Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is a 2008 video game in the Monster Hunter franchise for PlayStation Portable and iOS. It is an expansion of the original Monster Hunter Freedom 2 and was released on March 27, 2008 in Japan as Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (モンスターハンターポータブル 2nd GMonsutā hantā pōtaburu 2nd G). Monster Hunter Freedom Unite has more missions, equipment, and monsters than Monster Hunter Freedom 2, and a new feature is a Felyne fighter to help the player on their quests. Rarity 9 and 10 armor and weapons were added, the player can now hold up to 99 of each item type in his/her item box, store up to 20 equipment sets, and get ten equipment pages instead of six. A new type of quest, the Epic Hunting Quest, was introduced, which will enable the player to take on, one by one, up to 4 different monsters in one quest, as shown in the released demo.
On November 6, 2008, the beta version of a new online service allowing voice chat and gameplay via tunneling PSP AdHoc mode to work same way as infrastructure mode does, through the PlayStation Network (and a LAN connected Wi-Fi capable PlayStation 3) was released on the Japanese PlayStation Store. Adhoc Party for PlayStation Portable beta version is compatible with Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.
The Japanese version of the PSP version sold 670,000 copies on its release day, and in its first week sold one million copies.As of July 8, 2009, the game has sold 3.5 million copies in the region.No official numbers on American sales have been released at this time. In Japan, as of December 2008 the game has sold 2.5 million copies on the PSP, and as of December 2009, the Best Edition of 2G sold 1 million copies. As of June 30, 2014, the game has sold 3.6 million copies worldwide on the PSP, making it the third best-selling game on the PSP.
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite | |
Developer(s) | Capcom |
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Publisher(s) | Capcom |
Director(s) | Yasunori Ichinose |
Producer(s) | Ryozo Tsujimoto |
Designer(s) | Katsuhiro Eguchi Yuji Matsumoto Shintaro Kojima Mori‑bite Kennsuke Imamura 4mono Hirokazu Fujisaki Akira Matsumoto Mitsuru Endo Nobuaki O‑nishi KUTI‑P MINE Kouki Fuse Haruo Murata Yuya Tokuda Obata |
Composer(s) | Yuko Komiyama Akihiko Narita Tadayoshi Makino |
Series | Monster Hunter |
Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, iOS |
Release | PlayStation Portable
iOS
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Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |