Monster Hunter Portable 3rd revealed!

Capcom had opened a conference today(16th) afternoon at Tokyo to announce the scheduled release date and more information on the upcoming release of their famous game franchise: Monster Hunter.

As expected, it will be its portable version, a.k.a. Monster Hunter Portable 3RD!
After a year of waiting, here it comes finally... = ="

Promotional Video:


Official Site:
http://www.capcom.co.jp/monsterhunter/P3rd/

This summary of new features is cited from http://playstation-days.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2010-03-16:

「Monster Hunter 3rd」（PSP）
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・ Weapon：Grand Sword、Long sword、Hammer、Sword&Shield、Double Sword、GunLance、Hunting Horn、Lance、Bow、Slash Axe、Light Bow Gun、Heavy Bow Gun
・Infrastructure mode compatible
・Different from Wii's Monster Hunter Tri
・Elder is a beautiful woman(?)
・The waitresses at the mission counter are cute ladies(??)
・Airu's kitchen is replaced by outdoor hot-spring
・Farm has been expanded comparing to 2nd G
・Style will be more oriental than the last two games
・New battle field : Streamlet
・New theme monster 雷狼竜(thunder-wolf-dragon): ジンオウガ(jin-ou-ga)
・Another new monster: アオアシラ(ao-a-shi-ra), ガーヴア(gaa-wa), etc.
・No underwater battle
・Tri's monsters will show up in 3rd
・Weapon system improved
・Quest number is less than 2ndG but more than 2nd (space for expansion pack, aka 3rdG = =")
・New armor system: skill point for armor
・Companion felyne's number had increased to two
・Multi-play experience is enhanced by new communication style (still remained unknown)
・Companion felyne's armor can be customized
・Identical to 2ndG, two attack styles for felyne: cut and hit
・Naming entry now supports kanji and hiragana
・No save transfer from 2ndG
・However, bonus is given when using 2ndG's old data to begin the game
・Game system is based on 2ndG, but great improvement is made (aka expansion pack)
・Monsters' movement has also been greatly improved.

The game will be released the end of this year. (2010 winter?)

Dear hunters, for the upcoming challenge, let's practice our skills together this weekend!!~

-hayashi