User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-24.208.224.114-20120126004540/@comment-70.54.113.231-20120126214404

All the Skyrim commercials I've seen had no gameplay footage at all and that's still sold way more than the entire Monster Hunter series has in America. The simple fact is that advertisement costs a huge amount of money (probably more than localization itself) and if the game needs its ads to be tweaked EXACTLY right it's probably not going to be a big seller ever.

Monster Hunter is based off the idea that you work for your reward. That just doesn't exist in American culture anymore. That's why they really need online and other things that appeal to modern Western (or at least American) culture.

Tatsunoko Vs Capcom didn't sell as well in the US as the more recent Monster Hunter titles, but it actually sold a lot more than in did in Japan. Was that just because of a commercial showing a bunch of action figures that no one recognized fighting? It helped, but what's a bigger deal is that fighting game sales in America currently dwarf Japanese sales. The excellent "localization| probably have helped too; if Capcom really does add online to Monster Hunter this is why.

Monster Hunter's already been given six chances. We're lucky we got so many. Hopefully, what it's proven is that the game's worldwide popularity is steadily growing, and it will only continue to grow if treated right.