| Monster Hunter Franchise | |
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| Genres | Action role-playing game |
| Developers | Capcom |
| Publishers | Capcom |
| Platforms | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Windows, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS |
| Official website | capcom.com/monster |
The Monster Hunter (モンスターハンター Monsutā Hantā) franchise is a series of fantasy action role-playing video games that started with the game Monster Hunter for PlayStation 2. The series is developed and published by Capcom. As the title suggests, the player takes the role of a hunter in a fantasy environment and completes quests by seeking out monsters to hunt or capture. The series has branched out into PlayStation Portable games and a massively multiplayer online game. In Japan, the Monster Hunter series is immensely popular, and it has gained a cult following in the United States, with the port Monster Hunter Freedom (known in Japan as Monster Hunter Portable) and its sequels, Monster Hunter Freedom 2 / Monster Hunter Portable 2nd, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite / Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, and Monster Hunter Portable 3rd selling millions of copies, and Monster Hunter Tri becoming the highest-selling third-party Wii game in Japan.[1] Since the series debuted, it has sold 18 million units as of June 2011.[2] There is also an anime based on the spin-off game Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airu Village and a book called Monster Hunter EPISODE (モンスターハンター EPISODE~).[3]
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Below is a list of games in the Monster Hunter series. The way the games are numbered suggest a split series between console and handheld games.
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Release years by system: 2005 – PlayStation 2 2009 – Wii |
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Release years by system: 2011 – Nintendo 3DS |
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Release years by system: 2005 – PlayStation Portable |
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Release years by system: 2008 – PlayStation Portable |
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Release years by system: 2010 – PlayStation Portable |
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Release years by system: 2011 – PlayStation 3 |
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Release years by system: 2007 – Microsoft Windows 2010 – Xbox 360 |
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Monster Hunter Dynamic Hunting
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Release years by system: 2011 - iOS |
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A series of anime shorts titled MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura Airū Kiki Ippatsu was broadcast beginning August 10, 2010. A sequel, MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura G, is currently in production.[4]
A manga titled Monster Hunter Orage was published jointly by Kodansha and Capcom in April 2008. The author of the manga is Hiro Mashima. There are four volumes total with the last volume published on May 4, 2009. An English release of Monster Hunter Orage first took place on June 28, 2011.
A trading card game titled Monster Hunter Hunting Card was released in October 2008 with periodic updates planned.[5]
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