Capcom is known to put out some of their better handheld titles on iOS and Android devices eventually but many of them sadly remain in Japan. Back in December, Capcom released the lovely Monster Hunter Stories ($19.99) on iOS and Android in Japan only and we were wondering whether it would release in the West. The lack of a sure release was because Nintendo handled publishing for the English version of the game in North America and Europe. Watch the announcement trailer for the iOS and Android version below:
When Monster Hunter Stories was originally showcased, a lot people were wondering whether the high resolution footage shown off was for the “NX" at the time version of the game. The 3DS is obviously low resolution but it turns out, the high quality footage was all from the mobile version or from a future mobile version at the time. Monster Hunter Stories, as the name suggests, is a story driven spinoff adventure in the Monster Hunter universe and the mobile version has some features not present in the 3DS version like autosave.
If you’re interested, Monster Hunter Stories is now available on iOS and Android as a fully premiumn title with no in app purchases for $19.99. This is about half the price of the 3DS version. We will have a review for it soon. Check out the full website for the 3DS version here. While the iOS version is a full 4GB download going by the App Store, it looks like the Google Play version will need you to download most of the data from within the game. While this has online mulitplayer support, it will only work for the version sold outside Japan.
Seems like it's also available now for Android, it's listed in the play store with english screencaps and all.
Note that there's a free demo version too, and your progress transfers over.
It's called MHST The Adventure Begins by CAPCOM Co., Ltd
Has anyone purchased it with a X, XS, or XS Max and can confirm resolution?
As Wizard of Odyssey mentionned above there is a demo called MHST The Adventure Begins on the app store, it is free.
If I had a X i would gladly test for you but unfortunately i have an 8 Plus, you can try yourself though and see how it looks :)
Can confirm it's optimized for X.
Wow what a treat! Thank you Capcom! If you like high quality premium games, this is one to definitely get. It's $20 but it's worth every penny.
I urge everyone to play the demo and not just plunge in with the purchase due to it having the Monster Hunter title attached. I deleted after 2 hours, just did not appeal
I created a Japanese App Store account to buy this in fear of it never getting localized. Well... I just deleted that version today so I could buy it all over again, and dive back in from the beginning. I can't wait!