize profit on what is surely a huge investment, but it keeps hype around a game. If Capcom want it to succeed, they're going to want Worlds to be in western headlines for a while on gaming sites. Even if there aren't big content updates, I expect the World team will still be working on it for a tad while.
So who would develop a MH Switch game? The generations team? The way I see it, there will either be a World port, or a very hastly made exclusive title that probably won't be well made.
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The Japanese audience decides what is the next "impact" MH game and that won't be a home console game.
We went through this before with MH Tri on Wii ... that was the next "mainline" MH game ... it also sold 1/4 of what the PSP MH games were selling. Same thing with the PS2 MH games. These are both consoles that are more successful than the PS4.
The portable MH line ... whatever Capcom chooses to call it is the "main" MH series when it comes to sales, Japan gives zero fucks about what Capcom says the next MH is. The next "big" MH for sales in Japan will be on Switch because Switch is portable. And that game is IMO already well into development.
Capcom will announce it after MHW releases.
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Right but Monster Hunter Tri got ported to the 3DS ... you see where I'm going with this?
Honestly, it makes very little sense to make two seperate games when such an investment has been put into Worlds. I get that a minority are on the fence about the game, but that probably hardly matters in Japan. They'll jump on any Monster Hunter portable game. The best thing to do would be to port World.
I simply think that a Switch exclusive would probably be inferior if not done by the main team. That's not what I want when I play my Switch. I'm perfectly fine with people wanting MH on the go, hell I want it. But i'd rather have a Worlds port honestly.
