I’m doing the exact same thing. Damn all you people having a blast with Tri! 
For some reason, I can’t help but think Graduation is greater than Tri.
:party::party::party::party::party::rock::rock::rock::rock::rock:
My experience with Monster Hunter Tri so far -
I was only able to put in 3 hours on Wednesday and I was barely home last night. Most def will put in some hours tonight if sleep doesn’t get the better of me heh.
I’ve only played the first MH game on the PSP so that’s why I got the bundle, since I didn’t have a classic controller and I wanted similar controls. The classic joystick is black and the best way to explain it is imagine if a Gamecube controller and a PS2 controller got married and had a baby, that’s kind of what it is like. Anyway the controls felt exactly the same as playing on the PSP so I was right at home.
So I created a female character in the beginning and tried to make her look as close as Chun-Li as possible since I am shooting to get that Chun-Li armor in the game. While I was creating the character I noticed that you can put a scar on their left cheek if you want to and it looks EXACTLY like the scar Cammy has! You can’t make Cammy’s hair in the game though, you can get sort of close with Chun-Li’s hair at best.
Another SF thing that was pretty strange was near the town you start out in there’s an old man who has a little pig. I don’t know why but you have the option to name the pig and “Rose” is one of the choices. And you can dress up the pig and one of the choices looks like Cody’s SFA3 jail outfit! I have no idea what the purpose of this is because that pig doesn’t follow me on my quest or anything but I thought this was pretty funny. :lol:
As for the first quest, it’s different than the first PSP game to say the least. The PSP game had little quests for every ittle thing in the game at first - one for cooking meat, another for gathering, etc. - before you started playing the real thing. This one in the first quest, tells you about cooking meat and gathering even though they are not essential to the first quest. So if you are new to the series you can process information a lot faster. If you are not new then these tutorials don’t really matter if you already know how to gather and cook meat (unless you are using the Wii-mote) I guess. So I’m not sure if this is better or worse if you are new to the franchise. I guess it depends on how you process information. And it is still early for me so I have no idea if further quests will flesh out more details on little things like that, but chances are they will.
Oh and if you know how to play MH already, if you want you can probably give the Story Mode the finger and after the initial set up jump right into Arena mode to start fighting monsters. There’s 3 missions available at the start. I’m assuming more will unlock the more you play.
And there’s the ONLINE! IT’S HUGE! Even though most of the cities seem to look the same more or less there are lots of them and lots of places where people can meet up to arrange games. You can even buy weapons there which is another way to give the Story Mode the finger if you already know how to play LOL! So when I played it was pretty late. There were like 20 people playing in Pro but I don’t think I’m ready for that just yet. So I went to one town in the Rookie section and some guy with a Japanese name ran away from me and another character disappeeared. Guess I gotta try this later!
I was really surprised at how massive the online was environment was. In the PSP game, it’s just a small tent where you meet people and that’s it. Not freaking cities! You can walk up to people and chat with them. Joint is almost like a massive MMORPG. Someone is going to lose their job playing this game I’m calling it!
A lot of fun so far. I hope I can have an online quest today even if I get seriously owned by a monster. I want to try it out and stuff. 
This…FUCKING THIS. That was exactly how I felt when I first got online for this game. I think my exact words were ‘Holy fuck…I hope I don’t lose my job’
name: Lilman
Id: B9DR65
Might be on later. But as of now… Work. Ugh. By the way can u only friend quest someone while they’re online? I tried the ones posted but it said " Not currently available."
Rumour: Krome hit with layoffs
Game industry is really beginning to feel that low economy focus attack.
New Bond Game Titled?
James Bond: Bloodstone. If it’s related to any movie then i’ll probably be crap unless they pull what happened with Goldeneye though I doubt it.
Secrets of Xenoblade’s Monado Sword:
small bit of backstory on the blade the story will revolve around
Jett Rocket - Trailer #2
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/59878/jett-rocket/videos/jettrocket_trl_trailer_42110.html
Again I say ‘This is a WiiWare title?’ I’ll add this game to the front.
Edit:
Planning to do some more Monster Hunting tonight before I head to bed. I’ll try to add people again.
Yeah, MH3 is ridiculously fucking amazing. Character name’s “Renault”, I’'ll update with my ID when I go online. Been doing offline as for now, the switch axe is pimped to death.
EDIT: Xenoblade trailer = 
Tri really is rocking. I actually haven’t even played online with a party yet. I’ve been focusing on getting the hang of the world of MH gameplay through single player hunting. Today I ordered the Logitech Wii Wireless Keyboard for about $18 at Amazon. When that comes in next week, I’ll feel prepared to expeience MH3 with others!
I should probably go through more of the single player but I’m having way too much fun with being online. I have one last level 1 quest to do online which is fishing for goldfish. Apparently having the bait makes that quest easier. I’ll be able to do more questing tomorrow since I’m working the morning shift.
question about MH tri. how do you travel to other places besides moga woods. is it something you have ot unlock or what. I just got to the 3 star quest and when i just wanna go out it still takes me to moga woods???
We’ve got an IRC going for MH3 chat and questing.
#SRKMH3 on EFNet.
ninja_velmor you can’t choose where to do the quest, it does that for you.
I’ve never played a MMORPG before because I’ve heard what WoW has one to people. I’m guessing the appeal of Tri is the online play. It sounds fun but I’m afraid I’ll lose my life to the game. Is there any kind of offline mode?
Yeah, there’s an offline mode. Don’t expect the most epic storyline or anything though.
Ok i just had a online quest glitch. It did not recognize the turning in of Monster Guts TWICE. Typical MMO stuff.
Japan Numbers 4/23/10
http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1085915p1.html
This is actually the second week NSMB Wii has been back at the top since it seems I missed seeing last week. Both versions of NMH: Paradise showed up on this list. Fist of the North Star on the PS3 is still going strong along with the baseball titles on the PSP and the PS3. Yakuza 4 is still holding on and Friend Collection doesn’t seem like it wants to leave top 10 any time soon.
Hardware went PSP, PS3, Wii, DSi LL, DSi, Lite, 360, Go, PS2. Oh snap1 Go actually beat PS2 this week lol. MGS: Peace Walker, SSFIV and Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 get released next week. PSP will probably be holding it down until Mario kicks the door in at the end of May.
Metroid: Other M, Sin and Punishment 2 Delayed:
PROFOUND…SADNESSSSSS!!! Metroid is now August 31 and Sin is now June 7. You know what? I’m going to look on the brightside of this…I"m gonna be busy balancing SSFIV and MH3 and then I’ll have to have Super Mario Galaxy 2 tossed in on the side…I’ll be aight lol.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Gameplay Details:
http://www.gametrailers.com/news/super-mario-galaxy-2-gameplay/2004
Not as epic as rolling in deep into the Mushroom Kingdom and taking the whole damn castle with Battleships but eh I’m sure Bowser is running out of ideas lol. I’m fairly certain that when one of his henchmen brought up the idea to just eat a Mega Mushroom and storm the place during one of his ‘Capture the Princess’ meetings he was probably like '…Why didn’t this come up before? Glad I thought of it! '.
IGN Jett Rocket Hands-on
http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1085993p1.html
sounds like a simple platformer. nothing wrong with that.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Wood Blocks Gameplay
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/wood-blocks-super-mario/64829
Sengoku Basara - Japanese Action Trailer
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japanese-action-sengoku-basara/64838
Edit:
more SMG2 goodness
Tall Trunk Gameplay:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/tall-trunk-super-mario/64806
Spin-Dig Gameplay:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/spin-dig-gameplay-super-mario/64808
Sky Station Gameplay:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/sky-station-super-mario/64812
Fluffy Buff Gameplay 1:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/fluffy-bluff-super-mario/64802
Fluffy Buff Gameplay 2:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/fluffy-bluff-super-mario/64804
Picked up two 2000 Wii Point cards, a black Classic Controller Pro and Madworld used for $12.99.
yeeesss!!! I still love MadWorld. I wouldn’t mind hearing your thoughts on it.
I think GS is doing another deal for Sin & Punishment similiar to MH Tri if my memory serves me correct. I was doing marketing for our store and I saw that there was an advertisement for getting 500 nintendo points when you reserve the game. Don’t know if they’ll eventually offer the $5 off or not but eh free points is fine with me. Don’t know if any other places are offering reserve incentives for the title yet.
Anyone planning on doing some Monster Hunting tonight?
Okay, got online IDs now for me and Infini’s MH3 characters.
Mine: Renault, ID 8D32J4
InfiniDragon: Fate, ID TVTY46
That game is too damn baller.
I ordered my copy from amazon today, should be here by the time I finish my papers for school. I also grabbed a wii speak for $20. I’ll post up my characters when I get it
I still haven’t had too much of an opportunity to really see if Wii Speak for MH works well or not. It appears that you have to have people friended for them to hear you though. The one time I had an opportunity to test it out it was late and I had to leave so I didn’t get a good chance to take it into battle and see if he could hear me clearly but we did have a small conversation. I think it might help us finding each other if we knew which server type and server that they go into. I’m usually in the Open Server in one of he Valor areas. I plan to jump on in a couple of hours after I get further in the single player.
hey im gunna add you alpha, infin lilman and sonic. hope to see you guys on maybe tonight or something if not tonight then maybe tomorrow