User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-1011548-20111231105354/@comment-4640052-20120101001601

YES YES YES If not this, than maybe having a "open-area", like, with no conecting points, I mean, like you said, the Snowy Mountains would fit, or the Jungle from MHFU, which seems to be just a small peninsula, so an open-map of the area could be made without ruining the gameplay, conecting points would be just village>hunting area, something like this. I think it would be hard to make an open-world map in which you can go from a forest to a desert walking, sometimes it can be pleasant, like in Shadow of the Colossus, but it can be very annoying too, like In Zelda Twilight Princess. To cover large distances, we might need a mount system ... since the trailer showed a camera view from the Rathalos back, this might be possible ... but lets not get our hopes up xD but I must say, travelling the wourld on a wyverns back sounds awesome, even better if you're able to tame one yourself, even a Great Jaggi would be an awesome mount.