Monster Hunter 3 heading to Wii

41 Comments by Ross Miller Oct 10th 2007 2:32AM
Filed under: Nintendo Wii

Capcom's massively popular (in Japan, at least) Monster Hunter series is heading to the Nintendo Wii as Monster Hunter 3. According to IGN, the game was originally announced for PlayStation 3, which makes us question the fate of that version.

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd for PSP sold an impressive 700,000 in its first week of sales. We can only imagine the possible sales figures for this title. No release date has been given.

Tags: capcom, monster-hunter, nintendo

(Page 1) Reader Comments

blooh (CDF - Ass Ring): Oct 10th 2007; 2:42AM

not on 360? lol, it's ok. i've never heard of it

Jamesology: Oct 10th 2007; 2:49AM

Obviously you never heard of it. 360 owners only get hand-me downs or copies of Nintendo and Sony games.

I remember when 360 fans were so happy when they finally got Katamari. Then the original maker makes a new game for Sony so 360 fan don't feel special. Then they thought they were getting FFXIII... NAH!! LMAO

blooh (CDF - Ass Ring): Oct 10th 2007; 3:03AM

eh, i've played katamari before. it's fun though, so i'll probably pick up the new one

and i haven't liked a ff since 9, so i really don't care about 13

Babel: Oct 10th 2007; 1:15PM

Jamesology, please tell me you're kidding. Hand-me-downs? How many games on 360 were originally on the Wii? Far Cry? Urm...

As for Sony, as long as 360 keeps on getting those 'exclusives' like Assassin's Creed and Devil May Cry, I'm not complaining.

Madster: Nov 8th 2007; 2:22AM

Far-Cry was first a PC title, then ported to the 360.
do your homework before picking titles ;)

Jamesology: Oct 10th 2007; 2:52AM

And pls. don't even think Gotham Project will ever be as good at GT series. Based on how many laps there are in GT I don't think 360s will last that long. The only circuits 360 fans will see most of is a red one or on their DVDs

blooh (CDF - Ass Ring): Oct 10th 2007; 3:04AM

omg a rrod joke, what will you come up with next?

Shockgamer: Oct 10th 2007; 7:18AM

Forza's the simulation game, not Project Gotham.

Jesus, if you're going to troll and bait, the least you could do is know about what you're insulting. How am I supposed to take you seriously and get all indignant if you don't put in the effort to earn it?

Aex: Oct 10th 2007; 3:09AM

Hehe, I didn't know the Wii had a much larger install base in japan than the PSP... Given the PSP has sold over 5 million units there and according to Nintendo's numbers they have only sold 1.6m~ Wiis...

Ross Miller: Oct 10th 2007; 3:13AM

~3.5 million, I think, but still not close to the PSP numbers. Yeah, slip-up there -- it's been a surprisingly long night tonight :D

Anyways, line fixed.

phattie: Oct 10th 2007; 3:14AM

this is joystiq... 1.6 million Wii > 5 million PSP .. dont argue, there are ndf everyWHERE

Aex: Oct 10th 2007; 3:17AM

Ahh, I confused that :) 1.6m between april and sept were what the numbers I was looking at were for...

Adv2k1: Oct 10th 2007; 3:18AM

It doesn't matter how many psp/wii have been sold in Japan this is big news.

It's not mini game fest and its Prior Sony system only franchise. It was supposed to be PS3 before now, and this is for Wii.

This is something that will crush any real momentum that Sony had with PS3 and price cuts/new bundles. Nintendo is so going to own Japan after this it won't be funny Wii is going to now have like 95% market share of next gen consoles after this releases.

Aex: Oct 10th 2007; 3:21AM

Rofl, I don't wanna rain on your parade, but I think you are expecting a little too much from just this announcement :p

Jamesology: Oct 10th 2007; 3:26AM

I dont care who sells more between the Wii and PS3. All I need to know is I got my Wii and now waiting to purchase my PS3 once the "price is right."

Wii is for when I have colleagues and friends over (with of course my soon be SMBBrawl and M&S Olympics). While my PS3 is for my serious and loner days playing the MGS4, FFXII, and GTPrologue

ttr: Oct 10th 2007; 3:45AM

With the popularity of the Wii here in NA, I hope Monster Hunter 3 doesn't flop like all previous ones.

Gamespot even gave Monster Hunter Freedom 2 a 5.0. It's one of the funnest games I've played on any system in a while. Definitely deserves better than a 5.0. Multiplayer is such a blast. Though it might be a pain on Wii with the friend codes.

Aex: Oct 10th 2007; 3:46AM

I just hope Capcom brings it to America o.o They have been rather shifty on that front lately...

Questworld: Oct 10th 2007; 5:19AM

I'm hoping for a lot more story driven off-line mode, or at least some big chapter stories like non-related episodes. I just don't want to be at the mercy of servers that can simply go away in a few years. The same goes with online-only monsters (though I do get the appeal of getting things that are online only, otherwise why bother going online). I still hope the online portion is maintained for the Wii. I hate it when third-parties gimp Nintendo platform versions (I'm still waiting for my Burnout, EA, and I'm not taking any "online centric" excuse like BO3 game that would've been for the Cube).

Pyramid Head: Oct 10th 2007; 4:43AM

These are online games, right?

Isn't this the first third party online game announced for the Wii?

Pyramid Head: Oct 10th 2007; 4:44AM

Oops, wait, forgot about Medal of Honor and the Legend of the 80 billion player game or whatever.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart): Oct 10th 2007; 5:11AM

Guitar Hero 3's online and that comes out next month.

t_m: Oct 10th 2007; 5:10AM

Wow. Till final fantasy boosted the PSP into the stratosphere this was THE ONLY game i've ever seen anyone in tokyo play on their PSP.

Whenever i snuck a glimpse over their shoulder it was 50% video and 50% monster hunter. Now its 90% FF.

This'll be a big boost for the Wii in japan.. dunno about the rest of the world.

Tony: Oct 10th 2007; 5:58AM

If this goes to Wii only it'll be the first PAL Mhunter game I won't have bought. I don't own a Wii, and have no intention of doing so...ever.

At least bring this out for PS2, Capcom...but preferably PS3.

megaStryke: Oct 10th 2007; 9:16AM

Buy a Wii, slacker.

Tony: Oct 10th 2007; 10:34AM

Not.
Going.
To.
Happen.

megaStryke: Oct 10th 2007; 12:18PM

Well, your loss when all the big companies and franchises start jumping onto Nintendo platforms. You are going to see a huge shift in Nintendo development in the coming years. Shame you'll miss out on that.

Frankie: Oct 10th 2007; 7:17AM

It's confirmed: Monster Hunter 3 will be a Wii exclusive, with development switched from the PS3.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=197777

Shockgamer: Oct 10th 2007; 7:20AM

Looks like the PS3 just took a tiger uppercut to the face.

James: Oct 10th 2007; 7:34AM

Awesome, the only PSP game I wanted gets a sequel on the Wii!

Nice move whoever is making this, you just saved my buying a PSP!

sheppy2.0: Oct 10th 2007; 7:59AM

As much as I want to rejoice... this just reeks of "reused assets."

sectionz: Oct 10th 2007; 8:21AM

they will do it for the PS3 as well .. they have to because I am sure the japanese want a deeper visual presentation to the series. however the prospect of hunting velocidromes by slashing away on the wii is very interesting .. i REALLY hope they don't waggle this one and actually have you simulate the weapons systems.

Evan: Oct 10th 2007; 8:34AM

In Japan, the Monster Hunter franchise is as important as MGS, and to the Japanese, this news is as big as MGS moving to the 360 would be to us non-Japanese.

Zero: Oct 10th 2007; 8:54AM

Agreed

The game is going to sell like crazy. The Japanese love their Monster Hunter.

Andrew Yoon: Oct 10th 2007; 9:58AM

Thank you Evan, for understanding how truly important this announcement is.

Joe: Oct 10th 2007; 11:58AM

Well I guess this means the next Moster Hunter game will not have that big of a new graphics look like Capcom said MH3 would at E3 2005 when they said this game would come out on the PS3. So This just means MH3 will get ported to the PSP seeing as the PS2 versions were ported and the Wii is not much better then the PS2.

Also the bad thing about this is there will be no online play. Seeing as not many Wii games use that feature. Also I think in time this will also come out on the PS3 and 360.

megaStryke: Oct 10th 2007; 12:23PM

Do you know how many games this fall for the Wii will feature online multiplayer or some other online stat tracking mode? Off the top of my head (not including Nintendo titles):

Ghost Squad
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2
Geometry Wars: Galaxies
Endless Ocean
Guitar Hero 3
Trauma Center: New Blood
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

More will appear next year.

tactics: Oct 10th 2007; 1:07PM

how's that taste sonyboys? yeah... suck it.

-"superfan" tactics.

Jamesology: Oct 10th 2007; 3:42PM

I guess you should know since you're a Nintendo fan when Sony took Metal Gear and Final Fantasy.

I wonder how the controls will be, playing it on my PSP was a pain. But worth it of course. I hope there's not a lot of swinging, I'm too lazy for that. I rather spend money on Brawl.

Chrono404: Oct 11th 2007; 1:37AM

@Jamesology
Sony didn't "Take" Final Fantasy or Metal Gear. The Company's making the games decided to go to a cheaper production meathod. The Sony PS1 had Cheap to Produce CD's instead of those very costly Cartages. So the Developers went to where it was cheaper to produce.

Just like they are doing now. Capcom wants cheaper production and to be able to make big money(so do all company's). Making software on the Wii is alot cheaper then on the 360 or PS3, And Since the Wii has the biggest Marketshare in Japan they will get big profits.

Jamesology: Oct 11th 2007; 11:01PM

Actually Chrono,
The finance issue may be true for Monster Hunter going to Wii, but it was not true about FF and MGS going from cartridge to CD especially back at that time when PS1 was released.

Cartridges will always be cheaper to produce than CD. That's why we see low-budget companies producing cartridge systems for those "claw vending games" all over Tokyo.

Outsider: Oct 19th 2007; 1:46PM

Im glad that MH3 is going to the Wii as I am a large fan of the series but I dont care to scwable about how good or bad sony or microsoft or nintendo is, all I really care about is now that they have decided to make this move are they going to make the controls for the game work or is the contols going to resemble that of Red Steel and make the experience less enjoyable. (no offence to those that liked red steel this is all my personal opinion)I see opportunity in making this title for the Wii and its controls but hope that they allow players to choose the type of controls that fit them best sorta of like they are doing for Brawl with its 4 different control types. Id also really like a realese date = P

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