Monster Hunter 4 coming to 3DS [Update: see the trailer!]

by David Hinkle on Sep 12th 2011 11:55PM

Nintendo has announced that Capcom is developing Monster Hunter 4 for 3DS. A brief trailer shown during Nintendo's pre-TGS keynote gave us a glimpse at the titular hunter of monsters scaling cliffs and running from a giant dragon, which he eventually faced ... only for the trailer to cut away to the title logo. Sneaky teaser trailer, sis!

[Note: Image is from Monster Hunter Tri.]

Source: Capcom

Tags: 3ds, capcom, ds, monster-hunter, monster-hunter-4, nintendo, tgs-2011

Reader Comments (88)

NINTENDO WINS!

FLAWLESS VICTORY!

@Apollo26

Not to hi-jack your post but I need to clarify something...

Monster Hunter 4 coming to 3DS Lite+

;)

Epic Megaton Announcement. Graphically i saw both Tri-G and 4 look almost Wii-quality while running in 3D. Very very impressive.

@Foetoid
Really? They looked very dated to me, but it might have just been the stream quality.

the question is, is it exclusive? If it's for both, it will come down to a 'which is better looking' and 'which offers better online' fight.

Which is a good thing.

Awesome! Another Monster Hunter that ISN'T coming to America anytime soon! :(

@ColorblindMonk
..... I can wait......(watches trailer they put up)..... ( . _ . ) .......... damn it.

This gives me another reason to buy a 3DS, but it also greatly disappoints me. I was hoping for maybe a PS3/360 Monster Hunter with tonnes of monsters, weapons and polished graphics. Hell, even a PS Vita announcement. This ruins that hope for another few years.

That said, I'll still buy a 3DS for this and a few other games, it just bums me out that Capcom hates us.

@Apsac D
They wouldn't make any vita announcements at a 3ds conference. Anything vita related will come at sony's keynote.

@Apsac D

I can't imagine it not coming to Vita. They have been hugely successful on PSP and It's not improbable a big chunk of that audience will migrate to Vita. The thing already has two analog sticks and everything. Normal logic would say MH4 is going to be multiplatform, but who knows, maybe they made a deal with Nintendo. Either way it's a big win for 3DS.

@Apsac D

Yeah, I too would like a Vita version, this is possibly the first game to get me remotely interested in 3DS, which is a shame because I liked playing on DSXL, just thought 3DS wasn't worth the money.

That trailer has me thinking otherwise now :( Damn, I wish portable versions were that varied in battle and open.

@Finito
Yeah, I can see Nintendo writing a big check in order to turn the fate of the 3DS around.

Well this was a surprising announcement.

Sooo... are we not expecting a better version to make its way to the Vita a few months later?

The whole conference was just 1 game after another, which is a good thing of course. No mention of the ad-on, so seems like it'll be a capcom-produced add-on for the Monster Hunter games.

@Foetoid
The only downside was, most if not all of nintendos stuff was expected. The only real surprises were MH4, Hatsune miku, and ace combat.

@mrantimatter

How is Ace Combat a surprise? It was in the 3DS pre-launch games list.

@HandheldAddictblogspotcom
oh right, i'd forgotten that. I guess it was still a surprise to me.

So basically Nintendo just won in Japan

@Awkwardhugs Or.. it could be coming to Vita as well. A MH project was said to be in the works at the Vita announcement but they wouldn't say what it was. My bet is MH4 as a multiplat portable game.

What is up with mainline entries going portable lately? I have like the highest quality library of portable epics known to man and almost nothing for my consoles.

@Bluebreaker
Japanese gamers prefer portables to consoles this gen, therefore a lot of high-profile titles are coming out on portables.

WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE CRAZY GATCHAMAN THING?????

MY BRAIN CAN"T HANDLE

Wait, where's the extra analog in a tv dinner tray thing?

I fully support this BUT wasn't Monster Hunter 3G just shown previously? I take it 3G will come out soon and then 4 will come out in a year or so?

@Rhondus
That's probably the case. Monster Hunter 3G this year and MH4 sometime between 2012 and '13. I bet we'll see a western release of 3G by the time they have 4, knowing Capcom and their more precious fanbase in Japan.

Oh man, this is the ultimate Moneyhat.
GG Nintendo.

Two new Monster Hunter games for a system that's gone nowhere, oh look, Nintendo's suddenly printing money.

Just not any of MY money.

@Copybass Ah jeez zombies

Stop lying to your self. I saw that wire transfer bank request you just did to send some greens to Nintendo.

@xiLeShadow

Nope. I find it disgusting that the 3DS is now going to have three million more units sold in Japan just because of this, three million Japanese people are going to be trapped with a handheld they won't use for anything else, and that Nintendo's stock is going to normalize just because of this slimy move.

@Copybass Ah jeez zombies
'three million Japanese people trapped with a handheld they won't use for anything else' - so not at all like the previous (PSP) version of Monster Hunter, then...

Anyway, this is sure to come out on Vita as well.

@Copybass Ah jeez zombies I know it's so crazy that people are going to actually buy the system they need to play the game they want...actually it really isn't.

@Copybass Ah jeez zombies You're upset that has a system that people want with games people enjoy?

What's wrong with you?

You might want to detach that fanboyism from your sleeve, it's starting to make you look very silly.

No mention of Mario Tennis Joystiq? :(

I find it funny that the circle-pad/ l2-r2 button attachment thingie wasn't in the conference at all.

@Captaindrek1

Maybe because, Nintendo never made it?

or better yet, it doesn't exist?

@Captaindrek1
It may be because it's an optional accessory for Monster Hunter fans who would prefer to play traditionally with 2 analog sticks. MH3G will make use of the touch screen otherwise, I'm sure. That brick of an addon is probably not in Nintendo's immediate future and may not make it into the much fabled 3DS Lite. I think the 3DS is fine with one circle pad, but needs software like Monster Hunter.

Another good monster hunter game going to a platform where it won't reach the vast majority of it's target audience.

@Mechazawa Prime

The target audience will FIND IT.

They are good at hunting, after all.

@Mechazawa Prime
Every portable release of Monster Hunter since PSP garnered millions of sales. If it's in Japan, it'll have no problem selling.

@ColorblindMonk

I was of course talking about western sales. Should have specified that though.

@ HandheldAddictblogspotcom

Good at hunting monsters. Not necessarily games or platforms. Jokes aside I'm mainly talking about the western audience, many of whom have heard of monster hunter but never played it because it's always on a system they don't own.

@Mechazawa Prime
Monster Hunter is kind of a system-seller in Japan. And I guarantee you it will never be anywhere near as big in the West, no matter which platform it's on.

@gatotsu911

You sound just like those idiots at Capcom. It's not about making it as big in the west as it is in Japan. That's not a reasonable goal. Yet that's their excuse for not putting it on a system where it has a chance to succeed. If they would just give it a legitimate chance it could be much bigger than it is.

Hope it has a transfer system

@Mechazawa Prime
I'm not sure what you're not getting about this.
You want them to neuter their sales on home turf just to pander to the west?
NO company would do that.

@Mechazawa Prime
I fail to see how western sales is a "platform" or how the 3DS is coming to western sales and not japan sales but nice try at explaining your original comment o.o

@Mechazawa Prime - Yeah! Totally! Because no one owns Wiis in North America.

@Mechazawa Prime Regardless of system monster hunter has never done very well in the US so it not being on whichever hardware you think would better suit it doesn't change that.

@Mechazawa Prime
Why would they sacrifice sales from their biggest consumer demographic to take risks on an entirely different one? Japanese gamers are interested in Monster Hunter (and games in general) for portables. Western gamers are not that interested in portable games that aren't attached to existing big-name franchises and they're really not that interested in Monster Hunter.
Also, like Dragon Quest, there's a reason MH is not likely to become more than a niche phenomenon in the West, and that's popular taste. Do you really see a slow, stiffly controlling game that demands teamwork and patience in sizable amounts becoming a hit with the Call of Duty crowd, or even the Final Fantasy crowd? And don't compare it to World of Warcraft - there are a number of significant differences there (platform, online component, social aspect, etc.).

How 'bout that new 3DS with two joysticks?

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