New Battle Pack DLC is Coming to Pokkén Tournament DX Featuring New Characters

Needs more Mienshao

If any fighting game was begging for DLC fighters, this was the one. There are just so many Pokémon to choose from, and I like the two they picked (another Water type!). Here’s hoping there’s more in the future.

EDIT: I just checked the eShop and the bundle is $15. Wow, gouging much?

Yes please, at least the characters will be downloadable this time rather than just taken to the arcade, like all the DX characters were.

Eurgh... I'm quite annoyed about this as DX implies that the game is complete as is.

I would have been more enthusiastic if the more interesting Pokémon were fighters rather than supoorts. Mimikyu would have been an awesome addition to the roster.

... This does not please me. It essentially no longer becomes "DX."

ok enough procastination, I´m buying the game

Blastoise ?!
Wow !
But still No Sawk as playable characters....

Aegislash is a weird choice, but I can get behind Blastoise.

@SanderEvers - Implies it is done and then some. It's like adding more stuff to " Complete" editions. Doesn't necessarily mean complete does it?

So what was the point of claiming that Greninja was the most popular Pokemon in Japan if they ain't gonna add him to the roster of this game? Or was that their excuse to add Ash-Greninja into the main series games?

The rest of the content of the packs will be announce later right? Blastoise is an amazing addition that the game always needed, but two playable characters for paid DLC is disgusting. Needs to be 5-6 minimum to even be worth considering. For such a content shallow game in the first place, paid DLC with two characters is a kick in the teeth

@SanderEvers You aren't getting paid for this, so don't make excuses for lame business practices.

Glad I decided to stick with the Wii U version, this is quickly becoming a cash grab.

@SanderEvers - Would you feel the same way if they added to Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition?

@SanderEvers Yes, it's nice they're adding new characters. They're also charging money for them.

Wow two fighters.

Wow.

Impressive.

And you have to pay for those two.

Wow
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@SanderEvers - Would you also feel the same way if Mortal Combat Komplete Edition added more fighters?

Looking forward to seeing Blastoise in action! Wonder how much this 'battle pack' will cost

Still no Heracross whatsoever? Meh, I take it!

@Melkac It's almost like....people like to be paid...for the work they do...

What an incredible concept. Wow.

Fantastic news! I’ll definitely get it!

Eh, I bought Pokken back in September but I'm not picking up this DLC. I got it when I was up at college as a party game but as the semester went on, we just didn't play it much anymore. Now that I'm finishing my degree at home, I was thinking about trading the game in while can still get over $30 for it! Sorry Aegislash and Blastoise, I love you both, but I think I'm selling my game!

This'll probably get me playing it again. Def getting the DLC.

I'll definitely be picking these guys up. Just hope we'll eventually get more dlc, notably Venusaur and Swampert since by march we'll have 2 kanto and hoenn starters since it feels kind of odd without the 3rd in each case.

Thrilled to see this game still supported. It's a ton of fun and challenging to boot.

@thesilverbrick The price kind of depends on whether you view this from a fighting game point of view or Nintendo one. From the Nintendo point of view, I agree this is expensive since they're dlc has been relatively generous compared to other companies. By fighting game standards, it's pretty standard, as most of them charge about $5 a pop for each dlc character, though I can't argue either way if a support set is worth half a character's price.

@Indielink Wow, the developers behind Mario Odyssey's new 100% gratis DLC must really hate money, then!

For those wanting DLC fighters for Pokken, here's your wish.

Better not be 7 bucks each.

@ASonic3582 Funny thing is, I will complain to high heaven about the pricing but I will still buy them, haha.

@thesilverbrick Same, I would've payed more if need be. I'm just happy we're getting more characters, even if the choices aren't among my favorites

So it’s paid dlc eh? I hope it isn’t higher than $5.

@ASonic3582 I would’ve liked two characters per pack, which would make the pricing a bit more competitive, but hopefully this means they’ll release more fighters in the future, as well.

This was one of my favorite parts of the announcement, even if a lil bit steep on the $.

@Kalmaro Yassssss @ the Mienshao suggestion in the future!!! x.X

Wonder if they have more in store for this game

@Paraka Is DX supposed to mean complete?

I thought it was just something you tagged on to your port to make it sound exciting and new. Like "Super Edition" or "Game of the Year edition".

A little too expensive for me. I don't play the game much to begin with, so I'll pass on this, unless this DLC goes on sale for at least 33% sometime. The only thing in this DLC stuff I'm interested in is Blastoise for that matter, Aegislash and the support sets I couldn't care less for.

Just as I go pick up the game finally, they make DLC for it.

Does this open the door for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC?

@Dizzard - On a Technical level, both can be considered both. Out of basic practice, DX monikers and Complete tags are used unanimously for games that are done done and released on newer systems or extends the lifespan of the game by wrapping it up in a completed bundle.

@IceClimbers - I would personally hope not, missed out before and renting more characters isn't exactly my tea.

@thesilverbrick Ugh I definitely feel you on that price. Like most fighting games will price fighters at around $5-$6 each. Making 2 new fighters w/some support pokemon cost $7.50 a pop is a complete scam imo. In my opinion makes the people complaining about the price of Smash 4 dlc fighters look like a bunch of jokers.

@c2017nlifemedia Free DLC is great but I certainly don't expect it. Good on Mario devs but I do not think Namco is scummy for charging, as most others here seem to think.

@Indielink Yeah because you need to pay for the balloon world mode in mario odyssey and the three costumes.

I've been pronouncing Aegislash wrong this whole time.

@Melkac I don't expect to be given things for free.

And if I had to pay for the Balloon Search mode I probably would've.

@Arcamenel Same... and I'll probably continue to do so.

Ugh. The DLC is so stupidly expensive (as I suspected it would be).

AU$22.50 for two stinkin' characters?!

Support Pokémon aren't even worth mentioning in the same breath as they have so little to offer and their appearances are so brief.

I know I'll end up buying it, but the DLC is a whopping 1/3rd of the price of the (now no longer "full") game!

A DX game got DLC, wonder if it means Mario Kart 8 Deluxe might get some new tracks or characters later on.

Definitely gonna double dip now.

Two obvious choices that I'm thrilled to see. I'm not sure if I should wait it out further for a new version, but if there's really just the one set price, I might just go for it, assuming I can find Pokken Tournament DX at a reduced price...actually, nevermind. I think I know that'll never happen...

@Indielink "I don't expect to be given things for free"
I already paid 60 nibelsnarfing dollars for a barebones game. It's not free.

I am not against paid DLC, not at all. But 15 dollars for only 2 playable characters? When they called them battle packs, I assumed it would be a couple characters each, at least 4 in total for that price.

Nintendo has given up on the Wii U version of this game and it bothers me. We paid 60$ for this game too! Give us some new characters and updates! They have no love for us Wii U folks who hung in there for Nintendo throughout the Wii U's lifetime.

These and future character dlc should, in my opinion, be free.
We paid full price for a ported game, 13 pounds for two new characters isnt something i feel is worth it. The game needs new story modes, which would be worth paying for

While $15 seems steep, it's not so bad when you break the price down. So we got 2 characters and 2 support sets, cut in half that means $7.50 per character and support set. Now within that $7.50 you'd have to to divide up the value into character and support set, while a lot of people don't care about supports they still took modelling rigging and animating like a playable character but just much less of it. Personally I see it as $6 for the character and $1.50 for the support set and $6 is in line with most fighting game dlc since looking at Smash it was $6 for 3rd party characters and somewhat less work goes into Smash characters than most fgs cause smaller move sets and lower quality graphics. Let's just be glad Arc System Works didn't make Pokken, otherwise it'd be $8 for just a character alone lol