User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-190.37.255.158-20111030142126/@comment-1011548-20111030143032

It's "online" in the very loosest sense of the word; it's just the area where you can do multiplayer with your friends. It was the same in Freedom 2/Freedom Unite: when you went up to the Guild Hall you could either choose 'Offline Guild Hall' or 'Online Guild Hall'. Except it was true-online, just multiplayer.