Video: Monster Hunter Freedom 2 interview

You just have to appreciate how the Japanese use the “cute factor” to soften things, and make things seem more welcoming to novices or to make things more user friendly. While a lot of use would see the presence of cute as something silly or off, they’d see it as something that’s there for a reason. For example, when Ryosuke Tsukimoto, producer of the Monster Hunter series was interviewed by GameTrailers, he noted that they added a “humour and comicality” element to the game to make it more welcoming to folks who aren’t that good at action games and help lure or welcome them in.

Don’t believe us? Click play on the video embed below.

Other noteworthy points raised in the interview include details on how they managed to lessen the load times involved, and how the first Monster Hunter game got famous in the first place.

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 should be available to North American and European PSP owners by September later this year. This CAPCOM game has already sold more than a million copes in Japan, and is the only game in the PSP series of the franchise to reach that number in that region for the PSP.

You just have to appreciate how the Japanese use the “cute factor” to soften things, and make things seem more welcoming to novices or to make things more user friendly. While a lot of use would see the presence of cute as something silly or off, they’d see it as something that’s there for a reason. For example, when Ryosuke Tsukimoto, producer of the Monster Hunter series was interviewed by GameTrailers, he noted that they added a “humour and comicality” element to the game to make it more welcoming to folks who aren’t that good at action games and help lure or welcome them in.

Don’t believe us? Click play on the video embed below.

Other noteworthy points raised in the interview include details on how they managed to lessen the load times involved, and how the first Monster Hunter game got famous in the first place.

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 should be available to North American and European PSP owners by September later this year. This CAPCOM game has already sold more than a million copes in Japan, and is the only game in the PSP series of the franchise to reach that number in that region for the PSP.

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