User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-5270386-20120826090650/@comment-98.14.68.173-20120826211501

First I think the whole using the caravan to chase monsters through different regions would make hunts longer and more complicated, but since it's most likely to be open world areas your theory is probably going to be reality, which would make hunting more realistic but would interfere with Elder Dragon's uniqe ability to flee from battle.

I do enjoy the idea of free hunt mode, but I also wish for a mode where you can battle in the great arena fighting an endless series of waves of small monsters and large monsters with refillable supplies which give less each time to make battles harder as they go.

And how about a competetive mode for multiplayer? This mode allows two (or more) hunters to compete in a race to kill their target first. When an area is selected by the players, each hunter is given a large monster to hunt (hunters should be able to choose from a small list of monsters in the area so there is no unfair difficulty for some who struggle with a certain species). Each player is only allowed to fight their target and will be ignored by the other hunters targets as well as being unable to harm each other. This is truly a competition to see who is the better hunter.