I would imagine that it's more of a thing for the MH team in particular, as they vetoed the inclusion of the Hunter back in MvC3. Obviously something changed between then & Infinite. Itsuno's objection was more towards how Dante looked, as he wasn't involved for that specifically.
Thats true generations ultimate was great. But im just afraid that capcom will give him a tiny budget since world exploded in 2018
Agreed. I'm especially hoping that the Portable team revisits the two weapons they almost introduced in Generations. I'm a big fan of animal companions, please give me the Hunting Hound lol.
I honestly doubt that. I do think MH Switch will sell really well (especially in Japan), but I can't see it passing up MHW.
But the fact that we got the Hunter in MvCI at all shows that they aren't entirely opposed to the idea. And I wouldn't be surprised if the Hunter becomes a staple in future Versus games. And if the Capcom fighting game team could get the Hunter, Sakurai definitely could as well. Not to mention that art contest with the characters made by the person who created Astro Boy also features the Monster Hunter (albeit in Kirin armor rather than Rathalos armor like in MvCI).
Watch the new flagship be a neopteron or temnoceran(Nerscylla's species).
I could really really use a reassuring post from somebody explaining how RE Engine does what MT Framework don't and why Lagi's neck isn't gonna be a problem. Also all those unique 4th gen animations, every single one.
GaijinHunter speculated that the problem with getting Lagi to work in World had less to do with his long neck and more to do with getting him to interact with the more complex terrain. If a Switch version has flatter and less complex map terrain, they I don't see why he couldn't come back.
So you think she's going to be cut in future Versus games? Considering how well-received her inclusion in MvCI was, I'd be surprised if she doesn't return in whatever they do next.
Decently? Monster Hunter was considered to be one of the highlights of MvCI. And I wouldn't put her in the same caliber as Captain Commando or Jin Saotome, we both know how big Monster Hunter is. Also, I recall Niitsuma mentioning him wanting to move away from OCs for the Capcom side (hence no Ruby Heart).
Yeah, the game would have to be gimped in some way for it to not be the biggest entry in Japan imo. Like 'not worthy of being called mainline portable' levels of gimped.
Yeah, Japan seems to be a 5M+ market for it, and western sales should be much bigger than previous entries, considering even MHGU sold like 1.4M as a very late port of a spin-off title that already released in the west on 3DS. A truly new game, presumably with day and date localisation, should do several times that number. 10M+ seems really likely imo.
Apparently the main issue wasnt the neck, it was not meshing well with the terrain of World's maps. Something I realised that people often forget is that this isnt the first time Leviathans were completely absent from a game. This same ordeal happened in MH4, and what was a big gimmick of that game? An emphasis on verticality and elevated terrain.
Okay, that video is exactly what I needed to see, especially that bit about Team Lagi. I still have no idea what RE Engine is supposed to do to help but I'll assume we'd see simpler area geometry on the Switch anyways. Consider my hopes raised!
I'm not sure that works out as the reason why Leviathans skipped 4 and 4U when Najarala is a thing.
I'm pretty sure Najarala was only in the Primal Forest, which is a pretty flat map by 4/4U standards.
I don't think this is a particularly controversial opinion, especially with 4U being about as close to a consensus "best of series" in the community as any game has a right to be.
