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soulsamurai on 08 July 2008

GRRR ok I keep hearing over and over and over again that Monster Hunter is exactly like Pokemon. It is the furthest thing from the truth. The only 2 things that bare any resemblance to pokemon at all is 1. ) Felynes look like Meowth....the little cat dude that was in team rocket. 2.) They both have monsters in the game....and almost everygame does

Pokemon: Everyone knows the story of pokemon......you capture pokemon, little cute monster, with your pokeballs.....level them up to in turn fight for you and capture larger pokemon that you can control. It's gameplay is an RPG format.

Monster Hunter: You yourself KILL, not capture (unless it's a capture missions which you do not use a pokeball or anything like it). The monster you are going after which is a huge fricken dragons and other various monsters but 80 percent of them are a type of dragon. When you kill the monster you carve body parts off the creature to create better equipment. You do not gain levels, you do not fight in an RPG format. You fight as if in a stylized action game without the jump ability.

As my friend Yoshi (yes i have a friend who's actuall name yoshi....no he is not a green dinosaur) says...the games arn't even similar if you combined the games you would be chasing after a charizard with huge f*kn sword.

 

Anyway i have that rant off my chest......but rawr play the game before even comparing them.



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FaRmLaNd on 08 July 2008

Killing a Charizard with a sword would be awesome. But yeah I don't see the resemblance either, but then again in my country no-ones knows about monster hunter anyway.



steven787 on 08 July 2008

This is why I think the franchise needs a name change in English markets. Monster Hunter reminds people of Pokemon. Fresh start in U.S., Canada, and U.K. with Wii.

Edit: Pokemon fans are left disappointed, Non-poke fans ignore the game



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

MrBubbles on 08 July 2008

o rly? i had thought they were similar.



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soulsamurai on 08 July 2008

I bought the original monster hunter on day one and got to beta test the original as well. It is by far my favorite game. I just got monster hunter portable 2 G and patched it to english yesterday.



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pichu_pichu on 08 July 2008

wow, I wonder who thinks their alike?, not me btw



soulsamurai on 08 July 2008
sky_render said:


(07/08/08, 03:52) The biggest issue would be that the PSP's phoenix-like rebirth in Japan was due to a mix of market saturation for the DS and the release of a new game in the PSP's answer to Pokemon. Overall software sales in Japan for the PSP have not risen noticeably in spite of the hardware up-spike. That does not make a system look appealing to developers. Not that the inherent piracy that surrounds the PSP would do them much more encouragement (even if in reality the number of people who will pirate a game when the option arises but buy it when the piracy option is unavailable is very small).

 

Here is a small reference, i talk to people all the time thinking it's exactly like pokemon but 3-D. it makes me crazy O_o He personally may be refering it to as the DS has pokemon and it's a pokemon killer, however once again....that's comparing the two games and making them seem reallly similar.



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Lafiel on 08 July 2008

@ axum )

yea, that was my first thought aswell



whacker41 on 08 July 2008

Well, if it's not like pokemon, then i might actually consider getting monster hunter 3 when it comes out.



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Words Of Wisdom on 08 July 2008
soulsamurai said:
sky_render said:


(07/08/08, 03:52) The biggest issue would be that the PSP's phoenix-like rebirth in Japan was due to a mix of market saturation for the DS and the release of a new game in the PSP's answer to Pokemon. Overall software sales in Japan for the PSP have not risen noticeably in spite of the hardware up-spike. That does not make a system look appealing to developers. Not that the inherent piracy that surrounds the PSP would do them much more encouragement (even if in reality the number of people who will pirate a game when the option arises but buy it when the piracy option is unavailable is very small).

 

Here is a small reference, i talk to people all the time thinking it's exactly like pokemon but 3-D. it makes me crazy O_o He personally may be refering it to as the DS has pokemon and it's a pokemon killer, however once again....that's comparing the two games and making them seem reallly similar.

You read the context of that post wrong.

The post's focus is on sales.  Sky Render isn't comparing the gameplay to pokemon, he's comparing the popularity and fanbase to pokemon.