--- product_id: 1513211 title: "Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - Nintendo 3DS" price: "VT29544" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1513211-monster-hunter-3-ultimate-nintendo-3ds store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Cross-platform play 3DS & Wii U 4-player local co-op 200+ quests & expansive worlds Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - Nintendo 3DS **Price:** VT29544 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸ”₯ Hunt anywhere, slay together, level up forever! 🎯 ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - Nintendo 3DS - **How much does it cost?** VT29544 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1513211-monster-hunter-3-ultimate-nintendo-3ds) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Local Co-op Action:** Team up with up to 3 friends locally and conquer monsters togetherβ€”no Wi-Fi needed. - β€’ **Deep RPG Progression:** Craft and upgrade weapons and armor through strategic resource gathering and skill mastery. - β€’ **Dynamic Quest Variety:** Over 200 quests across diverse environments keep your hunt fresh and challenging. - β€’ **Immersive 3D Graphics:** Experience stunning, high-quality visuals optimized for the Nintendo 3DS’s 3D display. - β€’ **Seamless Cross-Device Hunting:** Carry your progress effortlessly between Nintendo 3DS and Wii U for uninterrupted adventure. ## Overview Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for Nintendo 3DS delivers an expansive RPG hunting experience with over 200 quests, local 4-player co-op, and seamless save compatibility with Wii U. Featuring immersive 3D graphics and deep weapon crafting, it’s a must-have for gamers craving strategic multiplayer action on the go. ## Description The popular fantasy action franchise Monster Hunter is now one of the most iconic gaming series in the world selling over 21 million copies worldwide since the series began in 2004. Players take on the role of a hunter and are sent to explore a settlement within the Monster Hunter universe, completing quests on their journey to seek and slay monsters whilst improving their skills and earning equipment upgrades. With many challenging monsters and over 200 quests the latest edition to the series is set to be the most expansive offering to date. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate utilizes the functionalities of the Nintendo 3DS system to provide players with a truly intuitive hunting experience. The touch screen feature allows players to quickly access in-game books, weapons, field maps and mini games whilst the high quality graphics 3D visuals of Nintendo 3DS powered by the latest iteration of Capcom's MT Framework deliver a unique and stunning world for players to explore. Taking advantage of the portability of Nintendo 3DS, players can exchange their guild card that contains all their hunter's information with other players via StreetPass. Players can experience the world of Monster Hunter alone or in four player local play using Nintendo 3DS. Finding nearby hunters to adventure on quests with is now even easier via the local Nintendo 3DS search feature. Wii U players will be able to enjoy the hunt with Nintendo 3DS players via a local wireless connection. Gamers that own both a Wii U and Nintendo 3DS can take advantage of the inter compatibility of save data between the two consoles, taking the hunt from the living room wherever they go. Review: The Ultimate 3rd-gen Monster Hunter game - *Quick Note: I am the reviewer's son* The purpose of this review is to inform other Monster Hunter fans about this game and to highlight the changes (as well as to shower some praise on a little-known series). I may use some terminoligal that a non-monster hunter fan won't understand, but I'll keep that to a minimum. Anyway, this is the third game in the third generation of monster hunter. The third generation started with Monster Hunter 3/Tri(which will be reffered to from now on as MH3) on the Wii in 2010/late 2009 in Japan. In late 2010, the Japan-exclusive Monster Hunter Portable third was released on the PSP. Portable 3rd added plenty of new content, in the form of more monsters and weapons. Then, in late 2011, Monster Hunter 3 G was released on the 3ds in Japan. 18 months later, it's here in the US. Now, will you like it? That really depends. At it's very core, it is Monster Hunter Tri, and if you didn't like it, then you won't like this. If you are a Monster Hunter fan, then yes, you will like it. If you are totaly new to the series, don't pick this up if you are not (a)patient, (b)willing to scour through online wikis, (c)are totally apalled by guys with oversized weapons able to stay underwater for ten minutes at a time(not a typo),or want a half-decent story in a video game. The story is, for the most part, non-existent; you are a hunter assigned to a villiage built on water that has been plauged by earthquakes. The village chieftan thinks it's a large leviathan called the Lagiacrus (the cover monster of MH3). But you can't immideatly fight it; you have to work your way up through four ranks of quests,kill it, and find out there's just been another earthquake. You then go through another level of quests before you face the true source of the earthquakes: a humongous elderdragon known as Ceadeus (It's name is latin for Sea god). But you then get to hang around for four more ranks of quests, which are facing tougher versions of previous monsters, in addition to several new mow monsters. I'll start off the meat of this review with the changes from MH3.First off, there are 60 monsters in game, instead of the 35 of MH3. Some of them are new to the series, others are just new to this generation of monster hunter games. Brand-new monsters are number at more than a dozen, so I will not be including a list or detailed description of any of them in this review. Old monsters that are new to the third generation are Nargacuga (think over-sized, hellish panther with wings replacing the front pair of legs), and Plesioth ( loch ness monster with wings), as well as thier various subspecies. Monsters returning from MH3 also have thier own subspecies now. A lot of monsters returning from MH3 have had thier health and attack powers decreased: great jaggi, rathian, lagiacrus, great baggi, and ceadeus are the ones that are most noticeable (especialy the great jaggi; in MH3, my first fight against it took 30+ minutes; with the exact same gear, it took me less than 10 in this game). Now, for the gear! All the weapons that were missing in MH3 (hunting horn, bow, gunlance, and duel swords) are in. Also,all the existing weapon trees have been majorly tweaked. For example, if you wanted to get a spiral lance, you would have to go like this: bone lance>>>bone lance+>>>ploshasta>>>ludroth bone spear>>>spiral lance. Now, the ploshasta is out, and you have to go and search for some annoyingly hard-to-find carpenterbugs to upgrade from bone lance+>>>ludroth bone spear. And, from spiral lance>>>spiral lance+, you have to have 3 spongy hide, four lagombi plastron, and five monster bone+, compared to the 3 spongy hides, 4 Gobul hides, and 3 lagiacrus tails you would need to have in MH3. Next up are the items. You get items through foraging, mining, killing a monster and cutting of parts of it, or getting them from the rewards screen at the end of the quest. Basic items you should always have on you are potions, mega potions, whetstones (you need to sharpen your weapon regurlarly), and well-done steaks (to keep your stamina up). Now, generaly, items with a + at the end are from high-rank quests; however, that isn't always the case. Monster bone+, for example, can be gotten as early as rathian. Now, for the controls. You might be thinking that they would be terrible, especialy under water. Well, turns out, they're fine. You can now automaticaly re-adjust the camera to be centered on a large monster of your choosing that is in the area with you. Also, thier is a virtual d-pad on the bottom screen, which can be positioned to feel more ore less like a second analog stick. Could they be a bit better? Yes. Do you have to run out and import a Circle Pad Pro to make it playable? Nope. There isn't much new in the way of areas. The Misty Peaks from Portable 3rd are in, but can only be accesed at high rank. The final boss also gets his own area ("The Tainted Sea", if you must know the name). My Verdict: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is Monster Hunter 3 3.0. It does not feel repetetive or stale in the least, and offers a fresh experience to any player. Ultimately(pun unintended), this is the ultimate Monster Hunter experience out there. New Addition(*5/16/13*): I have been in high rank for some time now and have just unlocked the six-star urgent quest. I also have faced some subspecies, and I'm only to glad to give my opinion on them. Firstly, there is the Purple Ludroth. It is a harder royal ludroth (which resembles a huge marine iguana with a cauliflower-ish mane) that has posion as its element instead of water. It definetly makes for a harder fight, though there aren't really any new attacks that you wouldn't already be used to from the royal ludroth. The pinkish-purple hue to parts of it just doesn't look very realistic or appealing. My rank: 3/5 Secondly, there is the pink rathian. She is a pink rathian with a crazy, omni-directional tail flip that is really hard to block/dodge. Besides that, nothing really new. My rank: 3/5 Lastly, there is the Crimson Qurupeco. It is a red version of the qurupeco that has thunder as its element, making a pleasant change of attacks. However, like the original qurupeco would call in rathian and beat up on players new to the game, the crimson qurupeco calls in Deviljho. He is not somebody you want to take on when you first meet him in the crimson qurupeco hunt. Fortunatly, he attacks the crimson qurupeco just as much as he attacks you, so you can leave the area for a minute and he will deal out a severe thrashing. My rank: 4/5 That's all the new stuff for right now. I'll probably do several more of these updates in the future. Review: Great Installment! - Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is one of my favorite games and what got me hooked into the series. Monster Hunter 3U does not disappoint! The changes from 3 to 3U can be found here: [...] Pros: 1. Excellent game for those interested in getting into the series. The slope of the learning curve has been dampened to allow players new to the series to get fully acclimated to the mechanics before stepping up the difficulty. 2. The pacing is great and most "things" are explained in game, allowing new players to easily reference subject matters that they are unsure about. 3. The hit boxes, weapons, and overall mechanics of the game have been polished quite nicely! More detail about such changes are beyond this scope of this review and can be investigated further in the provided link to the wiki. 4. This game is absolutely gorgeous on the 3DS, taking full advantage of the 3DS capabilities. One may expect long load times or frame rate issues for a game based on a Wii/WiiU title but neither is experienced on the 3DS. The game is fluid, reacts quickly to the user input, and looks even better in 3D. Cons: 1. While there is plenty of way to customize, I wish armor skills were spread out and diverse. You can't mix and match as much (as say Freedom Unite) 2. At the moment I'm drawing a blank on the general complaints. Essentially the rest of the complaints can be lumped together and geared toward players familiar with the series. "I wish [this] monster was in the game...", "I wish they balanced this weapon better..." etc. I would be wary about buying this for another person unless you know for sure that they are a fan of the series. While Monster Hunter is necessarily hard, the game could prove tedious or too time consuming for casual players who are looking for something that more along the lines of "Pick up and play" ## Features - Local co-op, and the ability to progress simultaneously between the 3DS and Wii U ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B009B1D7JK | | Best Sellers Rank | #28,690 in Video Games ( See Top 100 in Video Games ) #349 in Nintendo 3DS & 2DS Games | | Compatible Video Game Console Models | Nintendo 2DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo DSi XL | | Computer Platform | Nintendo 3DS | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (637) | | Date First Available | September 14, 2012 | | Department | Teens/Adults | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00013388305100, 00041113914648 | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Item Weight | 2.4 ounces | | Item model number | 30510 | | Language | English | | Manufacturer | Capcom USA | | Product Dimensions | 5 x 5 x 1 inches; 2.4 ounces | | Publication Date | March 19, 2013 | | Rated | Teen | | Release date | March 19, 2013 | | Type of item | Video Game | | UPC | 012302143873 041113914648 132017948102 133883051002 013388305100 072090785136 163120660032 012303670910 021111214230 | ## Images ![Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - Nintendo 3DS - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81ey+vn0XpL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Platform For Display** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Ultimate 3rd-gen Monster Hunter game *by V***. on April 6, 2013* *Quick Note: I am the reviewer's son* The purpose of this review is to inform other Monster Hunter fans about this game and to highlight the changes (as well as to shower some praise on a little-known series). I may use some terminoligal that a non-monster hunter fan won't understand, but I'll keep that to a minimum. Anyway, this is the third game in the third generation of monster hunter. The third generation started with Monster Hunter 3/Tri(which will be reffered to from now on as MH3) on the Wii in 2010/late 2009 in Japan. In late 2010, the Japan-exclusive Monster Hunter Portable third was released on the PSP. Portable 3rd added plenty of new content, in the form of more monsters and weapons. Then, in late 2011, Monster Hunter 3 G was released on the 3ds in Japan. 18 months later, it's here in the US. Now, will you like it? That really depends. At it's very core, it is Monster Hunter Tri, and if you didn't like it, then you won't like this. If you are a Monster Hunter fan, then yes, you will like it. If you are totaly new to the series, don't pick this up if you are not (a)patient, (b)willing to scour through online wikis, (c)are totally apalled by guys with oversized weapons able to stay underwater for ten minutes at a time(not a typo),or want a half-decent story in a video game. The story is, for the most part, non-existent; you are a hunter assigned to a villiage built on water that has been plauged by earthquakes. The village chieftan thinks it's a large leviathan called the Lagiacrus (the cover monster of MH3). But you can't immideatly fight it; you have to work your way up through four ranks of quests,kill it, and find out there's just been another earthquake. You then go through another level of quests before you face the true source of the earthquakes: a humongous elderdragon known as Ceadeus (It's name is latin for Sea god). But you then get to hang around for four more ranks of quests, which are facing tougher versions of previous monsters, in addition to several new mow monsters. I'll start off the meat of this review with the changes from MH3.First off, there are 60 monsters in game, instead of the 35 of MH3. Some of them are new to the series, others are just new to this generation of monster hunter games. Brand-new monsters are number at more than a dozen, so I will not be including a list or detailed description of any of them in this review. Old monsters that are new to the third generation are Nargacuga (think over-sized, hellish panther with wings replacing the front pair of legs), and Plesioth ( loch ness monster with wings), as well as thier various subspecies. Monsters returning from MH3 also have thier own subspecies now. A lot of monsters returning from MH3 have had thier health and attack powers decreased: great jaggi, rathian, lagiacrus, great baggi, and ceadeus are the ones that are most noticeable (especialy the great jaggi; in MH3, my first fight against it took 30+ minutes; with the exact same gear, it took me less than 10 in this game). Now, for the gear! All the weapons that were missing in MH3 (hunting horn, bow, gunlance, and duel swords) are in. Also,all the existing weapon trees have been majorly tweaked. For example, if you wanted to get a spiral lance, you would have to go like this: bone lance>>>bone lance+>>>ploshasta>>>ludroth bone spear>>>spiral lance. Now, the ploshasta is out, and you have to go and search for some annoyingly hard-to-find carpenterbugs to upgrade from bone lance+>>>ludroth bone spear. And, from spiral lance>>>spiral lance+, you have to have 3 spongy hide, four lagombi plastron, and five monster bone+, compared to the 3 spongy hides, 4 Gobul hides, and 3 lagiacrus tails you would need to have in MH3. Next up are the items. You get items through foraging, mining, killing a monster and cutting of parts of it, or getting them from the rewards screen at the end of the quest. Basic items you should always have on you are potions, mega potions, whetstones (you need to sharpen your weapon regurlarly), and well-done steaks (to keep your stamina up). Now, generaly, items with a + at the end are from high-rank quests; however, that isn't always the case. Monster bone+, for example, can be gotten as early as rathian. Now, for the controls. You might be thinking that they would be terrible, especialy under water. Well, turns out, they're fine. You can now automaticaly re-adjust the camera to be centered on a large monster of your choosing that is in the area with you. Also, thier is a virtual d-pad on the bottom screen, which can be positioned to feel more ore less like a second analog stick. Could they be a bit better? Yes. Do you have to run out and import a Circle Pad Pro to make it playable? Nope. There isn't much new in the way of areas. The Misty Peaks from Portable 3rd are in, but can only be accesed at high rank. The final boss also gets his own area ("The Tainted Sea", if you must know the name). My Verdict: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is Monster Hunter 3 3.0. It does not feel repetetive or stale in the least, and offers a fresh experience to any player. Ultimately(pun unintended), this is the ultimate Monster Hunter experience out there. New Addition(*5/16/13*): I have been in high rank for some time now and have just unlocked the six-star urgent quest. I also have faced some subspecies, and I'm only to glad to give my opinion on them. Firstly, there is the Purple Ludroth. It is a harder royal ludroth (which resembles a huge marine iguana with a cauliflower-ish mane) that has posion as its element instead of water. It definetly makes for a harder fight, though there aren't really any new attacks that you wouldn't already be used to from the royal ludroth. The pinkish-purple hue to parts of it just doesn't look very realistic or appealing. My rank: 3/5 Secondly, there is the pink rathian. She is a pink rathian with a crazy, omni-directional tail flip that is really hard to block/dodge. Besides that, nothing really new. My rank: 3/5 Lastly, there is the Crimson Qurupeco. It is a red version of the qurupeco that has thunder as its element, making a pleasant change of attacks. However, like the original qurupeco would call in rathian and beat up on players new to the game, the crimson qurupeco calls in Deviljho. He is not somebody you want to take on when you first meet him in the crimson qurupeco hunt. Fortunatly, he attacks the crimson qurupeco just as much as he attacks you, so you can leave the area for a minute and he will deal out a severe thrashing. My rank: 4/5 That's all the new stuff for right now. I'll probably do several more of these updates in the future. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Installment! *by K***E on March 13, 2014* Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is one of my favorite games and what got me hooked into the series. Monster Hunter 3U does not disappoint! The changes from 3 to 3U can be found here: [...] Pros: 1. Excellent game for those interested in getting into the series. The slope of the learning curve has been dampened to allow players new to the series to get fully acclimated to the mechanics before stepping up the difficulty. 2. The pacing is great and most "things" are explained in game, allowing new players to easily reference subject matters that they are unsure about. 3. The hit boxes, weapons, and overall mechanics of the game have been polished quite nicely! More detail about such changes are beyond this scope of this review and can be investigated further in the provided link to the wiki. 4. This game is absolutely gorgeous on the 3DS, taking full advantage of the 3DS capabilities. One may expect long load times or frame rate issues for a game based on a Wii/WiiU title but neither is experienced on the 3DS. The game is fluid, reacts quickly to the user input, and looks even better in 3D. Cons: 1. While there is plenty of way to customize, I wish armor skills were spread out and diverse. You can't mix and match as much (as say Freedom Unite) 2. At the moment I'm drawing a blank on the general complaints. Essentially the rest of the complaints can be lumped together and geared toward players familiar with the series. "I wish [this] monster was in the game...", "I wish they balanced this weapon better..." etc. I would be wary about buying this for another person unless you know for sure that they are a fan of the series. While Monster Hunter is necessarily hard, the game could prove tedious or too time consuming for casual players who are looking for something that more along the lines of "Pick up and play" ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best 3DS experience to date *by R***Y on March 22, 2013* This game started out as Monster Hunter Tri on the Wii, was then ported to the PSP as MHP3rd with extra content added, and was again ported from Wii to 3DS with PSP areas and monsters added in and retextured. Then again it was ported from 3DS to Wii U. All in all that means there is hundreds of hours worth of playtime. The professional reviews remark how the game's graphics aren't very impressive, but it's a Monster Hunter game and this is the best looking one of them all. If you're spoiled so bad as to care beyond a remark, then I pity you for being a young kid and missing out. Also, the character and monster animations are phenomenal, so you can't rag on the graphics for long before being wowed by the hunt. The Wii U has full online. The 3DS version achieves online by tunneling through the Wii U like a router, so this helps if you're a family and one person has a Wii U and another only a 3DS. The Wii U has to have its own copy of MH and not be active for this to work. You can still play 2 player co-op using one Wii U and 3DS, or one Wii U and a maximum of 3 3DS, and also between 4 3DS. Both 3DS and Wii U can access DLC and event quests. Your save file can also be transferred between Wii U and 3DS, so you can take it on the go anytime you want. The violence isn't a big deal in this game, you hunt monsters to gather resources and protect your village. Pretty sensible stuff. But you still might not want to buy the game for a child under 15-14. They might not be mature or experienced enough to get through the first quarter of the game and understand all of the mechanics. Still, if they like games other than the yearly release of Call of Duty, this is a profoundly unique experience and, unlike so many games, is actually worth the full price. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1513211-monster-hunter-3-ultimate-nintendo-3ds](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1513211-monster-hunter-3-ultimate-nintendo-3ds) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-08-01*