User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-5530455-20120920131711/@comment-4563270-20120920182722

@Tahngarthor I believe in a japanese mh3u trailer I saw a diagram of the 3ds connecting locally with each other and locally with one wiiu then a diagram with wiiu connecting wirelessly to other wiius and without the aid of subtitles I would guess that means the 3ds can connect to others within the same area and the wiiu can connect with 3 other 3ds the same way 3ds connects with each other while the wiiu can connect to other wiius wirelessly over the network.

here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbF9xp5bLkI&feature=player_embedded