User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-765166-20120701042654/@comment-1758220-20120701153021

Again, the graphics seen in the first trailer for MH3 were in the same stage of development, about a year and a half befoe the game hit shelves. The final product didn't look much better. So I think this "It's early in development, the graphics will be better when it comes out" stuff is kind of a bad excuse.