Last year was a rough year. Just ask Osaka-based Capcom. The game company, which is best known for the Street Fighter series, sales profits down. Way down.
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This Monster Hunter Tri Wii unboxing is A) A marketing stunt, B) a video recording of an amazing and wonderful event, C) this guy’s shtick.
If Capcom has its way, once you put Monster Hunter Tri into your Wii you’ll never want to take it out, with regularly scheduled downloadable quests and events keeping the game fresh well past release.
A few weeks back, we gathered a party of intrepid Kotaku readers and set off in search of adventure. Our quest? Attend Nintendo’s Monster Hunter Tri media event on Sydney’s Cockatoo Island and play the game. Here’s what happened.
We’ve selected the five Kotaku readers who’ll be attending the Monster Hunter Tri hands-on event in Sydney this week. Let’s find out who they are.
Monster Hunter is coming to Wii in May. But next week Nintendo is offering Kotaku readers in Sydney the chance to play it. Could that be you?
The Nintendo Summit in San Francisco is positively bursting with news, with release dates for the Nintendo DSi XL, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M, and plenty of information on the games coming in the first half of 2010.
It’s a Monster Hunter Tri information explosion, as Nintendo and Capcom reveal new information on the North American release of this eagerly anticipated title, including the release date, exclusive demos, pre-order incentives, and the freedom of online multiplayer.
Here are screengrabs from a Capcom’s earnings report, in beautiful black-and-white chart form.