
Of course, all of that material is merely for leveling up, forging weapons, stocking up on items, and amusement. This cute little community is filled with eccentric characters and bizarre side quests involving mushroom farming and monster-meat bbqing rooted in a distinctly Japanese surreal sensibility. You enter into gameplay as a rookie monster hunter in the adorably designed Moga Fishing Village. It’s not for everyone, but for those who like duking it out with ginormous monsters and the slow-steady pay off of RPGs, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is pure bliss designed by the Capcom geniuses to get lost in for months. This is the type of game that will suck up your life with dozens, if not hundreds of hours of play through single and multiplayer battles. You have to study, hunt, and attack in epic confrontations that make each win feel like a monumental achievement. The game is rooted entirely on battling massive monsters with no health bars or obvious weaknesses to guide you. Describing the game in a simple sentence is tricky, but if I was forced to do so (like say for a review), I’d say it’s a poppy spin on the all-time gaming classic Shadow Of The Colossus. Amazingly, it’s the same game on both systems and if you happen to own both versions, you can freely send your save file between both systems so that you don’t have to miss a moment of massive monster combat when you do something silly like leave your house. Well all that changes now with a massive blockbuster release of an updated Monster Hunter 3 available on both the Wii U and 3DS. This franchise has been huge in Japan for years, but has been given only brief moments of North American glory through small PSP and Wii releases.




If you’ve been living in a dark world of Japanese-free gaming, you’ve been sadly missing out on the magic that is Monster Hunter.
