Nintendo reveals the title will now utilise the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection! Guess that's why it was delayed...

Fans were dissapointed when Nintendo had revealed in the past that Metroid Prime Hunters would only support multiplayer gaming on a local level, and did not support Wi-Fi Connection support to play gamers all over the world. The situation, we're happy to reveal, has now changed!

Metroid Prime Hunters was recently delayed until the first quarter of 2006 as now the game will come complete with access to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Nintendo's upcoming online gaming service.

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will debut before the end of the year with a Mario Kart, Animal Crossing and Tony Hawks the first to take advantage of the service, which lets players connect wirelessly with one another as easily as if they were sitting in the same room.

American fans can get their hands on a trial version of the new single-player mission of Metroid Prime Hunters this weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo in Bellevue, Washington. Attendees also can see three previously unreleased bounty hunter characters in the game - Sylux, a ruthless sharpshooter who harbors an intense hatred for Metroid heroine Samus Aran; Trace, a young outcast who seeks power and a planet to invade; and Weavel, a cyborg Space Pirate assassin.

We'll have more as it breaks!