Still worth playing online?

[Lee-yoshi]

Hehe, well if you're in the US, the US servers will be a little bit more active then the EU ones, but nothing compared to the JP servers.

If you have never been online with a console before... i highly reccommend you give it a try! Phantasy Star Online was the very 1st game i ever played online, and did it on my Nintendo Gamecube, and never turned back, or to anything else. Playing an online game on a console for the very first time is just one of those memorable moments, if you know what i mean - Its just so seriously cool, you may cry!

Also, hopping over to the Japanese servers won't convert your game into Japanese no, hehe, it'll all stay in as much english as any other server... except when players with different languages start speaking to you, such as Japanese, where their words will appear in Japanese symbols. Thats a good thing about word select, itll translate whatever you select into their language on their game, and vice versa when they reply.

Without a keyboard, the in-game keyboard will shortly become time consuming and very annoying, especially in Episode III if you want to chat in the middle of a go, when as soon as that rounds over, everything youve typed so far will just dissappear! A Keyboard is a magnificent thing! From some places you can buy a PC keyboard - Gamecube plug convertor so you can use ur PC keyboard on ur Gamecube - Best bet is eBay though with some luck!

Hope that helps!