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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate announced for Wii U/3DS, coming to West, no 3DS online

Jesus..I didn't want to buy a Wii U.

Fortunately this is coming out in March so that gives a couple months of breathing room from the launch window to iron out the kinks in the system etc...
 
Because unless you're looking back at the tablet every 5 seconds you're going to miss everything since your focus should be on the TV.

My guess is that like the 3ds version you will be able to move that stuff down to the wii u controller.
 
Japan gets console bundle

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Man, this would have been an awesome bundle to have in the west.
 
What's the point in even bothering selling the 3DS version in the West without some sort of online capability?

I really hope this mentality doesn't get around.

Not everyone will get a WiiU just for this game at this point, and a lot of people got the 3DS for this game. With this, everyone wins... the people who wanted it on the WiiU and those that wanted the 3DS version. It was an awesome move by Capcom.
 
I really don't think it would be, from a business perspective, at least. This is the prefect bundle for the Japanese market, though.

Maybe not from a business perspective, but I would have found it awesome! I mean Premium black wii u, extra controller and MH? What a deal.
 
Why in the world would capcom do that? Monster Hunter thrives on a unified userbase and local play. Why would they release the game for a dead system like the Vita, and risk splitting the userbase unnecessarily? Vita is a terrible value proposition for publishers, almost any game they could make on Vita, with very few exceptions would sell far better, and be cheaper to develop on the 3DS. Likewise any game developed from the ground up for Vita would likely be nearly as expensive as developing a console game, thus more profitable to just go ahead and put it on the console, with a much higher userbase.

Can't believe how much Sony dropped the ball on the Vita, i'm not sure it is savable at this point.

What? MH is exactly one of those games as has been proven with previous titles and for obvious reasons that I won't go into.

Also, what userbase split? It's local only. Sorry for the downer..but

Players can experience the world of Monster Hunter™ alone or in four player local play using Nintendo 3DS. Finding nearby hunters to adventure on quests with is now even easier via the local Nintendo 3DS search feature. Wii U players will be able to enjoy the hunt with Nintendo 3DS players via a local wireless connection. Gamers that own both a Wii U and Nintendo 3DS can take advantage of the inter compatibility of save data between the two consoles, taking the hunt from the living room wherever they go.

Let me tell you, MHU which has online lobbies closed, is not all that fun tbh - other games I'd rather play...with online. Lucky if you have a few friends with the the game that meet up though.
 
No online on the 3DS sucks, this will probably be the very first US MH game I skip at launch, just not ready for a new console or to pay 400+ bucks to get it going. Later down the line.

Great to see it got picked up, though. I was worried they'd just leave it to rot and announce 4 or something. Tri was a bit underwhelming, so the 3 series needs this refinement in the West. Gimmie back my damn ranged combat and actual content spread.
 
Man, using the controller's headphone jack and built in mic is going to be amazing compared to the nightmare that was trying to get Wii Speak to work with any decent quality.

I'm hoping that's how it works anyway.
 
Btw guys, feel free to create the OP for the December JP version as I will be skipping that. Will only be playing the ULTIMATE version of MH3G.
 
Question guys; can we finally say that, we are not going to see a MH game on a Sony console for a long period of time?

I think this has confirmed that Nintendo has the NEW MonHun games on lock.

If you want HD MonHun, buy a Wii U since I can foresee 3 Ultimate and 4 being released exclusively for Nintendo hardware.
 
Question guys; can we finally say that, we are not going to see a MH game on a Sony console for a long period of time?

Capcom is probably going to just give them the dragon's dogma series. Similar to the new "nintendo console gets dragon quest, everyone else gets final fantasy" thing square enix has going on
 
I just realised this will be a massive hit to my wallet.
1 wiiU,
1 3ds,
2 CCP,
2 copies of the 3ds MHtri and
1 copy for the wiiU

That's easily gotta be around 1000 buckeroos

:'(

:D
 
Was super excited when I read about this but then I remembered I already put hundreds of hours into Tri and that all I want at this point is MH4
 
So is this basically a beefed up version of the Wii Monster Hunter 3 game? Just wondering if someone could tell me how much is different based on what we know?
 
WiiU version is mine. I'd buy the 3DS version but I'm not sure since it doesn't have online. :/

EDIT: Crossplay is really nice....hhgggggnnn!
 
So is this basically a beefed up version of the Wii Monster Hunter 3 game? Just wondering if someone could tell me how much is different based on what we know?

It's basically the same game with a whole bunch of added content. More weapon types, more armor, more new and old returning monsters, new locales, new missions, etc.
Someone who has played the game, correct me if I'm wrong.
 
this is forcing me get a wii u at launch

fuck you guys you better get is as well so we can go znarfing

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What would the Monster Hunter 3 experience be without the emotional rollercoaster of network instability. It's a feature like any other. Some people just know how to use it more often :P

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