User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-1011548-20120306153436/@comment-2049092-20120308032848

Eh, MH4 is going to be the 2nd generation for the third generation. I think it'll basically be an expansion to Third Gen in terms of monsters (since Capcom doesn't want to have to reinvent the wheel every generation) however, there will probably be much more of an expansion of the lesser classes such as the Pelagus,Fanged Wyverns, maybe a new Bird Wyvern or two, maybe even add some new Elder Dragons that resemble Kushala Daora and the like, they'll probably add another class of monsters, and if they were really radical, they'd reintroduce the Carapaceans (I want to see a spider for crying out loud.) For underwater, they will probably not keep, and if they did, it'd most likely be more of a reef or something resembling the Flooded Forest(imagine an open area version of the open sea, not much to look at.) It'd be very interesting to see another take on the Switch Axe like how the first gen weapons received 'sub classes' as I'd like to say(longsword, gunlance, hunting horn.)