User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-74.177.118.124-20111215223313/@comment-76.69.7.125-20111216001312

Oh, and it's also on the 3DS. If Capcom takes too long to go next-gen it'll be upstaged by its competitors (God Eater, etc). But by moving Monster Hunter to the 3DS or Vita, they need to convince the fans of that system to play their game and convince the old fans to get that system. We've all seen that some people just don't want to make that jump right now ("pls port 3G to PSP"). That's why Capcom's expectations for this game are much lower than Portable 3rd, which had already been established by several other Monster Hunter games on the system.

If Capcom goes high budget on this first 3DS game, they waste money. If they focus on completely new monsters they'll waste their budget. If they focus on new areas, they might not be able to use them in MH4. They can do all that stuff once people know that the 3DS is the new Monster Hunter machine.