This video game is coming out in the West in early 2015, will you play it?

Not unless they fundamentally change the game from how its been in the past which they won't. They honestly don't need to and they shouldn't so they won't. I don't need to like everything :p

Yep. Specifically skipped 3U just to wait for this. A few months between the Japanese launch and the Western launch is shorter than I thought it would be.

I only recently got into MH3U on 3DS and I will try to get my farthest before 2015 now.

I got MH3U on the 3DS and I played it for a bit. I just cant play a game like this on a handheld. I really like the game too. I just wish it was on a better platform like any of the other real consoles like PS3,360,PS4,Xbone. Not Wii, not WiiU, not handheld. Even greater would be a PC release. Though with the online multiplayer I am a little more interested in this.

Nope. Waiting for Freedom Wars to come to the West.

Yes. I'd play it. If I own a platform it's coming for by then. I'm tempted to get a 3DS for this and Fire Emblem, but then again, why wouldn't this come to Vita in pretty? Come on!

This is very exciting to me.

Would it be stupid of me to hope for a "Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate HD" for the Wii U, like they did for Portable 3rd for the Ps3?

Make it a Wii U version and I'd buy it.

If it released for the PC, 360, or the new consoles I might finally give it a try. But it doesn't seem like the kind of game I want to play on my 3DS, especially given that multiplayer is so important, and none of the people I play games with own one. I'd have a hard enough time convincing them to try the game as it is, without also having to sell them on a handheld to do it.

Exactly the same here. I owned MH Tri but barely touched it because it seemed to intimidating but I definitely wanna get into MH4U.

You know, I'm not totally clear on what this game even is. Unfortunately the Wiki pages for both this game and Monster Hunter 4 assumes the reader knows exactly what the franchise is about and only highlights the special features and differences of each version, and doesn't talk about what the games actually are. I'll find it on YouTube.

@mb: You should watch the quicklook for 3 ultimate.

I hope they improve the 3DS fonts...

Yeahhh booo 2015?

I guess I need to buy the circle pad pro?

Seems that way. I'm glad I've already got one.

@hailinel: It would be sweet if they put it in a bundle.

You know, it's possible. They did bundle 3G in Japan with the CPP.

I would probably have waited for 4 if it came out a little earlier than this. Now I'll just get 3 sometime during the spring.

I still play a few games of MH3U weekly with a co-worker/friend after we hit the comic shop. So more than likely yes.

I enjoyed playing MH3U for a while but this is the Monster Hunter I've been waiting to play for a while. I'm definitely going to be picking this one up on release.

I don't think this sort of game suits being on the 3DS but maybe it will prove me wrong. I haven't got into the series before, but that's not for a lack of interest. In the last couple years I got really invested in Dark Souls and Final Fantasy XII. Monster Hunter seems like a bridge between the two, so I could definitely see myself getting into the series at some point. Not sure if a 3DS game would be where I'd start though. I guess I'll wait for its release.

Is it on WiiU, xbox 360 or PS4? Then no...

I should really buy a 3DS....

Hunting games likes this have actually been very popular on handhelds. The Monster Hunter series almost single-handedly kept the PSP relevant in Japan for years. It was a major coup when Nintendo convinced Capcom to transition the series to Nintendo hardware and Sony has been courting developers to create hunting games for the PSP and Vita in an effort to attract that audience back.

I'd much much rather play it on a console with a controller, but since there is no sign of that happening yet I may pick it up anyway.

Yeah, I totally understand why it's on 3DS. I just don't think that's where I would prefer to play a game like it. I know it's probably foolish to want to play a version on a console/PC with the game being made under a Japan-first design philosopher - a region where game sales are decreasing on everything except handhelds. I just wish it were. Especially after MH3 came out on WiiU and didn't drive that many sales, I can see why they wouldn't even bother making a non-3DS version. Maybe when the PS4 comes out in Japan, it will show a significant start and provoke them to release it on there as well, but I also doubt that since Japanese developers continued to make games for the PS2 long into the PS3's life-cycle even when sales of games on PS3 were decent.

That is really gameplay of the game on 3DS? Quite impressive looking.

Nah, as someone with like 2000 hours invested into Monster Hunter games I can tell you that I never want my camera directly facing the monster. A target camera would be useless to me. It's too bad the 3DS is built the way it is because I would actually prefer the claw to having camera control on my right hand.

My friend tried to get me to like Monster Hunter, I just can't, so no.

Naw son.

Only if I can play it without needing a CPP or on the Wii U.

I think this will be the one where I finally try it. I've always been interested because the systems and philosophy to combat are really appealing to me, but I've always shied away because of its reputation for being grindy, which is a dealbreaker for me. The series deserves a chance, though.

On the internet so many people forget this last part. But yeah this guy speaks for me. Also The X game on Wii U is kinda looking Monster Hunter ish and is on a big boy system (well as big boy as Wii U can be...).

You mean the new "Xeno" game? I really don't think that's going to be very Monster Hunter-y.

Well I mean in the same way as 'hunt big monsters and defeat them in an action-y real time context,' not the way it feels or anything like that. Parts of Xenoblade Chronicles seemed almost like an offline MMO, like some of the trappings of Monster Hunter Tri, I can see X going more that way with it.

NEVER.

There are plenty of games where you fight big enemies with real time combat. There are few specific mechanics that I associate with Monster Hunter that I think are necessary for a game to be considered "Monster Hunter-like", rather than just a game with some big enemies and real time combat. (If that was all that was necessary then Shadow of the Colossus would be more "Monster Hunter" than Monster Hunter.)

@razielcuts: As if the 3DS isn't a "big boy" platform?

Hell yeah I will! Monster Hunter's dope and I never got around to buying a copy of MH3U, so by the time this comes out I'll be all sorts of ready.

Yes! I hope 8-4 is still doing the localization.

You betcha!

No clue what I'm doing gamewise in 2015, probably just PS+ and sit tight. 200 hours out of EU4 in the past 2 weeks, I'm sure it can go another 3-4 thousand.

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Wii U/3DS eShop Sales ($19.99, ends Feb. 3rd)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=758840

If it came to the Wii U, I would have more interest in it.

When will they release a new MH game for non-nintendo systems. :C

Nope, because I don't own a 3DS.

You get offended at the least little thing, dude.

I don't know. I've got this whole year to try out Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, so I'll find out eventually.

EDIT: Wait, do you need the circle pad pro for this?

You don't need the circle pad, but playing without it is pretty miserable.

Well, in that case, I'm probably not getting this game at all.

Nope, after trying with Monster Hunter Tri, Freedom Unite and 3 Ultimate (the latter I spent the most time with) I've come to find that the series just isn't for me. There's some fun to be had, but I'm just not interested in getting deep into it.