User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-186.145.130.238-20120213032322/@comment-4563270-20120213053039

I say the best possible answer is Generation.. if you look at it, Monster hunter G games almost always mark the end of the current Generation and then a new title number is used with different monsters and only a few veterans. There are three 3rd gen monster games with no other additions but instead a new generation.. generation 4 which has little to nothing known about monster changes aside from tigrex and rathalos, and nothing really noted about the gameplay aside from the teaser. I think the next generation also changes the gameplay, the weapon mechanics and even the addition of a new weapon. 2nd gen introduced hunting horn, longsword, gunlance and bow and 3rd gen had medium bowgun (axed) and switch axe. I can't say for sure what the "G" stands for but looking at the monster hunter pattern it appears the G game is like a season finale before the next games.. kinda like if it went WoW, WoW cataclysm, WoW (insert name), WoW G, WoW 2, WoW 2nd awakening, WoW nerdgasm, WoW 2G, WoW 3, but instead of using dlcs, monster hunter releases a completely separate game with minor changes here and there.. usually no change in overall gameplay, and then a G game which combines the best of these 2 or more separate games and gives the player one last goodbye for the current gen before they (maybe) throw out any old or undesired monsters (designer opinion) in favor of something new.. but we all know they usually bring back any monsters that didn't make the new gen cut in either a second or third itteration of the next gen and its G game.