Best Nintendo Switch DLC & Expansions

BOTW DLC more shrines please
And MK8 extra tracks DLC

The only Switch dlc I have ever purchased and well worth the money for me.

Double hands down, the best dlc is either Smash Ultimate or Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, because of the sheer amount of content in each alone! Sakurai said once upon a time “don’t expect too many new fighters since every fighter ever is being brought back” and then he adds 11 dlc characters, tons of music and Mii fighter outfits, and 11 stages to boot. What a legend. And I’m pretty sure we all know the MK8 Deluxe story. 48 new tracks. That is the same amount of tracks in the base Deluxe game! And now 6 additional characters will be added too. Both games have phenomenal dlc.

Hello, it's your friendly neighborhood pedant here, in the bit for the fighters pass DLC you accidentally said Jin instead of Kazuya.

Delicious Last Course... DLC... get it?

Mario kart dlc has shown how it should be done it genuinely improves and completes the game when I first heard it was being done in waves I was sceptical but has proved me wrong I still need to purchase BOTW dlc even tho I’ve had the game along with my switch since day 1 😂

Not gonna lie, after this whole 3DS and Wii U eShop situation, I'm not going to wait until the last year to make sure I have all the DLC. I'm going to start checking out all the Switch DLC now. I'll start with Dragon Ball FighterZ because I'm in the mood to revisit that game.

The Luigi's Mansion 3 DLC is lame.

I love the Marvel Ultimate alliance 3 Dlc. I've spent over 300 hours on this game and have loved every minute. The Mario Kart Dlc and Smash Bros is incredible too.

I didn't know that Captain Toad had more content on Switch, maybe I need to find it on sale.

For Smash Ultimate, there are actually 12 DLC characters, including Plant, since FP2 has 6. (You could even count Pyra/Mythra as two for 13).

Just figured I'd be that guy.

Best Nintendo Switch DLC is Mario kart 8 Deluxe DLC for me. I love this game so much!!! I do not know all DLC games here.

I love the MK8DX dlc. Well-worth the purchase.

Smash Ultimate, I also thought was well done. I knew ahead of time it was unwise to just purchase the fighter passes, without knowing who the characters were. The only exception would have been if I simply wanted a "complete" game.

At 999 moons, I am not sure if Nintendo would make some for Super Mario Odyssey. Oh, I also enjoy the Super Rush dlc.

Torna managed to do in 20 hours what Xenoblade 2 couldn't in 200; that being make me remotely care about Mythra and Jin.

The smash ultimate dlc is awesome, but also really expensive. It
Would be great if it was added to the expansion pack.

Cuphead DLC......lol

The BotW DLC is rubbish.

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes. It's DLCs in Season Pass are quite good, in overall. 1st DLC adds Shinobu Jacobs as playable character, new skills, and Badman Strikes Again chapters, if I don't confuse. 2nd DLC adds Badgirl as playable character, new skills, and new (cool and hard) level with cool and memorable music(especially final boss' theme song - On your mark, get set, go...).
On a side note... Ooh, Cadence of Hyrule looks so nice! I've wanted to buy physical copy of the game, but for now, that's quite hard and expansive to do.

@dartmonkey Always happy to help.

It's too early to say for sure, but I'm loving the Engage DLC so far. The meat of it will probably be the upcoming "Fell Xenologue" DLC, but the Emblems added by the current DLC are already very fun additions to the already broad array of strategies available in the base game. Each one has got me considering their implications and possible uses in a way that previous FE DLC simply never did.

Hopefully it ends as strongly as it's started.

the Donkey Kong expansion to Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was so good I can't wait for the Rayman DLC for Sparks of Hope

@Ade117 that's the biggest thing that's making me contemplate buying the MK8D Booster Pack when I have the NSO Expansion Pass. Hopefully, they just keep the same eShop for whatever comes next.

The DK Expansion for Mario+Rabbids was better than the main game.

Cuphead DLC is glorious and has some of he best encounter in the game with the Saltbaker and Mortimer Freeze.
I bought it all digitally on Xbox on release but just got the Switch physical edition that comes with the full game and dlc all on the cart.

Octo expansion was good. Also captain toads DLC was cheap and cheerful

I agree with most of them, except for Botw DLC. Botw is probably my favorite game ever, but the dlc wasn’t good; it was expensive and gave us little in return. It’s absolutely the worst Nintendo paid DLC of the last 20 years.

The only two DLCs that I have purchased out of this entire list were the Captain Toad DLC, and the BOTW DLC. I enjoyed both of those, though I don't think I have an informed opinion on the subject. I just simply don't buy a whole bunch of DLC. I typically get my fill of each game I play without any needed DLC and don't need any further conclusion. even if the content mentioned is story based. I haven't truly enjoyed any downloadable content since the Xbox 360 era when I was buying Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion expansions.

Mario Kart, i mean. Its not even fair to the other ones

Good list overall.

My top picks would be Smash, BotW, Donkey Kong Adventure, Torna and Octo Expansion.

Not counting MK8 BC or FE Engage yet because those DLCs aren't done, but I've enjoyed those so far. I expect the XB3 story DLC to be great too.

No horse armor for BOTW

Zelda BOTW is probably my favourite game of all Time and I'm old enough for the NES to have been my first console. The Champions Ballad dlc however was utterly non-essential. I did enjoy the Master Trials though (or whatever they are called).
My favourite Switch DLC is the Donkey Kong Rabbids add-on. Marvellous stuff. I am enjoying the Mario Kart tracks too at the moment. Yoshi's Island all the way.

New Pokemon Snap DLC was really good, and free.

Animal Crossing New Horizon's DLC was great, both for what it brought to the game, and also adding Happy Home Designer on.

I think the DLC for Comduct Together deserves to be on this list. Conduct Together is a great time, and more of it is a VERY good thing.

The MK8DX DLC is fantastic value for money.

I also enjoyed the Pokemon SwSh DLC and bought it twice to get all DLC Pokemon.

Smash Ultimate had the height of DLC in my opinion. You can't go wrong with Banjo-Kazooie, Joker, and my personal favorite, Sephiroth.
Next best DLC has got to be Mario + Rabbids DK DLC. Really hoping that Sparks of Hope's Rayman DLC can live up to the high standard they set

Well, there were five fighters in expansion pass one, and another six in pass two, so if you counted Piranha Plant, which was separate, there would actually be another twelve fighters, and thirteen if we count Pyra and Mythra as separate fighters, which I don't. Also, still haven't got the Treasure Tracker DLC for some reason

I've never bought dlc before and am so on the fence about the Animal Crossing dlc. I STILL play it almost daily & am so happy with the game. Do I go the extra mile & buy the dlc, which could disappoint, or just keep playing the original content, which makes my day. Decisions decisions...

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC
2. Horizon Chase - Ayrton Senna DLC
3. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle - Donkey Kong DLC
4. Binding of Isaac - Repentance DLC
5. Into the Breach - free and perfect DLC

The Dead Cells DLC is so much more than Return to Castlevania. All of the DLC (5 addons I think?) add a ton of new biomes and weapons.

Still working down MUA:3 DLC. Certainly got my money’s worth.

I'd say Octo expansion was a pretty groundbreaking DLC in terms of storytelling. It had more story and dialogues than most of the recent Nintendo games combined and I would love to see more Nintendo 1st party story heavy games

Breath of the Wild DLC is the most disappointing DLC I've ever bought but I'm not really surprised to see it tagged as "Best Nintendo Switch DLC".

If we are counting Sunbreak as a dlc, that's obviously the best one.

Why hasn’t Tears of the Kingdom been added to this list yet? Seeing as how it’s jUsT sEvEnTy DoLlAr DlC!!!!!!!

Torna and Future Redeemed are just in their own category. There isn't anything even close. And that's both figuratively and literally. Torna is a stand-alone game, that was sold without Xenoblades 2. You just got it "for free" as part of the DLC pass.

It's almost not really accurate to say it's a good "DLC". It's a good half price game.

Happy Home Paradise should be on this list. While not for everyone gameplay wise, it was a DRASTIC improvement from Happy Home Designer with more content and features. So just like Torna, it was basically a complete new game as an add on.

Given that I often buy complete editions on deep sales, I'm not always aware of what is DLC.

But I do know the Mario & Rabbids DLC was amazing, the tiny cop-car-kart in Wreckfest adds a lot of fun, and more Sniper Elite 4 and Zombie Army 4 is always welcome, although the DLC is overpriced and never on sale apparently. I wish I could speak for the Starfox expansion for the other Ubisoft X Nintendo IP, but even though I bought the game at a very low price, I never got into it because it was marketed in such a way I always associate it with an expensive complicated mess to get into, when I was already burnt out on the whole toys collecting aspect.

@Rimsey I've played it for over 200 hours for sure. It is still missing costumes though isn't it? Never got fixed I think

Torna is the answer. Easily.

Oh man they left off a banger: A Hat In Time’s Nyakuza Metro DLC. No joke one of the best 3D platforming levels I have ever experienced

Nothing from Fire Emblem made the cut? Dang. I feel like I got hours of extra play time from the content added to 3H and Engage. The extra stories are really good too.

@Waluigi451 Yeah, Fire Emblem Engage & Three Houses should of been added to the list especially with how much content the DLC had for those two games.

OK just a couple of minor things on the Mario Kart DLC write up...

1. You need to look up the definition of "brand new" BUT there are a few tracks we hadn't seen before so it's still a good point. There's not 48 of them...!

2. Actually, a lot of people did predict and expect this. It was becoming increasingly obvious that a new Mario Kart would not release until a new Hardware arrived, MK8D was continuing (and still is) selling decent numbers, the likelihood of DLC was actually increasing each year rather than decreasing. I agree that's not normal... but Mario Kart is not a normal game. It behaves in a unique way.

@Uncle_Franklin what a disappointment and missed opportunity that was for luigi

@Aventurier I haven't played it in awhile but I think the Fantastic Four didn't get the same amount of outfits as the rest of the heroes.

Very sad the best DLC I have ever played is missing from this list: A Hat In Time’s Nyakuza Metro. One of the best 3D platforming experiences of all time and easily the best stage in the game. It’s can’t miss

The Booster Course Pack doesn't belong on this list, sorry. It's quantity over quality, it adds a bunch of cheap mobile ports that don't match the game's artstyle or course design.

@cmbaum I was actually disappointed with Nyakuza Metro. They marketed it like it was a GTA clone with that cat costume, but it was mainly just more platforming. Also, the ending was very anticlimactic, you don't really fight The Empress in a true boss battle, you just escape on an elevator and she can't fight you because of the policemen there. It's... fine, but I wouldn't put it in the category of "best DLC" for sure.

Waiting for Side Order to be added to this list

I usually avoid DLC. It kinda depends on if I really REALLY like the game, or if I get it along with the base game on a sale or something.

I did really like the free DLC for Sonic Frontiers though. I haven't even finished the new additional story yet, but I do like the additional challenge. Now if only Sega would let players outside of Japan have the Korone Inugami DLC.

If I was making this list, I would include Powerwash Simulator.

Not a single pokemon game should be on here, their dlc is just as mediocre as the base game.

No classic Doom and Doom2 nor Quake on this list.

Realistically, if you want to go off the number of hours you can sink into a DLC, then really there's only 3 games with DLC big enough to purchase.

Witcher 3 - Blood and Wine alone gives you 30-40 additional hours and Hearts of Stone gives around 15-20. You're not wrong when i call it the gold standard of DLC, it really is.

Monster Hunter Rise - Sunbreak adds on more hours of content than any other DLC on this list.

Skyrim - in terms of hours of content added to a DLC on an already existing game thats available on the Switch, Skyrim does its job nicely, the game is now sold with the DLC too, so you're not even paying extra, theres 3 DLCs, giving around a additional 50 hours of content, possibly more.

Honorable mention for me is BOTW, adds on a nice amount of content, just the content added is a bit lacklustre and boring.

Another honorable mention is Dark Souls 1, i would actually rank this on a list, but im too mad at FromSoft for abandoning Nintendo, i can't place them there.

Smash and MK DLCs greatly increases the size of the game. The Xenoblade Chronicles 2 DLC was superior to the main game. All the XB series DLC is good or outstanding tbf. Witcher 3 awesome sauce o' course

THE Table Game from D3Publisher.

I actually had to wring it out of them with a few emails after they plum-ass forgot to release it, but it unlocked hana-awase. I’ve been playing that almost as long as koi-koi after discovering hanafuda cards back in the early 2000s.

"Tears of the Kingdom and its inevitable DLC have a lot to live up to."
@dartmonkey
Someone's gotta clean up the flavor text!

Happy Home Paradise DLC for ACNH.
I still like to make vacation houses for my clients.

In my opinion I really liked The Breath of the Wild DLC and Mario Kart 8 DLC too.

@Rainbowjames Breath of Wild is my fav too!! 😃

Celeste: Chapter 9 Farewell

Best DLC/update ever. And it was free!

I was really hoping for some pikmin 4 DLC. The extra missions on pikmin 3 were great!

The MK8 DLC cheapened the overall experience for me. It was perfect before, now it has a bunch of lazy ugly levels just sitting there waiting to never be played. It's like if my girlfriend let me start sleeping with her twin, but her twin is fat and never showers. Thanks but no thanks.

@SpaceboyScreams To each their own, but some tracks like Yoshi's Island, Squeaky Clean Sprint, GBA Boo Lake, and GCN Waluigi Stadium feel like base game quality tracks in terms of layout and graphics.

I just wish that Nintendo had released more of their DLC Expansions as stand-alone options like Xenoblade Chronicles 2: The Golden Country. For example, I didn't want Super Mario 3D World again, but I would have bought a stand-alone Bowser's Fury.

I think of the elevator rail found in the Right Leg Depot and at the bottom of a chasm near or on the Great Plateau as the best DLC ever. Even though it seems to be an accident where a Nintendo programmer was just making a light elevator that 4 fans could lift with Link in it, crafty players figured out you could break the railing off the main elevator piece/unit. It's incredibly light, with high air resistance, and is just amazingly fun to build with and play with. It is the basis for "railjets" which are very fast and fun aircraft to fly around Hyrule.
The next best DLC is quantum linking, which allows for very fast electric cars/vehicles in Tears of the Kingdom. Having fast big wheel vehicles is simply awesome due to all the hills, ramps (or things that can be used as ramps), and cliffs to drive off of in the game. So those are my favorite non-DLC DLCs!
In terms of real DLCs, it would be a tie between Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, Yoshi's Island track in Mario Kart, and the awesome Breath of the Wild DLC (oh, and windbombing is also sorta like another awesome user invented DLC!). I've spent so many hours windbombing in BOTW that I think that's my number 2 favorite "DLC".

There's a lot of great DLC for switch and I love that most of the heavy hitters are included in the online. I love Happy Home Designer, the new MK8 tracks and the little bonuses you get for some games. I want to try the Pokemon Violet DLC, but I'm waiting for a sale. I also chose to pick up the Skyrim Anniversary DLC on Switch instead of PC because of all the chaos it's causes with SKSE - best enjoyed vanilla anyways.