Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate passed four million units worldwide

Capcom announced that Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate — the definitive edition of the series’ fourth installment — had shipped more than four million units worldwide.

The milestone said as much about the franchise as the game: since the original Monster Hunter launched in 2004, the series had climbed past 33 million combined units, with a fan base that grew steadily entry after entry rather than in spikes.

Ultimate itself is the expanded cut of Monster Hunter 4, adding new and meaner monsters to hunt alongside the new locales and movement tricks that made the fourth generation feel different. It released in Europe as a Nintendo 3DS exclusive in February 2015.

If you never played it, the 3DS original holds up — and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate copies are still out there for collectors and curious hunters alike.