Want to respond to fans' expectations, thus the delay was necessary to work on improving the quality of the game.
http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/news/html/121219a.html
http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/news/html/121219a.html
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Monster Hunter 4 delayed until summer in Japan
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ShockingAlberto
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A bunch of games just breathed a heavy sigh of relief and others just started sweating.
Cheesecakebobby
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Simultaneous launch with Vita version
RyougaSaotome
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This is a pretty massive delay and quite unexpected. Summer is also a large period of time, so I'm hoping it's early summer rather than beginning-of-September-summer.
This is certainly good news for Soul Sacrifice and possibly God Eater 2 (whenever that is). Gives the former plenty of room to breathe.
This is certainly good news for Soul Sacrifice and possibly God Eater 2 (whenever that is). Gives the former plenty of room to breathe.
Allan Holdsworth
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Vita saved.
StreetsAhead
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*spin* Now Dragon Quest will hit in Feb, Monster Hunter in 'summer', and Pokemon in September for a year long slay*
Well, I suppose it's good news for Soul Sacrifice, anyway. Maybe.
Well, I suppose it's good news for Soul Sacrifice, anyway. Maybe.
345triangle
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(((((
Hope this means they are making a Wii U version along side that will come out on the same day. #hope
#hopex3million
this is terrible news, but at least i'll have more time to spend with 3GHD.
RyougaSaotome
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It means that Sony has a chance to promote SS like crazy (extensive demo is a good start). It's not the same situation exactly (different platforms), but God Eater found success by being different enough and by taking advantage of a long wait for MH. It would also help if SS is awesome (TGS demo was great).
It's still a tough spot, but at least Sony doesn't have to worry about sharing shelf space with MH.
It's still a tough spot, but at least Sony doesn't have to worry about sharing shelf space with MH.
Box of Bunnies
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3DS re-doomed
RyougaSaotome
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Never thought about that. November/December probably would have made more sense.
Opus Angelorum
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To coincide with a 3DSi?
But they don't have a new Monster Hunter at all for the whole of FY2012. That's surely going to have a massive impact on their numbers. I don't think they've made this decision lightly.
I agree, especially since Biohazard 6 sure as hell won't meet their expectations either. At least Capcom has a few ways to mitigate the delay, such as growing the MH presence on 3DS and Wii U via MH3G, so things could be worse for them.
It's also interesting that Capcom's publicly cited reason is to improve quality. After Biohazard 6, I think they realize the kind of damage that can be done if a game in a series is reviewed very badly.
ColtraineGF
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Oh hey, now y'all have more time to play with people stateside during MH3U's US release
Hope this means they are making a Wii U version along side that will come out on the same day. #hope
I guess the next model will be 3DS Lite or 3DS Mini and improve upon the original rather than the XL. Great news for Vita (and for my wallet, what with Luigi's Mansion, Castlevania, Fire Emblem, Monster Hunter 3 west etc coming around the same time).
I always thought that summer is traditionally the best selling moment in Japan?
Has that changed in the last few years or was it just my perception?
pieatorium
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lol
sechsterangriff
Member
Yeap. First thing I thought when I read the thread title.
MHP3rd is the best-selling third party title ever and was launched in december.... though for big IPs like MH or DQ it doesnt really matter when they get released.
Nooooooo!
This is incredibly disappointing. Guess I just need to milk Tri G HD for a few months more than expected.
If an Ultimate/HD edition was to come out alongside the 3DS version I think I'd have to go for the Wii U version of the game unless of course a limited 3DSLL bundle gets released then I'd have to buy both.
This is incredibly disappointing. Guess I just need to milk Tri G HD for a few months more than expected.
If an Ultimate/HD edition was to come out alongside the 3DS version I think I'd have to go for the Wii U version of the game unless of course a limited 3DSLL bundle gets released then I'd have to buy both.
Better start saving up now. At the least I'd expect a custom 3DS. It'd make sense for it to come to the Wii U considering the control schemes are pretty much identical, but we'll see if Nintendo even pushes for that. I'm guessing that depends on Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate's sales.
Ok, this gives Vita a much better chance for the Q1 relauch*.The big number of games released in the next three months in Japan has a reason. Very curious now.
*With relaunch, I mean having at least 20k per week costantly outside of the Holidays and not the XBOX like numbers it's having right now.
*With relaunch, I mean having at least 20k per week costantly outside of the Holidays and not the XBOX like numbers it's having right now.
I don't think they want to release 3 and 4 in the same year.
clay_ghost
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Vita saved