User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-6646546-20130320173542/@comment-71.193.178.253-20130321014720

Judging from that video, the wind-up slash can also be performed after the side-slash. This wasn't possible before, to the extent of my knowledge. Nice to see that the wind-up slash is being incorporated more into the Great Sword moveset, it was a tad awkward to utilize before. Now, when a monster is vulnerable, one could go for an ordinary level 3 slash, side-slash, then level 3 wind-up slash for more damage, assuming the wind-up slash will still do more damage than the unsheathe attack (as it should).