User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-25083735-20150325022720/@comment-8874090-20150325134343

They already did. In MHFU an average fight in G rank took at least 20 minutes (it's true that I was soloing it, but still). In 3rd gen, they reduced hp a bit but also reduced damage the monsters did. In 4th gen, monsters die fairly quick, but they are now even stronger than in Unite (but with actually fair hitboxes). Personally I love this in 4th gen. It makes fights hard, but not tedious.

PS: I don't have any actual proof to my claims, those are just my assumptions based on how the game feels