User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-24.185.99.64-20120111172059/@comment-76.69.2.198-20120111194400

Certainly Monster Hunter has only grown and Xenosaga's popularity has waned, but if you compare the PS2 beginnings of both series, Xenosaga Episode 1 sold twice as well in Japan than the original Monster Hunter. The Metacritic scores of the series are above some of Monster Hunter's, with Monster Hunter never extremely excelling it...

Not to mention that "sarcasm" doesn't change the fact that you're complaining about localization in response to Japanese sales. Monster Hunter is doing fine in Japan, and it only improves localization chances if it does. But it's up to Capcom of America to release it over here. Nintendo doesn't have any particular involvement, nor would they really care, seeing as how many Nintendo franchises dwarf the Monster Hunter series internationally.