Perhaps it's not too hard get a lot of games into a system's all-time top five when you have hardly any competition, but Capcom's Monster Hunter series is still bending over the PSP's sales charts and using it like its own private f*ckpuppet. As the PSP hardware itself shifts over ten million units in Japan, three games in Capcom's Monster Hunter series have sold a combined 4,771,993 copies.
Monster Hunter is joined in the top selling list by Crisis Core and Phantasy Star Portable. These figures chart Japanese sales from December 12 2004 to August 24 2008, and the top five PSP games plus their figures rank as follows:
1. Monster Hunter 2nd G (Capcom) March 27, 2008 Release: 2,396,642 copies sold
2. Monster Hunter 2nd (Capcom) February 22, 2007 Release: 1,706,387 copies sold
3. Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix) September 13, 2007: 790,705 copies sold
4. Monster Hunter Portable (Capcom) December 1, 2005: 668,964 copies sold
5. Phantasy Star Portable (SEGA) July 31, 2008: 545,242 copies sold
So, the PSP is still doing well in its homeland and Capcom is doing ludicrously well from it. Personally I don't get the Monster Hunter games, but since people in Japan love monsters, collecting and absurdly oversized swords, I can see why it's popular.
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9:41 AM on 08.28.2008
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i'm like 5 percent asian
Also, I fucking love me some Monster Hunter, I actually bought MH2nd and didn't pirate it. True story, that's how much fun I have with that game.
There is so much to love about the games, but also so much to hate. Initial grinding is HORRIBLE, you are given the most menial tasks and you feel like just turning it off. But after you complete the first 4-5 small missions and build up some items and shit, it starts to get really awesome. You really do feel like a lone hunter, protecting and maintaining your village.
Being assigned to kill a massive dragon whose been attacking your town, prepping yourself for battle, creating your own traps before you leave, utilizing your space and items, you just feel like you are preparing to battle a giant monster. Then you have to brave the terrain, climb mountains, navigate caves etc. You might have to place a tracker on your prey and follow them around, or lure them to the ground/out of hiding with the fresh meat of other monsters...
Oh man, Im going to play it as soon as I get home.