From the Nintendo PR for the February NPD:

"Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate sold more than 290,000 combined physical and digital units and is now the fastest-selling Monster Hunter title – across all platforms – in U.S. history."

Yayy congrats!

Something tells me with this Capcom will keep mh exclusive to nintendo for a little while.
Im expecting mh4u for wii u soon. XD

Sony lost a huge asset

A huge chunk of my StreetPasses are with people playing this game...
In fact, I've had more StreetPasses with people playing this than with people playing Majora's Mask...

Congratulations monster hunter. Amazing achievement!

While I do like MH, why is it doing so well? The 3 games Ive played of the series seemed to be exactly the same games with identical areas and objectives. Of course, I've only played the PSP games which may be part of the reason (to note: I'm not planning on getting this or any MH game in the future, can't get into it in the way most MH fans do).
Perhaps I misunderstand and MH is similar to the Street Fighter series in the sense they release the game again but with a few added features?

I'll never get the appeal, but hey, congrats! I hope the next one does even better.

What were the three games you played in the series? Some of the games are re-releases with additional content pretty much. Others are brand new. Usually if we are talking about the numbered series each number represents an entirely new game, while a G afterwards implies a re-release with extra content.  For example, this game is Monster Hunter 4G (because Monster Hunter 4 already released in Japan.) The third game was a Wii exclusive, called Monster Hunter Tri. However, it's since been ported to many platforms as Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, with additional content and more weapon-types. 

Get with the times, Tbone. This news are SO yesterday...