User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-6680436-20130531190450

I have an interesting thought, what if Mh4 takes place in a very southern continent or at the southern end of the continent. I say that because most of the enviroments seen so far are very tropical or temperate areas. The Frozen Sea can be explaned by being close to the south pole. The monsters are also very colorful and unique, like the animals found in real life jungles.

I get a very South American feel from MH4 Ruins Field is like the pampas (or grasslands) of South America, and Primeval Forest and Unknown Sea of Trees are the jungles.