| Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village | |
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![]() Japanese PlayStation Portable cover art | |
| Developer | FromSoftware |
| Publisher | Capcom |
| Composer | Yuji Takenouchi |
| Series | Monster Hunter |
| Platforms | PlayStation Portable,Nintendo 3DS |
| Release | PlayStation Portable
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| Genre | Adventure |
| Modes | Single-player,multiplayer |
Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village[1][2] is a spin-off installment in theMonster Hunter series, developed byFromSoftware and published byCapcom for thePlayStation Portable. It was released in Japan on August 26, 2010. The word "airou"[3] is the Japanese equivalent offelyne (Ailuro is the Greek word for cat), a fictional sapient cat species that appears in theMonster Hunter games. The player gives orders to the felynes to progress to the end of quests instead of having direct control over them. The game uses a more cartoonish art style as opposed to the more realistic style seen in the main Monster Hunter games. More emphasis is placed on style and village management. A fewHello Kitty items are also available in the game.
Monster Hunter Diary Poka Poka Airou Village G[4][5] is an expansion pack and was released in August 2011.[6]Monster Hunter Diary Giri Giri Airou Village[7] is a series of ten television shorts developed to help advertise Poka Poka Airou Village. They feature felynes attempting quests and almost invariably failing at them. One episode also has aChibiterasu cameo. ANintendo 3DS version of the game, titledMonster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village DX[8] was released in Japan in 2015.[9]