It feels like I’ve reported this story a dozen times in the past two weeks, but Brett Elston — a community manager for Capcom — has tweeted that the company is “not kidding when we there will be Monster Hunter news soon”. He admitted that “soon”, however, simply falls in line with the recent “before the end of the year” comments. And maybe I’m a sadist, but I’m curious to see the fan’s reaction if the deadline is missed.
For the third time in the past few weeks, Capcom has talked about the fact that Monster Hunter news that relates to its life outside of Japan is still on its way. This is what Christian Svensson said:
A few weeks ago, I told MH fans on this forum that you’d hear something before the end of the year. Nothing has changed on that front. You’re also assuming that when it comes, it’ll be at some event you can see coming from a mile away. That’s not necessarily a correct assumption. While I appreciate the passion, I can’t help you if every possible industry event leads to build up and crashes in anticipation. If we somehow get to Dec 31 and you do not have more visibility, then please be mad at me. Until then, I’d request the benefit of the doubt and your continued patience.
If time travel existed, this might be a good situation to go back in time and never promise anything. I’m sure the questions would have faded, people would have (mostly) forgotten about Monster Hunter outside of Japan in the mean time, and there’d be none of this anticipation. That might have been a better position for Capcom.
Again, and again, and again, Capcom has told us to “be patient” in regards to Monster Hunter news for the 3DS outside of Japan. At this point we’re not sure what’s going to happen — whether they’ll release Monster Hunter Tri G over hear, or just jump straight to Monster Hunter 4 — but something is going to happen.
Yuri Araujo of Capcom has said that “there is an end to this madness”, but for the moment, the waiting must continue. I just hope all this waiting is worth it.
If you want to see what Monster Hunter Tri G looks like on the 3DS XL, there’s a video after the break. Unfortunately, it’s probably an experience that will remain unavailable to most folks outside of Japan.
Christian Svensson of Capcom has said fans of Monster Hunter in the west will have “some sort of information before the end of this calendar year”, and although he “can’t say more than that”, he would “love to”.
What do you think it will be?
David Gibson, the Head of Software & Services for Macquarie Capital Securities Japan, said it’s “unlikely” that Monster Hunter Tri G will be localised. Christian Svensson of Capcom, however, has responded to simply say:
I’d like him to cite a source.
And to me, that sounds like a flat-out denial of the game not being localised. But what do you think? Are you expecting we’ll see the game in the west?
David Gibson, the Head of Software & Services for Macquarie Capital Securities Japan, has said it’s “unlikely” that Monster Hunter Tri G will be localized. This is based on the (supposed) lack of support for Monster Hunter Tri on the Wii. Now, he doesn’t work for Capcom, so he may not be privy to their plans, and various hints have suggested we will see the game in the west. But I’m amazed Capcom can’t just say “it’s happening” or “it’s not happening”. They’ve made us wait long enough.