With over 3.5 million units of the latest PSP version shifted alone, the Monster Hunter franchise is a Japanese phenomenon. With the game's arrival in the West at the beginning of the year - renamed Monster Hunter Freedom Unite - Capcom has hoped to replicate its success over here too. Mirroring the social meeting spots commonplace back in the game's homeland, Capcom has established a Monster Hunter Gathering Hall in London for series fans to meet up and play together.
It's still early days for the franchise over here but, as producer Ryozo Tsujimoto tells IGN, it's a promising start - and hopes are high for the forthcoming Wii game Monster Hunter Tri.
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.