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Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise appears to be getting touchy. Japanese game mag Famitsu recently outed a new iOS edition of the cult monster collecting series called Monster Hunter Dynamic Hunting...
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This morning, we were floored when a new trailer circulating the internets revealed that creatures from Monster Hunter are going to appear in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. As you can see in the video below, the crossover (which brings together two of the PSP's strongest series) will enable Naked Snake and his crew to travel to a secret island off the coast of Costa Rica (yes, just like Jurassic Park) and test their skills against creatures like Velocipreys and massive Tigrexes.
What was even more surprising is that the Monster Hunter news was only the beginning...
Monster Hunter Tri and Resident Evil 5 have helped Capcom's profits rise 58.4 per cent to JPY 2.9 billion. For the six months ended September 30, sales were up 24.5 per cent, to JPY 38.8 billion, with over a million Monster Hunter Tri sales, and the continued strong performance of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for the PSP.
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Yesterday, at the MCM Expo in London, Capcom revealed a grand plan for the forthcoming Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and the existing line of Monster Hunter titles. With an incredibly casual demonstration of the four-player hunts available in the new PlayStation Portable (PSP) release, Capcom subtly delivered the news of a more permanent space.
PspHyper: To celebrate the release of Monster Hunter G on Wii, Weekly Famitsu ran a small feature of the history of the series and shares the sales data of the series so far. Needless to say, the PSP games did a lot better. People keep saying that the PSP revival in Japan is largely due to the Monster Hunter Portable (MHP) series but it's also true if you think the other way around, something MHP producer Ryozo Tsujimoto also mentioned before.
With the upcoming release of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, Capcom's Colin Ferris stated that the latest game in the hot-selling Monster Hunter franchise will be the best game you'll ever play on the PSP.
Japanese publisher Capcom is set to ramp up promotion for its Monster Hunter series in Europe, in an attempt to ape the success of the series in the East. The producer of the PSP Monster Hunter titles, which outsold Wii Fit and Pokémon Diamond in Japan last year, has told MCV that Capcom will focus on promoting the brand before the next title is released in the PAL territories.
According to Capcom, pre-orders for Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (as the franchise is known in Japan) have already surpassed the 400,000 mark, making the dragon-slaying RPG sequel the most successful PSP game prior to release in Japan.
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