The producer of Monster Hunter Tri has told ONM that his game isn't only for hardcore gamers.

Monster Hunter Tri has been a huge success in Japan but it is perceived by many as a game that only the hardcore will buy. Not so says Tsujimoto.

"There is so such thing as a distinction between gamers," Tsujimoto told us.

"We hear stories all the time of 60=year-olds walking into stores [in Japan], playing on a demo machine for 15 minutes and proving themselves to be pretty good at the game.

"They've obviously played it before, either at home or on repeated visits to stores, therefore they are obviously fans who know what to do and how to play. So there's no need to aim it at a certain type of gamer. People of all backgrounds enjoy the game."

Can you see a Wii Fit-loving Mum taking on Rathian in Monster Hunter Tri? Let us know by commenting below.

You can read the full interview with Tsujimoto and Kaname Fujioka (the director of Monster Hunter Tri) in issue 54 of Official Nintendo Magazine which is on sale now. Click here to buy it.

http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=16328

i still have yet to see soccer mums playing monster hunter xD

I respectfully disagree. Games like Pokemon are simple enough for the casuals to adopt, yet they have immense depth for core gamers to suck their teeth into. MH games demand the player to be persistent, tactile and even then, they can kick you in the teeth!

Casuals could very well give up on their first wyvern mission, if not even sooner...

Yeah, especially Pokemon. There is all that EV and IV training stuff plus all that moveset stuff.

For a Monster Hunter game, a player can complete a few quests and feel accomplished. The obsessive player can grind and grind and get tons of awesome gear and walk away satisfied.

that is in japan, same can be said about pokemon in the US.

I see what he means here, he's basically encouraging everyone to have a go as some people might find that they enjoy the game and can are quite good at it with out having played the previous game.

When I'm 60-years-old, I'm going to be playing hardcore games everyday.

OK, try slaying Rathalos with your girlfriend. Count the hairs pulled afterwards.

It may not be a game that only 'hardcore' gamers can play, but the amount of people you want to market a game it is directly proportional to the amount of marketing you put into the game. And while this game is suppose to have commercials and good advertising going for it, I have yet to see one commercial for the game actually on TV on any station.

If they want the 'casual' market to know the game exists, they need to tell them its out there.

Still I doubt it that it will have a massive impact in the west. The game requiers to much time for it to be entirely taken up by the casual crowd...