Monster Hunter Freedom 3

Monster Hunter Freedom 3, also called Monster Hunter Portable 3rd in Japan is the latest installment in theMonster Hunter franchise for the PlayStation Portable system that was released in Japan on December 1, 2010. The game was released, as a part of the PlayStation Portable Remaster series, on PlayStation 3.The game introduces new regions, monsters, and a revised Felyne combat system. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd is not an update to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite or Monster Hunter Tri. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd is instead separate to the rest of the series, and most of the game has been entirely remade.

Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD ver. is a high definition remastering of the game for the PlayStation 3, and is the first of Sony's "PSP Remasters" series for the PS3. The game was released in Japan on August 25, 2011 and features enhanced HD graphics, 3D support and shared save support with the PSP.

New features

The new base of operations is Yukumo Village. This village has a feudal Japanese feel to it, both from its design to its residents. The player can take two Felynes out with him/her on a single player quest, up from the single companion of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. When you take Felynes out on quests, monster attacks are divided between the player and the companions, making hunts easier. Also new to Monster Hunter Portable 3rd is the ability to customize the Felyne companions' equipment. Doing so will change the creature's physical appearance and properties. The player will be able to customize the Felynes in three areas: weapon, head parts and torso parts. A new field introduced in the game is Mountain Stream. All the hunting fields in Monster Hunter Tri, along with the addition of the Mountain Stream field are included in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd. Underwater quests, however, have been completely removed, therefore maps such as the Deserted Island and Flooded Forest have been revised to work around this. Not all monsters from Monster Hunter Tri are present in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd - Lagiacrus, Gobul, and Ceadeus have been removed. Jinouga, the flagship monster of the game is shown on the cover art.

The Guild Hall now features a hot spring, similar to the Felyne Kitchen from previous games, which can be upgraded by clearing special 'Hot Spring Quests' which upgrade the effects of the hot spring, as well as the Felyne Whim Skills, which can now be chosen and selected by the player.

Weapons

All weapon classes from previous games (Great Sword, Long Sword, Sword and Shield, Dual Blades, Hammer, Hunting Horn, Lance, Gunlance, Switch Axe, Light Bowgun, Heavy Bowgun and Bow) are present in the game. The four classes which were not present in Tri (Dual blades, Hunting Horn, Gunlance and Bow) have been revised. The equipment creation and fortification systems received a variety of changes. Producer Ryozo Tsujimotoclaimed that this area of the game will keep what was good from Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and Monster Hunter Tri and add new elements.

Rovio Mobile has developed more than 50 video games with relatively little success. They finally hit the jackpot when they released Angry Birds game in December 2009. According to Rovio CEO Mikael Hed, it went to number one in Finland pretty much overnight. And as the saying goes, “The rest is history!”

The development of the Angry Birds game started in March 2009. The idea of birds playing the main character came from Jaakko Lisalo, Games Developer and Lead Designer in Rovio Mobile. His first concept of the game did not include a slingshot. This brought confusion to testers who first tried to play this game. It seems like we could’ve been enjoying flying birds right now if only those game testers had figured out how to play the trial version of Angry Birds. Lisalo thought that slingshots would best explain how to play this game since everyone is already familiar with it.

Rovio Mobile wanted a game that is easy to pick-up and play, but hard to master. This is exactly how anyone will describe Angry Birds game. Niklas Hed, Rovio Mobile COO and Co-founder, shared a story that made him believe that Angry Birds will be a big hit. He showed the game to his mother on a dinner party who never played any video game before. The dinner party was actually delayed as Niklas’ mother couldn’t stop playing the game. Rovio should award Mrs. Hed as the very first fan of Angry Birds.

Angry Birds has now been downloaded more than 300 million times. This seems like a natural occurrence for the company who habitually breaks mobile gaming records. With Rovio’s partnership with Madhouse, a major advertising network in China, their next goal is to hit 100 million downloads by the end of the year in that country alone.