Monster Hunter Portable 3

Ok, I haven't been keeping up to date on this nearly as much as I should have, but there's already a lot of confirmed monsters and even a new area for this installment, which I will no doubt also be spending another 300 hours of my life on (where does the time go?). Instead of dwelling on my failure as a die-hard fanatic, I bring news of my current two favorite new (confirmed) boss monsters for this game. It really seems they're trying a mix of the monsters from Tri and the monsters from the previous portable entries, which isn't entirely bad, I think. They're keeping a few of my favorites from Tri (Agnaktor), and of course, Rathian and Rathalos.

Apparently Barroth makes another appearance in this one, and also in the form of a subspecies: Ice Barroth. You guessed it, a Barroth covered in snow and ice as opposed to mud. I wonder how much more adorable he'll be rolling around in snow. Here is some information and pictures, courtesy of The Monster Hunter Wiki.

"A blue and white subspecies of Barroth that lives in the Tundra. Instead of rolling in mud like its desert relative, it rolls in snow, inflicting Snowman instead of Muddy. This monster will be available to hunt in the demo from the Japanese PSN on October 13, 2010. It appears to have a new attack, which involves it throwing rather large snowballs at the Hunter."

May I also make a note here that I can't decide if I like that they are keeping the Tundra as the snow area for this installment as opposed to the Snowy Mountains. Regardless, pictures!


Despite the groans of protest from most of the players who've played the previous games for the PSP, Tigrex is coming back, and not just to haunt you while you demolish Popos in snow-capped mountains (Popos may or may not be in Portable 3). They're giving Tigrex a subspecies, and he looks even more rage inducing than his regular counterpart, but you see...this one loves warm climates, like volcanoes. Looks like Capcom is keeping the Volcano area from Tri too, so Firewalker will be a skill probably necessary to your survival again.

"Black Tigrex (ティガレックス亜種) is a dark subspecies of Tigrex. The original Tigrex is suited for living in the Snowy Mountains, Gorge and Desert regions, whereas the Black Tigrex has adapted to the even harsher environments of the Volcano. Black Tigrex will be seen for the first time in the new MHP3. The MHP3rd demo at the Tokyo Game Show 2010 had featured the Black Tigrex in a playable quest that was ranked as "Hard". According to the new trailer, this monster has several different roar animations and an attack in which it stomps its forelimbs erratically, damaging closeby hunters."


Of course, this isn't all the information on Portable 3. For more information on the game as a whole, new areas, and a list of all the confirmed monsters for this game, hit up the wiki. I should also note to those of us in Europe and the States that unless find some way to order it, yes they are releasing a (totally sweet) special edition PSP, and no, it will not be available to us without ordering from Japan. BAAAW, Capcom WHY?