Hello Hunters,

It’s been a while. ~XYuriZ (me) was away travelling, but he’s back now.
What that means, is that I have a lot of catching up to do. But the good news is that I already started before writing this.

First thing, I already bought the prize for our contest! Obviously, it’s Monster Hunter related, and I think it’s awesome! This means our contest is really happening! So sharpen your artistic tools and skills because it’s going to begin shortly!
Also, watch out because our number of members is increasing… that just adds to the competition, you know?

Since today’s update is a rather short one, because I have some “behind the scenes” work to do, I’ll leave you with a couple of videos:
[link] PumSoLvb6Yo (add this to the end of the link)
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[link]
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Also, there’s still hope for MHF2G. Look:
Question: Also again I will ask wasn't a couple of months but. Is monster portable 2G coming out in north American.
Answer from Christian Svensson, Capcom: Yet more patience is required... no news to share at this time.
Source: [link] post_num=3#14904507 (add this to the end of the link)

And that concludes this week’s update.
Have a good weekend and a good week!

OLD NEWS:
Monster Hunter 3 (tri)
Official announcement page: [link]
Press Release: [link]
Teaser Trailer: [link]

The Future of MH (copied from previous journals):
Ok, let me clarify a few issues regarding Monster Hunter’s future and Capcom. We’ll begin by saying that Monster Hunter games are currently being produced by Ryozo Tsujimoto-san who is the son of Capcom’s CEO, Kenzo, and brother of Capcom’s President, Haru. That statement says a lot. If the game is created by such an important person in the company, we can assume it will deserve a large budget for marketing and that it better be a good game, to assure the game’s success. Anyways, expect some MH love [link] from Capcom in the near (or far) future.
With that in mind, we can start thinking about MHFrontier. Well, MHFrontier is a very special and delicate case. There some issues, according to Capcom, with the game that prevent it from expanding the fanbase in the US and EU. There are things that Western gamers just can’t accept, and some of these things are present in MHFrontier. While Capcom wouldn’t tell us what these aspects were, they were kind enough to give us some other explanations. [link]
I hope that answers many questions. If it doesn’t, ask them here and we’ll forward them. [link]


Welcome our new members:
Temporarily unavailable.

YOUR ARTWORK:
Temporarily unavailable.

They are all awesome artwork... be sure to check each of them!
If we missed any, or you have a new deviation, let us know!

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM NOTIFYING US ABOUT YOUR WORK AS A COMMENT.
SEND US THE LINK THROUGH NOTES... It's not that hard, is it?
If you are a New Member, make sure you add us to your Friends List (DeviantWatch)! It will mostly help YOU, because it will be easier for you to keep track of what's going on with the club, games, etc.
If you are only DeviantWatchin’ us and you didn't send us a note asking to join... I'm sorry, but you're not a member yet. However, it's never too late, you can still do it. We're waiting for you.

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New Members:
Temporarily unavailable.

New Associated Clubs:
Temporarily unavailable.

How to Join: to join, please send the Club a note entitled "Join"! You'll receive a note saying that you have joined! Please, don't ask to join in comments or sending a note to my personal account. NOTE: Adding the club to your friends list is not the same as joining, in others words, don't just DeviantWatch us if you want to become a member, because that doesn't add you to the member's list.
*If you want any of your deviations to be looked at and featuring in the Club, please send the club a note with the link and we'll look at it!
*To the clubs that want to become an associated club, I would like to let you know that we are most likely to make associations with clubs that are related to Games, Capcom, Dragons, Monsters, Dinosaurs, Hunting etc. So, if you want to become an associated club, just send the club a note entitled "Associate".

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Welcome to the Monster Hunter Fan-Club on DeviantArt!
For those who do not know, Monster Hunter is a series of great Action-RPG games from Capcom! Its best aspect is certainly the Multiplayer modes! You should check it out!
So, this club is for the people who enjoy this game! Our purpose is to gather together as much Monster Hunter players and fans in DeviantArt as possible, so we can have contests and some fun! We have game updates ("MH3" is coming (not so) soon), contests, and some surprises!

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Staff:
Owner and administrator:


Administrators:


Members:
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Associated Clubs:
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Hunt or Be Hunted!

~XYuriZ

Hello Hunters!

First of all, I plan on opening the contest pretty soon. There are only a few directions left, but first, I’d like to know if everyone understands the rules so far. Please, if you don’t understand or have any questions about it, let us know.

On the big news now, speaking to Capcom reps at their forums [link] they slipped away the information that they hold exciting news to MH fans! The bad side of the news is when we’ll know about it. According to Sven (Christian Svensson) it’s due before the end of this current fiscal year. That means it could be anytime between now and March of 2009.

“I will say again that MH is a huge priority for the West... and some time before the end of this fiscal year, I believe we're going to have some things to talk about that will excite you.

Other than that, I can't say anything.”
- Christian Svensson, Sr. Director of Strategy, Capcom
Source: [link]

While on the topic about Capcom BBS, and Capcom-Unity, I have some special news. Our Monster Hunter Club was mentioned at Capcom’s Blog!!!
There is more, but I don’t feel really comfortable about announcing this here, so I’ll just link you to Capcom’s blog. [link]
In case you don’t know, Capcom will be hosting an event in Las Vegas, called CAPTIVATE 2008, which replaces the regular “Gamers’ Day” that every other company is doing. They also planned on inviting 5 members from their forums.
So, that’s it.
I won’t go into further details now… mostly because I can’t.

Now… more MONTER HUNTER PORTABLE 2nd G Weekly!
There’s so much to talk about the Felyne Fighters… just one more week… please…

The new Monster Hunter Club Art Contest! (Copied from last week)
Here’s a brief intro about the rules.
Theme: anything Monster Hunter;
Medium: anything;
Ethics: anything that would deserve a “mature” tag from DeviantArt will not be accepted. Also, no copying and plagiarism allowed, of course;
Deadline: To Be Determined;
Special rules: Only MHClub Members are allowed to participate. Each member is granted ONE vote. However, for the vote to be validated two “Guests” must be called. Each must vote on their own (only ONE vote each). The “Guest”; could be anyone in DeviantArt that does NOT know or play Monster Hunter. They must look at the entries and vote on their own. Please keep it fair, so don’t call your friends saying “Vote on my piece”. I’ll be posting a more elaborate version of this and perhaps some voting templates later. For now, just keep in mind that your piece will be seen and voted by people who probably have no clue on how MH is and works. Also, if you make it appealing enough, some people might even buy the game because of our art (that’s my goal with this contest).
Prize: To Be Determined;
So, start thinking and sketching your MH artwork, keeping in mind the goal of getting as much votes as possible.

Here are templates of what the notes should look like for the following occasions:
a) Art submission:
Subject: Monster Hunter Contest #2
Note: [link]
(the link obviously has to link us to your art, at deviantart.)

b) Member vote:
Subject: MH Contest #2 Vote
Note: #number
(each art piece will be assigned to a number by us)

c) Guest vote:
Subject: MH Contest #2 Vote
Note: #number
Referred by member

Finally, these are the current templates that you should follow, but you may add a comment at the end of the note. Also, the contest is not open yet.
Remember, each Member vote MUST be followed by 2 Guests that will include “Referred by Member” to be validated. So, make sure your guests vote as well… but please keep things fair.

And that concludes this week’s update.
Have a good weekend and a good week!

OLD NEWS:
Monster Hunter 3 (tri)
Official announcement page: [link]
Press Release: [link]
Teaser Trailer: [link]

The Future of MH (copied from previous journals):
Ok, let me clarify a few issues regarding Monster Hunter’s future and Capcom. We’ll begin by saying that Monster Hunter games are currently being produced by Ryozo Tsujimoto-san who is the son of Capcom’s CEO, Kenzo, and brother of Capcom’s President, Haru. That statement says a lot. If the game is created by such an important person in the company, we can assume it will deserve a large budget for marketing and that it better be a good game, to assure the game’s success. Anyways, expect some MH love [link] from Capcom in the near (or far) future.
With that in mind, we can start thinking about MHFrontier. Well, MHFrontier is a very special and delicate case. There some issues, according to Capcom, with the game that prevent it from expanding the fanbase in the US and EU. There are things that Western gamers just can’t accept, and some of these things are present in MHFrontier. While Capcom wouldn’t tell us what these aspects were, they were kind enough to give us some other explanations. [link]
I hope that answers many questions. If it doesn’t, ask them here and we’ll forward them. [link]


Welcome our new members:
Temporarily unavailable.

YOUR ARTWORK:
Temporarily unavailable.

They are all awesome artwork... be sure to check each of them!
If we missed any, or you have a new deviation, let us know!

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM NOTIFYING US ABOUT YOUR WORK AS A COMMENT.
SEND US THE LINK THROUGH NOTES... It's not that hard, is it?
If you are a New Member, make sure you add us to your Friends List (DeviantWatch)! It will mostly help YOU, because it will be easier for you to keep track of what's going on with the club, games, etc.
If you are only DeviantWatchin’ us and you didn't send us a note asking to join... I'm sorry, but you're not a member yet. However, it's never too late, you can still do it. We're waiting for you.

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New Members:
Temporarily unavailable.

New Associated Clubs:
Temporarily unavailable.

How to Join: to join, please send the Club a note entitled "Join"! You'll receive a note saying that you have joined! Please, don't ask to join in comments or sending a note to my personal account. NOTE: Adding the club to your friends list is not the same as joining, in others words, don't just DeviantWatch us if you want to become a member, because that doesn't add you to the member's list.
*If you want any of your deviations to be looked at and featuring in the Club, please send the club a note with the link and we'll look at it!
*To the clubs that want to become an associated club, I would like to let you know that we are most likely to make associations with clubs that are related to Games, Capcom, Dragons, Monsters, Dinosaurs, Hunting etc. So, if you want to become an associated club, just send the club a note entitled "Associate".

..........................................................................................

Welcome to the Monster Hunter Fan-Club on DeviantArt!
For those who do not know, Monster Hunter is a series of great Action-RPG games from Capcom! Its best aspect is certainly the Multiplayer modes! You should check it out!
So, this club is for the people who enjoy this game! Our purpose is to gather together as much Monster Hunter players and fans in DeviantArt as possible, so we can have contests and some fun! We have game updates ("MH3" is coming (not so) soon), contests, and some surprises!

========================================

Staff:
Owner and administrator:


Administrators:


Members:
Temporarily unavailable. Please wait just a little more…

Associated Clubs:
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Hunt or Be Hunted!

~XYuriZ

Hello Hunters!

Chances are that if you’re reading this, you appreciate Monster Hunter, and you have a love for Art as well.
Well, if you do, you will enjoy this [link]
Monster Hunter Trading Card Game!
Throughout the whole website you will find many, many, many cards, each with their own artwork. It’s true that a good amount of them are 3D renders from the game, but a lot of the others are simply awesome!
Unfortunately, probably not all the cards are shown at the website and the size of the ones shown is a little small, so we don’t get to examine the details of each piece, like an artist should. However, if you can, you may import it from play-asia.com [link]
Yeah! Play-asia.com is your friend.
While I everything is in Japanese, learning how the rules and how to play the game could be quite a challenge. Hopefully we’ll see an English version of this game in the future. From what we can see at the pictures, the gameplay system is different from other TCGs and it’s probably close to the actual MH games.
So, if you really love MH Art… get the MH Illustrations… then get a TCG pack if you still have money left over.

Meanwhile… here’s some special kind of art from your fellow hunter =Xeno-striker [link]
It’s a MH PSP Theme.
While on the topic of fan art, I’d like to apologize for not having any art hosted here recently. We’ve been organizing the club, and some things are being changed. So, wait a little more and all we’ll go back to the real art business here.

Now… more MONTER HUNTER PORTABLE 2nd G Weekly!
Nothing… I’m still researching the Felyne Fighters, for a more complete review of probably the most significant new feature in MHP2ndG.

Now… more of the new Monster Hunter Art Contest!
Here’s a brief intro about the rules.
Theme: anything Monster Hunter;
Medium: anything;
Ethics: anything that would deserve a “mature” tag from DeviantArt will not be accepted. Also, no copying and plagiarism allowed, of course;
Deadline: To Be Determined;
Special rules: Only MHClub Members are allowed to participate. Each member is granted ONE vote. However, for the vote to be validated two “Guests” must be called. Each must vote on their own (only ONE vote each). The “Guest”; could be anyone in DeviantArt that does NOT know or play Monster Hunter. They must look at the entries and vote on their own. Please keep it fair, so don’t call your friends saying “Vote on my piece”. I’ll be posting a more elaborate version of this and perhaps some voting templates later. For now, just keep in mind that your piece will be seen and voted by people who probably have no clue on how MH is and works. Also, if you make it appealing enough, some people might even buy the game because of our art (that’s my goal with this contest).
Prize: To Be Determined;
So, start thinking and sketching your MH artwork, keeping in mind the goal of getting as much votes as possible.

Here are templates of what the notes should look like for the following occasions:
a) Art submission:
Subject: Monster Hunter Contest #2
Note: [link]
(the link obviously have to link us to your art, at deviantart.)

b) Member vote:
Subject: MH Contest #2 Vote
Note: #number
(each art piece will be assigned to a number by us)

c) Guest vote:
Subject: MH Contest #2 Vote
Note: #number
Referred by member

Finally, these are the current templates that you should follow, but you may add a comment at the end of the note. Also, the contest is not open yet.
Remember, each Member vote MUST be followed by 2 Guests that will include “Referred by Member” to be validated. So, make sure your guests vote as well… but please keep things fair.

And that concludes this week’s update.
Have a good weekend and a good week!

OLD NEWS:
Monster Hunter 3 (tri)
Official announcement page: [link]
Press Release: [link]
Teaser Trailer: [link]

The Future of MH (copied from previous journals):
Ok, let me clarify a few issues regarding Monster Hunter’s future and Capcom. We’ll begin by saying that Monster Hunter games are currently being produced by Ryozo Tsujimoto-san who is the son of Capcom’s CEO, Kenzo, and brother of Capcom’s President, Haru. That statement says a lot. If the game is created by such an important person in the company, we can assume it will deserve a large budget for marketing and that it better be a good game, to assure the game’s success. Anyways, expect some MH love [link] from Capcom in the near (or far) future.
With that in mind, we can start thinking about MHFrontier. Well, MHFrontier is a very special and delicate case. There some issues, according to Capcom, with the game that prevent it from expanding the fanbase in the US and EU. There are things that Western gamers just can’t accept, and some of these things are present in MHFrontier. While Capcom wouldn’t tell us what these aspects were, they were kind enough to give us some other explanations. [link]
I hope that answers many questions. If it doesn’t, ask them here and we’ll forward them. [link]


Welcome our new members:
Temporarily unavailable.

YOUR ARTWORK:
Temporarily unavailable.

They are all awesome artwork... be sure to check each of them!
If we missed any, or you have a new deviation, let us know!

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM NOTIFYING US ABOUT YOUR WORK AS A COMMENT.
SEND US THE LINK THROUGH NOTES... It's not that hard, is it?
If you are a New Member, make sure you add us to your Friends List (DeviantWatch)! It will mostly help YOU, because it will be easier for you to keep track of what's going on with the club, games, etc.
If you are only DeviantWatchin’ us and you didn't send us a note asking to join... I'm sorry, but you're not a member yet. However, it's never too late, you can still do it. We're waiting for you.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

New Members:
Temporarily unavailable.

New Associated Clubs:
Temporarily unavailable.

How to Join: to join, please send the Club a note entitled "Join"! You'll receive a note saying that you have joined! Please, don't ask to join in comments or sending a note to my personal account. NOTE: Adding the club to your friends list is not the same as joining, in others words, don't just DeviantWatch us if you want to become a member, because that doesn't add you to the member's list.
*If you want any of your deviations to be looked at and featuring in the Club, please send the club a note with the link and we'll look at it!
*To the clubs that want to become an associated club, I would like to let you know that we are most likely to make associations with clubs that are related to Games, Capcom, Dragons, Monsters, Dinosaurs, Hunting etc. So, if you want to become an associated club, just send the club a note entitled "Associate".

..........................................................................................

Welcome to the Monster Hunter Fan-Club on DeviantArt!
For those who do not know, Monster Hunter is a series of great Action-RPG games from Capcom! Its best aspect is certainly the Multiplayer modes! You should check it out!
So, this club is for the people who enjoy this game! Our purpose is to gather together as much Monster Hunter players and fans in DeviantArt as possible, so we can have contests and some fun! We have game updates ("MH3" is coming (not so) soon), contests, and some surprises!

========================================

Staff:
Owner and administrator:


Administrators:


Members:
Temporarily unavailable. Please wait just a little more…

Associated Clubs:
Temporarily unavailable.

Hunt or Be Hunted!

~XYuriZ

Hello Hunters!

This week I don’t have much time to cover the usual routine… but this update has the essentials, so it's worth reading.

First of all, remember this?
Check out the Skies of Crimson blog. [link] . They have some screenshots of the patch for MHP2ndG that they’re working on. I don’t know how all that works yet, but soon I’ll have the answers to share with you hunters.
Yeah… Capcom doesn’t like that idea (obviously)… and you shouldn’t like it either! Why? Simply because it reduces our chances of getting a localized version of MHP2ndG!

Now… more MONTER HUNTER PORTABLE 2nd G Weekly!
There are many new and exciting features in MHP2ndG. Each week, we’ll talk about one or a few of them. Today, it’ll be about Armors X and Z!
There’s really nothing much to talk about this new feature, but it’s a great one, nonetheless! If you know the new armor designs of the S series, just think of them with the colors of the U series. Most of them look better in the new designs, but I’m missing one of my favorites, the Monoblos. So, aside from looking cool, these new armor sets have a much higher defense power, different skill sets (including new skills) and the best of all: much more decoration slots! A lot of the Torso pieces have three decoration slots.
One last thing: You can change the color of some details of the armor like with the S series. However, this time, it’s done through RGB bars.

(The following is the same as last week… we’re still working on the rules)
Finally, the new Monster Hunter Art Contest! (Not sure if this will be the official name).
Here’s a brief intro about the rules.
Theme: anything Monster Hunter;
Medium: anything;
Ethics: anything that would deserve a “mature” tag from DeviantArt will not be accepted. Also, no copying and plagiarism allowed, of course;
Deadline: TBD (but far away from now)
Special rules: Only MHClub Members are allowed to participate. Each member is granted ONE vote. However, for the vote to be validated two “Guests” must be called. Each must vote on their own (only ONE vote each). The “Guest”; could be anyone in DeviantArt that does NOT know or play Monster Hunter. They must look at the entries and vote on their own. Please keep it fair, so don’t call your friends saying “Vote on my piece”. I’ll be posting a more elaborate version of this and perhaps some voting templates later. For now, just keep in mind that your piece will be seen and voted by people who probably have no clue on how MH is and works. Also, if you make it appealing enough, some people might even buy the game because of our art (that’s my goal with this contest).
Prize: TBD
So, start thinking and sketching your MH artwork, keeping in mind the goal of getting as much votes as possible (hint)

And that concludes this week’s update.
Have a good weekend and a good week!

OLD NEWS:
Monster Hunter 3 (tri)
Official announcement page: [link]
Press Release: [link]
Teaser Trailer: [link]

The Future of MH (copied from previous journals):
Ok, let me clarify a few issues regarding Monster Hunter’s future and Capcom. We’ll begin by saying that Monster Hunter games are currently being produced by Ryozo Tsujimoto-san who is the son of Capcom’s CEO, Kenzo, and brother of Capcom’s President, Haru. That statement says a lot. If the game is created by such an important person in the company, we can assume it will deserve a large budget for marketing and that it better be a good game, to assure the game’s success. Anyways, expect some MH love [link] from Capcom in the near (or far) future.
With that in mind, we can start thinking about MHFrontier. Well, MHFrontier is a very special and delicate case. There some issues, according to Capcom, with the game that prevent it from expanding the fanbase in the US and EU. There are things that Western gamers just can’t accept, and some of these things are present in MHFrontier. While Capcom wouldn’t tell us what these aspects were, they were kind enough to give us some other explanations. [link]
I hope that answers many questions. If it doesn’t, ask them here and we’ll forward them. [link]


Welcome our new members:
Temporarily unavailable.

YOUR ARTWORK:
Temporarily unavailable.

They are all awesome artwork... be sure to check each of them!
If we missed any, or you have a new deviation, let us know!

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM NOTIFYING US ABOUT YOUR WORK AS A COMMENT.
SEND US THE LINK THROUGH NOTES... It's not that hard, is it?
If you are a New Member, make sure you add us to your Friends List (DeviantWatch)! It will mostly help YOU, because it will be easier for you to keep track of what's going on with the club, games, etc.
If you are only DeviantWatchin’ us and you didn't send us a note asking to join... I'm sorry, but you're not a member yet. However, it's never too late, you can still do it. We're waiting for you.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

New Members:
Temporarily unavailable.

New Associated Clubs:
Temporarily unavailable.

How to Join: to join, please send the Club a note entitled "Join"! You'll receive a note saying that you have joined! Please, don't ask to join in comments or sending a note to my personal account. NOTE: Adding the club to your friends list is not the same as joining, in others words, don't just DeviantWatch us if you want to become a member, because that doesn't add you to the member's list.
*If you want any of your deviations to be looked at and featuring in the Club, please send the club a note with the link and we'll look at it!
*To the clubs that want to become an associated club, I would like to let you know that we are most likely to make associations with clubs that are related to Games, Capcom, Dragons, Monsters, Dinosaurs, Hunting etc. So, if you want to become an associated club, just send the club a note entitled "Associate".

..........................................................................................

Welcome to the Monster Hunter Fan-Club on DeviantArt!
For those who do not know, Monster Hunter is a series of great Action-RPG games from Capcom! Its best aspect is certainly the Multiplayer modes! You should check it out!
So, this club is for the people who enjoy this game! Our purpose is to gather together as much Monster Hunter players and fans in DeviantArt as possible, so we can have contests and some fun! We have game updates ("MH3" is coming (not so) soon), contests, and some surprises!

========================================

Staff:
Owner and administrator:


Administrators:


Members:
Temporarily unavailable. Please wait just a little more…

Associated Clubs:
Temporarily unavailable.

Hunt or Be Hunted!

~XYuriZ

Hello Hunters!

Disclaimer: This update was also planned to be up yesterday, Friday, but some issues [link] hindered me from completing the update. Also, We did skip last week’s update, but for a good reason. We have a better idea of how the contest will work now, so Check It Out, in this page. Plus, it was a slow week anyways.

Most recent news!
Yet another chance for you to have Monster Hunter Illustrations.
Play-asia.com has it up and available again!!
It's the third time it's back already, so don't waste it. It could be the last...
[link]

Third update of this entry:
I won't be doing an entry for this week due to shortage of time. I will, however, utilize the available time to do research and catch up on some pending MHClub related issues.
That's all. I hope you understand.

Edit
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One more chance for you!!! There are a few copies of the book "Monster Hunter Illustrations" on ebay [link] . They have a higher shipping cost, but it can be better than ordering from [link] (depending on where you live, of course). So, if you've missed the other opportunities, and have some spare money... here's your chance.

Another important thing to note is that there's an Okami contest going on, officially sponsored by Capcom and DeviantArt. I feel this is a good reason to extend the deadline on our contest. We haven't mentioned it yet, but don't worry. You'll have time to participate in both the Okami and the MH contest (sponsored just by us...)
Why participate in the Okami contest? I'll give you a few reasons:
1st - it's a wonderful Capcom game... like MH, right?
2nd - the grand prize is a Nintendo Wii and a few other things... we can use the Wii to play MH3 in the future.
3rd - it can be a good practice/warm up for the MH contest!
That's enough reasons for me...
}}}

First of all, if you’ve missed the Monster Hunter Illustrations at play-asia (which are now all gone), you have other items to compensate for that. My personal favorite is the Soundtrack [link]
Either way, check play-asia.com they have awesome stuff there.

Secondly, it’s with sadness that we announce that *skysealer is resigning from her administrator position. But it’s with gladness that we announce that ~Madman6884 is joining the staff crew, as an administrator.

Thirdly, check out the Skies of Crimson blog. [link] . They have some screenshots of the patch for MHP2ndG that they’re working on. I don’t know how all that works yet, but soon I’ll have the answers to share with you hunters.

Now… more MONTER HUNTER PORTABLE 2nd G Weekly!
There are many new and exciting features in MHP2ndG. Each week, we’ll talk about one or a few of them. Today, it’ll be about Media Install!
While, we as console gamers would like to avoid that kind of thing, in this case it felt ideal. In Capcom’s “media install” history, the most recent one (Devil May Cry 4 for PlayStation3) wasn’t well received at all. However, in this case, the installation process isn’t that long and it’s quite worth the time and gigabytes. For me, it didn’t take more than 15 minutes (probably even less) but the benefits are so clear that I can never regret it. The clearest this you’ll notice is obviously the loading times. During quests, they’re reduced to practically nothing. They remind me of MH1’s and MHFrontier’s in quest loading times. Also, remember the times when you had to press Select at the crafting shop to see the equipment before it’s made? Those times are gone. Now as you scroll through the list, you’ll see Weapons’ and Equipments’ pictures on the side, always!
Loading times between areas outside the quests, such as Felyne Kitchen, Pokke Farm and Gathering Hall, were also greatly reduced after the Media Install process.
So, if there are more MH PSP games coming, they NEED to include the Media Install option. It’s not necessary for everybody (hence we’ve been through MHF and MHF2 without it) but it’s a great addition to the game.
Next week: Armors X and Z.

Finally, the new Monster Hunter Art Contest! (Not sure if this will be the official name).
Today, I’ll give just a brief intro about the rules.
Theme: anything Monster Hunter;
Medium: anything;
Ethics: anything that would deserve a “mature” tag from DeviantArt will not be accepted. Also, no copying and plagiarism allowed, of course;
Deadline: TBD (but far away from now)
Special rules: Only MHClub Members are allowed to participate. Each member is granted ONE vote. However, for the vote to be validated two “Guests” must be called. Each must vote on their own (only ONE vote each). The “Guest” could be anyone in DeviantArt that does NOT know or play Monster Hunter. They must look at the entries and vote on their own. Please keep it fair, so don’t call your friends saying “Vote on my piece”. I’ll be posting a more elaborate version of this and perhaps some voting templates later. For now, just keep in mind that your piece will be seen and voted by people who probably have no clue on how MH is and works. Also, if you make it appealing enough, some people might even buy the game because of our art (that’s my goal with this contest).
Prize: TBD
So, start thinking and sketching your MH artwork, keeping in mind the goal of getting as much votes as possible (hint)

And that concludes this week’s update.
Have a good weekend and a good week!

OLD NEWS:
Monster Hunter 3 (tri)
Official announcement page: [link]
Press Release: [link]
Teaser Trailer: [link]

The Future of MH (copied from previous journals):
First of all, let me clarify a few issues regarding Monster Hunter’s future and Capcom. We’ll begin by saying that Monster Hunter games are currently being produced by Ryozo Tsujimoto-san who is the son of Capcom’s CEO, Kenzo, and brother of Capcom’s President, Haru. That statement says a lot. If the game is created by such an important person in the company, we can assume it will deserve a large budget for marketing and that it better be a good game, to assure the game’s success. Anyways, expect some MH love [link] from Capcom in the near (or far) future.
With that in mind, we can start thinking about MHFrontier. Well, MHFrontier is a very special and delicate case. There some issues, according to Capcom, with the game that prevent it from expanding the fanbase in the US and EU. There are things that Western gamers just can’t accept, and some of these things are present in MHFrontier. While Capcom wouldn’t tell us what these aspects were, they were kind enough to give us some other explanations. [link]
I hope that answers many questions. If it doesn’t, ask them here and we’ll forward them.

Welcome our new members:
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YOUR ARTWORK:
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They are all awesome artwork... be sure to check each of them!
If we missed any, or you have a new deviation, let us know!

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM NOTIFYING US ABOUT YOUR WORK AS A COMMENT.
SEND US THE LINK THROUGH NOTES... It's not that hard, is it?

There might be a new contest soon... it's up to you Hunters... let us know what you think!
Well, that's it for now!
If you are a New Member, make sure you add us to your Friends List (DeviantWatch)! It will mostly help YOU, because it will be easier for you to keep track of what's going on with the club, games, etc.
If you are only DeviantWatchin us and you didn't send us a note asking to join... I'm sorry, but you're not a member yet. However, it's never too late, you can still do it. We're waiting for you.

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How to Join: to join, please send the Club a note entitled "Join"! You'll receive a note saying that you have joined! Please, don't ask to join in comments or sending a note to my personal account. NOTE: Adding the club to your friends list is not the same as joining, in others words, don't just DeviantWatch us if you want to become a member, because that doesn't add you to the member's list.
*If you want any of your deviations to be looked at and featuring in the Club, please send the club a note with the link and we'll look at it!
*To the clubs that want to become an associated club, I would like to let you know that we are most likely to make associations with clubs that are related to Games, Capcom, Dragons, Monsters, Dinosaurs, Hunting etc. So, if you want to become an associated club, just send the club a note entitled "Associate".

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Welcome to the Monster Hunter Fan-Club on DeviantArt!
For those who do not know, Monster Hunter is a series of great Action-RPG games from Capcom! Its best aspect is certainly the Multiplayer modes! You should check it out!
So, this club is for the people who enjoy this game! Our purpose is to gather together as much Monster Hunter players and fans in DeviantArt as possible, so we can have contests and some fun! We have game updates ("MH3" is coming (not so) soon), contests, and some surprises!

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Forever Hunting!

~XYuriZ