Whether you love or hate DLC, it’s fast approaching the latest Wii U release, Hyrule Warriors. But seriously, with Koei Tecmo’s history were, you expecting anything less?
With this in mind, a Koei Tecmo live stream at the 2014 Tokyo Game Show has revealed a new batch of playable characters are on their way to Hyrule Warriors, along with additional content including new costumes, weapons, scenarios, maps, modes – and even the ability to turn certain cut scenes on and off during battle.
The fresh content listed includes the Master Quest – Hyrule Warriors Pack, the Twilight Princess Pack, the Majora’s Mask Pack, and the Ganon Pack. The DLC onslaught for the Zelda fanfare will start on the 30th of September and run through to February next year.
September will see the release of the three playable villains – Cia, Wizzro and Volga, which will be followed by the Hyrule Warriors Master Quest on the 16th of October for 1200 Yen. This pack includes one new weapon, a new scenario, adventure map, and two new costumes. The Twilight Princess Pack will unlock in November for the same price, and include one new character, one new weapon, an adventure map, and two new costumes. And in 2015, the Majora’s Mask Pack will arrive for 1200 Yen with two new characters, an adventure map, and three new costumes, and finally – in February, the Ganon Pack – including two new game modes – will be released for 500 Yen.
It’ll cost warriors a total of 3000 Yen for all packs if they preorder the DLC, and as a bonus, they’ll also receive a Dark Link costume. The DLC and 1.3.0 update combined are reportedly 1GB in size.
Take a look at the trailer below and let us know what you think about these latest digital offerings for Hyrule Warriors – and how this type of support for Nintendo titles influences your own decisions when it comes to purchasing a game – be it a good or bad.
[source gonintendo.com, via neogaf.com]
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how much does it seem America has to pay? $30 for all of it?
Wow this is great
1GB!? I don't know about that... I'm cheap when it comes to memory.
At least they've released the game first (in Japan, and some already received their copies early in the west) before they announced the DLCs. xD I'll pick up the game when it's no more than 20€. I'll get Bayonetta bundle day one instead.
The game hasn't even released yet in NA and there's already DLC announced...
Where's the Nintendo defense force claiming that day one DLC hurts the industry?
I only hate that people think there would be DLC in Smash Bros which obviously isn't happening, Sakurai even made that clear last year. If there's Majora Mask DLC characters than that's obviously Skull Kid
All in..
I'm excited about the three free playable characters, but not sure if I will buy the dlc packs yet, I'll wait to see the price for all of them together
@Datasun_7 if you have to buy the DLC packs than it's not free
Majora's Mask, Skull Kid for president. I'd rather see Ridley though.
DLC is fine. If the DLC appeals to me, I'll download it. If not, I wouldn't have cared if it was in the free in the first place. Its okay to have a choice. My actual biggest complaint about DLC is that there isn't enough of it. I would quite happily pay for packs 3 and 4 for Mario Kart 8.
Needs more Groose...
Definitely preordering the DLC when I get Hyrule Warriors tomorrow or Saturday. DLC was obvious to happen given the other Warriors games but still it's nice that Nintendo didn't say no as they would have had at least some control over the game.
well... I probably won't be buying the game so it doesn't really affect me. I just cannot justify spending $64.99 + taxes for this game, sucks they are announcing DLC this early though.
It's only just out and they're already announcing dlc for the game. This really annoys me, as they could have easily included it in the game at launch. I'm not paying extra for cut content.
Nintendo needs to embrace the whole DLC thing. I'm not a massive fan of DLC per se but done right (Mario Kart 8 for example) I don't mind throwing a few extra quid in their direction. When everyone else is doing the DLC thing Ninty only suffer for not doing the same.
@Bass_X0 "DLC is fine. If the DLC appeals to me, I'll download it. If not, I wouldn't have cared if it was in the free in the first place. Its okay to have a choice."
Nice post, pretty much sums up my stance on dlc.
I love warriors games and they always have an abundance of dlc so i often only buy a few choice pieces i really want/need.
Being a Warriors game, I wonder if there will be an Xtreme Legends upgrade release with all the DLC (+ more?) on board.
@Tsurii897 Exactly, only a month. This seems far too soon to me.
Discounting for people pre-ordering definitely makes this and MK8 DLC more palatable. I don't care about the costume packs for Warriors Orochi 3, but the extra level packs are less than £2 each which seems pretty good to me!
Groose....... Confirmed?........
But in all seriousness, I guess i will buy this if the game is fun. Otherwise, i won't get it just because the villains pack bores me.
I don't mind DLC. Nintendo has done it near perfectly with Mario Kart and I would be happy for Smash DLC to be a thing in about a years time. I can't help but think that amiibo is going to be an alternative to DLC though. What if the Smash bros Link figure unlocks the Zelda Mario Kart DLC and the Villager one unlocks the latter.
What I do mind about DLC is when the prices aren't scaled so that individual DLC packs cost more than the game. (Mass Effect 2)
WHAT!!! -
-Master Quest Hyrule Warriors Pack
THE HYPE IS REAL!!!
Also what is the point of complaining that this stuff wasn't already in the game. Tecmo Koei powered through this game to get it out as quickly as possible. They probably hadn't started working on some of this content by the time the game was nearing completion.
@AJWolfTill in the case of Cia, it comes down to the same issue with Ken's Rage 2's character packs.
The characters are already in the game with finished models and animations. Why should we be paying for them?
@WiiUExposed Japan got it last month, it's not day one DLC.
also, $30 is hella cheap. Will buy the DLC if the game gets me hooked.
@WiiUExposed The game is out for quite some time now. You cant go by western release dates. And from the size you can see, that its actually content, that wasnt on the disct beforehand. Day one DLC is 90% disc locked content.
Koei ist often really quick when it comes to DLC for their warriors games. The reason is, that they keep on developing the game past its initial deadline. So. they finish the game that was initially planned, and trust me when i say that there is no lack of content even without DLC. And everything they can think of during development, that cant be added before the initial deadline, or that falls out of the initial financial plan, gets added as DLC later on.
@AJWolfTill I am insane enough to have bought every piece of DLC Dynasty Warriors 8 (XL) had to offer, and trust me, it pretty much tripled the initial cost. On the other hand, it also quadruppled the content the game had to offer. The same goes for Orochi 3. If you get the stage packs alone, you end up with the same amount of stages (if not more) the game had to offer initially, which was a lot to begin with, so you end up with double the amount of content.
But their prices for DLC arent always consistant. For some of their games, DLC prices are rather tame, ranging form 1-2€ per pack, 4 for something bigger, while other games (Kens Rage 2 for instance) charge 4-5€ for a single character. Personally, i can live with that for the reason, that they are already struggling to find a decend audience for their games and yet, push as hard as they can to get the games to the west. The money has to come from somewhere, and if thats the price to pay to get the game, im willing to support them.
They could just go the Square route and simply refuse to release their games outside of japan.
I just cannot justify spending $64.99 + taxes for this game,
You don't have to buy every last piece of dlc. You shouldn't be expected to. The choice is there for you to pick and choose which you desire and which you do not. There's no point in paying for dlc if you're not going to use it.
Sold!
The game arrives tomorrow for me. If I really like playing it a lot, I'll buy these packs down the road as well. Sounds nice - here's hoping the european prices will come in cheap as well.
This seems fine to me. I bought all the pikmin dlc and this seems similar. Inexpensive and gives a tonne new content. (The pikmin dlc wasn't really tonnes of content per se, but getting platinum on all the challenges takes forever so my point stands.)
That is assuming "new adventure map" means what I think it does. From reviews it seems the old adventure map is where most people are spending the bulk of this game.
@Jim_Purcell - I already told my kid I would get this Day 1 for his birthday yesterday but now Im wondering if we should wait for the Collectors Ed. if there is going to be a constant stream of DLC coming out.
Im ok w/ MK8, 2 packs spread out over a year after release, thats fine, but mobthly updates is a bit much.
People are always complaing about extra cost for free-to-play games, but here we have a $60 game charging extra for all its parts. The game should be free or $10 or $20 if they are going to piecemeal it out to us.
Hopefully before next Friday we'll see the US dates and costs so I can make an informed decision, this is the Wii U after all, who knows if any of this will even come to the west.
It's very hard for me to understand what's what when there's so much DLC.
I am tempted to wait until the game is cheaper and all DLC is available. Smash 3ds and Bayo will keep me very busy anyway.
@RainbowGazelle
The game has been finished long before the release in Japan. It'll go through testing, QA, have the age limit verified, Nintendo certified/tested and probably more. From the time this version is shipped for all this testing, to actual release it's not uncommon for 1-2 months to have passed. So the developers might as well use this time to start working on DLC stuff, instead of just sitting there and then start working on it from the day the game is released.....
Nintendowhine!!
Yes! Let the support begin!
The game has been out for a month. After a month, many, many people have been done withe their games. I think that its fair to announce DLC at this moment (specially if Tingle is included).
The game has been out a month, yes.
The game is tanking in Japan, yes.
Wii U is in another downward spiral, yes.
DLC announcements now make more sense than 2-3 months later when Smash renders the game irrelevant and dated.
With Bayonetta 2 and Fatal Frame V coming so soon, KT NEEDS people to care about and talk about their game. Before it's too late to care.
@rjejr Collectors Edition? For a game on a Nintendo system? I think you may be waiting a loooooooong time. Only edition like that I can think of is Arkham City, and that is because the game was out long before. Do any Nintendo games release "twice" on the system, outside of Nintendo Selects (which admittedly were pre-DLC)?
If the "bundle" price is half as good as the MK8 pre-order dlc i'm in! But where's Ocarina in all of this... Don't tell me those costumes are store exclusives
So...I pre-ordered Hyrule Warriors from Amazon for the Twilight Princess outfits. Does this mean I should just go with Best Buy or GameStop and get this DLC instead when it's released?
DLC characters yay.You can play as big booby girl,the one eyed freak and the angry mountain man.
@WiiUExposed It's been announced in Japan and has been out for a month. How is it Day 1 DLC?
@RainbowGazelle Can you prove it's cut content?
No dlc, no matter the content, should cost more than 25% of the total price of the game.
THIS IS GROOSE, TINGLE AND TOILET PAPER GUY'S CHANCE!
This is why the main game is not 60! They had to rush this title so they releases the first half or 3/4 and are now going to polish+ release the rest of the game as DLC. makes sense.
I would feel less happy about it if the game was 60 and not 40 as it is now.
Yay my preorder is ready! such a shame my Wii U is dead.
I'll buy it!
@AyeHaley Wait, they reduced the price??? I paid $60 to pre-order mine at GameStop..
Excessively priced, but nothing new for the Warriors franchise. I'll get the Ganon pack and wait for a sale for the Majora's Mask pack.
Nintendo DLC is great
@DiscoGentleman No, just checked, it's $59.99.. And yeah, now that you mention he's in EU it makes sense haha.
@PinkSpider Agreed, going to pre-order as soon it's available.
@AyeHaley it's $40?! But the clerk at GameStop made me pay $60 for the preorder. (Grabs bat)
Edit: just read the rest of the comments. That was close. I almost made an unthinkable mistake! (Drops bat)
@DiscoGentleman It's had pretty positive scores across the board (one "meh" score, but that was Polygon.. so....)... And after the five times I ran the demo at my local GameStop I can safely say that it's really enjoyable.
@allav866 Scroll up a little and read my conversation xD The guy is in EU..
6 more characters + new modes sound fantastic to me.
I'd buy this DLC season pass for $20-$25...no more than that. I hope they price this right for NA
@Bizzyb Look at the Mario Kart 8 DLC... LOTS of content for under $15.. If Nintendo does that again, I'll love them forever haha.
Doesn't sound like Groose will be in any of them, which is pretty insulting considering SS is one of the 3 games this title focuses on...
@SavoirFaire - Good point. but how many MK games before 8 got DLC? How many Nintendo games before Pikmin 3 got paid DLC? The times they are a changin'.
Just last week I was saying that Nintendo should put out the new updated version of MK8 for the holidays w/ a picture of the amiibo on the front (see several PS3 games w/ that little Move controller and camera on the upper right of the boxes as examples). They could add photos of the DLC packs on the back w/ the usual *available at additional cost disclaimer.
So yeah, I could imagine a "special" edition next year. And plus, this isnt Ninteod's game, it's Tecmo Koie, an w/ this much DLC its going to need a complete package at some point. Don't the DW and SW games usually have several iterations each?
DLC that might be part of a special edition released next yearmseems like another reason to hold out for Bayonetta 2.....
@WiiUExposed Cause it's not day 1? The DLC comes out on the 30th. The game comes out at least 4 days before that date unless they delay the release.
@DiscoGentleman Well Pokemon Conquest got a 8/10 and it was made by the same developers. Probably it's the stigma behind being a "Warriors" game.
@DiscoGentleman Last I checked it was 60 bucks.
Im definetly gonna buy this, getting Hyrule warriors tomorrow, this is great news ^_^
EU
the Hero of Hyrule pack is 14.99 Euros and is 1600KB
content being release in oct , Nov, Jan and Feb
@WiiUExposed well it has released in japan and it's a tecmo game with nintendos ip. not a nintendo game. glad your here to start trouble tho.
@WiiUExposed The game is a month old. This isn't day one or disk locked content. Also this is normal for a warriors game. Still given the sales of the game so far this is good because it is extended support.
...Do I get a badge if I'm part of the Nintendo Defense Force?
You can order from within the game and its only 15 euros for EVERYTHING:
15 euros for 3 new characters, 2 new weapons, a new scenario, 3 adventure maps, 7 new costumes and 2 new game modes!
@AyeHaley So I will assume it will be around $20-30 here in the US..
If I can just get a word in while everybody argues .....
Wii U owners are getting dlc.
Ya know, downloadable content.
You may have heard of it, every other platform in the world gets it.
If this dlc is successful then we may get more. I personally will freak out if we don't get the Lego Batman 3 dlc.
You can go back to arguing now.
@WiiUExposed I hope you were being sarcastic or you have just WiiUExposed yourself as uninformed. Boom Boom!
I'll leave now.....
DLC will be 20 dollars in NA. I'm liking that price.
@NodesforNoids Fatal Frame V is also their game .
The only thing i'm curious about right now is how much content this will actually end up becoming, obviously I know whats in there but I don't know how much extra play value it'll add, for instance the adventure map. Once that's figured out I'll be able to finally figure out if i'll purchase this season pass.
Playable Skull Kid please!
UK price is £13.49 with October being the first pack release (though Dark Link is available now)
@Tsurii897
I'm thinking the same thing, i REALLY wanted to play and support Bayo week 1, but this DLC followed by Mario Kart DLC, pokemon on 3ds and Smash on wii-u will have to put bayo on delay, along with sonic boom.
who are the majora's mask characters? the link transformations?
I would only buy one if Groose
@B3ND3R Nintendo of America tweeted that it will cost $20.00 USD to preorder all 4 paks, plus the bonus Dark Link skin available only for preorders. Never thought I'd be happy to buy DLC.
@GN004Nadleeh Deity Link would be AWESOME!
@Bizzyb - $20 for all of it? I can do that, my quick Yen to US had me up around $41 this morning as I was running out the door. Is Dark Link a game pre-order or a DLC package pre-order like the Yoshi in MK8? I havent pre-ordered the game, just planned on picking it up somewhere on Friday. I tried to pre-order at Kmart but their website wouldnt let me:-( thanks for the info.
OK found the NoA tweet, $19.99 for the season pass w/ Dark Link as incentive for buying the season pass. Never bought a season pass before, seems excessive for costumes but the 2 modes, characters and maps may be worth it. Gotta poay the game first though.
@Tsurii897 It actually only updates the game to version 1.2.1 and not 1.3.0.
Well I can see un-specific statements like "two characters" so I guess there's room for Groose, right? Right? Right?
And Tingle I guess, but he ain't my cup of tea.
@Gelantious Good point.
@WaLzgi No, I can't.
I was on the fence about buying this, but now that I see that they are releasing dlc and the game is not even in the stores yet makes me feel they are selling me a incomplete game... i think I will pass on this game now.
@Jellitoe The game is a month old. And they are announcing dlc that won't be out for another few months. This is not day one dlc.
From what I've seen so far $20-$30 seems like a fantastic price for all of this content. So far Nintendo has done nothing but bolster my faith in how they handle DLC. I was extremely pleased with the Mario Kart 8 surprise announcement and I'm just as pleased with this.
I have this on pre order but seeing as they are nickel and diming us for dlc characters, I might just cancel it and get it when it is used and cheap. Sorry but I don't want to pay 80 dollars for a full game. If this was announced way down the line at least a couple of months away, I might not mind. As it is though it seems pretty much like they are ripping me off. There is going to be three more characters to chose from that I am not going to have from the get go.
For 15 Euro you get the Hero pack. It supposedly a season pass, since stuff gets available over the coming months.
15 Euro sounds much, but for that money you not only get extra characters but also extra maps. Hmm, I am not sure if I'll buy it. If it stays at this (1 season pack), I might go for it.
Seriously guys 15 euros for 4 DLC packs incl new characters, scenarios, weapons, costumes 3 new Adventure maps, Majora stuff...if thats expensive I'm a baboon.
The game is fantastic and way better than I thought it would be. its already packed with content and this only makes it even better.
Anyone in doubt: the game is fun! You get to lvl up and fuse weapons, battle like a 1-(wo)men army its insane. Even if you didn't like the Warriors games this game has enough new/different stuff you will love it. I never disliked the Warriors series but I didn't enjoy them enough to buy them...This is exactly the Warriors game I have been waiting for. And its the unrealistic Zelda war-game I've always wanted.
Oh one last thing: the game looks way better on your TV or GamePad than any of these screenshots and trailers show. before buying I thought it looked a little...early PS3-ish but that definitely not the case. (high detail character models and all the enemies have shadows etc which they hadn't in most of the preview shots/trailers)
Best of all: Hyrule Warriors and Mario Kart 8 DLC makes me feel very optimistic about possible Super Smash Bros. DLC. Nintendo is doing DLC the right way, please take notice other gaming companies (hint EA and basically everyone else)
@Nintenjoe64 "DLC that might be part of a special edition released next yearmseems like another reason to hold out for Bayonetta 2....."
Unfortunately for you, Platinum confirmed that they had no plans to make DLC for Bayonetta 2 and that it would be complete at launch. There's an NL article about it from a few months ago. Stop feeding people misinformation.
@kensredemption I meant hold out for a month to buy Bayonetta 2 on day one rather than buy Hyrule Warriors now because Bayonetta 2 is complete and Hyrule Warriors might sell well enough to get an 'ultimate' edition.
Lots of Zelda fanfare in this package and I was overly impressed upon purchase. I think any Zelda fan will enjoy this. I don't usually buy traditional Dynasty Warriors games but I love their spinoffs (Ken's Rage, DW: Gundam, Warriors Orochi, and Hyrule Warriors). You can tell the devz at Tecmo Koei are Zelda fans and they really incorporated their awesome battle engine nicely. And... you just can't beat the 2-player co-op. Not enough has been said about co-op experiences where 2 people have their own screens. Awesome game!
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