I'm pretty much in the same situation as u.. well I did play a little bit on the Wii and PSP but wasnt overly fond of the single player experience tbh..

Though there's the option of getting 3DS version this March, play single player for a few months / half a year to get into higher level.. then get urself a Wii U and transfer over the save games to bring it online so that you can enjoy the end game content with friends which is where the online experience best at anyways.. then u can always resume the lvling on ur 3ds when ur away on a trip or something.. its a pretty good concept but requires 2 copies of the game.

We will be getting the demo this 20th so that should help us make decision as well

This post has been edited by fizyboy: Feb 15 2013, 08:59 AM

Just tried the demo.. beaten the easy one a couple of times without too much difficulty despite being a total newbie of the series..
My early impression contains both good and bad points..

The control is kinda awkward without 2nd analog stick tbh.. its hard to look around with the dpad when ur left hand is busy controlling the movement.. think it would work better if the camera rotation is mapped to L n R buttons and use dpad for equip/unequip weapon & item usage.. circle pad pro is probably a must if ur buying this game..

However, the graphic looks gd and has decent depth in 3D.. olus the environment and monster texture are beautiful.. i like it how we need to play intelligently instead of blindly hack n slash the mob without doing any thinking.. u need to understand their attack patterns and try ur best to dodge them.. only charge when there's opening .. u could even tell that the monster gets weaker n slower when their hp is low..

I tried sword & shield, great sword & long sword.. so far i like great sword the best.. gonna try the other weapons later tonight..

So are u guys gonna play on 3ds or Wii U?
If 3DS, are u guys gonna like, have gathering or something?

I dont have Wii U cant multiplayer huhu.

I still can't decide whether I'm getting it on Day 1 or not, there's just too many games to buy/play this month, so I need to choose carefully. Crazy March lol.

So help me out here will ya ?

- I'm not getting a Wii U anytime soon
- wont be having any real life fren with 3ds to mutiplayer locally with neither
- don't have and won't be buying cpp.. at least not for now
- i play a lot of mmorpg and i love them to bits, but i'd imagine it would be boring as hell if i were to play a mmorpg game in single player mode
- similarly, monster hunter is about getting loots and stuff instead of having epic story right?
- since its similar to mmorpg in some ways, if i can't bring it online to show my loots n hardwork to my friends, why would it be so addicting in the first place?

not saying this is a bad game, i just wanna understand why this game supposedly gives ppl 1000+ of playtime

This post has been edited by fizyboy: Mar 7 2013, 10:38 AM

I know its not an mmorpg, i just want to know whether the game can be enjoyed entirely in single player mode. if its some sort of open game like harvest moon or animal crossing i would understand, but if its just mission after mission won't we get boring after awhile? what exactly that will keep us coming back for more?

Need a Wii U so that can party with juwels

Wah if 3DS support this type of online from anywhere multiplayer, I confirm buy edy