So, apparently Portable 3rd broke the record for fastest selling Capcom game -ever-. That's not terribly surprising, to be honest.
Also, I should add that I will fix those broken images once I find them again. -.-
LIKE A FIREBALL TO THE FACE : A MONSTER HUNTER BLOG
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Friday, December 24, 2010
Agna vs Agna
I must say, this is one of the more awesome pieces of MH fanart I've seen in a while. That armor set is awesome, by the way. I use it for Ala and Jho, since with it even using a greatsword, I more often than not can block an entire attack. Yay, Guard +2! You'll be cursing the amount of Agnaktor you need to kill to get those damn Claw+ but it's certainly worth it.
Also, smug Agnaktor is win. :D
Source.
Also, smug Agnaktor is win. :D
Source.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Giant Deviljho Redux
If you've read it, you'll remember my astonishment with the giant Deviljho.
Welp, I finally managed to be online when the event quest came back up, and I gotta say, World Eater is certainly a fitting title for it. It's very hard to hit something that big, especially when it is moving faster than anything that size should be able to move! Still, I had loads of fun killing a giant Jho, and now I've got the gold crowns for large and small, just like with Uragaan. :3
On a side note, I also hit HR 86 today~
Source.
Welp, I finally managed to be online when the event quest came back up, and I gotta say, World Eater is certainly a fitting title for it. It's very hard to hit something that big, especially when it is moving faster than anything that size should be able to move! Still, I had loads of fun killing a giant Jho, and now I've got the gold crowns for large and small, just like with Uragaan. :3
On a side note, I also hit HR 86 today~
Source.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Finishing Offline Mode in Tri
::Cross-posted from Playfire::
Welp, I'd been putting it off for some time now, mostly because I never much liked the Four Horns quest (even though fighting Diablos on his own has always been fun), but I hunkered down today and beat it with...surprisingly little effort. I say surprisingly, but once you gotten to the 70s in your online HR, you've obviously got some good gear by that point and have the capability to slaughter anything in offline mode, I guess. >_>
But now I have no more quests that that need to be completed for the first time. It almost makes me sad how poorly balanced it felt to do a dual Blos quest on my own with that equipment. I mean, I still haven't been able to finish that one final quest in Unite yet because it's actually -challenging- (nevermind that I am horrible at fighting anything in the arena: the dual Rajang victory in Freedom 2 was a fluke, to be honest), what with the three G-rank monsters in such tight quarters and my lack of complete and utter badassery.
Unfortunately, it seems the wiimotes we have are starting to take a turn for the worse and need to be replaced soon (or rather, the battery packs do), so I'm hesitant to go into online mode for the sake of the thing not dying and subsequently causing me to die on a quest.
Alas...I still need to make that Cedaeus set and get that Deep Dragongem I've been promising myself I would work on for ages now, so I suppose I now have the ability to focus on that instead of killing more Jho. xD
OFF AND AWAY TO KILL THE ELDER FISH!
Welp, I'd been putting it off for some time now, mostly because I never much liked the Four Horns quest (even though fighting Diablos on his own has always been fun), but I hunkered down today and beat it with...surprisingly little effort. I say surprisingly, but once you gotten to the 70s in your online HR, you've obviously got some good gear by that point and have the capability to slaughter anything in offline mode, I guess. >_>
But now I have no more quests that that need to be completed for the first time. It almost makes me sad how poorly balanced it felt to do a dual Blos quest on my own with that equipment. I mean, I still haven't been able to finish that one final quest in Unite yet because it's actually -challenging- (nevermind that I am horrible at fighting anything in the arena: the dual Rajang victory in Freedom 2 was a fluke, to be honest), what with the three G-rank monsters in such tight quarters and my lack of complete and utter badassery.
Unfortunately, it seems the wiimotes we have are starting to take a turn for the worse and need to be replaced soon (or rather, the battery packs do), so I'm hesitant to go into online mode for the sake of the thing not dying and subsequently causing me to die on a quest.
Alas...I still need to make that Cedaeus set and get that Deep Dragongem I've been promising myself I would work on for ages now, so I suppose I now have the ability to focus on that instead of killing more Jho. xD
OFF AND AWAY TO KILL THE ELDER FISH!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Cats in MHP3
Taken from here, with added notes. :P There are a couple of links there that I won't cross-post that may be of interest as well.
-When buying felynes, you can choose what type of cat you want with a new cat search feature. This seems pretty nice compared to the randomly generated skills and abilities that were available in Unite.
-Cats now have more emotions and features. Cats, when outraged, will become mad and powerful. Sounds a lot like ChaCha, so how bad could it be?
-Felynes can train at the farm, and even be sent out on their own Quests. SWEET.
-Your Felyne companions also replace Trenya, and can be sent on their own quests to gather materials and such. Again, up to four can be sent per quest. YES. YESYESYES. Screw you, Trenya! I've got my own lackeys who may be more useful than YOU.
-Lastly, it appears that your Felynes also go into the water and catch fish, which replaces the Net feature. As with the other changes, you can use Four at a time.
-Felyne Comrades now have 6 skill slots.
-The creation of Felyne equipment will use monster "scraps". These are obtained when you create armor, the scraps left over are used to create felyne equipment so they progress as you do. I was wondering about the armor I was seeing, and this system seems to make sense. I can only hope that it is as streamlined as it sounds.
-Cats can ride the pig. Um...cool? xD I've seen a lot of pictures of this, and it certainly looks cute (LOL BANNER). I wonder if it has any real use in-game?
-When buying felynes, you can choose what type of cat you want with a new cat search feature. This seems pretty nice compared to the randomly generated skills and abilities that were available in Unite.
-Cats now have more emotions and features. Cats, when outraged, will become mad and powerful. Sounds a lot like ChaCha, so how bad could it be?
-Felynes can train at the farm, and even be sent out on their own Quests. SWEET.
-Your Felyne companions also replace Trenya, and can be sent on their own quests to gather materials and such. Again, up to four can be sent per quest. YES. YESYESYES. Screw you, Trenya! I've got my own lackeys who may be more useful than YOU.
-Lastly, it appears that your Felynes also go into the water and catch fish, which replaces the Net feature. As with the other changes, you can use Four at a time.
-Felyne Comrades now have 6 skill slots.
-The creation of Felyne equipment will use monster "scraps". These are obtained when you create armor, the scraps left over are used to create felyne equipment so they progress as you do. I was wondering about the armor I was seeing, and this system seems to make sense. I can only hope that it is as streamlined as it sounds.
-Cats can ride the pig. Um...cool? xD I've seen a lot of pictures of this, and it certainly looks cute (LOL BANNER). I wonder if it has any real use in-game?
Monday, November 22, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Needs No Explanation
I just wish I knew where to get one of these cute little bastards. Look at that whelp! 8D
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Live Gameplay of Portable 3
Figured I would put this here as well since I uploaded it to PF. It's an interesting video of a group playing Portable 3, and you get to see where Deviljho comes into play. I'm not entirely sure I like the warning screen, and I'm a little sketchy on the idea of not being able to finish a quest if Jho shows up like that. Seems much more fitting that he appears in the same way he does in Tri...at random and omgrunrunrunrunrun to finish the quest.
What is amusing is the squeal you can hear when he pops up out of the ground like some big, green, hungry jack-in-the-box. To be fair...it is pretty terrifying.
What is amusing is the squeal you can hear when he pops up out of the ground like some big, green, hungry jack-in-the-box. To be fair...it is pretty terrifying.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Lagiacrus Engraving
It's not often I see engravings, and it's even less heard of that it's of Monster Hunter. This print is totally awesome.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Mining and Armor
There's nothing wrong with taking two minutes to mine on a quest. Seriously. I hate it when people come down on others about it. If you can't handle being in the area with a monster for two minutes on your own, then you can wait or you can be polite about about it, at the very least. 50 minutes in a quest is more than enough time to wait, and if you had so huge of a problem with it, why not try to be nice?
Anonymity on the internet doesn't mean you have to act like an asshole to people. >:|
Alternatively, people who do mine on quests...please say something if you're going to mine. Let someone know. It'll help get people off your back when you do it.
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Also, fighting monsters that spit fire and live in the volcano generally calls for armor with a good fire resist. Stop your bitching because I'm wearing armor that has a tiny bit less base defense than another set I have when it has 20 more fire resist AND wide area that will save your ass.
Seriously sick of the game Nazis telling me how to play. I've been around the block with this game for a few years now, both solo and online, and I have a pretty good grasp of what I'm doing, thank you.
Anonymity on the internet doesn't mean you have to act like an asshole to people. >:|
Alternatively, people who do mine on quests...please say something if you're going to mine. Let someone know. It'll help get people off your back when you do it.
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Also, fighting monsters that spit fire and live in the volcano generally calls for armor with a good fire resist. Stop your bitching because I'm wearing armor that has a tiny bit less base defense than another set I have when it has 20 more fire resist AND wide area that will save your ass.
Seriously sick of the game Nazis telling me how to play. I've been around the block with this game for a few years now, both solo and online, and I have a pretty good grasp of what I'm doing, thank you.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Lavapless!
Otherwise known as Lavasioth, these Volcano-dwelling fish wyverns have been known to make an appearance on the mousepads of devoted hunters.
This and some other awesome mousepads and keychains can be found here.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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?
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?
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Withdrawal
I haven't played any Tri in a few days. I can feel the shivers sinking into my bones. There needs to be monsters, where are the monsters? It's so cold...so very cold.
Really though, I should be back on and smacking things with my greatsword soon enough. It's been a busy week. :P Still have to make that Alatreon armor after all. Maybe I should sit down with some adhoc party again, get some Unite going. I feel more like smacking around Teostra than that freakish elemental Kushala thing.
Really though, I should be back on and smacking things with my greatsword soon enough. It's been a busy week. :P Still have to make that Alatreon armor after all. Maybe I should sit down with some adhoc party again, get some Unite going. I feel more like smacking around Teostra than that freakish elemental Kushala thing.
Double Trouble
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