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Forums - Nintendo - Analyst : Monster Hunter 3 may not be a huge hit - Me : WTF are u smoking?

routsounmanman on 16 April 2009

One title that’s sure to cause some buzz in Japan is Monster Hunter 3, correct? Mr. Barton thinks the title will be big, but perhaps not as big as everyone is thinking.

“I agree that Monster Hunter is a massive title, it was the best-selling game in Japan last year. But with the Wii version you’re taking a huge title, which one-in-four PSP owners have, and you’re trying to transfer that userbase from handheld to home console. And so I feel there’s a relatively large risk that it won’t have the same level of success that it had on the PSP.”

http://gonintendo.com/?p=79374

Where do these guys keep coming from? Seriously. Monster Hunter franchise is at its peak right now, it will surely sell tons. Saying it won't sounds as ridiculous to me as Nintendo saying a full fledged Pokemon RPG cannot exist on consoles. Arghh!

PS: If you click on the article / statement, the analyst is right about the recent dip in Nintendo Wii in Japan, and the the error of Nintendo's ways with Animal Crossing and Wii Music.



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Declan on 16 April 2009

That hardly seems an unreasonable claim - I would be very surprised if MH3 reached anywhere near a 25% attach rate for the Wii in Japan, which seems to be the point the chap is making.



griffinA on 16 April 2009

Not to disagree with you, but at the end all he says is "it won't sell as much as the PSP games." Meaning it'll still sell well, just not as well as the PSP games. Which is a position I happen to agree with.



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ShadowSoldier on 16 April 2009

Won't MH3 have a Pay for play subscription?



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Majin-Tenshinhan on 16 April 2009

It's not like he's saying it'll flop - Just that it might not be as huge as on PSP... Something I agree with.



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Rainbird on 16 April 2009

I agree with him, I don't think the Wii game is going to beat the PSP game. It will still sell well, but not that well



Majin-Tenshinhan on 16 April 2009

lol, this thread sure flopped. Everyone so far has disagreed with him XD



makingmusic476 on 16 April 2009

Yeah, it definitely won't be as big as its PSP counterparts. The main reason the franchise became such a big hit was because of the pick up and play ad-hoc four player wi-fi co-op. You could go questing with friends on the bus, at school, or wherever.

The Wii version will surely be more popular than the ps2 versions, due to the more advance online functionality, but it still won't be quite like the PSP versions.



Bobbuffalo on 16 April 2009

lol @ analyists



megaman79 on 16 April 2009

“If we look at the types of games which are still selling well for the Wii in Japan, we’re seeing software such as Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii. These are older games that obviously have shown tremendous stamina, but Nintendo always needs to bring out new ways to drive console sales forward, and we just didn’t see that with Wii Music and City Folk.” - Screen Digest Games Analyst Ed Barton

This other quote is more interesting. It suggests to me that Nintendo really are going to have to do something NEW this year. Of course this excludes WSR and the potential WF2, along with the franchise titles we have already seen. Maybe Pikmin 3 won't do it.



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