User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-87.170.103.171-20120907235039/@comment-5424468-20120908054459

^ Actually, that has happen before with Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (MHFU)...

"In the 2008 Tokyo Game Show, it was announced that the game would be released in North America as Monster Hunter Freedom Unite in Spring 2009."

Im not saying they are going to announce a localization this year, all Im saying is its not impossible they mention a localization for the west at a Japanese event.