User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-5386889-20120809020720/@comment-5069163-20120809072457

I'm pretty sure it will be free roam. If not, the areas will just be a LOT larger than the previous games, which is still good in my opinion.

And they probably will make a MH4G, or something like that. They always have.