User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-208.104.226.14-20111217051754/@comment-4563270-20111217053844

actually actually... event quests are things posted by capcom accessed via the harbor meaning you need to port to play them similar to every other mh game where standard based monster quests could be found in the city and village but event quests changed and occurred at the leisure of capcom... if they chose not to update it then you would be stuck with a specific event quest indefinitely. the reason they are called event quests is because they happen for a limited time.. (usually a week) meaning you are on your toes trying to beat it before the week is out or you wait till it comes back around... however key or normal quests do involve you to download them to your 3ds... that's the way this game is set up and similar to how mhfu was. you do not have to pay for the monsters but you do have to download them to access them via the city or village. if you look at the mh3g guide book it shows that you can download these monster quests to your sd card aswell as any items you obtain in an event quest.