Pardon my crappy photos, got the game today. In case you didn’t know, Asia is the version to get for Monster Hunter Portable 3rd at Play-Asia, as I have done with all the previous games. For less than $50 (Update: Play-Asia has increase the price to $58.75…), you get the game plus Chinese manual and also the ‘Sticky Screen Cleaner’. Haven’t got a chance to launch the UMD yet but will do so later tonight. Meanwhile, waiting anxiously for the Hunter Model :) If you are getting the game too, have a good time!

Let’s talk about some of the very first thing you will do in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd. Touring Yukomo. Click on the image above to see where the facilities are in the village.

Nekobaa

The cat seller will not only let you hire Otomo Airu but also scout for the specific Airu that you wanted. Just tell her the attacking style, preferred targets, character or even the fur color! You can change the default name of Otomo Airu when hiring them. Click on the thumbnails below to see what are the screens for.

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Otomo Airu is arguably the star of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, fighting for magazine columns with the new monsters. For people who play MH alone most of the time, this is a great news as it makes the games even more happening. There’s another feature about them in a recent issue of Weekly Famitsu, which tell us about their training, skills, customization and also the Monster Nyanta Team.

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To be honest, I think I spent more time in the village of the previous games than actually hunting :) Crafting weapons, upgrading armors and farming are a huge part of the game for me. So I’m super excited at the new look village in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, which is now called Yukomo. The farm looks completely different now but all the facilities are still around.

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Like the first game quite a bit so I have been following the Famitsu reports of Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology 3 (you can read the reveal interview here). The latest share a little information on the new Gunman Job Class, Weapon Combination inside Van Eltia (above) and also the new characters.

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Less than seven weeks before we’ll find out how it’s like to be fighting Jinouga, cover monster of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (MHP 3rd), in the night. The fierce (and odd) looking giant appears to have a completely new attacking mode in the night, shielding itself with a giant electric field that also send out electric waves randomly across the field.

There has been lot’s of MHP 3rd information since my last post ages ago :) The following updates are up to and include the information from the last Weekly Famitsu issue that has MHP 3rd info in it.

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Glad that I am getting a much improved version of God Eater early next year thanks to the enhancements Namco is making to the original version. Set for release in Japan in two months’ time, God Eater Burst new elements are being revealed in a recent issue of Weekly Famitsu.

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With over 80 characters from the Tales of series (up from 50 of the previous game), Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology 3 is truly a festival that we can look forward to… if you know enough of Japanese that is :( The second game never made it out of Japan so don’t count on this one either.

Another Kanonno (each game in the series has a different lead with the same name) will head the Guild again and your customized character is yet another fella who lost his/her memories. According to Producer Takashi Otachi, although they look almost the same, each Kanonno has a theme. “She was full of energy like ‘summer’ in the previous game. As for this game, she is ‘autumn’. We also asked Aya Hirano the voice actor to make her feel more motherly”. Apparently there will be some sort of ‘secret’ to the latest Kanonno and it will be revealed later.

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Reading the latest Weekly Famitsu’s report on Monster Hunter Portable 3rd officially get me excited about the game, which is still set for end of this year in Japan. The 12 weapons are the focus of this report but Jinouga, the cover monster for the title gets a little bit of updates too. So read on to find out how the four-legged giant will attack.

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After more than half a million copies sold, God Eater is going to have an expansion this Fall with God Eater Burst, something like Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G to Monster Hunter Portable 2nd if you like. First announced during God Eater Fes 2010 few days ago, Burst will available both as a full game or “Append” version, which cost 2100 Yen (around $24) only. Though you will need the original game to play the Append version. I have high hopes that when the English version get released next year, it will be based on this enhanced version. Read on if you want to find out more about the upgrades.

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