There isn’t a vast number of games coming out next week in Japan, but there’s a good reason for that — nobody wants to compete with the two main releases this fall, both of which are assured to become vast sellers this holiday season over there:
– Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (10/10/10/9, 39 points): This game is all but guaranteed to be the biggest game of the year over in Japan, and between all the interviews, features and strategy pages, this week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu devotes something like 100 pages of coverage to it.
“The approachability of the Portable series is known for has been further polished, making this one easy game to get to grips with,” one reviewer said about the game. “There are lots of novel features, like the hot spring, and it’s more than enough fun even when playing alone. The co-op functionality is just as flawless, too.”
