Alright; so I didn’t know the  Three Little Pigs fable was a known thing in Japan – I figure they’d have their own fables and stories…

But if they weren’t popular before, I think this  Monster Hunter 4  ad just made it so by replacing pigs with  Poogies and a ruthless rivalry with camaraderie and friendly hunting!

I’ll leave you with the 15-second version of the ad and 1, of 5 (!) , of the full-lenght ads (a little over a minute). Of course they’re all in Japanese, but we can sort of get what’s going on, right?

If you’ve got another four minutes to spare, you can find the remaining videos on the Japanese CapcomChannel. Warning: they may have recycled some of the footage. 😉

And in the off chance you hadn’t heard yet,  Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is coming to the West early 2015!

BTW, why is the big bad wolf wearing a gold chain and ring??