Robot Claw

It never rains, it pours I guess.

Last year Monster Hunter Tri-G, an expanded version of Monster Hunter Tri, was released in Japan only for the 3DS. This made me a sad, sad boy, and I desperately hoped for a port. None was forthcoming, and I had all but given up hope.

Then last week, Nintendo announced their new console, the Wii-U, and right there in the official launch unveil and announcements was the one-two knockout punch for fans like me: a brand new Monster Hunter game would launch – in America – on Wii-U and 3DS simultaneously!

Of course when I say ‘brand new’, I mean the last in a generation of games that began with MH Tri, continued with MH 3 Portable (on PSP, never localized) and MH Tri-G (3DS, never localized) and will now end with MH 3 Ultimate. Here’s the produced talking about the two games, and confirming that you can share save files and play on either the Wii-U or the 3DS:

And here’s a screenshot of the 3DS version that was playable yesterday at the Tokyo game show:

Needless to say, this announcement alone makes me weep while holding my new – beloved – 3DSXL, and makes it a dead certainty that I’ll be getting a Wii-U 🙂

But wait! There’s more… much more!

Yesterday at Tokyo game show they also unveiled this:

Monster Hunter generation 4 will begin on the 3DS, in an all-new game that includes online multiplayer, a new weapon type (the ‘insect controlling stick’), jumping attacks, monster riding, and a new species of opponent (‘insect beasts’). Obviously there’s the spider thing seen in the video, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the giant scorpions from MH Frontier make an appearance as well.

So that just about takes care of the next two years of Monster Hunting. Who’s as excited as I am?

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