User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-4517339-20121219073006/@comment-4563270-20121219075815

from what i've seen of the two graphically in comparison it isn't a HUGE leap but that said 3g was still the best looking portable monster hunter game by far as is mh3u in console terms. outside of that it would also seem that the cmaera controls on the wiiu are much superior to the 3ds version for only one reason... a second analog stick lol. as for online it appears that some of the same things you saw in tri apply here BUT there is no gate... you go right to the city you choose and in comparison to 3ds yeah it goes online lol. the 3ds version has a couple of saving graces though. on the 3ds you can go to the city directly from the village and as an added bonus if you are in the vicinity of another hunter on a 3ds you can ring a gong your city that sounds in their game to alert them someone is in the city nearby..

in case you fear that you might not get the chance to play with completely strangers on a 3ds you can always use their hunter as an ai. the guild card is used as a streetpass way to obtain a hunter's data regardless of whether or not you have the cartridge in your system or in play. passing by gathers the streetpass data and compiles the hunters current or favorite (don't know if its one or the other) armor and weapons as well as a read out of their level. you can send up to 4 ai hunters on a quest granted their hr level matches the pre-requisites. catch though... if the hunter's armor and weapons are too low a level and /or ineffective to the task at hand you have a chance of getting nothing.. on the bright side though you wasted a little dough but no precious items. if they yield success you are awarded the carves of the quest (i'm not sure how you retrieve them. someone else come to fill that in?) so if you ever played find mii or find mii 2 on 3ds' miiplaza it's eessentially the same thing but you never see the hunt nor do you control anything but the quest they go on. i'm not even sure how long you have to wait till the hunters or items return... i'd guess 10 min? maybe? maybe the next time you start the game???