Capcom: The Future Is “Bright” For Monster Hunter Fans In The West

In another recent episode of the company’s “Ask Capcom” series of video Q&As, Vice-president of Strategic Planning & Business Development, Christian Svensson, fielded a question on whether one could expect to see any Monster Hunter-related announcements from Capcom USA in the near future.

While Svensson didn’t give a direct reply to the question or allude to any Monster Hunter game in particular, he did say the future for Monster Hunter fans in the west is bright. His full quote is as follows:

“All I can say is, the future for Monster Hunter fans in the west will be bright, but just as there was a sizeable gap between Freedom Unite and [Portable] 2nd, I think there’s going to be a little bit of a gap [following Monster Hunter Tri]. And exactly what form it takes, I can’t speak to — I have to unfortunately stay mum. But fear not, you guys have more goodness coming in the future.”

This is in no way a confirmation of if Monster Hunter Portable 3rd is or isn’t headed overseas, or what form it will take. Keep in mind that Portable 3rd will also be made available on Sony’s NGP in some form, although details on this front are unclear.

Capcom have also recently alluded to the possibility of expanding the Monster Hunter franchise to the Nintendo 3DS. The last Monster Hunter game to be released outside Japan was Monster Hunter Tri on the Wii.

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doesnt really excite me at all, news like this is like wait another year or 2.
im glad they not putting it on 3DS though.

ya i was gonna say the same thing... the thing of business is to jump on the bandwagen when its strong and popular and to change with the times... im afraid ... its to late.. other companies are doing monter hunter type games and inovating them ...they should have brought it out earlier and id better changes ... i dont think it will do as well as they think it will

Seriously, I'm calling it now:

Monster Hunter Portable 3rd will be released onto PSN in the West when the NGP launches. It will be available for PSP users while the modified version will be made available for NGP users.

There is no way in hell Capcom will allow one of their top franchises to miss out on a potential Western penetration with the launch of new hardware, and they won't limit it to the NGP because the PSp has a big market in the West and they will want to cover translation costs which is the main issue for a non-port.

Then at least for those who may not get the chance to play the PSP version, at least this one is coming, and this better get a proper english release

Here are some new scans of Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 3 HD Ver. for PS3, the first title in the PSP Remaster series. The game saves are interchangeable with the PSP version, and you can play with friends online using Ad-Hoc party.

Yeah we have been talking about it in a previous thread. Looks cool, though SCEA seem to be giving Capcom difficulty with the PS3 release.

Quick question - while waiting for this one to arrive, if it does, which MH game should I get?

MH Tri or MHFU

^^ MHFU is Monster Hunter Freedom Unite? I've been looking but I can't find it. What's MH-Tri?

its MH for the Wii, I think the other is more popular though

Oooh, I don't own a Wii, though if I did I'd probably buy MH Tri. MHFU it is then.

Hongkong Magazine Gamewave: Monster Hunter Portable 3G For PSP?!

Can't Tell if this is real or not as there's been no official announcement yet but looks like we could be looking at another MH game for PSP, that would kind of suck, would have been nice to see something on Vita

Gamewave are a tabloid magazine...

That said there were already rumours of the game coming to PSV later this year. Capcom could easily be doing 2 versions of the game.

Any news on when the hd remake or psp title will be released in english ?

Cravinho said ...

Any news on when the hd remake or psp title will be released in english ?

They aren`t.

And I am not saying that to be rude. It is the actual fact of the matter.
Capcom has no plans at this time.

Cool guess ill download mhfu when I get a psv later on in the year