Let's hope GW doesn't drag it down towards after the 12h just so they can LOL SURPRISE. V_V I'd fukken' hate that. I'd fukken' hate more no release though, lol.To people who say the countdown is off. You're missed some pages.
Apparently, when GaryOpa sent the "secret message" on the Maxconsole Ambassasor N3DS thread, several hours had already passed since Gateway team gave him the ETA.
That is according to a private message GaryOpa personally sent to gbatemp user shinyquagsire23.
Thus, the countdown was adjusted to the new data. It should be around 12 hours from now, whether you believe it or not.