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Capcom have today confirmed that Japanese multi-platinum selling
Monster Hunter Portable 2G will be coming to European gamers as
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.
 Since
its release in Japan earlier this year, the game has shipped over
2.4 million copies, making it one of the most successful games on
the PlayStation Portable. To date the Monster Hunter series
has sold over 7.8 million units worldwide. Monster Hunter Freedom
Unite is scheduled for release across PAL territories this
coming spring.
The epic Monster Hunter series is the leading PlayStation
Portable franchise in Japan becoming the fastest selling third-party
portable game on any format. More than just a game, Monster
Hunter has become a social and cultural gaming phenomenon,
giving rise to Monster Hunter festivals and seminars plus
numerous merchandising lines. With the upcoming release of
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite in Europe players will be invited
to experience the thrill of the hunt with more action and combat
than ever before.
“Monster Hunter’s success on the PSP in Japan is
unprecedented,” commented David Reeves, President SONY Computer
Entertainment Europe. “So it is great news that the latest
instalment of the series will shortly be available in Europe and I
am confident
 that
its key tenet of social gaming that has made Monster Hunter
so popular with Japanese gamers will resonate strongly with European
PSP owners.”
With over 500 hours of gameplay and previously unreleased monsters,
weapons and missions, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is set to
be the biggest game of the series so far. Via Ad-Hoc functionality,
players can experience the social gaming phenomenon that’s gripping
Japan and adventure with up to three friends for a thrilling and
savaging multiplayer hunting party. From devising the strategy to
executing the attack, team play with your friends is going to be key
to hunting down the ferocious beasts.
Monster Hunters can prepare for the ultimate fight with more
than 2000 armour sets, 1500 weapons and 400 missions to choose and
customise their characters from. Throughout the strategic gameplay
players will be rewarded for their deep fighting combat sequences
and tactics, encouraging them to seek out the more experienced
Monster Hunters and team up in order to learn from their experience.
New to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is the fully customisable
AI Felyne companion who will accompany players on quests and gather
extra resources for the player. PSP owners may then share their
companions with other players through ‘felyne casting’ with users
transferring data through the PSP sleep mode.
Also new to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is the improved
media install option where players can save the game to a memory
stick, allowing the game to load from the memory stick and UMD
simultaneously for faster loading times. Fans of the series will be
pleased to hear that they can transfer their data from Monster
Hunter Freedom 2 over to the new game. |
