Let’s Compare Monster Hunter Monster Sizes!

@Jevous: I'm only maybe one step further. I finally got past the hurdle of meleeing the Plesioth and Green Plesioth. Afterwards I barely managed to kill a Tigrex my first time out, but have yet to slay the White Monoblos or the Yian Garuga. Don't even talk about ***** elder quests. Good hunting to you!

I love this picture. Definitely making a copy to hang up on my wall. I just wish it had the Frontier monsters as well. I'm still trying to make a weapon to kill Espinas efficiently, then I'll work towards akura and the other big game I've yet to kill @_@.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Lao Shan Lung is weak, the real terror lies in Frontier monsters. At least they do something different there than just "walk"

That picture is a bit off, Plesioths are a bit bigger than that, I swear.
(At the least, their goddamn hitboxes are!)

Cantih

@xX-Wrath-7-Xx: I think it's great that it's coming out on Wii and I have no doubt it will be an amazing game. Capcom can really get the best out of consoles and it's about time someone does that with the Wii so all haters can go and see their M$ systems crash all over the place (yes I have one, yes it crashes).

aeonzero

Holy fuckaroo!

That's some big monsters..

If only this game came out on xbox360.. it'd be pretty fun to play on live.

Owell, guess I'll have to be satisfied with LP2.

--Core--

@Gaucho85: I know what you mean about the controls, I used so many potions on accident.

@CHunterX: ...the PS2 can handle all that stuff. It already did in MH2. I'd like to know how you got so retarded that you think the Wii couldn't?

It was a choice, not a forced limitation by the system. Seriously, the fanboyism here is gagging me.

Revenge_of_Nekojin

The Green Plesioth is the biggest one I've taken down so far (in MHF2 and now in MHFU). Game is so epic! I'll be getting Monster Hunter Tri for Wii when it finally gets released.

@Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!: The camera is still ass on the PS2 version. It's the one thing I wish they would "fix" in a newer version on the PS3.

@Geist002: DUDE!, I'm with you on that score. I was fighting a Plesioth today, hunter rank 7 with a friend of mine and it wasn't the plesioth that was killing me, it was the fucking wild life. I tried to attack from the Plesioth's blind side, Ioprey jump a good 40 feet from MY blind side and knocked me on my ass. I try to cut off the Plesioth as it was bearing down on my friend, Vespoids kept stinging me, totally screwing up my attack. The final shame, a goddamn vespoid paralyzes me just as the Plesioth turns, sees me lying on the ground. Just before the Plesioth jumps on me with that damn ground dive, a ioprey spits on me, poisons me, then I die from the Plesioth belly flop...

the shame...lol

@WoosterB: On Ad Hoc Party?

@VenomIreland: Actually, you get a stamp on your guild card if you capture all wyvern and crab types. Of course you can't catch elder dragons or Shen.

@Knoxximus ver. 5.66: LOL, i did the same when I first installed it but I found a few tutorials and I was up and running in a few minutes. ad hoc party really is one of the greatest achievements this generation that nobody knows about.

@Revenge_of_Nekojin: I'd have liked it if they kept all the monsters and weapons and still added more. You know, like any decent console could handle.

I'm currently trying to beat up the larger one in the back.....*sigh*

WoosterB

Oh monster hunter you and your making me want a psp why can't you just be a good boy and come out on the ps3 or pc :( (in America) or at the very least English so I can read it.

For those not aware there is a pc version but its japan only and from what I read has an IP checker to make sure your from japan.

Spoilers.

That same picture is hanging up in my office!

@noesmano: I was about to say the same thing. Pig in a diaper.

@Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!: I share all of these sentiments, my friend. I makes no sense to me why Ad-Hoc Party has yet to be localized and advertised. I just got it, and I guess I need to look at a FAQ to wade through the menus a bit, cause I got stuck right after I entered a house and probably pissed everybody off by mashing on the dpad too much lol!

@jakster4u: Yeah...I don't see how they just can't at least let us line in a DS3 through the PSP's USB port...how hard could that be?

@Geist002: Haha! Sounds like they were on the Gravios' payroll lol! I feel you man, and very nice and descriptive post. ^_^

@JB2K- Algebra Charms! They're Logically Delicious!: That's the spirit! I also was a PSO junkie myself...before PSU shit all over my raging nostalgia. T_T

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Yeah...look at the top left...see that GIGANTIC RED EYEBALL?

@Wuth: HARD TO PORT!! STEADY AS SHE GOES!!

@Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!: THIS.

@Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!: Actually, I just got done doing that. Do you play? I just imported my save from Freedom 2. I'm not awesome (still trying to catch Goldenfish to complete all of the 2 star quests), but I love this game to death!

Hey! Will Ad-Hoc party allow me to play while my PSP is connected to the TV via the components?

@hoogamaphone: The most use of movement with the Wiimote and nunchuk is turning the Wiimote on its side to change which attack you use with your weapon and I believe giving it a quick shake unsheathes your weapon. Other than that I don't believe there is anymore use of the motion controls.

I really hope they don't overdo the waggle in this game. It looks great, but I don't want to get carpal tunnel syndrome when playing it!

hoogamaphone

this looks so much cooler than pokemon. i guess my radar is broke, because bad ass monsters are cool to me, and colorful talking donuts with huge eyes makes me bored.

Noodle-Works

@mikumiku: Picture would be better if they had shown the head...and maybe they could have used that extra room to have Fatalis in the picture.

@sander_dutch: I've killed him solo as did a friend of mine and we've done it together. as mentioned, Lao is running from Fatalis and rightfully so. ANY fatalis you fight is powerful as shit. But in Monster Hunter Freedom2 and Unite there are new terrors that await.

But that's the beauty of mH, if you are ill equipped you can be killed by a KutKu (a pink chicken-like thingie). Oh and the Akantor....talk about impressive...

@odinkorn: you know, I've always believed that MS would have been better off (at least in Japan) if they would have lobbied for Monster Hunter on Live as opposed to Final Fantasy XIII. Monster Hunter single handedly saved the PSP in japan. When Monster Hunter debuts for wii...barring any strange issues, it should move an impressive number of units.

@Gein07: trust me, once you get used to the controls, you'll see you don't really need one. Although...try the PS2 version if you want to know the skinny on how it feels with two sticks. my local eb and gamestop have it for 20 bucks.

Playing Monster Hunter Unite...Monster Hunter is still one of the greatest multiplayer/portable games ever made bar none. The greatest sense of accomplishment I've ever gotten from a game was in Monster Hunter Freedom, after completing "Four Horns" (fight and kill two diablos' in the desert) solo with only 34 seconds left on the clock AND had the wrong sword.

Also, I finally created a japanese account and downloaded ad hoc party. Un-fucking-believable. Sony has to be the dumbest developers in the world to not advertise that as a major feature of PS3/PSP gaming. there were rooms full of people playing Monster Hunter Unite and Monster Hunter Freedom2. It's all seemless, no lag...we could have all been in the same room and it had voice chat support, text chat and password protected rooms.

Monster Hunter rocks. Sony must me mad as hell that Wii is getting Monster Hunter 3

@Knoxximus ver. 5.66: dude you have a PS3? on PSN? then create a japanese account and get ad hoc party. To hell with Xlink

@ChrowX: Ah well, at least they gave us 2G finally. MH is better portable anyway.

@Wuth: That sounds great! I wish my friends would pony up for it...XlinK Kai here I come!!

Ah yes...the perfect wallpaper...^_^

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Holy Geez, I just noticed that. Man, dude is tall... I know it's essentially a lot of grinding and raiding (not things I generally enjoy), but I have felt like playing this for a good while now. Unfortunately I'd have to wait for a X360/DS version of this *goes to check for other versions*

Train to zone!

@mikomi: The sheer differences in size and the style of the art are certainly cool. But if that much scaley pwnage manifested in one spot at once, I'd be hauling ass too.

@xX-Wrath-7-Xx: Agreed. I only know ONE other person with a PSP, and they despise games like Monster Hunter, and playing MH:Freedom all by myself was useless.

So to have it on XBL!? I'd probably very rarely play much else.

Let's hope for a PS3-exclusive Monster Hunter game.

-Xehanort

@Dismembered: I know a lot of people, who buy this for the 360 as well. I really enjoyed Monster Hunter on the PS2. If it weren't for the lack of online support and the analog controls, it would have made a bigger impact. I actually think Capcom has a better chance of success, with the 360/PS3 this time around. The online community is huge for both consoles.

With the way LP2 is turning out, it is looking more and more like a MH hybrid, with all the new mosters and healing gun.

I liked it better the first time when it was called Phantasy Star Online.

Now if Sony will just allow PS3 controllers to be used on the PSP, I would go out and buy the new one. But the first one was enough for me unless they release Monster Hunter 4 on the PS3.

jakster4u

@darkos87: Wait, so the picture was so huge it extended out of your laptop screen and into your room?

I have so been meaning to play this game.

Someday

@xX-Wrath-7-Xx: Me too, I for one would buy it for the 360 if they released it for it.

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): That particular monster takes up an entire large room, and floats in the air. It also has human-like teeth in a mouth on its underside...and if it inhales you, it chews you up and spits you back out (instant kill).

It's the stuff of nightmares...

Trexxen

@Wuth: Actually, the one in the back isn't Fatalis (the dragon Lao is running from with good reason), it's a rusted Kushala Daora. The only thing I see in this picture that resembles a Fatalis is that white mane-thing above Lao, but it looks like that's part of a White Fatalis that just got cut off.

Man, I HATE Fatalis...

Trexxen

@dtom2444: Why the hell are you loling.

Revenge_of_Nekojin

@ChrowX: Do you even know what you're talking about? They removed 4 weapons and added 2, and greatly expanded the weapons that stayed. It's not about limitations, it's about making what's in the game BETTER.

As for monsters, I don't know about you, but I was getting tired of fighting the same ones after 5 years. I'm glad they scrapped most of the old ones and are introducing a new roster.

Revenge_of_Nekojin

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: And Kirin appears to be hiding behind the Raw-Meat-asaurs.

@Gein07:

seeing as the right analogue was used for attacks, i dont think you would .

@hoopesk2: Wrong game.

@Odin:

Buy the latest one, they are all pretty similar, each iteration simply adds a few ne w features to the base experience.

Theres no story

@Odin: May as well go with MHFU, it's like an expansion of MHF2 with extra stuff and some slight improvements. Well worth it though.

@Ken Wong: That's all he has to do until that last area...

My new wall paper. :D

I say Monster Hunter has to be one of the best RPG's.
Probably my favorite.

@Phlycheez: I would say I cant wait for that game but I can actually. LP2 looks good its making me anxious.

starwind-hawking

@masterage: Not to mention in Japan they have the AdHoc Party channel for PS3, so even if you don't have a bunch of friends around you, you can meat up with them via wifi.

Skyman747

Should I buy the latest PSP Monster Hunter (Freedom Unite afaik) or should I start with the earlier ones does anyone know?

Odin

I've killed every single thing picture there. But the giant monsters aren't what I'm scared of. Any real Hunter knows that it's always the little guys that are the most dangerous...

A vespoid hovering about you while you're about to get a devastating blow on a wyvern's head. The sound of a bullfango charging off screen while you're defending from a vicious attack. A group of Congas that just WON'T let you carve the monster...

My worst "little guy" experience? Against a black gravios, I just rolled out of the way of a gravios beam, then a genprey came out of nowhere and paralyzed me. I fell right next to the beam, still safe...then a vespoid slowly hovered over me, and stung me ever so lightly, pushing my character into the beam, killing me...

D:

God I love this game....

Geist002

gotta catch em all!

@sander_dutch: I have slayed Lao Shan by myself on MH2 for PS2. I have slayed it on MH1 online with 1 friend.
We loved doing 4 people quests with only 2 ppl for the challenge :D

lars18th

@Esper mind tricks: Agreed, major kiting skills!

lars18th

@noesmano: yes. You also have cats that wear aprons who cook and clean for you. You can also kick dinosaurs in the face to wake them up.

GO GET THIS GAME.

I am now officially scared of getting further in the game... and I bought it because it felt so much like PSO, but now I feel like I should run for my measly life from this game...

... Oh what the hell, I'll continue playing it until I see a monster I no longer feel like dealing with.

JB2K- Algebra Charms! They're Logically Delicious!

@Curse_Lily: Not that scary, all he does is walk.

Ken Wong

@Clave: *monster and *last

Dam finger, they betray my mind!!!!

man, made me remember the time my clan and other clan faced the strongest mosnter of LineAge 2 in the past patch. That thing was HUGE!!!!!

Took us like 6 hours to take him down. And we were 2 7x lvl clans

8| Who knew one picture could sell a game. I want this.

FunkyMunxy

@Gaucho85:

You should keep playing it, as others says, when you get used to them you will realize that the controls are perfect (for a psp).

@mikomi: I'd be running for my life just from the smaller things in the preview pic.

Giant Dragon that could breathe in and kill me? *shudder*

@Dragooncancer: Taking time to drink a potion is a good thing. These are the kind of things that makes this game hard in a good way, not some freakin' easy-mode sissy game like most today. Just plan your potion use!
Isn't it even more silly in games like FEAR(which I love) where you press medkit button and instantly is healed, even in battle? Now that's unrealistic if anything.

@ChrowX:

I think the closest we can get so far is Lost Planet 2 with the massive scale of some of the monsters in that game.

@xX-Wrath-7-Xx: Countless Monster Hunter fans would agree with you. In fact, we'd be happy to see it on any console besides the Wii. It's shaping up to be a great game, but the limited nature of the Wii is what's forced Capcom to remove various weapon and Monster types from MH3, which is pretty terrible when you consider that the game has been a growing collection of all sorts of weapons, armor, and monsters for so long.

ChrowX

@Arronwy: Yeah, Monster Hunter is one of the few games out there where multiplayer only makes the game better AND easier. If you had the first two, XlinkKai became your friend very, very quickly. At least with Unite, you'll be able to use AdHoc Party, so NO EXCUSES, GET ONLINE, KILL THE LITTLE GIANT PINK DRAGON. Then make glorious pink armor from said dragon.

It's meant to be a group game. In Japan, it was easier since it was actually likely you have a group within adhoc range...

@Wuth: Yeah, that's always fun. Had some crazy Kai experiences myself.

-To everyone else: Game is a great, visceral experience, but people just finding out about this series had better wait for Unite and it's AdHoc Party. Newbie hunter isn't going to get the rarity 7 armor/equipment by himself, no sir... newbie might have trouble getting rarity two and three by himself, even.

You'll likely find me on there, Long Sword in hand. That or that neat folding great crossbow thing, that's always fun to use (as well as incredibly satisfying).

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under):

That's no rock... It's a monster! Evasive maneuvers!

Wuth

@Esper mind tricks: Train to zone!

Courteous_Gentleman

@kilikafinal: yerp, that's just it's legs

mikumiku

@Gaucho85: Honestly this has to be my favourite in the history of games. over here in England I got it from my local game shop for £25 last friday and have put about 30 hours into it so far, added onto my 250 hours on the previous one. you should deffinately give it a chance because once you've got used to it there is no putting it down lol. And like somebody else said you NEED friends for this game because it makes it hella more fun :D

Craig Jones

@VenomIreland: How the hel did this end up here?

@kilikafinal: Shen Gaoren, pretty much a gigantic crab.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Me and my bro are having real fun with the new quests, I've only played one new quest and the Vespoid Queen is a lot tougher than I expected, we did get killed one by one.

@LionheartAce: Funny thing is his comrade is pulling on his armour.

@Wuth: I love MH, but my biggest gripe with the original on the PSP was some of the animations took FOREVER, like taking a stupid potion and then you do that hero pose... ugh I would always get attacked again by whatever I was trying to avoid by that 2-3 second animation.

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Lao is "shit in your pants" terrifying and i HATE him >:[

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): I would like(need) that as I've yet to enjoy anything Monster Hunter related due to me being a bum.

The giant rock in the back (you know... in the HAZE!!) is distinguished to show the effects of scale but I wonder what the cat hanging on one of it's protrusions is... Just how big are those things?!!

wait... whats that big thing in the back where you can only see the legs? towards the center of the image. is it legs? i cant tell.

kilikafinal

That picture is amazing. I just got MHFU and it is the first MH game I've played, and I'm really getting to enjoy it.

The monsters I've defeated looked big and now I realize that compared to what's to come they are almost tiny. I'm even more excited to keep going now.

Masterpain22

Wow that's friggin' epic-.....
....Is that a pig wearing a diaper!?

@Wuth: Or when a giant Wyvern kills all of your mates, one by one...

What a great picture ! Super cool to see the sense of scale and very good creature designs too.

clintbacca

@One Man Freak Show:

It's incredible. If you can at all convince your friends to get it you will find nothing but love for this game. Back when the original PSP version was released, me and six of my friends all put money down on it. It was a summer full of booze and monster hunting. I only wish I could relive those glory days.

Best part: When things get hectic and you're screaming across the room at people in order to coordinate a massive trap for a gigantic wyvern. . . Then everything goes wrong. Hilarity most always ensues.

Wuth

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Also, a Basarios is hiding in the ground. Weird.

@xX-Wrath-7-Xx: 360 with slick LIVE integration following a Guild Wars model seems like a no-brainer way to profit too me but Capcom thinks otherwise. I think it was foolish mis-read to release it outside of Japan as a handheld. Japan is very much a handheld dominated environment with a weak (current-gen) console base where as oversees, it's not the case and (online) group-play is typically done more at home.

@LionheartAce: If you look closely, you'll see that Shen-Gaoren is cut off, and only it's legs are visible.

@sander_dutch:

Actually... I have in the original PSP game. Lao Shan Lung is actually fairly easy if you're properly equipped. The story goes that the largest dragon of them all is a bit of a scaredy cat, and is running from the smaller dragon (the one in the rear, with legs AND arms). So he's rushing towards this huge gate and you have to kill him by shooting him with cannons and even *ahem* jumping on his back.

Now go buy this game.

Wuth

I pressed on the picutre below and my 14 inch laptop died after the picture had spread right across my room. Is that a good thing?

@odinkorn: LOL!

@sander_dutch:

Wonder is anyone ever slayed that one by themselves.

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Thanks. I've been looking for a large version of this. Lao Shan Lung is quite terrifying.

@Gein07: There was, then it went to Wii

trunkenmath

Are there any plans for this to make a PS3 appearance? I'm sure I'm not the only one whould appreciate the benefit of a second analog stick.

@LionheartAce: Same. I love how the human at the front is running for his life.

mikomi

@Gaucho85: What kind of game is it, anyways? I'm getting a PSP next month for my birthday and am highly intrigued by this.

do we see legs in the back, in the middle ?!

HeavyMental

I wish this was out on xbox, if it is then imma get it so fast lol. I have always been interested in it.

Will download the demo...Tonight!

@Gaucho85: There is a learning curve but once you learn how to play you find that they controls are not bad. Also, it is the type of game you must play with friends. Playing it with 2 or 3 other friends makes it 10 times better.

Arronwy

@Gaucho85: Ah! don't worry it takes some time to get use to them but once you do trust me you'll love it.

To bad so many people out there don't give this game a chance.

That dragon is huge.
Wonder is anyone ever slayed that one by themselves.
Getting Shadow of the Colossus flashbacks, but guess that doesn't work in this game

@yoshirox85: hahahaha... I grew up on the Street... did YOU?

@One Man Freak Show: You're melting my brain!!!

@Darthvinder: What a puny sounding monster! I would cleave it in twain with one swipe!

That's some serious kiting skills...

@Skyline7284: I'm seriously kidding.

@ThursdayNext: About twenty-six of those, actually.

@One Man Freak Show: Stupid HTML.

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@Dragooncancer:

That's a big dog!

@One Man Freak Show: Wouldn't that make the one that is the size of a planet the Japanese sales then? :D

ThursdayNext

@One Man Freak Show: You can't be kidding and serious at the same time/ They're opposite sides of the spectrum!

Wow. I'm gonna need a pointier stick...

Sir_Pennyworth

Mine is eight and a half inches long!

............no homo?

I always enjoy pictures that compare sizes of different things...

See the small one in front of all the others? That's a metaphor for the game's sales in America.

I kid, I kid.

But no, seriously.

I really wish the Monster Hunter series would hit the 360 sometime soon.

Holy sh... damn. I feel like I should run just from that picture.

I tried the demo of the newest one on the psp... I really liked the idea, the games seems like its a lot of fun but I couldnt get used to the controls. I wish I did like the controls because the game itself seemed pretty neat.