Monster Hunter Podcast

http://www.youtube.com/user/SocialDissonance

I've been listening to these guys for the past couple...to few weeks? I'm actually really liking these guys. They've been playing Monster Hunter for awhile now; Freedom Unite, Tri and Portable 3rd. What's interesting is that one of them is a game developer, and the rest of them have a slight know how of how stuff works in the industry. So because of that, when they comment and talk about Monster Hunter, it's insightful to hear other developers' opinions on MH specially when he's from a totally different country.

Oh yeah. Subscribe to them on Youtube. They need 10k subscribers; I think they deserve it.

Their blog:
http://monsterhunterpodcast.tumblr.com/

Universal Studios X Monster Hunter

Official Website (in Japanese)

Only in Japan! I suppose they'll do some sort of ride or attraction that'll involve a merch store, museum, and a ride or walk through. But damn it... I wanna go.

It'll be available starting in August, and who knows how long it'll go for.

Monster Hunter Portable 3rd coming to PS3!

There'll be interactivity between the PSP (and probably NGP) and PS3 versions. Assuming that you'll probably be able to transfer the save to and from each console.



It looks like they kept the same art assets, just used the source textures, and probably added some more geometry to the foliage. It looks great regardless, and I hope that this means the announcement of the US version will be approaching soon...both on the PSP/NGP and PS3.

Limited Edition Monster Hunter 2 DOS

I have no idea what DOS stands for, but my limited edition copy of Monster Hunter 2 for PS2 came in yesterday. It's a big box! Surprisingly. And it came with a figure of Kushala Daora; one of my favorite monsters in all of Monster Hunter-dom. Like "kingdom" but not. A slightly larger figure than my other figures. Nicely detailed and well done.

I'll take more pics when I have a chance.

Back to it...

I'm back to playing Monster Hunter Portable 3rd. It's been awhile since I've been so busy with other things. I've also been scheduling mildly consistent Freedom Unite get togethers with friends, and am considering returning to Tri to get high rank armor other than high rank Alloy armor. It's quite embarrassing really.

Anyways, in the next few posts, I hope to do some critical study on why Monster Hunter doesn't take a hold of the West as much as it does in the East, and what could be done to remedy it. I'm sure it's done many times before, but perhaps me being a developer would provide some more insight. I'll compile it and send it to Capcom so that hopefully they'll get something out of it, and perhaps make use of it.