Monster Hunter 3DS and Slide Pad accesory rumours

The rumour is that a Monster Hunter game with come to the 3DS named Monster Hunter 3G, and another rumour saying that Nintendo still plans on somehow adding a second analog stick under the face buttons, which gives me another thought.

I saw monster hunter 3G. Now it won't feature anything 3G like or anything, but then I thought of a possible Nintendo 3DS remodel idea.

A nintendo 3DS with 3G installed and the 2nd analog stick built in. I'veread somewhere that Nintendo talked about how they were interested in the concept and liked how amazon kindle used it. Now it would make more sense to make a remodel like this rather then what I've heard like getting rid of 3D all together and like doing a whole overhaul. It could be that the 3DS is having a wi-fi model with dual analogs and a 3G model with dual analogs, with a much smaller redesign. I know it's highly unlikely, but makes more sense then making a 3DS lite this early. Also if they are making a 3DS analog stick accesory then they will probably just make it built in for future models. I don't think it wil happen, but just a thought. Anyways I hope this Monster Hunter 3G is true as well as the analog stick accesory. I don't know how the accesory will work, but it would be nice to have.

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I want to post the link to the story but I get errors, search 3DS Monster Hunter and Slide Pad Expansion in This Week's Famitsu on google or whatever and you should get the story.

Seems like this is going to be another one of those "guitar hero" type things we saw on the DS. It'll be packaged with a game or two but not be used by a lot of games, also similar to Wii MotionPlus.

Can't the touchscreen substitute as a second analog? :?
If this redesign rumor is true, then I'm never buying another Nintendo handheld during its first year of release. I wasn't that happy with the sudden price drop, even though the GBA Ambassador games kind of makes up for it. I feel like I would have been happier if I just waited.

I am excited for Monster Hunter on the 3DS. Ugh, should I be happy or mad? -__-

I'm excited for Monster Hunter Tri G. 3G just sounds silly. :P

I dunno what to think about the slide pad attachment though. If it turns out to be true, all I have to say is: Seriously Nintendo, why didn't you just add the darn second circle pad in the first place! I just can't see an attachment that adds extra length, width and depth for the sake of an extra slider being very practical.

Oh my, it looks hideous! :P

Well I could live with that, it does not look that bad, and perhaps they will have different colors to so you could make your 3DS or have a different color, though Aqua Blue and Black do go together...

Oh my, it looks hideous! Please be fake. :P

moltenix

If true, I hope MHTriG has another way to move the camera. Maybe the D-Pad or touch screen? I doubt I'll be taking my 3DS outside with that attached to it.

If true, I hope MHTriG has another way to move the camera. Maybe the D-Pad or touch screen? I doubt I'll be taking my 3DS outside with that attached to it.

ANIMEguy10034

God that looks awful. Praying it's fake..ChibiXRiku

Its real.

I'm happy the 3DS is getting Monster Hunter it will be a huge boost in sales

I dont think it looks that bad. Besides the way they are showing it, it looks like it is designed to be added to the 3DS and removed with ease.

but anyway, unless a Metriod Prime game or Legend of Zelda game comes out for the 3DS that plays better with this add on, Im not getting it.

Seems like this is going to be another one of those "guitar hero" type things we saw on the DS. It'll be packaged with a game or two but not be used by a lot of games, also similar to Wii MotionPlus.

Haziqonfire

Can't the touchscreen substitute as a second analog? :?
If this redesign rumor is true, then I'm never buying another Nintendo handheld during its first year of release. I wasn't that happy with the sudden price drop, even though the GBA Ambassador games kind of makes up for it. I feel like I would have been happier if I just waited.

I am excited for Monster Hunter on the 3DS. Ugh, should I be happy or mad? -__-

ANIMEguy10034

You keep making that comparison- the Guitar Grip controller was produced by Red Octane for the sole purpose of getting the console feel out of a handheld music/rhythm game. One genre. Hell, one SERIES. A second analog input is nothing nearly so narrow- it is a standard gaming convention that was unfortunately overlooked during the 3DS's initial design phase. A product of Nintendo's strategy of looking backwards(old tech) and sideways(odd innovations) rather than directly ahead. Only this time it seems to have bit them, so they're working to correct that misstep. In fact, Nintendo's been working so hard on this launch to please their gamers that if 3DS fails, I don't think we will ever see such an attempt out of them(or likely any other major player in the industry) to do right by the consumer again. A right thumbstick is too important to ignore until it goes away.El_Zo1212o

Well, we don't know if it is a first party peripheral or not yet. If it is, I still don't think it's going to be in a revision (whenever that occurs).

And my point with the guitar hero thing was more so that it started something, not only did Activision make that but other peripherals started to come out for the DS. I see the same happening for the 3DS as well.

The only reason I see developers wanting a right analog stick is so its easier to port things over to the 3DS. It's incredibly lazy and it just means ports of console/Vita games... I want original content and I want developers to best utilize the platform in creative ways, not in the same stagnant ways we're used to.

More importantly, I want my 3DS to be a handheld -- not a console on the go.

So you don't think that games like RE:Mercs would have benefitted from a 2nd control stick? El_Zo1212o

Nope.

[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"]So you don't think that games like RE:Mercs would have benefitted from a 2nd control stick? daiyume

Nope.

[QUOTE="daiyume"]

[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"]So you don't think that games like RE:Mercs would have benefitted from a 2nd control stick? El_Zo1212o

Nope.

...I would personally welcome a second control stick (had it come integrated with the console)...Rafandrews

[QUOTE="Rafandrews"]...I would personally welcome a second control stick (had it come integrated with the console)...El_Zo1212o

Everyone can keep speculating about a redesign which is speculated to happen, but we don't know anything yet about a redesign or if it'll have a second analog. We also don't know how much that attachment will get supported, beyond MH3G no other software is supporting it yet.

Also, it'll most likely be an optional feature even if a redesign comes out (again, speculation based on rumours) not everyone who has the original 3DS is going to want to buy that bulky attachment and not everyone is going to prefer playing with a second stick. Much like MH3 on the Wii, I never used the CIassic Controller. I used the Wiimote. In that case, I'm pretty confident not everyone needs or wants a second analog stick, I certainly don't at the moment, MH3G is not something I want and most games I've played on the 3DS so far handle fine without a second analog.

[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"][QUOTE="Rafandrews"]...I would personally welcome a second control stick (had it come integrated with the console)...Haziqonfire

Everyone can keep speculating about a redesign which is speculated to happen, but we don't know anything yet about a redesign or if it'll have a second analog. We also don't know how much that attachment will get supported, beyond MH3G no other software is supporting it yet.

Also, it'll most likely be an optional feature even if a redesign comes out (again, speculation based on rumours) not everyone who has the original 3DS is going to want to buy that bulky attachment and not everyone is going to prefer playing with a second stick. Much like MH3 on the Wii, I never used the CIassic Controller. I used the Wiimote. In that case, I'm pretty confident not everyone needs or wants a second analog stick, I certainly don't at the moment, MH3G is not something I want and most games I've played on the 3DS so far handle fine without a second analog.