Monster Hunter Coming to the 3DS?
Posted on July 17 2011 by Nathanial Rumphol-Janc
Monster Hunter is no stranger to Nintendo, with Monster Hunter Tri available on the Wii. The question is when are we going to get more Monster Hunter and what hardware are we going to play it on? A recent interview with Capcom’s European chief operations officer David Reeves has shed some light on this, specifically on the possibility of the game coming to the 3DS.
 
According to Mr. Reeves:
 
So there are going to be [Capcom] games coming out for [Nintendo 3DS and Sony PlayStation Vita]. And they are both Japanese companies, Nintendo and Sony, and so is Capcom. So the ties are very, very strong. So I think down the road, you could probably see a Monster Hunter iteration somewhere. Probably on both of them. I haven’t heard any concrete plans…they don’t always share those plans…because they switch teams many times.
 
Capcom has already released Resident Evil: Mercenaries on the 3DS, and are probably just wanting to spread out their releases. The company will also want to wait to release a handheld Monster Hunter game until the 3DS crowd grows and until the Playstaion Vita is released.
 
The DS didn’t take off quickly, too, it took a while to generate [interest]. I think you are going to find…come end of the year, I think there is going to be a lot of…in the early years of DS, a lot of them were purchases for other people and that started off [the sales]. I think [the 3DS] will grow but at the moment it is a slow start.
 
In the same interview, Reeves was also asked about which games Capcom is thinking about bringing to the Wii U, but he was rather tight-lipped:
 
Capcom haven’t announced anything officially on Wii U. I think they have done prototypes. There are only so many things you can get ready for E3 [laughs]. But they might show something at the Tokyo Games Show which is where Wii U is more focused on. I haven’t seen anything personally myself but since the companies are quite close, I am sure they must be looking at something.
 
So it looks like we won’t be hearing much from Capcom until the Tokyo Game Show come mid-September. Monster Hunter would look great on the Wii U, but I think I’m getting ahead of myself if they’re still working on something for the 3DS. I actually don’t think we’ll hear much about the Wii U at the TGS, since we’re still far out from the launch date, and the TGS is where Sony likes to show off. No, I think the Wii U excitement will be reserved for next year’s E3.
 
Source: tbreak.com via Nintendo Life
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