Important Wii Recomendation
I waited a few days to post this because the demo discs shipped the 26, so I wanted to give them time to reach stores.
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Right now you can get the Demo to Monster Hunter 3 at gamestop. You may have to preorder the game (to be released april6 I believe) but just cancel it if you don't like the demo.
Try it out, its just a demo and they give you a chance to use one of each type of weapon, and fight just a few of the variety of monsters you can hunt.
But keep in mind in the actual game you will have to build all the weapons and armor yourself. The materials for most weapons come from the creatures you kill, and the rest or from items you gather while hunting.
The Monster Hunter series is currently amazingly popular in Japan. And its PSP version is currently the most popular PSP game in the world.
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The Demo is looking like the most beautiful Wii title ever released.And whats really impressive is that the gameplay is so solid it doesn't have to look half that good.
Nintendo is giving away 500 free game points with any special edition preorder (likely to be priced around $60). They are really pushing hard to see this game get the marketing it needs to take a foothold like it has in Japan. The spacial edition will come with a controller as well
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Specially built for fans of the PS2 version, to give us old school fans the proper R1,R2/L1/L2
When have you ever known Nintendo to be concerned about what their fans think about their controller? Think, they stole this release from Sony, offered the creators all this extra stuff and even released the Demo from E3 (thats the same demo you can pick up at gamestop).
They know this game will rock your pants off, its already established fact in Japan. You should be looking forward to this just as much as I am. (I bought a wii just for the demo)
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