Multi-million selling PSP adventure Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is coming to Europe.
Capcom has confirmed that Japanese multi-platinum selling Monster Hunter Portable 2G will be coming to European gamers as Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. Since its early 2008 release in Japan, the game has been hugely popular, becoming one of the most successful games on the stylish handheld. To date the Monster Hunter series has sold over 7.8 million units worldwide and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is scheduled for release across Europe in spring 2009.
The epic Monster Hunter series is the leading PSP franchise in Japan, becoming the fastest selling non-SCE title on any PlayStation format. More than just a game, Monster Hunter is a social and cultural gaming phenomenon, giving rise to Monster Hunter festivals and seminars plus numerous merchandising lines. With the upcoming release of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite in Europe, players will be invited to experience the thrill of the hunt with more action and combat than ever before.
“Monster Hunter’s success on PSP in Japan is unprecedented,” commented David Reeves, President, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. “So it is great news that the latest instalment of the series will shortly be available in Europe and I am confident that its key tenet of social gaming that has made Monster Hunter so popular with Japanese gamers will resonate strongly with European PSP owners.”
With over 500 hours of gameplay and previously unreleased monsters, weapons and missions, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is set to be the biggest game of the series so far. Using Ad Hoc Mode, players can experience the social gaming phenomenon that’s gripping Japan and adventure with up to three friends for a thrilling and savaging multiplayer hunting party. From devising the strategy to executing the attack, team play with your friends is the key to hunting down the ferocious beasts.
Monster Hunters can prepare for the ultimate fight with more than 2,000 armour sets, 1,500 weapons and 400 missions to choose and customise their characters from. Throughout the strategic gameplay, players will be rewarded for their deep fighting combat sequences and tactics, encouraging them to seek out the more experienced Monster Hunters and team up in order to learn from their experience.
New to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is the fully customisable AI Felyne companion who will accompany players on quests and gather extra resources for you. PSP owners may then share their companions with others through Felyne casting.
Also new to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is the improved media install option where players can save the game to a memory stick, allowing it to load from the memory stick and UMD simultaneously for faster loading times. Fans of the series will be pleased to hear that they can transfer their data from Monster Hunter Freedom 2 over to the new game.
