Why, that is exactly why this game is fun!
The Wii version I am playing don't have that much grinding in it. It's mostly all hunter skill of the biggest monsters. Once you know what to do and what not and that you have studied the big monsters behavior enough then you can avoid most of their attack more of the time. That is what makes the difference.
After that, you can basically master your weapons. There is also an "arena mode" which allow you to fight big monsters with a friend or solo on a timer... And the first few times I was boggled on how they expected me to beat the Great Jaggi (first big monster) in under 2 minutes and a half.
Heck, after a while I did better than that still.
This is what make this game way better than the more moderns ones. It is not newbie friendly. It is not made to be easy. It is not made to be completed in 4 hours tops.
It is a real game.
