User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-1937266-20120909220006/@comment-74.193.207.108-20120912014344

^ Me personally I like the idea of the staff weapon and the game will still have the hunter vs. monster feel to it as you don't have to use the weapon if you really don't want to. Also you still fight the monster as it's attention will be focused on the player not the companions whether it be the staff insect, cha-cha, felyne, or halk bird wyvern. I also don't think its so bad to have creature companions as I play frontier and go on quests with my Water Halk and I certainly don't get a pokemen or whatever the heck they're called feeling. As long as the companion is an apropriate size and isn't as large or larger than the quest monster then I'm fine. But like they say fella "To each his own" and you're entitled to your own opinion.