Hopefully the Switch gets Monster Hunter 5. If it does and if it is exclusive - I highly doubt it will go to PlayStation so the only other potential platform is 3DS - then the Switch will explode in Japan. First HD Monster Hunter that is effectively both a console and handheld entry? Nintendo and Capcom would freaking print money.

Yep. It fixes that problem for some/or a lot of people. 

And it would also help it in the West I think.  Monster Hunter has always had two issues that, imo, hamper its western market appeal: a more firm progression structure like some kind of story and the fact it is tied to handhelds.  The progression thing htye are already addressing as MonHun Generations and 4 had more structure to them so 5 can just continue that trend.  The Switch being a home console AND handheld fixed peoblem number two.  I mean, in the west its not just that handhelds are less prominent.  Our population is less dense (making local network meetups and coop highly improbable and inconvenientl), wifi is less dense and slower (meaning the places and times you can play online are much more restricted), and the game is structurely more suited to consoles especially when considering the last two points.  An HD console version of MonHun (one with EFFORT PUT IN) could really help it find a good foothold in the west.

Gooo Horizon: Zero Dawn, Nier: Automata and Super Robot Wars V!!!

Monster Hunter X -  1526pts

                             XX - 614pts

Monster Hunter 4 -  2253pts

                            4G - 1313pts

Monster Hunter doing well as usual, 1-2-Switch is beasting with the 2nd most amount of points and Botw's still going too.

Awesome Saturday for MH, 1 2 Switch and Zelda!

I have a question/suggestion. What should or can we compare MK8 Deluxe to? The original? A PS3 remaster? I was gonna say TLoU, but that could be unfair.

Well I wouldn't be surprised if lifetime sales of MK8 Deluxe outsold MK8 in Japan, mostly since it will be a handheld game on the Switch. Don't know about worldwide though, but I think it has every chance to do as well if not better than the original if the Switch sells much better than the Wii U. So I think seeing how it does compared to the original would be interesting.