Hyrule Warriors online play confirmed? I thought it was confirmed not to?

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cannonballZ said:
Online play yes, online co op?.... Is that confirmed or are they talking about a specific online mode that isn't co op?

From the way it's worded, it's a specific mode. A NoJ page for the game details the online capabilities (ran through Google Translate, forgive poor wording):

Buy additional content

Automatic posting of play status to Miiverse

Play the special battle in adventure mode

Page here: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/bwpj/index.html