[Monster Hunter] 4, now with online multiplayer!! Coming to 3DS 2013

MordaRazgrom

All tri monsters are there, some MHP3rd are missing. I don't think we'll ever see a MHFU massive assembly of monsters again

Lanrutcon

I'm glad they have a spider monster. I was worried that they wouldn't bring giant deadly nightmare fuel into my life.

Now they just need to make it aquatic and I will totally destroy my underwear.

IceBurner

Lanrutcon wrote: »

I can't pronounce Doburuberuku. I just physically cannot.

An English pronunciation could come close to "Doberberg/Doberberk" or , with "dober" pronounced like Doberman Pinscher, and "berk/berg" similar to "Berkeley/iceberg". Why the G sound? Oddly enough, the same "beruku" spelling is used in the Japanese spellings of German names such as Weinberg and Nuremberg.

PikaPuff

ok I have no clue what means what. Can someone make a list of game version acronyms? Maybe add it to the OP?

IceBurner

MH - Monster Hunter for PS2
MHG - Monster Hunter G for PS2 & Wii JPN only
MH2, MH2(dos), dos - Monster Hunter 2 (dos) for PS2 JPN only
MH3, MHtri, Tri - Monster Hunter 3 (tri) for Wii
MH3U, MH3G - Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, known as Monster Hunter 3 G in Japan, for 3DS & WiiU

MHP, MHF - Monster Hunter Freedom, known as Monster Hunter Portable in Japan, for PSP
MHP2nd, MHF2 - Monster Hunter Freedom 2 for PSP
MHP2ndG, MHFU - Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for PSP
MHP3rd - Monster Hunter Portable 3rd for PSP and HD version for PS3 JPN only

MHFO - Monster Hunter Frontier Online for PC JPN only

Zanshinretsu

Really looking forward to March. I've been plugging away at High Rank fights in P3rd trying to get 'los gems and Zino gems. Anyone know if the drop rates are higher for the silver one versus the regular? I can take down the vanilla one in around 20 minutes with the axe but I don't have a thunder one for the silvers because, you know. Zino gems. I'm seriously considering starting off in MHU with the SA but it would break my long-running tradition of using hammers.

MonkeyConQueso

YoungFrey wrote: »

Does anybody know the details of what the Guild Card streetpass exchange does in the 3DS MH3U? I've looked for details and didn't see anything very useful.

All I've found is that StreetPass is supposed to shuffle off people's Guild Cards.... nothing more than that. I'm hoping you can share more than just that. Taken straight from Amazon's description of the 3DS version:

"Taking advantage of the portability of Nintendo 3DS, players can exchange their guild card that contains all their hunter's information with other players via StreetPass."

I hope it's more, but we'll see.

jothki

MordaRazgrom wrote: »

The Lance intimidated me so much when I first started. Then I realized that with Counter, Advance, and Charge your character is pretty much invincible and ahve been stabbing fools nonstop. I'm not good enough to know all the movesets, but I am proud to say that I have fought a Narga without ever getting hit...not on a Lance, though, the Narga is a SnS or DS fight for me, he's too quick for me to fumble around with the Lance.

Yeah, with how blocking and dodging works, the "defensive" weapon is probably the most aggressive one in the game.

DarkMecha

I really wish the crab monsters were back in MH3U, but otherwise it looks amazing and I cannot freaking wait. Bought a 3DS just for this (though I am loving the rest of my library)!

PikaPuff

Ugh I forget how nintendo works, when can I expect to see the demo available in the US?

skeldare

PikaPuff wrote: »

Ugh I forget how nintendo works, when can I expect to see the demo available in the US?

eShop updates at 9 AM Pacific / 12 PM Eastern

fRAWRst

This is bad. I'm almost considering buying a WiiU on my way home from work tomorrow just to sate this... craving.

Its just a demo, I can atleast wait until April 30th right?

skeldare

wrong thread

IceBurner

@fRAWRst B-but I need your help to finish Tri!

Edit: Deviljho is officially off the hunting list (not counting the arena). Barioth, Lagia, Diablos, and Alatreon remain.

Frei

demo today. hopefully I don't have problems with the 3DS controls. don't really want to import a circle pad for my XL.

Lanrutcon

I have a feeling we'll all be importing circle pads for this.

plufim

Latest Nintendo Direct had a new trailer. Also, announced that Monster Hunter 3 for 3DS will now get online - ONLY if you connect it through a WiiU application (and that will oddly enough require a wired connection, not the wireless one).

Lanrutcon

So to play the 3DS version online, you need a WiiU?

That's kinda silly. I mean, why play it on the 3DS then? you own a WiiU, a console with a better looking version of the exact same game

Or did you mean Monster Hunter 4?

plufim

Nope, it's an update for 3.

It sure is odd.

Zephiran

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKzwLRodB_U

The new trailer for MonHun 4 is relevant to my interests.

Frei

Yeah, that is weird.

Not as weird as the game coming out in a month and the US still not having the circle pad XL, though. bunch of dicks.

YoungFrey

MonkeyConQueso wrote: »

All I've found is that StreetPass is supposed to shuffle off people's Guild Cards.... nothing more than that. I'm hoping you can share more than just that. Taken straight from Amazon's description of the 3DS version:

"Taking advantage of the portability of Nintendo 3DS, players can exchange their guild card that contains all their hunter's information with other players via StreetPass."

I hope it's more, but we'll see.

I was able to dig up a little more from a post on Capom-Unity.

The online harbor also has the flat hunter quests where once you have some friends guild cards, you can send them out on quests to get you materials. This is pretty much the same as the cat wagon from mhp3rd.

Zephiran

They showed off two (well, one was "teased", more like) new monsters which seemed very serpentine. I wonder if this means they'll institute an entirely new family of Monsters, like how they did with the Leviathans? I don't think there's a group specifically for legless, slithering monsters just yet.

mere_immortal

plufim wrote: »

Latest Nintendo Direct had a new trailer. Also, announced that Monster Hunter 3 for 3DS will now get online - ONLY if you connect it through a WiiU application (and that will oddly enough require a wired connection, not the wireless one).

Wired connection to the console or the internet, the WiiU doesn't have an ethernet port right?

Also, anyone know what time the eshop updates?

YoungFrey

Lanrutcon wrote: »

So to play the 3DS version online, you need a WiiU?

That's kinda silly. I mean, why play it on the 3DS then? you own a WiiU, a console with a better looking version of the exact same game

Or did you mean Monster Hunter 4?

I assume it's two-fold. 1: it encourages anyone who starts with the 3DS version to upgrade to a WiiU so they can do online. 2) It lets WiiU players go to meetups with people who don't have WiiUs.

Hullabaloo

Zephiran wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKzwLRodB_U

The new trailer for MonHun 4 is relevant to my interests.

After that trailer I am so on board for monster hunter 4 it's not funny.

I seriously think that this version of monster hunter has possibly the best chance of making it big in western territories just judging by the additions to the game. Of course this is just going by the trailer, and Capcom may not agree with me. Either way it seems like the biggest step forward for the series yet.

MordaRazgrom

jothki wrote: »

MordaRazgrom wrote: »

The Lance intimidated me so much when I first started. Then I realized that with Counter, Advance, and Charge your character is pretty much invincible and ahve been stabbing fools nonstop. I'm not good enough to know all the movesets, but I am proud to say that I have fought a Narga without ever getting hit...not on a Lance, though, the Narga is a SnS or DS fight for me, he's too quick for me to fumble around with the Lance.

Yeah, with how blocking and dodging works, the "defensive" weapon is probably the most aggressive one in the game.

Since I've been off Tri for a while now, I'm rusty, but I've been practicing quite a bit the last few days. I'll never be a perfect hunter, however I'm quickly getting back up to my previous skill level. Had some fun fights last night with Lagi's and others using my Lance. Good god that weapon is just SO DAMN AGGRESSIVE. One of the Gigginox I fought, I think I was all over his nuts from start to finish, never a pause. ALthough, I should feel bad because I accidentally charged through one of the other hunters, but last night was particularly rough on my character so I didn't feel all THAT bad. I think I was GS uppercutted, Long Sword'ed, Hammered, and blown up by the Switch Axe more last night than I have been ever before. Some of it was my fault of course, the standard rule of "leave the head to the Hammer, leave the tail to the Switch Axe" was forgotten by me a couple of times and I would get in the way, but sometimes it just felt like I couldn't do a damn thing without being sent flying hehe.

Lanrutcon

Ok, where's my demo? I'm watching Ultimate guides on youtube and I need this game so hard.

Does anyone have a source for English dumps of the charm tables yet? I wanna shop around while I plan builds.

MordaRazgrom

Remember, though, that hoping for specific charms would more than likely lead you to untold levels of frustration. I remember the discussion a few pages ago about how your character is somewhat locked into a particular "table" of charms that he can get as drops. I believe that feature is still a part of the WiiU. You'd be a lot better off twiddling around with gear, and then just having charms as a wildcard. That's, at least, how I keep MY sanity when building skillsets on my hunters

Lanrutcon

That's why I want to tables, so I can roll a character on a specific table and get the charms I want. There's an app out with a method that let's you check which table you're on. I just need to tables to pick one :P

MordaRazgrom

ooooo, that's some high level zen shit right there! I can't wait to get home and see if the demo is up yet or not...although I know I"m going to hate it because it's NOT THE GAME YET. I just want to see how the WiiU Pad will work on Monster Hunter.

Enlong

So, today is supposed to be the day that the Tri U demo comes out, right?

Lanrutcon

Demo is set to drop in (aprox) 2 hours, if estimations are correct.

Column

Zephiran wrote: »

They showed off two (well, one was "teased", more like) new monsters which seemed very serpentine. I wonder if this means they'll institute an entirely new family of Monsters, like how they did with the Leviathans? I don't think there's a group specifically for legless, slithering monsters just yet.

Looks like they might finally add Raviente to a non Frontier game given the size of monster snaking around at the end of the trailer. Well, or use the move set whole sale or piece meal. They already did that with Alatreon sharing a hell of a lot moves with the MH2 elder dragons.

stompingbadger85

Welp, I know what I will be playing this afternoon. Oh yeah, I am going to be loving up on the MH3U demo all night long....all niiiiiiiight.

Zephiran

Yeah, I think I speculated in another thread that the thing looked a suspiciously lot like Ol' Rav, in a cool new shade of black.

It's kinda funny, I think it was only last week how I voiced my desire to see, and get the opportunity to brutalize, Raviente in a fresh release.

Looks like Capcom listened to me guys.

John Zoidberg

The Wii U demo is up on the UK eShop at least.

Column

If someone can either post or link to what's actually in the two demos that would be swell. I read elsewhere there may be slight (as in one wyvern difference) in the 3DS and WiiU demos.

John Zoidberg

Column wrote: »

If someone can either post or link to what's actually in the two demos that would be swell. I read elsewhere there may be slight (as in one wyvern difference) in the 3DS and WiiU demos.

Just booted up the demo on the Wii U. There are 2 hunts, one labelled as "Easy" which is a Lagombi and another labelled as "Hard" which is a Plesioth. Upon choosing you get to choose from any of the weapon types. Going to start a hunt now.

Mugaaz

So how come MH4 isn't also being ported to the WiiU like Mh3 Ultimate?