User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-2014385-20131001051758/@comment-17735225-20131001095433

After all the observation for quite some time now. I believe that they ran out of time to 'revamp' the monsters. As you can see here, the devs try to bring a lot of Unite's content back into the game, and prove that 'hey! monster in old game that used to be bad is now fixed and can be enjoyed!'.

Of course it doesn't always work. Some older monsters need a lot of time to think of a good way to revamp them. Chameleos, Yamatsukami, Lao, Shen Gaoren are the prime examples of these monsters, how to revamp them to make them less annoying/tiring to fight, while keeping all their essences? It's pretty hard, you know. Some fans just scream like 'I don't like Lao and Shen revamp it to make them more enjoyable' and when actually questioned 'how?' they just go '...dunno' or some other ridiculous ideas that wont even improve it.

Current MH's team is also well-known for their slow but sturdy works. So expect them to put in many 'wanted' content in the next game. Doing that will lift their burden of having to design many completely new monsters, and also allow them to finish what they were doing.