User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-765166-20130926142931/@comment-1758220-20130926183532

^It's not going to take as long as MH3U did, no way. The only reason it took so long for confirmation was because Nintendo wouldn't let Capcom say anything about it. It all had to do with the Wii U not being available yet.