User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-115.84.140.15-20120928155831/@comment-5560283-20120928200304

My guess is that - like with Tri - they're rebooting the series with a revised engine. Adding water would probably overcomplicate things, like Democide said. Doesn't mean we wouldn't see it again in 4G, anyway.