Monster Hunter Frontier soon stalking beasts on Xbox 360

by Griffin McElroy on Jan 26th 2010 9:00AM

The identity of the teased "Capcom x Microsoft" title was revealed earlier this morning, bringing about one of those forehead-slapping of course moments -- because of course it's a Monster Hunter game for the 360. To be more specific it's Monster Hunter Frontier, a port of the PC MMO of the same name.

On top of a promotional trailer (which we've posted after the jump), Capcom's released a few details about the game, the most interesting of which is the title's subscription plan. According to Famitsu, Japanese players will be required to purchase Hunter Life Course Coupons for 1,400 yen ($15), which will give them access to the game for 30 days and a one-month Xbox Live Gold subscription. Not a bad deal at all.

The game's official site also went live earlier this morning, and will be updated again on February 1. Keep an eye out for more details in the coming weeks, even though chances of this coming to the West seem slim at best.

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Tags: capcom, microsoft, mmo, mmorpg, monster-hunter, monster-hunter-frontier, online, Xbox-360, xbox-live

Reader Comments (63)

Holy schnikeys!

180 a year...hehe no.

Well this sucks. I was just talking to my friends yesterday about how awesome it would awesome if they made a MH game for the 360 using the Lost Planet 2 graphic engine. These graphics look dated even MH Tri looks better. What a disappointment.

how awesome it would awesome exactly.

ugh damn typos

It's been out in Japan for awhile now... And no, Tri doesn't look better. I saw footage of it being played on a PC in Tokyo and it definitely has hi-res textures that destroy Tri easy.

and $15 a month for an MMO isn't unheard of. Hell, that's Warcraft, LotRO, Warhammer, and every other MMO that's somewhat current and fun.

Doesn't really matter as it isn't coming stateside anyways.

I keep looking at MH Frontier and MH Tri videos and Tri definitely looks better.

One of the first things I thought on watching the video was how bad the engine is they are using.

AKA "Let's try to sell Xbox 360 in Japan"

*sigh* Go figure...

If it brings more RPG's to the 360 I'm all for it.

I suppose that's true. But 360 is already getting FFXIII which is kind of a big deal in that regard.

Overall, I was hoping for something I'd actually want to play :( Like, almost any other Capcom franchise :)

YAAAAAAY!! Now the Xbox 360 will sell a few extra 100k units in Japan!!

I'm sure that even Monster Hunter won't be enough to get the Japanese to just jump on that bandwagon....

There is no bandwagon for the 360 in Japan. Heck there isn't even a wheel yo.

Yeah I think they will be preoccupied by something else. *cough* Final Fantasy XIII is exclusive in Japan *cough*

I think everyones so non-hyped because FF14's gonna blow it out of the water.

lol it did for that sinking ship the PSP it's about the only thing keeping it a float and since the 360 is cheaper than the PSP don't underestimate this.

the PSP is a sinking ship? it has sold well over 55 Million worldwide yet its a sinking ship??

you MUST be a fanboy of the Xbox/DS variety....

This isn't what Microsoft needs to combat the ps3 in Japan. Very dissapointing indeed, I really thought this could be something fresh.

looks like the wii version running at 720p. meh.

Are these the last death throes of the 360 trying to sell itself in Japan? :p

Let's just hope this makes it to US/EU, and with an offline/single-player mode. I'd love to play some HD Monster Hunter.

Maybe if they give away a free Quarter Pounder with every Xbox 360 sold maybe that would help sell in Japan.

One of my friends told me that this isn't so bad if they bring all the updates right out of the box. There was a whole truckload of content now on Frontier since it's launch.

On another note: Is the Monster Hunter team now actively avoiding Sony, the guys that gave them their start? What's up with that?

My guess? Microsoft probably did asked for a next gen Monster Hunter for the 360, unfortunately it's already underway, and exclusive for the PS3. So the next best thing would be a port of the PC MMO, and due to the same system architecture, the port might have taken just a fraction of the next gen Monster Hunter.

They didn't manage to get the big fish, but still managed to capture the thunder for the 360, which is still important. Still, just a guess.

I hope you're right, echothreealpha.

Capcom stated that they had no plans to develop Monster Hunter for the PS3, and had issues with Sony and development support. So basically, they don`t want to have anything to do with the PS3. Tri was originally in development for the PS3 but due to problems between Capcom and Sony they stopped and went to the Wii.

I find it very hard to think that they would develop for the PS3.

Personally, I don`t really care as long as MH comes out on something.

What? No they didn't. It was too expensive to develop on the PS3 so they went to the Wii instead, it's got nothing to do with hating Sony.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2007/10/10/afx4204151.html

You work for Capcom? I received the info from those who do. Press statements and team reasons don`t always overlap.

Another MMO??

Honestly I would have jumped on this but after reading that you have to play a 15 dollar monthly fee? Come on man no matter how you try and spin it WoW is the only game worth that admission fee. If any MMO wants to beat WoW they need to start at a lower monthly charge.

I whole-heartedly disagree, WoW is probably the one MMO I won't pay $15 a month for. EverQuest (1 and 2), Vanguard, LotRO, Warhammer, Age of Conan... All of these are more fun than Warcraft at this point. It's basically a game of "everyone's a winner!" now-a-days.

And yet another "I hate WoW because it's popular" post.... -_-

Please save it cry babies for your mommy. You cant say that WoW is the most profitable MMO out there. You ask every MMO creator in the business and they all want a piece of the WoW pie. I stopped play WoW years ago but I tell you its hard to compete against it. I still have my Warhammer account but its boring barely anyone is on in the zones, you can drop Everquest. It peaked with the first one, and the second failed to live up to the hype. LoTR is competent MMO and probably the only one that if it had more pull could be better than WoW but it never will. Age of Conan just sucked.

It`s not $15 a month. It requires the Xbox online service fee to be paid (800 yen) and then is 600 yen on top of that. So the actual cost of the Monster Hunter service itself is only $6~7.

I dont think you have any ideas as to how many people play this game in japan mate ^^

I tell you that because I am a current player of MHFO Japan servers.

Its not "i hate WoW because it's popular", it's "I've been there, and it ain't that good". Being able to top out in an MMO in 2 months of play ain't a good thing. It gets boring very very fast, unless you really dig on griefing. There's no challenge, very limited narrative, and your "reward" is to have a character with all the same items that every other character that shares your class does. All that equates to boring piece of low-res shit to me.

@Punkrawk Bbob - you pretty much described every MMO out there. So how can you say the MMOs you listed are any better when they are all pretty much the same thing????

Is it just me or does this game look like it could have been released on the original Xbox or possibly even made it as a graphically inferior (but not enough for you to get the 360 edition instead) title on the PS2?

I figured it wouldn't come over here and I for sure wouldn't pay $15 a month for something like that.

A game like this should be free to play!

I would love to see this game come out here but I'm sure that if we do it will be the version that is coming out on the Wii!

I guess I will have to wait for the PS3 version of MH when it comes out!

*reads title* :D
*reads MMO* D:

Oh look, another MMO, and it charges $15 a month too wow, its not like I could just pay that and play a MMO thats been out for 5 years and s constantly getting updates to fix bugs.

In all fairness, you could say this game only costs ~$10/month since you're getting Live included as well.

So, no Strider remake? :(

My guess was something like that, ultra-obscure, an attempt to revive it for Natal.

Monster Hunter could be a killer franchise if marketed properly in the US. One of my biggest hopes for this generation was a new Monster Hunter. They keep on releasing PSP versions here but Americans don't ride on trains everywhere and don't play PSPs in public so unless you're still hanging out on the school playground it's impossible for most american gamers to fully enjoy this series.
Stupid stupid Capcom. I probably would have dished out the $15/mo to enjoy this awesome MMO stateside.

What is the deal? No one plays with their DS/PSP in public even though sales figures are through the roof, yet everyone doesn't hesitate to whip out their Ipods, digital cameras, cell phones or text messengers at EVERY POSSIBLE MOMENT.

*yawn*

Wow,the 360 get a game from 2007!!
The question im asking to myself is how much Microsoft paid to get this game and if Japanese will embark in this scheme,i wonder if Microsoft expect a hardware sale boost from this announce.....?!
Personally,i hope this gonna be a flop lol!!!!!

I don't think the Japanese will get on board so much, as the PC game didn't do very well, reportedly.

I like Monster Hunter and all, but so far the Wii version is still looking more appealing than this. Still, I hope it releases in the USA.

Your'e rigth,MH 3 is far more superior and + Frontier look like a pc port of MH2:(

I take it this is Japan-only?

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