User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-76.25.119.47-20120920232022

Some guy took a photo of the info pamphlet at the MH4 booth at TGS (which conveniently had an english translation, sound familiar?) It outlines the mechanics of the new "Neopteron Handler" as well as what some people have already mentioned: The new blight seen in the most recent trailers. Basically once you're hit a meter by your hunter name starts filling, and if you let that max out you're fully infected by the Feral Wyvern Virus. The virus makes you take significantly greater damage from monsters and prevents red health regeneration, but in return your affinity gradually increases as you beat on the monster. If it stacks with heroics, we're going to be seeing faster speed kills than ever. Aforementioned picture here (I apologize for the eyestrain in advance): http://i.imgur.com/JQ52t.jpg