User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-26953474-20121127222154/@comment-1475794-20121203211501

IMO, the new weapon looks like a mix of 3 weapons: Greatsword, Lance and Hammer. Now if you think back in MH3 there were cool updates on the usage of weapons like the GS, SnS and Lance where you can do stun attacks using the shields (Blunt side of the GS which is also used as a shield), So I think that the side prongs of the new weapon will be used for slashing, the middle prong is for stabbing and the blunt sides are for stun attacks and the length of the weapon might be used in charged attacks like a Hammer plus gaurding in a GS fashion. But if so, then the new weapon will be over-powering considering the new mid-air attacks in MH4 and I won't throw the possibility of it being a switching weapon like the SA. Can't wait for a new trailer! X3