User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-4421067-20130118144514/@comment-4819590-20130119145709

So they wouldn't follow the 3rd generation example and make a Monster Hunter Portable 4th for the PSP fans then? That's what I assumed that they would do. Anyway at other times they have specifically said that the game wasn't finished and that's why they delayed it. I'm inclined to believe that, rather than it being delayed so it would be multi-platform, at least until I see otherwise from the production team themselves rather than other sources.