Well I am from SouthEast Asia and I have no problems connecting to Canada. So I doubt theres any latency problem.
As for item mall, since its SouthEast Asia version, curious on whats the currency gonna be. Coz seemingly the Singapore Dollar is the highest around the region. Can't be in YEN or WON coz Japan and Korea is not part of SEA. 1.0 SGD = 0.666438 USD. Since USD is higher and seeing how everyone in the world always wanting to make profits abt everything, I guess IM will still be in USD.
I also wonder where the server is gonna be located. High chance its gonna be in Singapore since Monster is a Singaporean. If its based in Singapore, I might apply a job as a GM there lol.
If all this are any true, then metin2 will rock again. Of coz seeing is believing but sometimes you don't have see to believe in it. So lets wait and look see, look see.
R.I.P Metin US.
