Ok starting to get the hand of it as well. Just a matter of finding which weapon I like lol. Going to try it on the 3DS now. Anyone know if the Cross play is available for the demo.

So can the 3DS version play multiplayer with the Wii U version even if only locally? because I swear I saw a quick clip of people doing that during a Nintendo Direct! Well, I'll play more of this tomorrow and then try the 3DS demo. I'll see how I really feel about it later tomorrow, liking what I've played so far though!

Excellent.

Yep. And you can transfer your save file between the two, to play EVERYWHERE.

You forgot to add this image. lol

Now I can see why so many people like this series.

Just when you start to get really good with a weapon trying a different one is like a whole new game. Some weapons can block while others can't which really bring in the strategy. Then there is the bow and bowguns and that's like starting over all over again!

Yeah I bet. But I have to say after playing it a few times it has grown on me. Dang March is going to be an expensive month video games wise for me. So far I have Castlevania I want to get, Lego City and now it looks like Monster Hunter.

Stupid water levels! It took me like 8 mins just to figure out how to swim again.

Anybody cut off Plesioth's tail? I'm curious if you can carve it since you can't carve the main monsters in the demo.

You can't carve the main monsters in the demo. Of course you can in the actual game.

(Downloaded the demo 2 hours ago, played it twice and it is AMAZING)

Anyone finished Easy and difficult yet?

Fixed!

I don't think you can cut his tail, gotta double check, but I think you just damage it and that's it.
EDIT: According to the Wikia, you can only damage his dorsal fin and wings.

So I have been playing Monster hunter since the very first one way back when. Consider me the ultimate Lurker I suppose? XD I don't usually go on forums and the like but christ I'm so excited for MH3:U just got the demo now. Thank god my bow is back but getting the demo has made me even more impatient. also yes this is me saying hello so hiya!

(signed up just to post here lol)

Nice to meet you Dark! Hope to see more of you around NintendoLife.

Booya!!! Just killed the Arctic bear rabbit thing whatever its called, though I did it on the 3DS demo. I used the dual swords and died a few times but I let out a loud YES!!! when he went down, lol. I have to say though I hope they make it compatible with the cpp cause using the cross pad or even the touch screen on the 3DS to move the camera is just awkward.

Just a quick question do the monsters have a health bar or something how do you know how close to death they are?

Oh and just gotta say I am going to enjoy this game.

@Tasuki
You have to read their movements – if they're dribbling, limping or pausing for breath then they're dying pretty quickly. If there's steam coming from whatever form of nostrils they have, you've dealt significant damage but it's angry.

When they're drooling, their armor shadders, seeing them flitch when hit or if when one runs away it means it's taking too much damage.

Dismembering tails, breaking horns, etcetera, is also a good indication of it dying. Oh, and limping is the only sign of it approaching death. Otherwise no, there's no health bar, lol.

OK thanks guys. I noticed that he was running away alot and I had to chase after him but as far as visual damage I was caught up too much in the heat of the battle to notice, lol. I did notice however just before he died he was rolling over on his side limping like.

Just got to beat both plesioth and the new dude, Finally getting to beat that dumb shark in the water instead of waiting for him to come out. used Dual swords and noticed quite a few things. One of the key things I noticed is that instead of rolling the Dual Swords now have a lot of "Step in's" took a bit to get used to but It'd end up so much better in the long run. Also fighting underwater with 3Ds is not an easy thing to do especially with dual swords xD

Also Tasuki for a note of enemies weakening is they also have a stamina guage, when their stamina guage is low they tend to "slobber" and such and usually have longer vunerable gaps between their attacks where they try to catch their breath (don't mix this up with rage mode where most monsters breath a type of smoke or something) xD I talk to much!

Fighting underwater with the 3DS is an absolute nightmare.
It's a good thing that the CPP XL comes out with the game so it won't be an issue.
I'll be playing on my Wii U more than anything else anyway (only took a few minutes to get used to it with the Pro Controller so I'll probably use that rather than the Classic Controller Pro), but I need a good control scheme for while I'm out too.