The price cuts combined with the recent launch of the immensely popular Mario Kart and Monster Hunter franchises on 3DS helped revive sales and Nintendo announced 2.37 M units sold by beginning of December.

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The last console version available in the States, Monster Hunter Tri for the Wii, was woefully standard definition, and Capcom is planning to shut down the Tri servers a month and a half after Ultimate launches.

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On the good side, the game appears to combine elements of both Monster Hunter and Pokemon.

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