"No doubt still harboring a grudge about that time Godzilla remorselessly flattened the beautiful city of Tokyo, the people of Japan have made it abundantly clear that they rather enjoy hunting monsters. Capcom has announced that the PSP's Monster Hunter Freedom 2 G -- the G highlighting the fact that it's an expansion to the pictured, G-less mega hit -- has shipped one million copies in the land of the rising hunt.

It has managed to do so in just six days, further enforcing the publisher'..."

"Cheesemeister

01./02. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 180,042 / 826,000
02./01. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 124,238 / 535,000
03./00. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony) - 115,748 / NEW
04./05. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 74,378 / 444,000
05./09. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 74,113 / 550,000
06./06. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 73,061 / 868,000
07./10. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 64,228 / 212,000
08./14. [WII] Wii ..."

"Every one knows that the Nintendo DS has been dominating the sales charts in Japan ever since the release of the DS Lite. Strong hardware sales, however, don't necessarily translate into dominant software sales. Case in point, in Japan the #1 selling game of 2007 is not for the NDS but a PSP exclusive."

"Retail chain Gamestop is currently offering a deal concerning hit video game Monster Hunter Portable 2nd. According to its online listing, those who will pre-order the game from Gamestop will receive a Watermelon Pet Poogie Plush for free when the title finally ships this September.

Fans of the Monster Hunter franchise know well that the similar stuff toys were given out by Capcom before in relation to fans having issues with their copies of prequel title Monster Hunter Freedom. We didn't ..."

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We guess we don't have to reiterate how huge Monster Hunter Freedom 2 is in Japan. And we are pretty sure that it's about to become bigger when it finally hits retail stores in North America, Europe, and the rest of PAL territories this September. But even though that's five months away from now, you've got to start practicing those monster hunting moves.

Here's a video of the game we found over at GameTrailers. It is actually a gameplay montage clip for Monster Hunter Freedom 2. ..."