I'm already used to monster hunter being local only so it's really no big deal to me. It is a bit disappointing but really doesn't differ than any other monster hunter game unless you count Tri (which in my opinion was the smallest and most boring MH title I've played...)
Yeah, I've only played a few MH games, but if I remember correctly all the other MH games were also local only right?
Yep, well outside of japan at least. In japan they had to pay fees to play the psp Monster Hunter games online at all..even Tri had fees for them.
Oh, ok. Thanks for clarifying that for me
My point is, it sounds like a marketing ploy created between Nintendo and Capcom in an attempt
to boost sales of the Wii U as well as gain a profit for Capcom on an otherwise useless adapter. Capcom has been proven to lie several times to the press in the past several years to the point that they even lost 2 of their 3 top developers over it (as well as several other factors). Capcom has been dropping in the development ranks since losing their two aforementioned creative minds and are in dire need to rebuild their popularity. However, with Inafune making his own company, Comcept, their Mega Man, Resident Evil, and Dead Rising franchises won't be the same and to add to it Devil May Cry and Resident Evil's creator (Inafune helped direct some of the RE games) went and made Platinum Games so those franchises won't be the same either. I played the demo for the new DMC and was not impressed at all. Even the demo was highly repetitive and lacking new ideas to the point I canceled my pre-order after playing it. With their top franchises hitting dirt (Resident Evil 6 was an atrocity) they need some form of funding coming in to build a profit, so I wouldn't put it past them.
I was going to make a mention just now to say "although I haven't known Nintendo to lie", but then I recalled the lawsuit they just lost for stealing the 3D technology used in the 3DS, so... :/
That's exactly what is going on.
Gotta sell dem Wii U's man. I was pretty upset about it too actually, I bought the 3DS because it's something I can mess around with when im lying in bed (inb4 thats what she said) or when i'm away. I spend the majority of my free time (involving tech that is) on the computer. I can't play the Wii U and be on the computer, and I also wouldn't want to anyways.
I loved the online play of Monster Hunter Tri, and there is no reason for a near port (Yes i'm aware of all the new features, and enjoy them, and know those took time. It is still primarily a port) to actually be missing features of the original.
