User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-3095304-20121114151752/@comment-77.179.5.107-20121115123343

It took that "much" time because they had to wait for the WiiU specs from Nintendo before they could start working on it. And I think nobody coould blame them for waiting since we get our "beloved" online-multiplayer xDD