When they say it "can't be done" they don't mean "it's impossible". Anything can be ported to pretty much anything with enough time and effort. Sure it might look nothing like the original. play nothing like the original, and render at 5 pfs, but technically, anything can be ported.  What Capcom means is it's not worth the time and effort to port the game to the Switch. They might think the downgrades they'd have to make in order to get it to run at a "playable level" are unacceptable.It's not just as simple as simplifying models, animations rigging, shrinking textures, and simplifying/removing the effects. You might also need to make cuts to AI, physics, number of enemies, and other things that fundamentally changes how the game works.

I'm not sure why they think it's not worth their time and effort to port that. You'd have to do a technical analysis of the game, its engine, how either would act on a switch and compile a general list of the modifications/simplifications that would have to be made, the time and money that would need to be invested, and what the end result would likely look like before they would have made such an assessment. For example, it would do Capcom no good to release a game that looks and plays completely differntly on the Switch just to have that port out there. It would be torn to pieces for being such a lesser port. If their analysis determined that was the kind of game they would expect form a port, "can't be done" would be a fair way to describe your refusal to do so.

But the point is, the Switch isnt nearly as weak as the Wii when compared to the other consoles(PS3 and X360).Its simply an unfair comparison.And with thrid parties proving time and time again, Switch can hold its weight around.Much like RE 7(stupid decision of making it a cloud version for the Switch), its more a matter of willingness than specs in my view)

Be thankful that MH is even comming.... lol Im not begging here.Im just saying that Capcom shouldnt be making stupid decisions.

That's preposterous. The Switch can certainly run anything. Anything!

Well maybe, but if I have to apologize because I lost faith in Capcom when Switch is corncerned, I wont.Many developers have made the impossible and ported their games to the Switch.Im not saying that every game can be ported, but Im personally not seeing anything that would be too demanding for the system that some hard work wouldnt fix(downgrading stuff).

Maybe its silly of me, but until someone else that I trust says its impossible, I will not believe Capcom on this one.

That's not an argument. Literally every game in existence can run on the Switch if the necessary adjustments are taken. It's not a technological issue.Some games are made in a way that their systems are built from the ground up with higher power in mind and adjusting them takes a considerable amount of effort and time to completely rewrite it. When a company says that a game cannot be ported to Switch it means that it cannot be done using a justifiable amount of resources. Games like Doom have been specifically made very flexible and programmed extremely scalable so that porting them wasn't really an effort. Doom in particular runs very well on weaker systems.

Of course you could argue why not all programmers or projects are made that well and scalable. That's up to the individual teams I guess. Of course it would be nice but it's just not the reality. And even though it sucks for Nintendo fans and can't help but chuckle a bit that the most ardent defenders of game exclusivity are now the "port beggars" themselves, calling Capcom liars and arguing for easy portability.

We shouldn't forget that it was Nintendo's choice to design the Switch how they did, so putting all of the blame on developers seems a bit unfair when they are not the ones straying from the norm on purpose and making it deliberately harder for AAA studios to port their games. In the end it's a decision of money and given the big success of the game it might not've been the worst decision to skip a Switch version.

It still doesn't have a web browser and Youtube...... 

I think this will work out for the best. Panic Button could easily port MHW to Switch but Capcom would muck it up badly. They're so awful at optimization.

1. And I addressed your accusation that World is just MH HD- which it isn't. And your response was to decide that I was saying the differences between old MH and World were the reason why it couldn't be done on Switch, when I made zero claims of that.

And you continue to argue in the face of those differences, like changing core aspects of gameplay doesn't mean anything. And you keep drawing back to BotW, seemingly ignorant of what draw distance is. Keep making a fool of yourself, though. Every time you say something, it furthers the thought that you're not a developer (or at least not a competent one), and that you haven't played World with any level of analysis in mind. The level of graphics and activity on a map of that size is clearly too much for Switch to handle when base PS4 struggles. There would likely need to be a massive drop in graphical quality, the pull back on draw distance, and likely drop the number of active monsters on the map. All of those compromises would likely barely hit 720p@30fps while docked, and embarrassing while undocked.

2. Can it run World without major compromises that would alter the game heavily? No. Moving goalposts? Please- I'm only being realistic in my responses. Anything can be ported to anything if you're willing to sacrifice enough of the game's identity.

3. And there we go- no, it isn't a stab in Nintendo's back, because Nintendo is still getting Monster Hunter. It's own special series, in fact. You know what PlayStation fans got? Portable 3rd was never localized, and PlayStation was occasionally treated in eastern countries to ports. Switch is getting a full western release, and you're in here whining about Capcom deciding that World isn't possible on Switch. Count your blessings and be thankful that Capcom is in a much better place here than it was for PlayStation fans. The only fans they're alienating are the ungrateful ones who would prefer to look a gift horse in the mouth and complain.

They were indeed struggling with base PS4 and XB1. Framerates can dip quite frequently on those platforms.

And no, a graphical drop wouldn't be enough to even get it on Docked mode properly (and by that, I mean at least 720p@30fps). They would likely need to eliminate a roaming large monsters from the maybe, maybe even two (and would likely have to remove small monsters for missions that explicitly involve more than one large monster, much in the same way that the game removes small monsters during an Elder encounter). I don't know that multiplayer would stress it too much, though, since every player has their own console to handle his/her own movement and interaction.

And I imagine the negative reactions stem from a combination of what looked like abandonment of Nintendo at first and the crow handheld fans had to eat when World destroyed every Capcom precedent.

And Switch fans should most definitely be happy they're getting their own title. I remember when Capcom jumped ship from PlayStation, I was left with nothing but PlayAsia for some of the unlocalized ports PS3 got and the fan translation of Portable 3rd on PSP. No official support. I don't think the Nintendo fans realize that they're lucky to even have this bone thrown to them instead of Capcom doubling down on World.