Nintendo has fumbled this game. I own the full game, play it by myself (in single player), and it's pretty great. Very fun and at times surprisingly challenging. It's an easy recommendation to anyone looking for a single player experience who also liked Four Swords (or is open to a more arcade-style experience).

It's crazy that Nintendo didn't provide demo that would let you try it out in single player, especially since that's how most people are used to playing Zeldas. To be honest, I feel like playing this game with others would make it a lot more difficult than it really is since you need to coordinate to make your way through the levels. Doing it all single player gives it more of a puzzly feel since you need to juggle your Links, in addition to figuring out how to deal with the environment.

Having to play online with specific times, as well as not being able to join your friends is definitely really annoying

At least there is an local multiplayer option, but it's hard to find 3 people willing to play this game locally..

Yeah, I agree completely. I was excited when I got the codes to download it, but realized pretty quickly I couldn't do anything with the darn thing. I went to a friend's place the Friday after downloading it, but then we realized it was impossible to play the demo with only 2 people, both on and offline. So we either had to play online seperately, or get a 3rd person. Eventually we had his girlfriend play with us using a spare 3DS he had...and played this four room stage and finished in like 10 minutes. And that was it...

They really could have done a lot more with that demo. I have no idea how the actual game is...but that demo really didn't make me want to go out and buy it, that's for sure.

I see what you mean now. Just downloaded it and can't figure out how to even try it... Don't think its possible atm.