In a statement made during Wednesday's Nintendo Conference, Iwata said "I understand that some experts argue that our success is short-lived and temporary. So, now we need to make efforts to [offer] services and titles that can appeal not only to those who have never played games but also to those who play them hard."
In a delightfully hilarious understatement, publisher Enterbrain's Hirokazu Hamamura declared that "The transfer of the platform is a positive surprise for Nintendo and negative news for Sony." Yes, we'd say that a series that has sold 4.5 million copies on your systems moving toward the competitors is negative news. We think that there's almost no reason for Capcom to release a big game like Monster Hunter 3 on the PS3 when they could do so on the Wii. It costs less to develop Wii games, and there are more Wii owners to sell to. Oh, plus it sounds like Nintendo made them a very attractive deal, which doesn't hurt.
The Wii's relatively lacking online integration is the only thing that could hurt Monster Hunter, and we imagine that Nintendo will bend over backwards to help out in this case.
[Via Game|Life]
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10-12-2007 @ 10:59AM
qrayg said...
To attract core gamer??? How about making the controller less awkward to use. Then I might actually play my Revolution.
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10-12-2007 @ 11:03AM
mark richardson said...
you find the controller difficult to use???
i actually find it rather easy, ive only found one game its diff with but that was just a rubish game in actual fact nothing to do with the controller itself!
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10-12-2007 @ 11:40AM
Dan said...
I've never so much as heard of Monster Hunter. But if it's even just "good", it will be worth it. The Wii needs more games like this. It would be nice to have 4 or 5 games on the level of MP3 per year, but just as well would be 2 or 3 games on that level, and a handful more at a slightly lower level.
Depth of game play is still important to a lot of people. They need to keep that going, even as they reach out to a more casual audience. In fact, they need to find ways to turn casual gamers into hardcore gamers.
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10-12-2007 @ 1:14PM
Onomah said...
HAAAAAARRRRD-COOOOOOOOOORRRRE!
That is to say, thank goodness that we have a hardcore type game confirmed here and not another spongebob game or something like it. This is good news right here.
Also I think No.1 up there may be a PS3 fanboy who just found out and is venting his frustration at us here.
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10-12-2007 @ 2:20PM
LeChuck said...
I'm a big fan of Monster Hunter. Have it on PS2 and will eventually be getting a PSP for it (and a few other games). It was one of the games taunting me from PS3-land trying to convince me to part with $600. But no longer, thank you Captendo!
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10-12-2007 @ 6:24PM
Sonic_13 said...
@ #1 - You really find the controller awkward to use? I couldn't disagree more. I feel that the Wii remote setup is by far the most natural and accurate controller I have ever played with.
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10-13-2007 @ 5:21AM
Anthony said...
I hope they have good production values for this game - it sounds like they're taking the easy way out. I don't know how easy though..
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