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Blog for MONSTER HUNTER Fans!  <>  Pro-Hunters (^._.^)ﾉ nya❣

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- モンハン // MonHun // ムメムメ男＠絶賛ROM専中 -

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Took a small break from working on a new design of sort but that break turned out to be a diabeetus form for me… Fatty Zami~ So hungry and fatty he’s trying to eat his own music notes he hums x) ! I think I might doodle more of Zami… 

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Great Wroggi appreciation station.

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Rathian’s challenging the ruler of frozen land. Scanned version here.

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Female Hunter in Royal Ludroth Armour. Cosplay self made by www.Facebook.com/gaminggoddess

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- アプちゃん // Apto-chan // セミトリプル -

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When the monster is going to your trap but changes its path

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The Desire Sensor is insane.

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Why I think we could see Monster Hunter Stories in the West

As a long time fan of the series it’s amazing watching the popularity of Monster Hunter gain more and more momentum, MH4U has recently sold over 1 million units in about two months of it’s launch, that’s crazy! Seeing one of my favourite game franchises become a widely known thing is amazing.

But even putting aside how well it’s doing, I can see this being a western title too because of how the new game is going to play. It seems this will be much more RPG based, stepping in a familiar direction seems like a good move to appeal to more people and gather a much stronger fanbase. The franchise after all, is not known for being easy to newcomers, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite had a mountain of a learning curve and I’ll be honest, it nearly drove me away. MH4U has done a fantastic job of getting new players comfortable and introducing them to the hunt.

Monster Hunter Stories was a huge surprise, for fans and newcomers alike, it’s completely different from any other game in the series and even more interesting, this game has been in development for 5 years! It seems like a push to make Monster Hunter something more than just the hunting game we all know and love and to truly turn it into a franchise that can be marketed outside of Japan.

The title also gives it away. Stories sounds like it’s going to have a strong narrative unlike past Monster Hunter games (With the exception of MH4U), which again, will help attract a wider audience. The trailer has me asking all sorts of questions and I for one, can’t wait to get more news.

During the run up to MH3U’s launch back in 2013, in an interview with Ryozo Tsujimoto, he stated: 

“We’re well aware of the complaints from the fans about the time difference of releases,” Tsujimoto said. “We have been trying our best to try to reduce it.”

"So this time, with great help from Nintendo, we’ve managed to greatly shorten the delay in release and at the same time we’re releasing it for both platforms, which is an achievement in a sense. So hopefully we can implement a more systematic way of doing this in the future.”

and this showed with MH4U, the localization time was incredibly quick, especially for such a text heavy game. The localization blogs that led up to the launch of MH4U, proved that these teams were working closely to deliver this game as quickly as possible.

Nintendo themselves understand more than ever what an asset to the 3DS Monster Hunter is, with the New 3DS doing very well for itself after two special edition consoles on launch day. What better way to boost sales after such a good turn out for MH4U? Introduce a fun looking, interesting take on an open world(?) RPG that is accessible for nearly everyone. In my opinion it’s a logical step for Nintendo to release this outside of Japan.

Of course it won’t be released until 2016 so we have plenty of time to hear more, I’ll be keeping a close eye on this title and update with news as soon as I hear more!

Happy hunting!

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Me playing hide and seek

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actual in-game footage from the new Monster Hunter

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I heard that.

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Some Monhun beasties I drew and colored. I have Kecha and Nerscylla too but haven’t colored those yet. The Zamtrios looks a bit different because I was using the concept art for it… also he’s super cute and makes me think of a bulldog with how he stands.

raikamaelyn says the Zamtrios above reminds her of Nina/Alexander chimera

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- 幸子がモンハンやってみたら // When Sachiko attempt MonHun -

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