Phantom Hourglass Already On Nintendo WiFi
Whoa, wait a second. That couldn’t be right. Could it?
Pocket Gamer, a UK site, is reporting that Phantom Hourglass has been seen on the Nintendo WiFi network over the past few days. Of course, this is probably relevant to the fact that the game will soon release in Japan. June 23, specifically. The site reports that the game had seen well over 100 player log ins over the past few days. They also venture a guess that the reason for this is that Japanese journalists are checking the game out for themselves in order to get review scores in.
If you are catching up and thinking “what online mode”, you are a little late. The new Zelda DS does feature some online connectivity that allows for some “capture / defend the base” modes. Some other functionality, including voice chat, has been tossed around in various rumors as well. We should know a lot more for sure once the game is out in Japan in around a month.
No, it isn’t fair that they are getting it so far ahead of us. Nor is if fair that someone is apparently playing the game right now. But Yanks can just suck it up and wait for our localized release at whatever point later this year.
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