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Rumor: Monster Hunter Portable 3 Coming this Year?

by VGChartz Staff, posted on 17 February 2010 / 1,505 Views

When you nail a rumor right, it's natural that your next rumor gets a lot of attention. This is what's happening now with the Hong Kong magazine GameWave. The publication became well known as it was the first to talk about the (later confirmed to be true) slimline PS3, so at least they have some inside info. But, their track record isn't impeccable, so as usual, take this with a grain of salt.

The rumor now is that Monster Hunter Tri (released for Wii last year in Japan) will get a port for PSP, in the form of Monster Hunter Portable 3, and it will be coming this year in Japan. The rumor makes sense, after all, both previous main entries in the series had a PSP port, and those ports sold even more than the main entries. You only have to take a look at the sales of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite in Japan to know why it would be a likely move by Capcom.

I personally don't doubt that an eventual Monster Hunter Portable 3 is going to be eventually announced... though, as for if it's coming this year, that's more debatable

 

UPDATE: When asked about the rumor, Capcom answered with a standard and swift denial.

"If Capcom was to announce a new Monster Hunter Portable game, the chances of its first appearance in any magazine other than Famitsu are pretty slim. We are not even remotely close to announcing a new Freedom/Portable game in the West, and I've certainly not heard of an imminent announcement in Japan. This is a rumour"

Now, we all know how companies are quick to deny rumors only to confirm them later, so this is as good as nothing

 

Source: Kotaku


11 Comments

Eiodalin
Eiodalin (on 18 February 2010)

Sorry to burst to the bubble people bu look at this site right here \http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Bobofango/My_photochop_made_it_on_the_cover_of_a_Hong_Kong_magazine there will e no release of monster Hunter tri on PSP unless Capcom says other wise

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oni-link
oni-link (on 18 February 2010)

@Pho I don't think Capcom thought MH:Tri is good match for PS3 thus the move to the Wii!!!

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makingmusic476
makingmusic476 (on 18 February 2010)

So they're not remotely close to announcing one for the West, but they're somewhat closer to announcing one for Japan?

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Pho_Hybrid
Pho_Hybrid (on 17 February 2010)

wait what about PS3?

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johnsobas
johnsobas (on 17 February 2010)

it will come out eventually it's just a quesiton of when. They will want to come out with MH3G on wii first to milk out a little more money before putting it on PSP. They don't want to announce it until after that comes out, but i wouldn't be surprised if they were already working on it.

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oni-link
oni-link (on 17 February 2010)

just a wishful rumor nothing else!

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hunter_alien
hunter_alien (on 17 February 2010)

If its a rumor or not, its only a matter of time anyways. Capcom loves money, and PSP+MHF=$$$... waaaay more then what they could achieve with the franchise on any other system ;-)

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Tridrakious
Tridrakious (on 17 February 2010)

Well this would be huge for PSP.

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Blackmagic5814
Blackmagic5814 (on 17 February 2010)

LOL Capcom already shot this rumor down! http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/mh-tri-portable-is-a-rumour-capcom

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koopatrooper
koopatrooper (on 17 February 2010)

let it realease in pal and ntsc regions first please

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jonop
jonop (on 17 February 2010)

There was another rumour that they were making this game for psp2.

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