Monster Hunter Tri showed up in the USA earlier this month on the Wii. Um, hunting monsters? Sign me up!
Here's the intro. Yes, I've played it--this is the in-game graphic engine.
Looks good. How about the first boss fight? This was from the demo--when I had to take this guy down, suffice to say my weapon was nowhere near as nice, and this fight took a good 20 minutes. Oh, and he had a lot more reinforcements.
Best of all, you can play online together, and even chat live with Wii Speak. AWESOME.
. . . . when I stop procrastinating on regents review I'm going to watch my DVR shows and then try playing this myself. which might happen sometime this year, I'm not so sure though