User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-76.69.5.65-20120921012836/@comment-202.45.119.18-20120921033504

That is very true. I wouldn't say conservative fans, but simply fans that weren't expecting such a dramatic change. For me, I always think that Japanese fans get sick of the old styles of games; they've had Frontier for years now, they had MH3 before us, and so I presume that they welcome change.

But hey, they could've thought it was awful as well xD