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Nintendo continues its rise to the top as the most talked-about video game company in the industry. Its stocks continue to soar and with the recent announcement of the Monster XX for the Switch, its shares have gone higher. This has a lot to do with the cross-play feature that it has with the 3DS version of the game, which is expected to make either unit even more saleable.
The latest addition to the Monster Hunter franchise was originally released for the 3DS along with all the goodies that came with it. A Switch version merely spiced things up a bit for owners of the two systems without necessarily causing them to clash, Cinemablend notes.
The new cross-play feature basically involves allowing players using either console to play with each other via online co-op mode. Players will be able to play with each other through a four-player session in an effort to take down big marks. It can be an equal mixture of two Switch units and two 3DS handhelds, or it can be three Switch units and one 3DS handheld or vice versa.
For those who own both gadgets, it’s even possible to save Monster Hunter XX data on either one. Heck, it’s even possible to play the game using the 3DS on the big screen by having two copies of the game and pairing the handheld with the hybrid console.
All in all, it would seem that Nintendo is keeping its promise of maintaining both the Switch and the 3DS in a non-competitive landscape since the company did promise that its newest console would not replace what is arguably its most profitable hardware product. It seems investors are seeing the same thing since the announcement gave Nintendo’s stock a boost, Game Spot recently reported, bumping it a further 5.48 percent last week.
