No Plans for Monster Hunter 4 on the Wii U.

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Yuri Dubindoh told Monster Hunter enthusiasts, that there are no plans on Monster Hunter 4 coming to the Nintendo Wii U, it seems we'll have to be contented with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate only on the Nintendo 3DS, this is what he said:

Sorry, no Wii U version planned for this one…​
But with it having online on the 3DS (for the first time in the series!) you can possibly play online anytime and anywhere you have access to wi-fi.

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Too bad, would have loved Monster Hunter 4 on the Wii U but I guess if I'm gonna get it I have to get it on the 3DS, It'll be cool that it will have online play though. I wonder if they will make Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and put it on the Wii U or something. Also why does it say: Coming Holiday 2013?
 
I sort of expected no Wii U version of this game but I was hoping for it regardless. Not a big concern for me because I'm fine since the 3DS has online multiplayer and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate wasn't that bad on the smaller screen.

It would have been cool to play the game on the big screen though, :panda:
 
Yay. The 3DS finally gets an anticipated game for itself. And with online! :D This is so good :)

"Coming Holiday 2013"... indeed :panda:
 
Too bad, would have loved Monster Hunter 4 on the Wii U but I guess if I'm gonna get it I have to get it on the 3DS, It'll be cool that it will have online play though. I wonder if they will make Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and put it on the Wii U or something. Also why does it say: Coming Holiday 2013?
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I think that's when it was released in Japan.
 
Really danmit too bad it would be epic seeing this game on the wii u
 
I was going to get the 3DS version anyways, but a Wii U version would be welcome too. Monster Hunting in high definition definitely beats a small low resolution screen, but the lack of portability on the Wii U is the only reason I don't want to get it. Anyways, the 3DS will have online this time so there's no real reason for me to get the Wii U version.
 
I never really liked this game on portable systems. The low res screen (especially on the 3ds og) and the camera controls make it a bit weird (if you dont have circle pad pro). This is kindof annoying but i think its because of the Wii U sales. I really did not like this game on the small screen , it just seemed to restricted in my opinion. Maybe there will be a full hd version (not just an remastered version like tri u) for the wii u later.
 
A remastered version seems pretty likely maybe in Winter 2015 or Spring 2016. I think they just want to get the game out to 3DS owners as fast as possible, with the Wii U taking a backseat due to lower sales on the platform(?). A Wii U version would also bridge the gap between the release of MH4U and MH5.
 
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I would think they would just keep it on one system to keep costs lower. The Wii U is doing better than ever, so I'm sure that it has nothing to do with the sales.
 
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Well, that's too bad... Though I'm really happy because I'll get the 3DS version for sure, I would have loved that the WiiU could get it too, because they could have implemented cross-platform features, and that would have been nice if you're going to visit a friend who has a WiiU and the game while you also have your 3DS and your copy of the game, because maybe you could play with your friend ;).

Meh, it won't affect how excited I am about MH4U anyway :D !
 
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Lol maybe MH4U Ultimate edition for Wii U?!? Nah, I'm pretty sure it wasn't going to be on Wii U in the first place, and it would probably get (unfairly) criticized for its visual downgrade from MH3U on the Wii U. Still a bummer, though.
 
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The Wii U has too small of a fanbase to justify a separate version of the game. The only thing that is really going for it is cross-platform play, but I don't even know a single person who owns a Wii U. If the Wii U starts selling more units, then I can see a MH4U HD being a possibility, but there's no reason for Capcom to make it right now (especially since they're going through financial troubles right now).
 
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The Wii U has too small of a fanbase to justify a separate version of the game. The only thing that is really going for it is cross-platform play, but I don't even know a single person who owns a Wii U. If the Wii U starts selling more units, then I can see a MH4U HD being a possibility, but there's no reason for Capcom to make it right now (especially since they're going through financial troubles right now).
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How can you really be sure, when Wii Us are selling like hotcakes? If so, source?
 
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How can you really be sure, when Wii Us are selling like hotcakes? If so, source?
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As far as I know, the Wii U is already considered one of Nintendo's failures. Has it sold a lot in recent times? I'm aware of the ominous 666% increase in sales when Mario Kart 8 came out, but that was quite a while ago.
 
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As Spinner said, people are comparing the Wii U to the Virtual Boy. While it isn't as much of a failure as the VB, it still shows that it is a failure and one game can't change that, even if that game happens to be Mario Kart 8. I'm also pretty sure that some people still think that the Wii U is an addon to the original, since Nintendo did a crappy job of promoting it at the beginning.
 
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Nintendo definitely made some mistakes with the Wii U, with the lack of good advertising and with a very poor launch, but with all the new releases planned to come out, there's no doubt that the Wii U will sell, but having Monster Hunter 4 would definitely helped their sales.
 
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Nintendo definitely made some mistakes with the Wii U, with the lack of good advertising and with a very poor launch, but with all the new releases planned to come out, there's no doubt that the Wii U will sell, but having Monster Hunter 4 would definitely helped their sales.
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Yeah, but it's something no third-party developer like Capcom ever want the initiative in because if the console doesn't sell, then they'll have to face a loss for a console that isn't even theirs. Nintendo will have to develop quality first-party titles themselves if they want the Wii U to succeed, but given what they've done in the past few months I fear that if they did do that, they'd give us 3DS owners the short end of the straw instead.
 
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Yeah, but it's something no third-party developer like Capcom ever want the initiative in because if the console doesn't sell, then they'll have to face a loss for a console that isn't even theirs. Nintendo will have to develop quality first-party titles themselves if they want the Wii U to succeed, but given what they've done in the past few months I fear that if they did do that, they'd give us 3DS owners the short end of the straw instead.
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Remember, the Wii U isn't actually a failure, Nintendo just expected it to sell Wii numbers and because of the Gamepad.
 
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Remember, the Wii U isn't actually a failure, Nintendo just expected it to sell Wii numbers and because of the Gamepad.
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That doesn't mean that MH4U would sell well enough to make it worth putting it on there. The main draw of the Wii U version of MH3U was online play. Now that the 3DS has it, there isn't much of a reason to get the Wii U version if you have a 3DS, which many Wii U owners do.
 
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