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Capcom confirms the development of Monster Hunter 3 for Wii, whilst PS3 version drops out of view...
In an about turn, Capcom today confirmed the development of Monster Hunter 3 for the Nintendo Wii. Traditionally a franchise associated with the PlayStation, the shift to multiple formats for the award-winning series can be seen as a significant boost for Nintendo and a costly loss for Sony, particularly in Japan where the series has enjoyed significant success.
Whilst there's some confusion over the fate of Monster Hunter 3 on the PlayStation3, Forbes has quoted Capcom's managing corporate officer Katsuhiko Ichii as claiming the PS3 version has been canned "Due to high development cost of titles for PS3," before confirming: "we have decided to switch the platform to which we release our Monster Hunter 3 title."
Capcom assures us that Monster Hunter 3 has been developed specifically for Wii to take into account its unique aspects, and promises a Monster Hunter unlike any other. Presumably, the game will take advantage of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service, although Capcom has yet to disclose any specific details on the title.
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Added:Fri 25th Jun 2010 10:49, Post No: 67
The Wii audience and Monster Hunter following is different in Japan though, which is by far and away where Capcom's Monster Hunter series is the most popular.
Added:Fri 25th Jun 2010 09:45, Post No: 66
Ive never been so pissed in my entire life. Why switch consoles completely. Monter Hunter would have been Excellent on PS3 PERIOD!! So much more profit....... Wii is for party games.... not so much hardcore games.
Added:Sat 22nd May 2010 14:36, Post No: 65
I am thoroughly disappointed with this. Monster Hunter has always been exclusive to Playstation consoles. The only thing I'm looking forward to is MH3 for PSP.
Added:Tue 18th May 2010 01:15, Post No: 64
Have you guys ever thought maybe nintendo bought some rights? .... think about it. nintendo gets a "hardcore game" people who like this type of game buy a wii , companys make more games like this for the wii cause they see that people who own a wii will like MH ect... and not just the wiiplay type of crap .... the wii becomes more popular to hardcore gamers and nintendo gets some of its fans that it lost with the wii from the start
All this = Money
little drunk so sorry if it doesnt make sense and stuff
Added:Wed 28th Apr 2010 00:22, Post No: 63
Glad to see it's now the best looking game on the Wii. It's shocked Nintendo and is causing a major uproar in the LoZ series. This was the perfect choice. Capcom will finally open the Wii to more hardcore gamers.
Square Enix has tried before to make good graphics and hardcore games, but they haven't gotten anywhere. Madworld was a good attempt, but was also incredibly short. This seems to be the perfect opening on Wii for gamers looking for a challenge.
Added:Fri 16th Apr 2010 21:14, Post No: 62
TBH the only reason i had originally gotten a PS3 was to have the chance to play Monster on it, i've played and beaten all the rest, including countless hours on the original for PS2, which was shut down due to someone leaving....it's almost not suprising that capcom forgot to ask us how we feel about it..
Added:Tue 23rd Mar 2010 19:56, Post No: 61
the wii is pretty much the top console in japan so thats why it's on wii. also i do understand that it would be good to make for wii and continue the series on playstations but i dont have a ps3 and have a wii instead so i'm not complaining!
Added:Tue 09th Mar 2010 19:53, Post No: 60
Capcom lets us down again....
now i gotta find a way to get a wii...i had faith u capcom and u screwed us again...
Added:Wed 24th Feb 2010 09:52, Post No: 59
O well o well.
No point complaining guys,
Just go buy a wii if you want to the
game that bad.
For time being ill be happy i bought a wii
instead of the other 2 consoles :D
Added:Thu 18th Feb 2010 03:16, Post No: 58
BTW EVEN THOUGH SINCE NINTENDO IS BIG IN JAPAN WHERE MOST OF MONSTER HUNTER'S SALES WOULD BE, MOST PEOPLE OUT OF JAPAN PREFER PS3 ANY WAYS AND MONSTER HUNTER 3 WILL JUST MAKE A REASON FOR PEOPLE TO GET A PS3 AND SONY MIGHT MAKE A PACKAGE THAT THE PS3 IS SOLD WITH MONSTER HUNTER WHICH LEADS TO MORE SALES