For Monster Hunter fans there can never be enough of a good thing, which Capcom seems to know with its monthly deliveries of DLC. Of course gamers in the West don't get all of the spin-offs and variations that grace Japan - we're hoping that Monster Hunter X (Cross) will buck that trend.
With a renewed action focus and approach, a little different from the complexity that's loved so much in the core series, this new title looks like an exciting side-step for the franchise. Due this year in Japan, we're still waiting for localisation details.
Lots of information is out there on this game, however, and we've become fans of the gaijin hunter YouTube channel, which gives details and stylish overviews of magazine features from Japan. This time around Famitsu has a lot of information, and if you have a comfy seat and 28 minutes we recommend catching up with all of the details below.
Fans are taking to Twitter with the hashtag #MHXForTheWest to try and rally Capcom into localising this title. Well, it's worth a shot.
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After sinking in over 200+ hours in MH4 and still feeling like every time I hunt I am learning something new I can only hope that Capcom do bring this to the west.
Man really hope we would see Frontier in the West one day.
It's good that you're covering the best combat system in video game history. Monster Hunter X looks quite similar to its predecessors, but Capcom seem to be greatly mixing up the combat engine, which totally changes the game. Between that, several new areas, 6+ new monsters, and some returning third generation Monsters I'm super pumped to dive into another Monster Hunter game.
After trying Monster Hunter on the Wii and not liking it, I reluctantly gave the series another try in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. I'm now sitting around 100 hours and I can't wait for X to come to NA.....I might be done playing MH4U by then!
Sunk somewhere between 300-400 hours into MH4U (and a few hundred into 3U, which was my first foray) and mostly exhausted the content, sans upcoming DLC (assuming more is still coming) but I boot it up here and there still for some hunts... And I soooo hope we get this, so addicted to the series. If we don't get this one I'll probably drown myself in large wyvern tears.
Just glad Agnaktor and Nargacuga are back, now hoping for Barioth...also, they better KEEP THE NEW MONSTER INTROS!!! Seriously, don't go back to the boring old ones. T.T
The new intros is one of the things I like in MH4/4U.
It's such a great series!
As this title is replacing the Freedom/Portable series, I am hopeful it will hit the west
All they have to do is translate the text and that's a guaranteed 1 million extra sales.
They'd have to be stupid to not see that investment for what it is.
Hunter just never gets old, bring it on !
I'd buy this if it comes West. Still need to finish MH3U then start and finish MH4U before this comes out.
Just bring back every single third generation Monster. Hell, take out some bad 1st/2nd gen Monsters like Gravios, Ukanlos, any of the raptors, or Rajang if you need to; they weren't that much fun to fight anyway.
@DarthNocturnal Yeah odds are we will get Monster Hunter X Ultimate as we have the Past 2 times I Dowt that Capcom will Not relece it to all of us as the franchise has grown in popularty itd be a misstake and probably harm it quite badly.
So odds are we will here Next Year hnstly i dont mind wating for the extra edition + Probably a smart move out sode of japan as ppl would Whine "Oh but its the same Game only with a bit extra" even thogh its almost always a Whol Games worth of Extra Content...
still havent bought mh4. so much other stuff i wanna finish first
@Dryden It is comeing from what i Know on WiiU PS3 and i think PS4 but cant fully remmember.
@Megumi Totaly agree there I Love that the Hunter is now in the entros (been playing since the 1st Game on PS2 lol) and i defintly Prefer them now ALLOT more sevral have made me laff alot too (Zemetrios? can never remmember the name... Fatty Ice Shark) One thing i sortof miss is the Ecolig/Life vid's (the Full FMV ones not done In game) not a Big loss but itd be nice to see them come back if posible... mabe for only the Flag ship monsters or something.
Nah, I'll wait for the G version. Monster Hunter without G-Rank just doesn't do it for me.
As the new monster the great owl does seem cool. I would recon a great bat as a monster would be even cooler, considering the owl monster has some kind of sound waves as an attack. I haven't played all Monsterhunters, is there a monster as a Bat in the previous installments? That would be terrifying and awesome.
@Konda Not that i can remmember... theres been Bat Like monsters mixed in with other animals NargaCuga is a Bit Batlike in Looks but i honstly cant recall if theres ever been one souly baced around a Bat unless its in Frontire or MHOnline.
A cool new hunting style would make for faster travel underwater and maybe equipping the hunter with jets on their leg armor to add speedier travel. I hope Capcom doesn't ignore underwater battles in future. I was imagining they'd do air battles next time. Underwater creatures are cool. And I can't wait to see Forest & Hills in 3D. I would love to see the Swamp and Jungle as well.
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