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Hunter X Hunter Game Coming To PSP This Fall

By Spencer . March 28, 2012 . 2:25pm

Hunter X Hunter Game Coming To PSP This Fall

Namco Bandai has the Hunter X Hunter license and are working on a new game for PSP. Jump reports the upcoming Hunter X Hunter game will follow Gon and Killua (who attacks with a skateboard!) as they take the Hunter Exam.

 

Prior to this title, Konami made several Hunter X Hunter games with the license. Hunter X Hunter for PSP is slated for release this fall and is probably the title Namco Bandai is teasing.


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  • http://www.myspace.com/Juan_Rod bluejuan85

    I do rather enjoy Hunter x Hunter but the new anime seems to be rather colorful.

    • xXDGFXx

      yea, they also made killua a bit less intimidating compared to the first one. Either that, or they’re making the environment and/or atmosphere too bright…

      The serial killer fight really felt lacking without the crushing and his intimidating facial expression.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EUSPDCE22Z6ETYY3W5XRZ2SFZU Darrel

      The Greed Island OVA was even more colorful. 

    • KyoyaHibari

      It starts out rather weak & friendlier early on, but as it progresses it gets darker and bloodier. The pacing is great so it is quite a refreshing change, that being said, the drawn out psychological mind games early on are now just witty moral lessons. At first I didn’t like it that much because of how it hampered over some of the original HxH anime’s signature mind games, some of the violence was heavily toned down initially, and the flashback to Gon’s childhood (chapter 1) hasn’t been covered yet for some reason. But it is also much more exciting and quicker in pacing than the original. Once you get into later episodes, there’s more blood so it doesn’t become entirely kid-friendly, and it stays true to the manga for the most part. The new colour palettes are rather nice I find, they really bring out the characters, and the animation is also much smoother too. So all in all, both HxH animes are 2 very different experiences, and veterans of the old series should give the new one a shot, it’s different, but not all that bad.

  • xXDGFXx

    Is this going to follow the new anime, original anime, or the manga?

    • http://www.myspace.com/Juan_Rod bluejuan85

      judging by the picture it will either be the new anime or if lucky the manga.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Javon-Hernandez/706489182 Javon Hernandez

    So much for “Klonoa X”. Q__Q

    • Spirit Macardi

      I know what you mean. The 15th anniversary of the series is this year, and so far Namco hasn’t done a damn thing.

  • gamerpigeon

    PSP , Aww man i was really hoping for a PS3 game : (

  • raymk

    Yep figured it would be nothing worth or time and this won’t even come out of japan even if I was interested in it.

  • KyoyaHibari

    Uhh…uhh…UHH…Hunter x Hunter game YAY! PSP, oh… Hunter Exam (only stated atm, not sure if there will be more arcs in the game)…ugh…no Kurapika-FUUUUUUU I guess I’ll wait for more news though. I’m hoping there’s a lot more characters and arcs to make it worth it. >.>

    • Margaret Chan

      What exactly are you worried about from the Hunter Exam and Kurapika? He’s there almost 80% or more of the time??

    • Margaret Chan

      What exactly are you worried about from the Hunter Exam and Kurapika? He’s there almost 80% or more of the time??

      • KyoyaHibari

        I should’ve worded the Hunter Exam part better, but the article doesn’t sound ambiguous to the possibility of other arcs so it sounds like it is just following that particular arc. It says “the upcoming Hunter x Hunter game will follow Gon and Killua…as they take the Hunter Exam” so it sounds solely focused on the exam and Gon & Killua. I’m not trying to criticize the article or the Jump info, but I question why “they” don’t mention any other characters or arcs or imply them, “it” could’ve been along the lines of “the upcoming Hunter x Hunter game will have Gon, Killua and various other characters from the HxH universe and will start from the Hunter Exam arc onwards” or something along those lines.

  • Zenkaider

    Man,as if Namdai couldn’t put the billboard with it,Jump had to do it.:DXDXDXDXD

    Great news overall.Killua attacks with a skateboard?It seems that it will really be an action adventure instead of a fighting one.

  • Aoshi00

    Just PSP huh.. Hope the game would be good, would’ve been nice it were to be handled by CC2 like Naruto..  Loved the manga and original anime (vol. 30 tankoubon will be out in Apr), following the new anime every week too, it’s beyond excellent, no expense is spared on the high quality animation and new cast comprised mostly of veterans.  A surprisingly good remake.

    • KyoyaHibari

      Er…maybe not CC2…the Storm series is its own individual franchise, we don’t want anymore like that. Not after seeing how the new .hack Hybrid is shaping up, it looks WAYY too similar to Storm; camera angles, fighting engine, etc. As for the other Naruto games which aren’t Clash of Ninja or Ultimate Ninja, they don’t seem that great. 

      I think that since  Konami released the 1st Nurarihyon game back in November with Arc System Works that they should work with ASW again since this has been the 1st Hunter x Hunter game in like 10-12 years maybe? Hyakki Ryouran Taisen was an amazing game, despite the limited roster, it was exhilarating, well made, had tons of content and some interesting and original gameplay features and I think they could pull it off with the new Hunter x Hunter but with some different features (the Shima, Fear gauge and all that wouldn’t work well in a HxH game) or a more traditional fighter style like with P4:MA. 

      That being said, the new anime is still at the Zoldyeck mansion arc atm so there isn’t any huge fights or nen involved just yet so the odds are that it will probably be more adventure oriented, but only time will tell. Not to mention that I can’t really think of any other company Konami has worked with right now lol, just hoping it’s not another Monster Hunter-esque game XD. 

      • Aoshi00

        I just like what CC2 did w/ the anime cutscenes, Naruto games were pretty good and I liked Asura’s Wrath better (no sidequests), I wish they would do Dragonball instead of Dimps.  I’ve always wished anime games should either be 2D fighters like BlazBlue or CC2-esque games w/ great cutscenes and QTEs.  Kenshin got a pretty crappy PSP game while Persona 4 got a 2D fighter, or like you said a fighter like Nurarihyon no Mago..   I actually haven’t played the Hunter games on PS1/2 or Wonderswan back then.   YuYu Hakusho had so many 2D fighters on the Super Famicom.. would be cool to have a HxH fighter, imagine fighting w/ Hisoka or Ubogin *.*… but I’m not expecting much on the PSP :(..

        Really like the new anime though, the animation quality is just so top notch and consistent episode after episode it really amazes me.  Most of the new seiyuu cast are very good too, w/ perhaps the exception of Gon (Han Megumi is a newbie but not bad but can’t compare to Takeuchi Junko), Mito (Han Keiko sounds too old), or perhaps Kurapica (Kaida Yuki were just too good).  The rest of the new cast are mostly voiced by veterans.. Silva voiced by Yamadera Kouichi gives me goosebumps :)  Ise Miriya is pretty good as Killua as well, she’s Yuel in FF 13-2 :)..  At first I thought the color palette was a bit too bright, but it’s been getting darker since the 4th exam and now the Zoldyeck family arc, love the gothic music.  It’s funny Illumi was voiced by a woman before now voiced by a guy and Milluki voiced by a guy now voiced by a woman, the reverse of the original anime :)  Overall, the art style is more cartoonish but is closer to Togashi’s art. It’s interesting both the original and new anime do some stuffs closer to the manga while other things different, after watching every new episode, I go back to watch the same episode from the old series to compare :)

        Not sure about this game.. but watching the new anime every week and hope to get vol. 30 manga soon :)

  • Closet_Ninja

    I wonder if they’ll make a Lupin the 3rd game.

    • Gatchaman1

      I’d rather that honestly. I enjoyed the PS2 titles especially the second one

      and a Yu Yu Hakusho PS3 game…

      • KyoyaHibari

        If only YYH got at least a little bit of the attention DBZ did…*sigh* I’d love to finally play as some of the Spirit Detective Saga & Chapter Black chars in a fighter or other characters that may have been missed from the PS2 games. Not to mention the ones that were already in Dark Tournament & Forever. :)

    • Solomon_Kano

      Lord knows they need to. Lupin on PS3 would be awesome.

  • Solomon_Kano

    Huh. Well, I may have to import this. If only it had been a PS3 game though, that would’ve been more awesome.

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