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Capcom ships 1 million copies of Monster Hunter 3 for Japan launch

by Randy Nelson on Jul 30th 2009 12:00AM

Capcom is anticipating monstrous sales of its Wii-exclusive Monster Hunter 3 in Japan, having shipped one million units of the game to retailers in advance of its launch there this Saturday. As pointed out in a blog post on the publisher's community site, this makes it the first third-party Wii game in Japan to have an initial run of 1M copies.

Saturday's also a big day for Wii in general, as it's also when Nintendo launches a version of the system with a gloss black finish -- including bundles which will have Monster Hunter 3 as a pack-in. Wow, it's almost as if Nintendo and Capcom planned it that way. The game is slated to hit the US and Europe before next April; Nintendo claims the black Wii won't be leaving Japan.

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Tags: capcom, japan, monster-hunter, monster-hunter-tri, nintendo, Wii

Reader Comments (30)

Can someone please explain the appeal of this game to me? I've watched multiple videos trying to find out what the hullabaloo is all about and to me the game looks pretty boring and bland.

The same appeal games like Diablo and WoW have here. Get gear to defeat monsters in order to get better gear to defeat even bigger monsters ad infinitum.

Think of it as Japan's WoW.

Games like these you cant just watch videos and "get it". I also didnt get it when the first game came out on PS2 all those years ago. But then I tried the PSP version... over 300 hours of gametime later, I can attest that the game is addicting, especially when you have friends to play with. And I'm not even a social gamer! But nothing beats goin up against a big-ass monster at 4am sittin around a table at IHop with your friends!

Course, this one is on Wii, which might be fun, i guess... Looks like capcom doesnt have to work hard to port it to PSP in the future (if it ever does come out, which it probably will, givin how popular the MH games are on PSP... in japan.)

For me, it's all about the badass armor and weapons.

...that and the crazy tactics you could use against monsters with friends.

...but for me: The badass armor and weapons makes the previous statement obsolete.

it's an ego trip....

I heard this game comes with a monthly fee, is this true?

No -_-'

Uh, yes it does. You pay for Hunting tickets, 800 Wii Points for a 30 day subscription, 1,500 Wii Points for a 60 days, or 2,000 Wii Points for 90 days.

You do get a 20-day free trial, but that's it.

Jampirow. You should've added the words "in Japan" to your post.

In Japan, yes there is a monthly fee of 2000 points for 90 days. Thats only about 650-700 points per 30 day period.

As for the USA, nothing has been mentioned yet. However, we do have precedent with the first Monster Hunter for the PS2 when it comes to not having to pay while the Japanese do.

I have to wonder if the monthly fee will effect sales at all.

It probably won't "effect" sales, as that's a noun.

It may "affect" sales, though.

Worse still than people who correct grammar and usage on blog posts are those who do so incorrectly. Effect can be a verb, just as affect can be a noun. They are similar in definition, but not congruent noun/verb forms.

*facepalm* Are you an English teacher? It was a typo...

I have Monster Hunter for PSP and would be interested in playing a console version, but I wouldn't pay a monthly fee for it.

I want that bundle very badly. It saddens me greatly at its unavailability.

i want this game already!!!! this and Tatsunoko vs Capcom are the only wii games i want.

I might get a wii just for this game when the english version is out. But I'm still hoping they will announce a PS3 version.

the game has a monthly fee to play online in japan, but not in the usa. its free in the usa

I don't think anything has been said about USA fees at this moment.
It will probably end being free, but you can never be too sure.

And once again, Japan gets something awesome and doesn't share. Damn you, Japan! I hate that I love you!

SHARING IS CARING

1 million? That's all?

It's Monster Hunter, Capcom. It's gonna sell a bajillion copies.

maybe in japan it will cause well shit is crazy there the craze aint big here though not japan big at least

He meant in Japan. It'll sell more than a million in Japan, what's the point in only shipping a million copies?

And as for the earlier comments, chances are they will charge us. It's easy enough to pay, and Capcom are money grubbing whores, so whoever is getting their hopes up to not be paying a monthly fee, well it'll be interesting to hear what you have to say when it comes here.

They'll obviously be shipping more, but this 1 million is probably to cover them for the opening weekend--only.

Some people have already received their copies and videos are already hitting the internet. I've seen three of them so far. One was using the lance against the Dos Jagii in the arena while the other two were using the Slash Axe and Longsword against the Boruborosu in the arena.

hey could you give me link.
thanks

This is the kind of "million" copies Capcom distrubutes with an evil smile on their greedy faces, knowing all the consequences, the tumultuous weekend, the katanas......bastards!

I know this game was HUGE on PSP, but I don't think the Wii audience will be as into it as the head honchos seem to expect. I think this game has too big of a Playstation cult status to achieve that sorta sale figure on any other platform. At least, not right away.

You would be surprised. In Japan whoever doesn't have a Wii will probably buy one for this game alone. In the rest of the world there are millions of customers that would surely lap this up. It didn't even hit a million sales on the PS2 last I remember.

So it will in Japan, maybe not so much in the states and europe, we will have to see.

1 million wont be enough

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