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How to Play Early With New Zealand Trick
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Setting your location to New Zealand in your Xbox settings will allow you to play Monster Hunter Wilds early. Check out all the steps to changing your location and more!
How to Play Monster Hunter Wilds Early
 Disclaimer! |
This is an unofficial method to playing the game early, and should be done at a player's discretion! |
Change Your Location to New Zealand in Xbox
If you have an Xbox Series X or S, you can set your location to New Zeleand to play Monster Hunter Wilds early, as this is the region that will have access to the game first on Xbox.
See the table below for the steps to change your region.
| How to Change Your Location in Xbox | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ensure that no game or application is running. |
| 2 |  Go to your Xbox Settings → System → Language & location. |
| 3 |  Select Location and choose New Zealand. |
| 4 |  After selecting New Zeland, select Restart Now to apply the changes. |
Does Not Work for Steam and PlayStation
Note that the above method does not work for Steam and PlayStation. The PS5 selects your time zone based on the region of your PlayStation Network account, while Steam will follow a global release time regardless of region.
PlayStation Account Must be Registered in New Zealand to Work
To play from the New Zealand release on PlayStation, you must register a New Zealand-based account and use a payment method valid for that region considering that you already reside there.
Keep in mind that PlayStation Network accounts are region-locked, and their region cannot be changed once created.
What Time Is It in New Zealand?
Uses UTC+12:00 Time Offset
New Zealand uses two standard time zones: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) for the main islands and Chatham Standard Time (CHAST) for the Chatham Islands. Its dependencies and associated states also use different time zones.
See the table below for the time zones used in New Zealand and its associated states.
| Time Zone | Standard Time | Daylight Time |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | UTC+12:00 | UTC+13:00 |
| Chatham Islands | UTC+12:45 | UTC+13:45 |
| Tokelau | UTC+13:00 | |
| Cook Islands | UTC−10:00 | |
| Niue | UTC−11:00 | |
With this in mind, setting your Xbox to New Zealand allows you to play the game early as the country has one of the earliest time zones that you can choose in the Location settings.
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*Expected dates for US time zones; releases for European and Asian time zones will come the following day.
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Anonymous 9 months
Anonymous 9 monthsIt *does* work for Playstation, you just have to make a NZ account lol.
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while this does work, it is also a bannable offense. should have that warning in this article somewhere.