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Jan 27, 2014
Ryozo Tsujimoto, the producer of the Monster Hunter game series at CAPCOM, announced in a video message on Sunday that Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate will be coming to the West. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (“which is the equivalent of MH4G“) will be available on Nintendo 3DS in early 2015.
CAPCOM announced earlier on Sunday that Monster Hunter 4G is in development for release on the 3DS in Japan in 2014:
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