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[ArchedThunder]

https://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/867917703150837760

More Details Saturday

Hope we get screenshots, I want to know if they cleaned up the textures any.

 

[Mory Dunz]

Switch's first year is amazing.

Like

Zelda
Mario Kart
ARMS
Splatoon
Mario Odyssey
Xenoblade
Fire Emblem
Mario and Rabbids(Lol)
Maybe Pokemon

eh, artificial games

 

[titiklabingapat]

About that Capcom thread from yesterday...

I'm wrong and I'm glad I'm wrong.

 

[Seik]

And this very morning Capcom's support for Switch was put in question, the irony!

 

[GDGF]

Its impossible to own anymore of japan

Nintendo is going to have to make a New Japan so they have more of it to own.

 

[shoryukens]

The Switch just became a must buy console.

 

[Mentok]

How did double cross do on the 3ds?

Just tell me the localized release date and I'm there.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Lol when this was being announced for 3DS a lot of people felt it would come to Switch.

 

[Plum]

This eliminates the two major barriers I had to really getting into the previous games, the lack of portability or the problems that come with portability. I'll definitely be getting this when it comes out.

 

[OverturePT]

I skipped Generations so I'm in. The Switch is so much more comfortable to play I never want to go back to the 3DS.

 

[Sterok]

Would've been nice to have earlier, but ah well. As long as it's here, that's all that matters.

 

[valinthyne]

So if HD 3DS ports to Switch are a thing now I have an extensive list I'd like you to look at, Nintendo.

 

[Fularu]

Skipping the 3DS version, going straight for the switch version

 

[Neoxon]

Well shit, hype!

Farewell, 3DS!

 

[Atheerios]

I don't think a main Monster Hunter game will release on a non-Nintendo console ever again (unless they stop making consoles and / or Capcom goes mobile)

 

[De_Legend]

XX on Switch and MH 5 on PS4.

Maybe?

 

[ScientificPizza]

IF Pokemon Stars is also real Switch is going to sell insanely well in Japan this year lol

MK 8DX + Splatoon 2 + MH XX + Pokemon Stars + Mario Odyssey.... lmao

The only problem is going to be getting enough Switches out there for everyone who will want one

Imagine Pokemon Stars being real and Xenoblade 2 *actually* hitting this year...

 

[ZeroX03]

Surprised this wasn't official sooner or announced in a more bombastic way, but this is great newss for both the Switch and the series. I can't think of a system better suited for it. Proper controls plus portable or docked? Japan'll love it, the West can get more on board.

Being a 3DS game mean I'd expect a damn clean image at a good framerate too, considering the previous 240p ugliness.

 

[Rhanitan]

WOOOOOOOOOO! This is what i've been waiting for! I dont even care if its nothing but a resolution bump.

 

[GDGF]

XX on Switch and MH 5 on PS4.

Maybe?

Maybe if the Switch had been a failure.

 

[Arion]

People ridicule this reason, but MH was built on co-op word of mouth.

The brand is so big because you could take it on the go. I have always been a big supporter of that.

Splitting the user base makes no sense in that aspect. You don't build a foundation and then split it in half.

How does porting to other systems split the user base? The existing community will play the game on Switch and a new community can grow on other systems. Did Dark Souls pc port split the community?

 

[Mory Dunz]

And this very morning Capcom's support for Switch was put in question, the irony!

tbh, this is the probably least they should be doing.


For their own best interest more than anything

 

[Jim_Cacher]

Holy shit

 

[Neoxon]

XX on Switch and MH 6 on PS4.

Maybe?

You mean 5?

 

[BigEmil]

Oh this is the 3DS port? I thought a new game..

 

[Atheerios]

eh, artificial games

Artificial? I didn't know nature could make videogames by itself!

 

[sinonobu]

The reasooning for Capcom would be like for Square Enix, putting (localizing) their game on PS4 because it just sell too good outside of Japan. (= reaching that broader audience)
But let's wait and see, Capcom might make a special "westernized/casualized" MH specifically for the PS4

I think they will take the latter route and make westernized MH for not only PS4 but for PC and Xbox One (or maybe even Switch) that ties with the Hollywood movie that is coming out.

 

[Jpop]

The reasooning for Capcom would be like for Square Enix, putting (localizing) their game on PS4 because it just sell too good outside of Japan. (= reaching that broader audience)
But let's wait and see, Capcom might make a special "westernized/casualized" MH specifically for the PS4

That's the thing Nintendo has built a user base for MH in the West, and they've grown the franchise.

MH is Niche it will sell well to its user base on any platform, but will it grow much if you put it on the PS4 vs only being on the 3DS or Switch.

How does porting to other systems split the user base? The existing community will play the game on Switch and a new community can grow on other systems. Did Dark Souls pc port split the community?

What an irrelevant comparison. MH was built around co-op Darksouls was not.

 

[BitStyle]

XX on Switch and MH 6 on PS4.

Maybe?

Need MH5 first

 

[ScientificPizza]

XX on Switch and MH 6 on PS4.

Maybe?

The only way the PS4 gets an exclusive MH is if it's a spin off

 

[Immaculate]

How did double cross do on the 3ds?

Just tell me the localized release date and I'm there.

It had the worst first week opening of any MH game since Tri on Wii and it failed to meet their expectations of 2 million by 3/31

 

[De_Legend]

You mean 5?

Yes 5, the dude mentioning 6 messed me up 🙃

 

[Neoleo2143]

Yeah, it seems MH will move to the Switch for its future. The only question left is whether the PS4 will get MH too.

 

[DeuceGamer]

The only problem is going to be getting enough Switches out there for everyone who will want one

Imagine Pokemon Stars being real and Xenoblade 2 *actually* hitting this year...

If Pokemon Stars is coming they need to be opening extra manufacturung lines. Hell, they probably need to anyway.

 

[sinonobu]

Yeah, it seems MH will move to the Switch for its future. The only question left is whether the PS4 will get MH too.

It already got MH Frontier /s

but in all seriousness I think there's high chance we see Westernized MH game that ties with the movie that will come out in every major platform.

 

[ReyVGM]

People port begging MH on PS4, they fail to realize that MH is more successful on portables than on consoles. Sure, the PS4 might get a mainline port/version (just like the Wii/WiiU got one), but the focus will always be a portable version and right now the Switch is the future in that regard.

So don't expect MH5 on a PS4 exclusively anytime soon.

 

[Arion]

And this very morning Capcom's support for Switch was put in question, the irony!

I was reading that thread and laughing my ass off. People keep falling for Capcom's low key trolling.

 

[SciencePilot]

Okay, now this is a Switch game I can get behind. BotW is still my only Switch game, and this will probably join the ranks whenever it comes.

 

[BigEmil]

Yeah, it seems MH will move to the Switch for its future. The only question left is whether the PS4 will get MH too.

If the rumour is true that the new one meant to be all new graphics finally that is more current gen standard, then I expect that plus a Steam port too, unless Nintendo paid to make it exclusive to their systems only

 

[Juraash]

For as much as I adored 4 I really didn't like a lot of Gen. But a MH game on Switch is hard to say no to. Maybe I'll like XX better in the end.

 

[De_Legend]

The only way the PS4 gets an exclusive MH is if it's a spin off

Yeah maybe a spin off, either way, I'll try XX on the Switch since I skipped the 3DS version.

 

[AdropOFvenom]

HD assets and I'm in. Straight port and I'm not.

 

[The Hermit]

Last game in the series I played was MH3U.

I just can't play a game like this on handhelds. It'll be glorious for it to be back on the TV.

...probably would've preferred MH4 though, but whatever. I'll take what I can get at this point.

I played mh3u on both 3DS and WiiU and one of the features was shared save files. It took too long though so it wasn't practical.

The switch though...

 

[Mediking]

All joking aside... THIS IS REALLY GOOD FOR JAPAN. WE NEED TO KEEP JAPAN INTO GAMING. THIS IS GREAT FOR EVERYBODY.

 

[vareon]

Let's go.

 

[theaffection]

Perfect timing with theDMC5 rumors this year... 😈😈

 

[b00_thegh0st]

All according to keikaku.

 

[Vital Tundra]

HD assets and I'm in. Straight port and I'm not.

They might not have a choice if there won't be a 3DS version in the west.

 

[taoofjord]

Great news, will totally pick this up and play the hell out of it while waiting for a new MH.

 

[Neoxon]

Yes 5, the dude mentioning 6 messed me up 🙃

If the 4chan rumor turns out to be true, maybe MHX will be the Switch series while the numbered MH games end up on PS4 (& maybe XB1).

Though honestly, I hope the numbered games are Switch/PS4.