One of the best Monster Hunter but loses to World and rise.
It keeps the classic styles of Monster Hunter that has Muscle pose when drinking things, skills being activated once achieved 10 points, maps being separated by areas that needs loading each time you move, needs to throw paintball to pursue Monsters, etc...
This game has great ambientation, Soundtrack and created one of my favorite monster at MH series (Zinogre) so if you still like the classic style I recommend to play this one. but
unfortunately it does not have English port so you'll have to find patch to play it.

Really solid Monster Hunter game. If I was going to tell someone to go back and play an older game in the series, this is about the furthest back I would recommend.

Great roster of monsters, especially in comparison to Monster Hunter Tri. Also some great returning guys like Tigrex and Nargacuga, now with subspecies.

Game is a bit easy but it's also a lot of fun.

Monster Hunter Portable 3rd is one and if not, the greatest portable game of the MonHun franchise for the PSP. It has a lot to offer, from updated graphics and assets to better and semi-optimize hitboxes. It might be a short game with no G-Rank included, still it can go on par with the latest MH generations.

The new village 'Yukumo' is also a great addition to the series since the village itself has this warm and homely feeling to it every time I finish a quest, and the last time I felt this feeling for a village was with Pokke Village from Monster Hunter Portable 2nd or Freedom Unite. In addition, the new weapon that is part of Monster Hunter Tri which is a Switch Axe is also a great weapon and it didn't lack anything from its previous predecessor in the Tri and Tri Ultimate games.

The story is still the same old Monster Hunter formula with a new big bad flagship monster ZINOGRE and the amazing elder dragon AMATSU. This two monsters are a great addition to the MonHun's ever growing roster since I enjoyed fighting both Zinogre and Amatsu. First, Zinogre was one hell of a fight, I love every second of it, let's not also forget Zinogre's theme which still now hold its title as one of the greatest monster theme in the franchise. Next, fighting Amatsu feels like I'm fighting a god, for me I love boss battles when its 'against all odds' and yet Amatsu delivered that feeling in Portable 3rd! Lastly, the gameplay may be a little clanky and the graphics may be outdated, the game still delivers its title as the best Portable game of the monster hunter franchise.

In the end, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd is a solid PSP game and a solid Monster Hunter game, and it still has the essence of Monster Hunter.

If Portable 3rd had a G version it would be the definitive classic Monster Hunter. 2ndG is marred by its technical execution, 3G features the contentious swimming, and 4G onwards added verticality to the arenas at the expense of some monsters not being adequately retooled to have their attacks accommodate the new potential height disparities.
The locales in P3rd are gorgeous, with a very lush color palette. This is also the point in the series where subspecies became slightly more than recolors with one or two new moves, this time featuring alternate elemental affinities. The new town, farm, and bathhouse/guildhall are maximally comfy too. Genuinely the only reason this game isn't 5 stars is due to my disappointment that the ideal version including G-rank doesn't exist.

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I just adore 3rd gen Monster Hunter. The music, art direction, and monsters are just peak MH. Portable 3rd is absolutely gorgeous for a psp game and plays wonderfully, especially with tweaks via the excellent ppsspp emulator (seriously, that thing is almost Dolphin-tier). As much as I love Sunbreaks complex, high-speed combat, I do find a lot of comfort in this game's simplicity. It also has the coolest Hunting Horn ever: the Darkest Coffin!
Oh yeah, and this game has the best farm in the whole series. Just the right amount of convenience to avoid feeling like a chore. It just feels like home, and I can say that about the whole game.

Easier than 2nd and G with less content but there's plenty of missions.
Gameplay is much better with adjusted hitboxes and some new moves for every weapon. Need to do almost all the missions to kill all the monsters.
Amatsu and alatreon fights were pretty good.

PS: I miss the Pleshiot ;_;

A pesar de que carece de rango G, su comunidad no es tan grande como los Fredoom y que la gente piense que esto es una versión de Tri pero portatil, aun con todo eso, es uno de los mejores Monster Hunters que se han creado y que lastimosamente pasa desapercibido. No solamente fue el responsable de traer al Qurugod, sino que fue la primera en incluir la mejor arma de la saga, la hacha espada.

Como dije, su comunidad no es tan grande, pero si buscas bien encontrarás a gente con quien jugar, el problema son las guías y agradezco que haya traducción al inglés, pero el problema es que no hay casi guías de este juego y te la pasaras buscando en foros de hace una década o tú creando tus propias builds.

Lastimosamente perdí mi save puesto que vendí la consola donde lo jugaba y no hice copia de seguridad... pero aun al dia de hoy lo sigo recordando como uno de miss MH favoritos y que más cariño le tengo, creo que es el único el cual realmente se merece un remake.