Guilty Pleasure

HK gaming mag, Gamewaves was dead on right bout the MHP3 rumor as Capcom officially announced the game at a press conference in Japan yesterday.

Info:
Assumptions from the trailer:

ChaCha

• Felyne fighters remains with addition of ChaChas and you can bring both along on quests.
• Revamped Gunlance actions

Confirmed:

• Release at the end of 2010
• Different than MH3
• Improved graphics and sound
• Better communication (mic perhaps just like MH3 on the Wii)
• Infrastructure support added (no idea what this means...)
• Start from scratch, no continuation can be brought from MHP2G
• Less content compared to MHP2G
• New environments
  
• Fairly large farm
• A new 'bathing/spa' system will replace the 'felyne kitchen'
• Revamped felyne fighter combat
• Can equip felyne fighter armor and weapons
  
• No underwater combat D: (remains exclusive to MH3)
• Game is situated in Yukumo, an oriental village
• A lot of returning monsters from previous game eg. Naruga and Tigrex

Weapon types:

• Great Sword
• Long Sword
  
• Hammer
• Hunting Horn
• Sword and Shield
• Dual Swords
• Lance
• Gun Lance
• Slash Axe
• Light Bowgun
• Heavy Bowgun
• Bow

Although Capcom didnt brought the underwater combat system over from MH3, the addition of Slash Axe and the returning Bow (which was excluded in MH3) is more than than enough to make up for that loss.

Topic: Onizai
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