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The Nintendo Switch just got a significant third-party boost: Capcom has announced that it’ll be bringing Monster Hunter XX to the new system. Monster Hunter isn’t the most popular series in the West, but it’s been huge in Japan since the days of the PSP, and it was seen as a major coup for Nintendo when the games eschewed Sony’s PS Vita for the 3DS.

Monster Hunter XX — pronounced “double cross” — is the latest entry in the action RPG series; an expanded version of Monster Hunter X, which was released in the US in 2015 as Monster Hunter Generations. XX came out in Japan in March, and hasn’t yet been announced for the West.

On paper, the Switch is the perfect platform for Monster Hunter. It could let you play local co-op multiplayer on the go, the main reason the series took off in Japan in the first place, while also allowing for big-screen online play at home. It should also be the best-looking and best-controlling portable version of the game yet, given the Switch’s power and actual analog sticks.

That said, Capcom has revealed nothing about Monster Hunter XX: Nintendo Switch Ver. beyond the fact that it will exist at some point. There’ll be a Monster Hunter event in Sapporo, Japan this Saturday, so we should know more by the weekend



The Verge