Today Square Enix released a new trailer of Lord of Apocalypse (that will be released on December the 17th on PSP and PS Vita), focusing on the weapons available in the game.
VGChartz: “While the PSP definitely got off to a flying start in terms of sales thanks to the promise of console quality gaming on the go, things took a downturn in the following years due to a variety of factors including increasing competition from the DS & phones, and a lack of quality exclusives. In Japan, one franchise injected new life into the little handheld turning it from a decent seller into the must-have machine in the country - this was, of course, Monster Hunter.
Capcom's co-operative action-adventure series was born on the PS2 but found a much better audience on the PSP, where local ad-hoc play became somewhat of a phenomenon in the country. Each successive release sold better than the previous entry, culminating in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd clearing nearly 5 million copies. The stage was all set for the franchise to make the jump to Sony's new handheld in 2011, but in a surprise piece of news it was announced the series would instead be transitioning to Nintendo's new 3DS handheld.
With the audience still very much interested in buying a true next-gen successor on the Vita despite the hardware shift, other companies stepped in to attempt to plug the gap in the market, leading to a large variety of imitator franchises on the Vita. It's these series I'm intending to examine in this article - what they are (including many that actually pre-dated Monster Hunter or appeared alongside it on PSP), how many entries Vita saw, how well they sold, and how well they succeeded at providing a co-operative hunting experience.”
Lol i remember soul sacrifice, i remember when people hyped it up to be the next monster esque game, it was fun for a while but it didn't do it for me.
Honestly, story wise, I enjoyed it more than Monster Hunter, but it's comparing apples to oranges really.
I don't play monster hunter for story, honestly the monster games have terrible stories but I still love them. I couldn't stand the bland environments in soul sacrifice and having to regenerate the abilities.
Freedom wars, God eater, Toukiden, and soul sacrifice I loved. Well the single player stories that is which is the one thing the mh games lacked to me. Very underrated games.
wow wow stop there lack of quality exclusives? Crisis Core FFVII, Dissidia, Dissidia 012, The 3rd Birthday, KH BBS, Type 0, other SE games, 2 GOW games, DW games, MGS Peace Walker, Dragon Ball Tag Tenkaichi (best DB on the go ever), tons of best anime games including Yu Gi Oh GX, Gundam, HxH, Naruto and so more, Megan Man X, Gran Turismo, 2 GTA games, without mentioning other PS exclusives and MH. PSP main issue was the HACK, without hacking I assume psp games would had sold much better. best portable device ever. with ton of PS1 classics.
I actually thought Freedom Wars was excellent. Loved the setting, loved the combat, in some aspects I think it beats even Monster Hunter World. (Although MH's scale, scope and depth makes it better overall) I'd love to see a sequel or spiritual successor.
A retail pamphlet, supposedly sent out by Sony, lists Final Fantasy X, a Monster Hunter title, and Lord of Apocalypse for North America.
Very interesting. I wanted to play Lord of Apocalypse and Final Fantasy X on my Vita so this news gets me pumped up.
Final Fantasy X and Monster Hunter confirmed for NA?
I like it! Take my money Sony, SE and Capcom!
IDK if 10 was the last good FF, but it was the last FF I really loved. But while I hated 12 at the time because I wasn't really controlling my party like old FFs, I'd almost like to go back and revisit 12 at some point after LOVING Dragon Age Origins (and 2 to a lesser extent), because now I got the idea of programming tactics properly which I didn't even CARE to learn back in the FF12 days. I won't go ba ck and play 12 now, but if they do a HD remake/remaster of that around the end of this generation, I'd probably pick it up just to see if I enjoy it more now that I was forced to learn and come to enjoy programming tactics for my party.
As for this Monster Hunter for Vita, I have to assume it's the same exact game that's coming for PS3, and they'll probably release the same day. The MHP3HD game. Though here obviously it will be called MHF3HD. I'm a HUGE Monster Hunter fan. MH on PS2 is my favorite online game of all time. And I am getting a Vita. But truth be told I've always prefered Monster Hunter from my couch with a dual shock in my hand, not a PSP or even a Vita. If I'm right and it's the same game for PS3 and Vita, I will be getting the PS3 version for sure.
Though I admit I am disappointed they didn't bring back the original right analog stick attacking now that Vita has the right stick now and this game is going to be on PS3 as well.
FF10 was last FF to have an FF standard sotry, that is an epic story.
I did not think the story of FF12 and FF13 were epic, or even good, they were mediocre . SE needs to hire proper script writers.
Can't wait, FFX HD is one of the main reasons I want a Vita. They need to release a trailer or at least some screenshots.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Vita gets a monster Hunter game. But what surprises me is that if that's true why hasn't capcom announced it yet?
if that list is true
my head is gonna explode....
I was really bothered by the (almost fact) that most of these titles which were launched in Japan wouldn't reach the states ! if this news could be trusted,then I have a ray of hope ;___; ....
I'm happy Monster Hunter is coming. I can finally see what all the fuss is about. Still not sure which platform to get FFX on though. Might get it on both if it supports transfarring.
No Ragnarok Odyssey, Tales of Innocence and Final Fantasy Type-0 is dissapointing though.
Check out the new screenshots of Lord of Apocalypse now!
