User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-158.123.254.78-20111207133101/@comment-76.69.4.220-20111207194646

It's not uncommon with large titles to be released at the same time. Skyward Sword was even released a few days earlier in Japan.

But as far as I know, it's not common with Monster Hunter. My guess is that we'll hear about localization in the next month or two. After that, if Capcom tells us they're still thinking about it they're lying.