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'''Hippolyte Delaroche''', commonly known as '''Paul Delaroche''' ([[July 17]], [[1797]] – [[November 4]], [[1856]]) was a [[France|French]] [[Painting|painter]] born in [[Paris]]. |
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'''''Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G''''' is the latest game in the ''[[Monster Hunter]]'' franchise for [[PlayStation Portable]]. It is an expansion to the original ''[[Monster Hunter Freedom 2]]'' (''Monster Hunter Portable 2nd'' in Japan) and was released on March 27, 2008 in [[Japan]]. In the 2008 [[Tokyo Game Show]], it was announced that the game would be released in [[North America]] as '''Monster Hunter Freedom Unite''' in Spring 2009.[http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/09/tgs-08-capcom-announces-us-bound-monster-hunter-freedom-unite/] |
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Delaroche was born into a wealthy family and was trained by [[Antoine-Jean, Baron Gros]], who then painted life-size histories and had many students. |
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As for the release in Japan - a special edition PSP bundle includes the game, two pouches of different sizes, a strap, and a decorated bronze/brown PSP. In addition to this bundle, people who pre-ordered the game in Japan received a black, hairy strap. The hair on the strap is meant to be that of a monster exclusive to the game - the Narugakuruga. |
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The first Delaroche picture exhibited was the large ''Josabeth saving Joas'' (1822). This exhibition led to his acquaintance with [[Théodore Géricault]] and [[Eugène Delacroix]], with whom he became friends. The three of them formed the core of a large group of Parisian historical painters. |
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New for this expansion is new monsters, new weapons, a whole new area called Ocean of Trees, G-Rank missions, and the option of hiring a Felyne Warrior to help the player on missions. The maximum HR that can be achieved is 9, weapons and armour now go up to rarity 10, weapons now have a new sharpness level "purple". Players who have the previous game Monster Hunter Portable 2nd can transfer their character and all their weapons and armour to the new game. |
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He visited [[Italy]] in 1838 and 1843, when his father-in-law, [[Horace Vernet]], was director of the [[French Academy in Rome]]. |
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Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G also allows for players to install all media files to the memory stick - further improving loading times. |
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His studio in Paris was in the ''Rue Mazarine''. His subjects were painted with a firm, solid, smooth surface, which gave an appearance of the highest finish. This texture was the manner of the day and was also found in the works of Vernet, [[Ary Scheffer]], [[Louis-Leopold Robert]] and [[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres]]. |
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Recently homebrew developers created a translation patch for the game translating the entire game to Chinese, english and any other latin-language allowing people outside Japan to play the game online. |
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==Style== |
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Delaroche's paintings, with their straightforward technique and dramatic compositions, became very popular. He applied essentially the same treatment to the characters of distant historical times, the founders of the [[Christian religion]], and the real people of his own day, such as "[[Napoleon]] at Fontainebleau," "Napoleon at St Helena," or "[[Marie Antoinette]] leaving the Convention after her sentence." |
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==Reception== |
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==Historical works and accuracy== |
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The game sold 670,000 copies on its release day, and in its first week sold 1.5 million copies. Capcom's US blog states that it lowered Japan's productivity during the day.<ref>[http://blog.capcom.com/archives/1071 Capcom US - The Blog » Blog Archive » Monster Hunter Portable 2G on sale in Japan; productivity declines nationally<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> As of [[July 9]], [[2008]], the game has sold 2,300,505 copies in Japan, according to ''[[Famitsu]]''.<ref>Weekly Famitsu, issue 1020</ref> |
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Among his dramatic paintings include ''Strafford Led to Execution'', depicting the English [[Archbishop Laud]] stretching his arms out of the small high window of his cell to bless [[Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford]] as Strafford passes along the corridor to be executed, and the ''Assassination of the duc de Guise at Blois''. Another famous work shows [[Cardinal Richelieu]] in a gorgeous barge, preceding the boat carrying [[Cinq-Mars]] and [[Jacques Auguste de Thou|De Thou]] carried to their execution. Other important Delaroche works include "The [[Princes in the Tower]]" and the "La Jeune Martyre" (showing a young female martyr floating dead on the [[Tiber]]). |
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==References== |
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Delaroche's work was not always historically accurate. "[[Oliver Cromwell|Cromwell]] lifting the Coffin-lid and looking at the Body of [[Charles I of England|Charles]]" is based on an [[urban legend]], and "[[The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (painting)|The Execution of Lady Jane Grey]]" is represented as taking place in a dungeon, which is badly inaccurate. He tended to care more about dramatic effect than historical truth: see also "The King in the Guardroom," where villainous [[Puritan]] soldiers blow tobacco smoke in the face of King Charles, and "Queen Elizabeth Dying on the Ground." |
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==Pictures of Louise Vernet== |
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Delaroche's love for Horace Vernet's young daughter Louise was the absorbing passion of his life. In 1835, he exhibited "Head of an Angel," which was based on a study of her. It is said that Delaroche never recovered from the shock of her 1845 death. After her death he produced a sequence of small elaborate pictures of incidents in Jesus' [[Passion (Christianity)|Passion]]. He focused attention on the human drama of the Passion, as in a painting where Mary and the apostles hear the crowd cheering Jesus on the [[Via Dolorosa]], and another where St. John escorts Mary home after her son's death. |
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[[Image:Paul Delaroche - Hémicycle.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Central figures of the Hémicycle]]In 1837 Delaroche received the commission for the great picture, 27 metres (88.5 ft) long, in the hemicycle of the award theatre of the [[École des Beaux Arts]]. The commission came from the Ecole's architect, [[Felix Duban]]. The painting represents seventy-five great artists of all ages, in conversation, assembled in groups on either hand of a central elevation of white marble steps, on the topmost of which are three thrones filled by the creators of the [[Parthenon]]: architect [[Phidias]], sculptor [[Ictinus]], and painter [[Apelles]], symbolizing the unity of these arts. |
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To supply the female element in this vast composition he introduced the genii or [[muses]], who symbolize or reign over the arts, leaning against the [[balustrade]] of the steps, depicted as idealized female figures. The painting is done directly on the wall, in oil paints. Delaroche finished the work in 1841, but it was considerably damaged by a fire in 1855. He immediately set about trying to re-paint and restore the work, but died on November 4, 1856, before he had accomplished much of this. The restoration was finished by [[Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury]]. |
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== Gallery == |
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Image:Paul Delaroche - The Execution of Lady Jane Grey.jpg|"[[The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (painting)|The Execution of Lady Jane Grey]]" (1833, National Gallery, London) |
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Image:DelarocheQueenElizabeth.jpg|"The Death of Elizabeth I, Queen of England" (1828, Louvre) |
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Image:DelarocheCromwell.jpg|''Cromwell and the corpse of Charles I'' |
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Image:Delaroche - Bonaparte franchissant les Alpes.jpg|"[[Bonaparte Crossing the Alps]]" (1848, Louvre) |
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Image:DelarocheNapoleon.jpg|''Napoléon abdiquant à Fontainebleau'' ("Napoléon abdicated in Fontainebleau," 1845 oil-on-canvas, The Royal Collection, London) |
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Image:Peter der-Grosse 1838.jpg|''[[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]'', 1838 |
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Image:Laud & Strafford.jpg|''[[Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford|Strafford]] led to Execution'', oil-on-canvas, 1836. |
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Revision as of 17:26, 11 October 2008
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| Developer(s) | Capcom |
| Publisher(s) | Capcom |
| Series | Monster Hunter series |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
| Genre(s) | Action role-playing game |
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G is the latest game in the Monster Hunter franchise for PlayStation Portable. It is an expansion to the original Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (Monster Hunter Portable 2nd in Japan) and was released on March 27, 2008 in Japan. In the 2008 Tokyo Game Show, it was announced that the game would be released in North America as Monster Hunter Freedom Unite in Spring 2009.[1]
As for the release in Japan - a special edition PSP bundle includes the game, two pouches of different sizes, a strap, and a decorated bronze/brown PSP. In addition to this bundle, people who pre-ordered the game in Japan received a black, hairy strap. The hair on the strap is meant to be that of a monster exclusive to the game - the Narugakuruga.
New for this expansion is new monsters, new weapons, a whole new area called Ocean of Trees, G-Rank missions, and the option of hiring a Felyne Warrior to help the player on missions. The maximum HR that can be achieved is 9, weapons and armour now go up to rarity 10, weapons now have a new sharpness level "purple". Players who have the previous game Monster Hunter Portable 2nd can transfer their character and all their weapons and armour to the new game.
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G also allows for players to install all media files to the memory stick - further improving loading times.
Recently homebrew developers created a translation patch for the game translating the entire game to Chinese, english and any other latin-language allowing people outside Japan to play the game online.
Reception
The game sold 670,000 copies on its release day, and in its first week sold 1.5 million copies. Capcom's US blog states that it lowered Japan's productivity during the day.[1] As of July 9, 2008, the game has sold 2,300,505 copies in Japan, according to Famitsu.[2]