User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-3405141-20121202005709

Just gonna throw in my 2 cents here about the new weapon

1. its probably not gonna be a counterpart to the greatsword, because the great sword already has one, the longsword, when they added in the gunlance, the dual swords, the hunting horn, the longsword, and the hunting bow, they all had counterparts except for the bow, probably because they didnt feel like making another ranged weapon, capcom could have a few tricks up there sleave and make a gun sword or something, but Im pretty sure its not gonna be another counterpart for the great swrod

2. im guessing its gonna be another heavy weapon though, I think its also gonna primarily focus on defense since its a very wide weapon, and its gonna have very large sweeping attacks so it will probably function similarly to the greatsword unless the shadow is actualy 2 weapons, or if it can switch forms

3.Now Idealy i'd want it to be a faster impact weapon, since most weapons have impact attacks, the hammer  and hunting horn are still the only weapons that focus on impact, so possibly some sort of war club and shield? doubt it, but it would be cool

anyways that's my opinion on the new weapon