Super Mario Maker DLC Confirmed, Famitsu's Mascot Necky The Fox Coming Soon

Tatanga, Princess Daisy, and Captain Syrup.

Super Mario Land for life, yo.

@EllenJMiller Couldn't agree more. That'd be awesome.

I hope that Nintendo Power's Nester becomes a playable character too!

@Plainsville I'm also holding out for Tatanga and Captain Syrup for Mario Kart 8, along with Professor E. Gadd.

Awesome! I wonder what the first DLC will be for the west and hopefully most, if not all of it will be free!

Maybe no DLC might be a better idea. Perhaps more amiibo surrport with future amiibo's but save the DLC for the future Super Mario Maker releases. Mayomoto did mention that Mario Maker could become a series if it was popular, so I think another Mario Maker for NX would be possible with more new ideas.

Looks like I gotta start packing my bags for Japan, I could've been playing this since yesterday
Lol

@EllenJMiller And Wart, since we're all in with neglected villains (although Captain Syrup is Wario'enemy!)

Ok, you already know that I'm going to ask for the Koopalings so...

I want Patrick Moore's giant disembodied head.

Since it's known that the special game-specific power-ups aren't in this, I hope they add those back in first. I'd like my Frog/Tanooki/Hammer Bro. suits back.

I want to see more skins. Like Wooly or Clay or Yarn.
And I want to use Olimar.
And Slopes please??

More skins wouldn't interest me as I've got plenty of amiibo, more would feel excessive. Slopes and Tanooki/Frog suits would be welcome but rather as a free update. I was a little miffed to learn they wouldn't be included. DLC I'd definitely purchase would be more game themes, such as Super Mario 2 or either of the Mario Land games but I'm not really expecting that. Mario Land Maker could be a 3DS game though one day.

@vitalemrecords You can already use Olimar.

I felt this was obvious, every main Wii U game since Mario Kart 8 has had DLC in some form and I'm glad this is no different.

@Grumblevolcano
Unless you count amiibo as DLC neither Catain Toad or Rainbow Curse had DLC.

I would love to see Judd, DJ Octavio, Captain Cuddlefish, Captain Toad, the Koopalings, and Shovel Knight

Waluigi time?

I agree with the Idea of bringing in characters from Super Mario Land and so on. But what I really want is the ability to create complete worlds. To built at least one complete game on my own.

I'm sure that, in the interests of fairness and ensuring compatibility with Japanese level creators, the west will get the Necky DLC. We got the similarly incomprehensible Squid Girl DLC costume for Splatoon; we'll get this too... though likely at a later date and with no real fanfare.

Give me slopes, checkpoints and more enemies and I'll be happy. JUST KEEP DAISY OUT OF THIS GAME PLEASE

@Grumblevolcano Cool - thanks - I haven't really looked into it a ton - after I heard no slopes, it sort of killed my buzz for it.

@ryando I'm sorry - I didn't mean for the amiibos - I meant like we have Super Mario World, and Super Mario Bros art themes - I would want Woolly and Yarn and Clay for the level designs.

Wonder if they'll charge 25 cents for his shirt and 50 cents for his gloves?

I saw a video of the girl squid amiibo in action and I have to say the transformation from girl to squid was very cool, but I'm not crazy enough to count the cost of amiibo towards their inclusion in SMM.

...Super Mario Land?...Please?

If the supposed DLC ends up being nothing but more costumes that'll be a major let down.
Original SMB only, can't start the level with one and it's gone as soon as an enemy hits you? No thanks. The amiibo costumes have been the most disappointing thing about this game so far. That and using 8-Bit SMB3 instead of 16-Bit.

If we get DLC I would love to see more enemies and blocks from mario 3/world but I'm happy with skins too!

If anything I'm happy they are actually doing dlc.

I think Nintendo should get Sega and (whoever owns) Hudson on board and get a Sonic Maker and Adventure Island maker DLC. The possibilities are endless.

Koopa Troopa.

I just want world-making and a true music composer. But I definitely wouldn't ming new characters and background styles.

I'm a little worried about what the cost of the DLC will be, especially after seeing the prices on Smash. I hope they keep it reasonable.

How about some Startropics love?

Wow, I thought this article was a joke at first. Glad it's not though!

Mario 2 is as far as I know, the only style missing unless you want to count Land and World 2.

Hopefully it'll also come to the West since I hate content only being made available to specific regions. Plus, I find it fun to play as different characters even when I have no idea who they are.

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This may be a dumb question, but do the "costumes" do anything besides change the cosmetic look of Mario?

I personally would rather have future dlc for Super Mario Maker include the other 2D Mario games, such as Super Mario Bros. 2 or Mario Land. I know that Mario 2 would bring a challenge since the controls are unique....but it could be done!

I wouldn't mind if this dlc came to North America...

My DLC dream would be for a overworld map maker like Mario 3 and World where you draw out maps and add your levels in so they link together on a overall map, also add in secret exits like World that go to secret levels you create etc. But a dream hopefully reality maybe.

Wart as an enemy please!

I'd like to see DQ's slime be playable. It'd be great. ;P

To be fair, i couldnt think of a better game for DLC.
Asset Packs, Styles, Power Ups. This could truely be infinite.

I like the idea of Daisy. She has been absent from a lot of stuff lately. It'd be great if we could get blocks from other 8-bit and 16-bit Nintendo games, but I know that is a stretch. Maybe the ability to design your own blocks.

More background themes, please. Forest of Illusion, Star World, maybe even some kind of switch palace/bonus room kind of thing.

I've been wondering if the lack of slopes is due to an effort to keep the creation process easier, or because SMB didn't have any. It shouldn't matter if slopes are out of place in that style, since airships are out of place in SMW yet there they are. I think it's to do with the grid method of filling the space they're using, the tool would just have to have more complex options in order to define non-squared terrain.

What contraptions would people like to see, though, if they could add some in? Those countdown platforms from SMW? Ground panels that rise or lower only when stood on? So many levels relied on items like this in the original games, but would they get repetitive if they were available to use? And I could certainly see adding in boss rooms and and a few Boom Boom type bosses with a few attack patterns each.

I agree that the amiibo costumes are amusing, but too limited a thing to get too excited about DLC that only adds more of those. Giving them an actual power up ability (Link's arrows, Kirby's float, etc.) would make it a lot more interesting, but it's a bit late for that since none of the current ones can do that.

I'd love to see more themes like Super Mario Bros 2 and Mario Land (complete with monochrome Game Boy filter).

@pherret022 captains toads Amiibo update was DLC as it was not on disk day 1 but I get your point.

Mario party 10 had 0 dlc unless you count Amiibo, but you don't DL Amiibo figures to your 3D printer do you?

Forget new character DLC, just give me something I can do with all my amiibo that others who don't own them can't. That was the whole premise of amiibo after all. Tired of the content I pay for being given away as "unlockables". It relegates the content value to near zilch.

With that in mind, I'd like to see the amiibo characters available in the other modes.

Please BOOM BOOM! <3

WHAT?! I don't get it.

I hope they add Super Mario Land items as DLC. It would be nice to make levels with bomb koopas (Nokobon), Goombos (Chibibo), and the bounce ball power up.

Wouldn't it be great if this game had FREE DLC? Is that still a thing?

Hopefully it's free DLC like the Mercedes DLC in Mario Kart 8.

Many people are saying this needs more themes, level designs, enemies, and power-ups, and a world maker. However, unless this is getting a port to the NX, I would rather save that stuff for Super Mario Maker 2. Maybe don't hate me....

@EllenJMiller I would do anything for a Super Mario Land 1 & 2 DLC Pack!!

@Soren Splatoon

@Totaldude911 That's not DLC, it was on disc content being unlocked over a period of time.

@Soren Not really. Only the original portions of it such as Splat Zones, 4 maps, and a few other weapons (although several of the weapons were also incomplete) were on disc, but after that, the other content was completely off-disc. Although technically speaking, they aren't really free DLC, more like free Updates.

@Aromaiden True. Too bad most other Nintendo games don't have free DLC/updates.

@Soren The Witcher 3

Article is confusing. Title says "Super Mario Maker DLC CONFIRMED". Then the article says no official DLC has been confirmed, just some youtuber speculating...then one sentence later says the first round of DLC will be costumes.

The game definitely needs DLC though and I hope they don't charge for it, at least at first. They left out a lot of obvious inclusions so if they release DLC packs with obvious stuff like the tanooki suit, slopes, checkpoints, desert world setting, etc, it's just going to feel like stuff that was cut from the game in order to sell back to the customers at a later date.

@Totaldude911 Sorry, I meant Nintendo. Witcher 3 is a good example of free DLC, though.

I'd enjoy anyone from the fan-made Super Mario Crossover. Simon Belmont and Ryu (Ninja Gaiden) for sure!

@EllenJMiller When will Nintendo listen to its fans and put Stanley the Bugman in Smash?

I do wonder: Is this stuff also available when you download a level with the character in it? Because I heard that all the characters that have Amiibo can also be unlocked by downloading levels featuring them. But of course Necky doesn't have a Amiibo (yet).

I know it might be a bit of a stretch, but I really want to see some Super Paper Mario costumes in there. SPM was - and always will be - my favorite Paper Mario game, if not my favorite Mario game in general. I just think it'd be pretty cool goin around as someone like Mr.L, Mimi or Count Blek. It's a stretch, but SPM was a platformer itself. So I guess it can KINDA happen. Eh.

@SMW

Waluigi is already in the game, you must beat 100 Mario Challenge on Easy to unlock him.

I doubt it will be a Magazine Mascot if there is DLC outside Japan due to no video game magazines currently active has mascots. Nintendo Power has ceased production.

SLOPES AND CHECKPOINTS! That is all I need.

No idea what that character is, but DLC sounds great.
I'd like to see more ways to change the behaviour and staus of enemies.
Would be nice to have proper tools to create unique boss battles.

It would be HILARIOUS to see Iwata, Reggie, and Miyamoto become costumes. But where are Mouser, Birdo, and Wart? Mario 2 is my favorite of the NES Trilogy, even though it isn't a Mario game. Actually, a Mario 2 level pack would be awesome! Turnips, Keys, Vases! The list goes on! AND DO NOT DARE TO SAY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE 1 CHARACTER. It would be like playing Mario for the whole time. I can dig it. #Mario2ForMarioMakerDLC

super Mario bros 2 (american version) Dlc would be great for Mario maker. I dont understand why they left it out but still Mario maker is an awesome game.

I'm surprised we don't have a Daisy costume. I'd like that.