Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Palico Village DX Heading to Japan This Year

Please come to the US this gtame is so cute with hunting on the side

Not my thing, but that does look really cute. And as I get older it may become my thing. I've spent at least as many hours in Xenoblade chronciles doing the side missions as the main storyline, it's just nice to help people.

Have to say, probably just me, but after 2 days of playing Splatoon the 3DS graphics seem to be showing their age. What's the equivalent processing power in the 3DS compared to a home console? Os it it more the low screen resolution that's bothering me? Just seems so dated.

which reminds me, capcom did a bunch of shorts for the psp game.
it was pretty funny here's the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d76SdLBEJvs

I must have!

Monster Hunter X
Monster Hunter Stories
Poka Poka Palico Village DX

I want I want I want!!!

Sounds like my kind of game. I love Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter.

Looks really cute, doubt it'll hit the West though, looks a little too....Japanese-y for Capcom to take the risk. Monster Hunter Stories and Monster Hunter X (Cross) probably have better chances of hitting our shores. However, if this were to come west...I'd probably pick it up. More simulation games for the 3DS the better...right???

Maybe Sony is sad that their original playstation franchise is expanding on their competitor's system? But then again, Nintendo probably NEEDED Monster Hunter. They're going to see this thing through until there's Monster Hunter amiibo (my guess is the amiibo figures will include a Rathalos).

I'd ship it! Ship it to the US now! No need for English, just translate and unregion lock the game! Boom, prints money!

@rjejr The 3DS is about the power of a GameCube, while the New 3DS is somewhere between the GameCube and the Wii.

@rjejr
Kinda strange to see that kind of comment considering the 3DS was already outdated and surpassed by mobile hardware the moment it came out.

If this doesn't come to the UK, I'm going to buy a Japanese New 3DS to get this and all the other Japan-exclusive games they have. Not extreme at all!

From Software? Well that's interesting.

Well seeing how it's on Nintendo's territory this time, chances are we'll get it.

I think it looks great but I doubt that there is much of an audience for it in North America.

Hey, seems a lot like Animal Crossing with Felynes. I'd play it.

@rjejr "I've spent at least as many hours in Xenoblade chronciles doing the side missions as the main storyline, it's just nice to help people."

It really is nice to help people on there, it's just so fulfilling for some reason. The story on that game is interesting and the world is just so massive feeling. Don't get me started on how much I like the combat, the skill links are useful and that goes for gems, too. Loved that game to pieces and I can't wait for XCX.

"Have to say, probably just me, but after 2 days of playing Splatoon the 3DS graphics seem to be showing their age."

I'm kind of with you on this one for some reason. Splatoon is so bright, colorful, and beautiful that I've been noticing 3DS games just don't look quite as nice. Whatever NX is, hopefully it remedies that.

This is Meownster Hunters GX+. Cute palicoes, Animal Crossing DLC. 10/10 Day 1 buy.

@ollietaro I'd buy so many Palico amiibo!

This game looks very charming, I'd get it if it's released outside of Europe

Looks cool to me. It will be a nice addition to the MH universe.

It looks adorable and I want it :3

Oh my god that looks so adorable me want!

@ollietaro Monter hunter is amazing on nintemdo, but also it doesn't have to go up against Skyrim, dark souls, witcher etc... Games. Those games flood other consoles. But nintemdo consiles need Monter hunter. If not for that, we got nothing else for real hardcore action RPGs. And personally, I love mh4u. It's perfect for just playing a level or 2. Beat a Monter and find some food and done for a bit. Dark souls isn't meant for 20 minute busts of gaming. Your meant to lose hours at s time playing those games. I'd love too see mh4 on wii u as a surprise port. Maybe e3.
And I don't know about this game. I'm not big into animal crossing style games. But I do own animal crossing on my 3ds too...

@AVahne
But keep in mind "mobile hardware" is a lot more expensive. $400-600 for a phone or iPad, sometimes more. And all they have is 1 screen and a few buttons, so it's expected that they would be more powerful. People just forget that mobile hardware cost that much because they sign up for contracts which reduces their cost up front. Now, if you look at a little cheap hundred dollar phone, that's more or less in the ballpark. Might still be a little outdated but not nearly as much as when you compare it to $600 technology.

I've never got into Monster Hunter, I'd like to but with so many other games demanding my attention it's a series I've just had to say no to. This though? I don't know if I could say no to this!

@rjejr The old 3DS is most comparable to the GCN powerwise. The new 3DS is comparablebto the Wii.

Also, you're comparing a home console stronger than a PS3 to a handheld around the Wii, naturally it wouldn't look as nice.

@IceClimbers New 3DS is above the Wii.

@AVahne - Kid Icarus looked really good. First trailer I saw I thought it was a Wii title. Still looks better to me than most Wii titles. MK7 looked good. Luigi's Mansion 2. This is just bleck.

@CrimSkies97 @IceClimbers - Well if a Wii is 2 Gamecubes duct-taped together does that make 3DS 1 1/2 Gamecubes? Seems closer to 1 1/2 N64, it can't hold a candle to Super Mario Sunshine or Starfox Adventures. Those games were gorgeous for their time. SA surpassed everything for me graphically until PS3.

@JaxonH - I know you're backing me up, appreciate it, but handheld tech has come down a lot in quality for the price. Bought this phone for my wife for Christmas - no contract w/ Tracfone - and it's really nice, she loves it.

http://smile.amazon.com/Ultimate-Android-Prepaid-Minutes-Tracfone/dp/B00PG0D3GW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433115243&sr=8-1&keywords=ultimate+2

And I got this Tab 4 7" tablet for $150 for my birthday last year. 3DS can't compare to this except the 3D screen and buttons. I'm sure the 3D screen eats up most of the price, but PPI is severely lacking.

http://smile.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-7-Inch-Black/dp/B00J8DL6UI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1433115420&sr=8-3&keywords=tab+4

3DS feels like a kids toy in comparison.

Oh, funny story. After I wrote my original post about this vid 9 hours ago I watched the vid for MHX. I couldn't believe how good that game looked on the 3DS. I decided after that this is more a case of a really bad looking game than hardware limitations, but by then it was too late.

@IronMan28 - Are you allowed to agree w/ me twice in 1 post? I'm afraid we might be breaking some NL comment bylaws.

@ollietaro
Monster Hunter isn't really "theirs" though, the only reason they got it at all was the PS2's popularity and the DS was too weak to handle it. They actually wanted to put it on Nintendo's handhelds all along, and the Wii got it because making it look like a fully HD "console game" would be too costly.

Also, part of the reason Capcom 'jumped ship' from Sony was a dispute over server upgrades and supposedly a general lack of support on their part. A lot of the series' expansion is due in-part to Nintendo's support in the first place.

@rjejr The Wii has been confirmed to be 11/2 GC's taped together. Those games you mentioned pale in comparison to Ironfall, E.X troopers, the new MonHun, RE:R, etc. Find me better examples please.

@rjejr
I was convinced Monster Hunter X was a Wii U game until halfway through the trailer.

That's why I thought it was a new 3DS exclusive. But if they're pulling a game that good looking off the original 3DS hardware then it's got more power than I gave it credit for.

This is super cute, and I want it.

This is made by From Software?! I love everything they make.

@JaxonH - "I was convinced Monster Hunter X was a Wii U game until halfway through the trailer."

You didn't think Poka Pka Village was a Wii U game though, did you? (I only ask b/c that's the thread we're in.) It's hard to imagine that there are 2 MH games coming out on the same hardware at the same time that look so different.

@Donutman Yeah, Monster Hunter is the perfect handheld game that doesn't require you sit through long story sequences and levels. The 50 minute quest format matches handhelds well and like you said, you can do whatever you want, whenever you want: hunt, fish, gather, etc.

@Ogbert You won't play MH but you'll play the spinoff? That's like wanting to play Pokemon Mystery Dungeon instead of Pokemon X or Y. To each his own, I guess.

@Zombie_Barioth This, I did not know, if what you have said is true. Monster Hunter just seems at home on the 3DS. It worked out for the best b/c 3DS got MH and the Vita got some wonderful MH knock-offs. I played MHFU after having played 3U on 3DS and I feel like the stereoscopic 3D effect added dimension (forgive the pun) that now feels like I can't play MH any other way now. It's making me wish for an MHFU 3DS port and you know it's possible now that they've rendered almost all the MHFU monsters in 3D for MH4U plus they're rendering the old villages for MHX, as well b/c I would love to see those areas in 3D.

@ollietaro
Ya know, I feel the same way. I hadn't noticed before, but I've apparently become quite accustomed to the 3D. It took forgetting to turn it on and wondering why I'm suddenly getting my butt handed to me farming Seltas Queen to realize it. It was the poorer depth perception.

I don't really want a remake of MHFU though, I'd just rather they bring the rest of the monsters into the newer generation. Unless of course they completely revamp everything, add new monsters, and all good that stuff.