User blog comment:.Rakle./Monster Hunter Online Information Blog Post/@comment-195450-20130425215034/@comment-4563270-20130426061518

@Tahngarthor. not all games are adaptalbe like that.. sometimes games can be sent a patch for things like the latest api and higher res textures but they can't all just completely be bumped up and rewritten in a new engine basically mhfrontier getting an update would probably be like mh3u on 3ds to wiiu. it still looks pretty nice but you can't take any part of a games code and sandwhich it into a new engine.. it won't bump everything up. i think if japan really wanted to test the mmo waters in us..release mhfrontier on 360 as an xbla game or an eashop game on wiiu with a good patch. mho while cheap it may seem to me uses a different engine. the assets of it are hardwired in.. build a tree slap on the tectures you want and the engine supplies you with the rest.. tesselate edges to and polys to make it look fancy and the lighting is pretty much done for you same with all other dx11 accessed features. mhfo can't use all those assets right now.

@AWC i agree with Tahngarthor on the points he argued. i mean this game is essentially cry engine mhfo. this isn't an instant garuntee of success. the graphics update is ok i persoanlly think the environments are the highlight over everything else but i can't go further without being "too negative" so i'll stop right there. its a graphics update. to some in china that already play hunter blade this may not be a buy... to those who pirate monster hunter there this isn't an instant buy with or without graphics.. the graphics part means they probably want to put more of a budget paying cryteck in license and royalties to make it "unique".. it could go well enough for them in china but thats anyone's guess right now.