Thomson Financial reports from Tokyo, Japan:
Nintendo on Wednesday won an exclusive deal in which Capcom will supply Monster Hunter 3 for the Wii exclusively. Monster Hunter 1 and 2 were PS2 exclusives and sold 4.5 million units globally.
"Due to high development cost of titles for PS3, we have decided to switch the platform to which we release our Monster Hunster 3 title," Capcom managing corporate officer Katsuhiko Ichii said.
In unveiling the exclusive deal, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said that his company is now "entering the third phase of its strategy, aimed at expanding the game player population."
"I understand that some experts argue that our success is short-lived and temporary. So, we now need to make efforts to constantly expand the player base by offering services and titles that can appeal not only to those who have never played games but also to those who play them hard," Iwata said.
Industry analysts and observers have responded to this surprise announcement...
What's the best Monster Hunter of all time? In a series where half of the titles have the word 'Ultimate' fixed on the end, it can be a difficult decision to make. NL are not averse to difficult decisions though, so have taken it upon theirselves to rank every single Monster Hunter game (yes, even the non-Nintendo ones) to determine which is the very best.
First world problems all up in here, but that makes this gaming dilemma no less stressing.
The third generation of Monster Hunter drags the series back to western shores because well, why not? In fact you could say that three really has been the magic number. Unless you live in Japan in which case one and two were also pretty fantastic and if anything three has been nothing short of a crushing disappointment.
‘But wait!’ Voletic hears you scream, ‘Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate has been recently announced, why are you addressing the third iteration?’ Because background knowledge is a beautiful thing and Voletic has a word count to fill.
My problem with MH is the slow paced and plain combat system, if they make it more dynamic count me in.
They need a full console release, launch the CryEngine one for PC for PS4/XO. And make sure to bring it stateside.
Let the fall of gaming begin!
What was once going to be a super expansive world with top graphics and beautiful monsters, is now going to be relegated to a DVD sized game full of corner cutting and graphics that don't look all that much better than the PSP. Also, Waggle.
Good Game Nintendo, thanks alot.
Feel free to disagree, but tell me this game wouldn't be better on the 360 or PS3 and I'll call you a blind stupid liar.
oh my word. You guys have made me rather bitter these days past. No game is ruined by a platform. It's only ruined by the jerks who refuse to play it for they feel they are too important in the world.
You are making fun of DVD as well. Hey the 360 still uses DVD get over it.
You should thank MS and Sony for making their systems to costly to make games for instead of blaming Nintendo for having a lucrative product.