
Players of Monster Hunter Tri take on the role of a hunter from the hunting Guild, assigned to help Moga Village, a small fishing community that is under threat of monsters from a nearby deserted island. ( March 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. The online servers for the Wii version of the game have been shut down as of May 1, 2013. An enhanced port called Monster Hunter 3 (tri-) G in Japan and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate in other territories was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in December 2011 and in North America and Europe in March 2013. It was a critical and commercial success.

In America and Europe, separate servers are used and Wii Speak is supported, making the first game in the franchise to include native VoIP capability. Although now, online play is no longer supported. On February 24, 2010, Capcom announced that online play would be provided free of charge.

On August 3, 2009, Capcom issued a press release confirming the game would be localized for North America]]n and European markets.

A special bundle was also released on August 1 featuring the game packaged with a black Wii console and a Classic Controller Pro. Prior to its debut, a demo of Monster Hunter Tri was included with Japanese copies of Monster Hunter G. Capcom instead decided to develop it for the Wii.

The game was originally planned to be a PlayStation 3 title, but was cancelled due to high development costs for that console. Monster Hunter Tri was released on April 20, 2010, in North America, April 23 in Europe, and April 29 in Australia. Monster Hunter Tri (also known as Monster Hunter 3) is the third console installment in the Monster Hunter franchise, developed by Capcom and released for the Wii in Japan on August 1, 2009.
