“The thing with motion controls is that it’s perhaps not conducive to lengthy gaming sessions because you’d have to move both hands and arms for an extended period of time. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with motion controls, quite the opposite, but it wasn’t appropriate with Monster Hunter Tri.” – Ryozo Tsujimoto, producer

I played the Monster Hunter 3 demo and there is some long intense monster fights, and thats just the demo. I understand Mr. Tsujimoto thinking.

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