Because they want to build a the game in the West WITHOUT losing the Japanese appeal. The PSP doesn't have western appeal, the HD consoles don't have Japanese appeal. The Wii has both.

I just missed out a c -_-

OT this announcement could also be very premature and simply a way for Capcom to get some spotlight back after the bomb Nintendo and SE dropped. Only time will tell but for now I see this as nothing but a test to see if this game will do the big numbers on consoles compared to handhelds.

BTW have a look at the numbers for the MH games on PSP, the latest had a few more features and got 2.5 million sales. The "this game is old and has been on 2 platforms before" arguement is nil.

How is it not?

This I agree with but Monster Hunter was on the PS2 before which I recall being pretty successful in EU and NA yet the numbers for the MH games were not good. I dont know how Nintendo will advertise this game and the DQ games to make them popular in those regions, shall be very interesting though.

But how much would a PSP cost? I am sure 2.5 million sales would be more then enough to make up for the costs in Japan alone..........

All you need to do is give it a FF7 style marketing budget.  Of course no one wants to spend that crazy.

How many times does Developers make the Japanese buy the same game over, over and over again?

It didn’t do vary well on PS2 which had a huge user base so it won’t do that good on Wii either and adding that it already has been out on two platforms makes it less successful on Wii. It is just a quick cash in that’s all not a test because the answer is obvious.    

 The logic is very simple. You see when it inevitably does sell less (because thats the nature of porting) then he can use it as more "proof" of a PSP port that is not likely to happen. People like to ignore the fact that the other PS2 ports the Wii has gotten from capcom have been considered a success, and not sold more than the original games.

 @Dmeisterj
They are localizing MHF2G for profit. Same reason the KH: Chain of Memories port was localized by SE for the PS2 a year late and after they announced no more big series for the PS2. Series occasionally jump ship, and you don't always see the old platform continue to get supported.

I'm not sure which I prefer

The news of a great port coming to the Wii

or listening to the damage control going on from Sony fans

Specifically
PSrock - they are not forcing anyone, and they wouldn't make ports if there wasn't an audience for them. I do not own a PS2, and would potentially buy this game

@ RPG - the PSP port of MH3 has already been denied, it seems likely that this game is being ported as part of the advertising campaign for MH3 on the Wii

damage control?

Dude, before making acusations, know that  I hate Monster Hunter Games, I really could care less if the wii gets it, I was pointing out how Developers keeps feeding the  Japanese fans the same game so many times.