Yeah, but those could just be normal gameplay changes after a few months of development since the leak was made. I doubt there would be a drastic change like cutting the production of a game by the portable team. But it is Capcom. They are masters at doing things like this. 

Sure they might have XX, but what about after XX? What about any losses from World? If Capcom were in a healthy financial situation sure, they'd probably be able to get by until they could set things straight, but they've been in dire straits for years now and the only consistent thing for them has been Monster Hunter. 

Definitely gonna be interesting to see how much effect its gonna have on the PS4 sales

To OP, everything sounds awesome (except for the lack of underwater combat) still im even more hyped now, cant believe im finally getting a console "main title" Monster Hunter game, ive been waiting for this since i read about MH on a magazine before the original PS2 game came out (which i never got to play because third world country + no Amazon = F#CKED).

All of this mess might be the reason Capcom is calling it MH worlds instead of MH5. Trying to not completely slam the door in Nintendos face and keep the way open to building a massive fanbase on Switch. It's a gamble.

I wish I had time for this game. I hope the PC version will take its time until summer or so.

I know, I have eyes, I read this thread. But what does Capcom say about MHX?

Fishing, mining, and capturing bugs still in the game.
Hunt, Carve, Forge loop is still there.

We sure could do without all these boring activities... they really hurt the pacing of the series.

I think it'd be ideal to have a more open MH series, starting with World; and keeping the traditional MH games. I'm excited about this one to see if it really works. Sometimes bigger doesn't mean better. But it's exciting to know where Capcom can lead this series.

It's almost certain that they're making a Nintendo-exclusive MH as right now, that's for sure. I mean, MH games sold millions in Nintendo platforms, there are no reasons to skip them. And I guess it'd be more traditional to appeal MH fandom. 

Risky business choice, as I don't think this game has a lot of appeal for the Western market, though. I have my doubts. 

What would be left if you take that out? Probably you could do that, but the result wouldn't be MonHUn anymore.

That's all a lot of info to process.

But one thing is clear: MonHun World is the main thing that happened this E3. Everything else was more or less normal stuff, but this has impact. I'm not sure yet which way all this develops though.

And here I thought, that Japan values the Handheld feature way higher than playing on a fixed console at home.