User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-5530455-20120920131711/@comment-4563270-20120920184707

@AWC As far as I know you always could. this was discussed a LONG time back when mh3g info started up and people wanted to know about online. you can port from moga village to tanija port at anytime without the need to exit game and when a 3ds is nearby you're alerted by a gong on your 3ds that someone is in your port... or at least in THEIR port connecting to yours locally. so in short yes you can acces the port anytime you want and send you friends hunter data via their street pass card updates to go hunt for you while you chill. on a side note though i'm pretty sure every quest is available in both the port and the village.