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Development

Capcom announced ''Monster Hunter Frontier G'' on September 2, 2012, as a major update to '' Monster Hunter Frontier Online'' for the PC and Xbox 360. The new update would include 10 new monsters, upgrade 21 current monsters to G-rank, over 150 G class weapons and armor sets, 30 new skills, 4 new elementals, and new actions for 11 weapon types. It was also later announced that it would be released as a standalone game for the PlayStation 3 and Wii U around the end of 2013. Capcom initially stated that it had no plans to bring the ''Monster Hunter'' franchise to the PlayStation Vita, but announced a port of ''Monster Hunter Frontier G'' during

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Promotions

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References

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* {{Monster Hunter series Action role-playing video games Japan-exclusive video games Frontier_G Nintendo Network games PlayStation Vita games PlayStation 3 games Video games developed in Japan Wii U games Wii U eShop games Windows games Xbox 360 games 2013 video games