Monster Hunter
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Monster Hunter
- Release Date: September 21, 2004
- Genre: Role-Playing
- Style: Third-Person 3D Action RPG
- Similar Games: Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest (PlayStation 2), The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (PlayStation 2)
Game Description
Monster Hunter is a third-person action RPG, similar in style to EA's The Lord of the Rings games or Sony's Champions of Norrath. Monster Hunter features both online and offline components, allowing players to adventure on their own or form a party, with up to three friends, for a cooperative adventure using the PS2 Network Adaptor. As in most role-playing games, players begin by creating a character and customizing their hero's appearance, voice, and other attributes. Monster Hunter also has players creating and customizing their characters' equipment. While basic weapons and armor may be purchased from NPCs, the most powerful items in the game are made by the players' characters themselves, from the hides, teeth, scales, claws, and other parts of conquered monsters.~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide
Production Credits
Manual: Hansahw Ink & Image; Marketing: Todd Thorson, Sean Mylett, Bonnie Scott Denoyer, Jack Symon, Sarah Felbinger, Laili Bosma, Robert Johnson, Nate Williams, Rey Jimenez; Creative Services: Jennifer Deauville; Package Design: Michi Morita, Corey Tran, Mira Han; Translation: Thomas Huston, Brian Dunn; PR: Melinda Mongelluzzo, Carrie Root, Arne Cual, Alicia Kim; Customer Services: Philip Navidad, Robert Hamiter, Jeffrey Leung
~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide
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Monster Hunter
This article is about the series. For the first video game in the series, see Monster Hunter (video game).
| Monster Hunter Franchise | |
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| Genres | Action role-playing game Open world |
| Developers | Capcom |
| Publishers | Sony, Nintendo |
| Platforms | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Windows, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, iOS |
| Official website | capcom.com/monster |
The Monster Hunter (モンスターハンター Monsutā Hantā) franchise is a series of fantasy action role-playing video games that started with the game Monster Hunter for PlayStation 2. The series is developed and published by Capcom. As the title suggests, the player takes the role of a hunter in a fantasy environment and completes quests by seeking out monsters to hunt or capture. The series has branched out into PlayStation Portable games and a massively multiplayer online game. In Japan, the Monster Hunter series is immensely popular, and it has gained a cult following in the United States, with the port Monster Hunter Freedom (known in Japan as Monster Hunter Portable) and its sequels, Monster Hunter Freedom 2 / Monster Hunter Portable 2nd, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite / Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G , Monster Hunter Portable 3rd and an online game called Monster Hunter Frontier selling millions of copies, and Monster Hunter Tri becoming the highest-selling third-party Wii game in Japan.[1] Since the series debuted, it has sold 21 million units as of May 2012.[2] There is also an anime based on the spin-off game Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airu Village and a book called Monster Hunter EPISODE (モンスターハンター EPISODE~).[3]
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Games
Below is a list of games in the Monster Hunter series. The way the games are numbered suggest a split series between console and handheld games.
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Freedom series
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PS3 Monster huner 3rd HD- coming soon
Related media
Anime
A series of anime shorts titled MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura Airū Kiki Ippatsu was broadcasted beginning August 10, 2010. A sequel, MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura G, is currently in production.[4]
Another anime titled "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai" features people playing Monster Hunter on PlayingStates Portable, an obvious stand-in for the PlayStation Portable.
Manga
A manga titled Monster Hunter Orage was published jointly by Kodansha and Capcom in April 2008. The author of the manga is Hiro Mashima. There are four volumes total with the last volume published on May 4, 2009. An English release of Monster Hunter Orage first took place on June 28, 2011.
Card game
A trading card game titled Monster Hunter Hunting Card was released in October 2008 with periodic updates planned.[5]
References
- ^ Fletcher, J.C. (2009-08-13). "Monster Hunter 3 is Japan's best-selling third-party Wii game". Joystiq. http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/13/monster-hunter-3-is-japans-best-selling-third-party-wii-game/. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ^ "Capcom Total Sales Data". Capcom. http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/salesdata.html. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ "MONSTER HUNTER｜モンスターハンター 公式ポータルサイト" (in Japanese). Capcom(Japan). http://www.capcom.co.jp/monsterhunter/goods_book38.html. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ "Monster Hunter Nikki Anime Shorts Get Sequel". Anime News Network. 2011-04-07. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-07/monster-hunter-nikki-anime-shorts-get-sequel. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ^ "Monster Hunter becomes a card game". andriasang. August 22, 2008. http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2008/08/22/monster_hunter_card_game/. Retrieved December 10, 2010.[dead link]
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