"The way we are using the Circle Pad Pro in the game is to provide support for left-handed gamers. We've made it possible to use the right Circle Pad in place of the left one. I didn't know the specs of the Circle Pad Pro, or what it looked like, until Monster Hunter 3G was announced, so we weren't able to do anything big with it in the time we had. Even if we had known about it from the start, I don't know whether we would have used both Circle Pads in that way. This would end up being just the same as controls on other platforms and I think the quick aiming possible with the touch panel suits the game best." - Masahiro Sakurai

This seems like a real missed opportunity to me. Only using the Circle Pad Pro for left-handed gamers and not a dual-circle pad control scheme? I'm happy for left-handed gamers, but sad for all those that will ignore the game due to the lack of that control scheme.