Gonna get the 3DS version now, and the Wii U when I get one later. A couple of questions about the game:
1. How many different bosses (I assume these are 1-offs that are separate from the fodder monsters that roam around) are there?
2. I understand there are ranks, but is there a highest rank version of all the bosses?
3. Is the free DLC handled like spotpass features in that they aren't time-limited releases like the Pokemon events?
4. Do the tickets you get from the DLC quests guarantee that reward? Or is it just a fraction of what you need, which requires more collecting?
5. Is there unlimited storage for holding all gear?
6. Is there a light narrative/campaign?
7. How many quests are there and are they repeatable (including the DLC ones)?
8. Are there any differences in content between both versions?
9. Are there DLC-unique bosses?
I quite enjoyed (and regret) playing DQ9 as much as I did, and the transition seems to be pretty seamless in terms of content.
1. Not sure, someone else can check the wiki
2. Low rank is the intro stuff, and the most basic level of questing. In Tri, this is all you had access to offline. Online once you cleared these you opened up High Rank, which had all the same monsters + some more. You did this in Tri by clearing specific low rank quests as well as grinding up hunter rank, the latter from what I hear is unnecessary in 3U (thank god).
Some monsters get new abilities in high rank as well - Plesioth's horizontal water spit is a nasty surprise if you're not expecting it. High rank monsters have new armor sets sometimes with totally new skills, and you can upgrade the lower rank sets to be sort of equivalent. Monsters of course do and take much more damage. G-rank expands on this even further - g-rank monsters can do so much damage your defense won't mean much so you really need to be able to avoid attacks. At any rate, the 'big bosses' like Deviljho, Alatreon and that new guy are usually only found in the higher ranks.
3. Previous portable MH games simply released some new event quests every once in a while. They remained available forever. Tri had events which lasted for certain amounts of time - for example the Jhen Mohran sandstorm.
4. A fraction usually.
5. No, but there's tons of room.
6. Yes. In Tri the storyline was basically 'earthquakes keep happening, find out why, oh it's a monster'. But it's very simple and unobtrusive.
7. LOTS and yes.
8. Not that I know of, online aside.
9. No. The 'dlc' is traditionally something like a normal boss with special parameters, like a giant deviljho with better droprates. Or a really tiny Uragaan with hilarious BGM. I have no idea what they have in store for MH3U of course, I believe Japan got some special Jojos Bizarre Adventure themed items and I am MAD JELLY.
