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INTEREST: Zelda and Animal Crossing Race Into Mario Kart 8 As DLCs




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iloveturkey



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:14 pm Reply with quote
Lots of content equating to about 50% of the retail game for only a fifth of the price, with a discount as well as bonuses for buying the bundle, for less than a single map pack in other games. In addition, it wasn't content removed from the game prior to launch, nor on the disk behind a paywall activation code. Kudos to Nintendo for being the only people to get DLC right, despite little experience with it.
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Melicans



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:28 pm Reply with quote
iloveturkey wrote:
Lots of content equating to about 50% of the retail game for only a fifth of the price, with a discount as well as bonuses for buying the bundle, for less than a single map pack in other games. In addition, it wasn't content removed from the game prior to launch, nor on the disk behind a paywall activation code. Kudos to Nintendo for being the only people to get DLC right, despite little experience with it.


This. Nintendo does DLC right and does it for the fans first, not their wallets.

Also, the article forgot to mention the F-Zero kart in the Zelda DLC pack.
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IanC



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:38 pm Reply with quote
Lots of people online today using different coloured Yoshis and Shy Guys while in the Mecerdes Benz karts.

£11 Nintendo are charging in the UK. ELEVEN POUNDS. For all that? Couldn't say no.
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pajmo9



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:00 pm Reply with quote
This is the first DLC I have ever bought. My game pad suddenly came on last night and showed me a picture of Link driving a cart. I couldn't not buy it.
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Kurohei



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:37 pm Reply with quote
This actually makes my dream of Link making it into a Mario Party seem possible.
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Sariachan



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 9:26 pm Reply with quote
iloveturkey wrote:
Lots of content equating to about 50% of the retail game for only a fifth of the price, with a discount as well as bonuses for buying the bundle, for less than a single map pack in other games. In addition, it wasn't content removed from the game prior to launch, nor on the disk behind a paywall activation code. Kudos to Nintendo for being the only people to get DLC right, despite little experience with it.

I fully agree. Smile
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ninja noir



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 4:07 am Reply with quote
I am very, very pleased with the way Nintendo is going about this.
Also, I WANT AN EPONA BIKE, DAMNIT!!! *deep breath* phew...uhhh....ignore that.
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residentgrigo



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:30 am Reply with quote
OMG. I Can play as Zelda ? He is my favourite hero.
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Revolutionary



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:14 am Reply with quote
Link and the Animal Crossing characters are really neat, but Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach? Surely there are some Mario characters that are obviously missing from the roster that they should have put in.

Overall this is a fantastic DLC package with a fantastic price, but I just can't fathom why, when they have time to make DLC, they still insist on creating Mario and Peach clone characters instead of, I don't know, Diddy Kong, Bowser Jr., Birdo, etc.?
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Lavnovice9



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 2:57 pm Reply with quote
Revolutionary wrote:
Link and the Animal Crossing characters are really neat, but Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach? Surely there are some Mario characters that are obviously missing from the roster that they should have put in.


Cat Peach is a mascot in Japan. Her and Cat Mario advertise a ton of Nintendo stuff so there's probably big demand for them.

I'd rather have Zero Suit Samus riding a bike than Link, though..
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DKL



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:18 pm Reply with quote
Lavnovice9 wrote:


I'd rather have Zero Suit Samus riding a bike than Link, though..


Oh my god, yes.
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