Monster Hunter

Monster Hunter is hack and slash, strategy, and adventure game released September 21, 2004 in North America. The game is a simulation of a hunter in a world filled with deadly monsters. Like actual hunting, succesfully killing or capturing a monster requires the skillful use of strategy and provided items. Monster Hunter sold poorly in the Americas due to no advertising, however, it was a huge hit in its native land, Japan.

After January 1st 2008, the online servers for Monster Hunter in North America were shut down, and thus online play for the PS2 version of Monster Hunter is no longer available.

Sequels
Several sequels for the game have been released:

PS2:

Monster Hunter G

Monster Hunter 2

PSP:

Monster Hunter Freedom

Monster Hunter Freedom 2

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

PC:

Monster Hunter Frontier

Nintendo Wii:

Monster Hunter 3

Other:

Monster Hunter i (CellPhone)

Monster Hunter Hunting Card (Trading Card Game)