I’ve worked in the game industry for over a decade and I’m particularly familiar with localisation. I do not think a hashtag is going to get a company to localise a game, in fact, I know it won’t. You know what pushes a game to get released? A good sales forecast and available resources.



And realistically, if they are localising MHX, that decision happened a while back and they would have started on it before MHX even came out here in Japan. So why the hashtag? Well, something at Capcom had convinced them to skip Monster Hunter 4 and just make the west go another year without MH and release MH4U instead of releasing both games. MH4U has sold phenomenally well; over a Million copies (that’s over 25% of global sales of MH4G) so from a business perspective the west will very likely be getting MHX in one form or another.

My fear is that they lose the momentum the series has gained with MH4U. The west doesn’t need to wait 2 years for a new game; they need one this year. I believe that they could sell both MHX and MHXG (if that is even being made) and see success.

The hashtag is supposed to do a few things:

One, raise awareness of MHX so that if and when it does come out, more people know that it’s something special worth looking into.



Two, it gives the community something to rally behind and bond over.



Third, it provides visual support for employees at Capcom who are working hard to bring MH content to the west, and to support them should they find themselves in some internal meeting where someone is borderline in thinking that “the west can wait”.



Finally I suppose I’ll add that on the producer level, I think they are likely more aware than ever at how much their titles are loved in the west.

It is not meant to be a protest or complaint!

If we get Monster Hunter X

I believe it would be announced before the end of March, just looking at the timing of most company’s fiscal quarter endings and the fact that they need to build investor confidence about performance in the following fiscal year.

If we get it, it will not be thanks to a hashtag. It will not be thanks to me. It will be thanks to everyone who bought Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and showed Capcom that the series is a success. It will be thanks to the passionate community for continuing to be just that.

Fingers crossed and Happy Hunting.

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