User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-2049092-20120630230147/@comment-1837917-20120701013423

@The Monster-Hunter; just because they've showcased all the monsters in one area, it doesn't mean that other areas will be cut from the game. Open-world may simply mean that the gaps between areas that we are so familiar with will be removed. Most likely we'll still have a town with a quest giver, then be sent off to these large maps to hunt.