User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-1758220-20130110061634/@comment-1011548-20130110074543

I know what you mean. I'm frequently told 3DS screens look infinitely better in real life than blown up on the PC (which sounds quite reasonable) but it is frustrating that the first new entry in the 4th gen doesn't look stellar. Although having said that some of the 3DS direct feeds of MH4 didn't look bad. No worse than MH3U, certainly.

Maybe they've skimped on some detailing and textures because of the bigger multi-leveled areas?