Snake and friends will be able to go Monster Hunting in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker when the PSP game hits.

Kotaku Japan was on hand at last night's official press conference for the game and shot this video showing a team of snakes taking on all sorts of Capcom monsters.

These hunting sections, which appear to be separate from the narrative of the main sneak and kill game, can be played solo or cooperatively. The video shows Monster Hunter mainstay Felyne prancing about at some point in the game and it appears you can do other Monster Hunter-esque things like cook your kills and even use some of the weapons from the Capcom game.

Hideo Kojima has said that it makes sense for Snake to be hunting dinosaurs because the game takes place in Costa Rica. And everyone knows that Costa Rica is jam-packed with ancient monsters, just go watch Jurassic Park.

In the past Solid Snake has appeared in Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Sony's Ape Escape characters appeared in Metal Gear Solid 3, and Capcom and Konami have collaborated before with Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django, which can be linked up with a Mega Man Battle Network 5 on the Game Boy Advance. It's cross-over fever!

Source: http://kotaku.com