Nintendo Will Keep Offering Add-On Content And Free Updates For Its Games

Eh, they usually continue to update it for about a year and then forget about it...maybe they are changing. We'll see...

Hope they do that with Animal Crossing honestly.

Also, really nice to see a lot of NintendoLife articles popping about today

I like Mario party but did really hope for updates.. But none so far. The tennis ones have been fantastic though

Nintendo's blindness to MK8DX has me wondering if there's a new one in the works.

So more incomplete games that will take a year after release until they're worth purchasing, if at all?

(Except Smash)

@Toads-Friend For real...it's surprisingly one of the best selling Switch games yet, so why have they totally ignored it........? >_>

Another dlc for breath of the wild would be appreciated.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Party say hello, Nintendo.

Throw in the last two hearts/stamina chunks for Zelda BotW while you’re at it. My OCD can’t take the incompletion of a not full health bar and stamina wheel, c’mon!!!

Please update Super Mario Party so you can play full board online, and release more boards. Then I will buy it

I know this gets repeated a lot, but Super Mario Party is in need of updates.

It's a 6+ million seller on its way to becoming the biggest entry in the series, but Nintendo's is treating it worse than freaking Captain Toad (a Wii U port that was itself a mere spinoff of a Mario game) in terms of content and QOL updates.

Mk8 DX desperately needs some dlc with new tracks and cups also BOtW could do with some dlc and I would also love something for Mario odyssey

@Zach777 I hear ya! It bugged me too that I couldn’t have full hearts and stamina!

MK8DX superGP (DLC) incoming for surprise E3 reveal and release this holiday season. 3 new cups for $/£20

needless to say everyone wants a mario party update/dlc or whatever... I dont mind pay, just give me new boards, minigames, characters anything...

Well why not some real dlc for Mario Odyssey for the 10 million or so that won't be buying some cardboard VR?

@jtmnm
I was on the free updates or paid dlc for MK8D train.... But I actually do want a new Mario Kat.....9?

It would be great to have the maps brought over, with more maps (new and classics), more characters, items, battle modes and set ups, etc.
Maybe incorporate VR labo (mk VR arcade?)

But I love MK8, still play it every now and then and still impressed on how smooth and good looking it is.
But if they do do DLC, I'll still buy it

+1 for Mario Party updates

Overall I'm not in favour of add on content.
I could see another couple of Mario Kart tracks being released, which would indicate that no new Mario Kart game for many years.

Most extra content is expensive for what it is and would be better saved towards a completely new game. Mario +Rabbids is a good example.

Really hoping they tie in a Mario Kart update when they release Mario Kart Tour. Whether that be a new DLC for MK8 or bringing MK9.

@ImagineerNik Out of curiosity, what games in particular do you mean? The only major ones I can think outside of Smash are the Splatoon games. With Splatoon 2, I honestly thought that there was enough to get started with since we knew that new content was coming out for it which was free. Now, if no new content was coming, then I could see your point, but we knew that they were doing a staggered release, and also Salmon Run and an expanded single-player tended to be a really fun experience which for me at least made the game more than worth its price.

@westman98 I second this.

What about Mario Party? They were radio silent over Halloween and Christmas last year...

@Pirlo_ze_sniper Definitely this. Although, I was a bit disappointed with the 2nd DLC due to not having as much story as I hoped. Hopefully a 3rd DLC would fix this.

Nintendo show the rest of the industry, how to respect its fanbase, and to not fleece them with mirco transactions.

I think they need to:

• Announce Odyssey DLC at E3 this year
• Announce BOTW DLC 3
  Super Mario Party update (free)

(PS: Barely any updates for MK8D, makes me think MK9 is coming out next year. Don't think this year as there's really no other franchises they could bring for 2020.)

@ImagineerNik in fairness to Nintendo, it isn't often that Nintendo releases a game that I feel I have to spend extra to get my money's worth out of the original purchase.

I like that I can come back to these games from up to 2 years ago, like Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 2, and Super Mario Odyssey and have new content to explore. If the Switch is going to have a long life cycle, though, I'd like to see Mario Kart 8 Deluxe get some new DLC cups and battle maps to make the wait for Mario Kart 9 on their next system easier. It's easy enough to pick old favorites to return, but I'd really like to see a track based on Breath of the Wild.
Imagine racing around Great Plateau Circuit, which starts at the Shrine of Awakening, then has you pass by the Temple of Time and past the Old Man's cabin. Then you climb a wall, passing Owa Daim Shrine as you enter the snowy mountains, reach Keh Namut Shrine at the top, then glide down to the forest, where a Stone Talus tries to attack the oncoming racers. After clearing the forest, you pass Oman Au Shrine and the Great Plateau Tower, marking the last stretch of the race, which takes you through ruins occupied by Decayed Guardians, which, as you might guess, shoot beams at the racers. Passing by Ja Baij Shrine and surviving the Guardians will bring the race to an end as you enter the Temple of Time, crossing the finish line at the entrance.
...A track based on New Donk City would be nice, too.

This is great and all, I love these updates, but it concerns me that years in the future, when the servers are no longer online, and you buy an old cartridge, you would only get part of the experience. For example, ARMS and Kirby: Star Allies both have like close to half of their content as free updates.

@jtmnm 16 million and counting doesn't seem like blindness to me
If anything I could see a major update in the future or an expansion pass of some kind maybe double dash tracks and vehicles who knows

@carlos82 they already did with the balloon finder

Really hope Pokemon Sword and Shield are geared towards all these ideas and thought processes. They could make it the very best Pokemon game in a very long time that would easily crush sales if they implemented various free updates in the form of events and new pokemon but Gamefreak loves to walk backwards.

Tennis got a new mode? I missed that news. Need to update my game then. Also VR Labo support for MK8DX pls, and a track pack too. Ill pay.

@LoveEmpath I mean real dlc such as new levels, one thing this game badly missed was a Boo mansion stage

@Gs69
Mario Kart 8 DX already has the DLC (hence the DX). It already has more tracks than any other Mario Kart game. How many tracks do people need nowadays? I'd rather they saved them for Mario Kart 9, so it's not devoid of good ideas. Plus, people to this day still play Goldeneye or Smash Bros Melee, etc. The fact that they were never updated with new backgrounds doesn't matter to people's enjoyment of the game.

@Heywired I’m well aware of that I have mk8 and dlc for Wii u and I have mk8dx but what’s wrong with wanting a little more a few more cups and tracks would be great I’m not bothered about mk9 just yet as I think mk8 still has a lot to offer so rather than pay £50 for a whole new game just give a little extra life to the existing game

@ThatNyteDaez yeah, Nintendo itself doesn't have much to do with the development of mainline Pokémon games.

Regarding all the DLC-begging for something like Mario Odyssey, maybe (God forbid) the creators of Mario Odyssey released a complete game. Maybe the creators of Mario Odyssey actually still have respect for the art form and saw the game as a finished work of art, and don't just see all video games now as ever-expanding amorphous blobs of just "content".

I had thought that perhaps this DLC era had created a generation of whiny, entitled, ungrateful gamers who are never satisfied with anything, who are like children who think they can never have enough ice cream, but then I remember when the Octopath Traveler developers came out and said that the game would release in a complete form and that there would be no DLC, the comment section was huge and the comments were overwhelmingly in praise of them for this, so why do people still beg for DLC for everything? Even for games that have already had DLC...

I also can't understand, particularly in this age of packed release schedules, why anyone would want to be tied down forever to one game that doesn't bloody end, that just keeps bloating itself, instead of spending their time and money on new games and new experiences.

@Haywired the only person whining on this particular comments section is you sometimes if people really enjoy a game and have played it to destruction they would like a little more there are unscrupulous devs out there who make dlc for the sake of it and if people purchase that then that’s their problem the games I have mentioned I would like dlc for are games that I love and still want more experience of them because they were great in the first place

I have a lot of respect for Nintendo, in an era when most publishers are releasing games with barely any content & then charging through the nose for more.. Nintendo are still releasing finished games with free unlockable content & then MORE free content afterwards in many circumstances.

Yes, Nintendo has started charging for a few extras.. but imagine Smash was like many other modern fighters & started with 6 characters?

@Ttimer5 I think DLC is more likely than a 9th entry. It'll be more cost effective, will encourage more people to buy it including those who bought the Wii U game and hasn't had a reason to double dip and it wont cannibalise MK8DX sales.

MK8DX has pretty much been in the top 10 games since it's release and shows no sign of slowing down at all, Nintendo has no reason to spend time, money and resources to make MK9, which would definitely need to show an significant amount of content and gameplay ideas to warrant a sequel (remember Nintendo are not EA or Activision when it comes to their big franchises) especially when an existing cash cow is selling just as well and even better than some of their new releases.

Ok, so how about some.new world's to jump around in on Mario Odyssey, some postgame content for Zelda set after you beat Ganon, more tracks for MK8DX and some new boards for Mario Party?

@Haywired You're the only whiny person here

So if this is really the case, we should be getting announcements soon as from what we know so far Smash will be the only game getting any kind of post launch support after July.

I still want Mario Kart 9 on Switch but doubt it is coming with mk8d still selling well. I would welcome dlc tracks but again doubt it as it is the 'deluxe' version of the game already.

As for more Odyssey or BOTW content Labo VR will be it. Hoping we get another 3D Mario and Zelda on the Switch though.

Yes please! I'll take as much as they'll give me.

In the meantime, I personnally want a few more things in the smash bros stage buldier. More specifically, more textures, ring drawing tool, and more colors.

Going to guess they don't mean they'll keep offering add-on content for Splatoon 2 though because that game already got a heck ton of it. Not that it really needs much more, but just a few little updates would be nice. Concert functionality for the Off the Hook amiibo similar to the Squid Sisters in Splatoon 1, night-mode once Splatfests are over, not letting all those Shifty Station maps go to waste. These alone would be plenty enough, besides some more balance patches.

As for other games, I still wonder why Mario Odyssey hasn't received any proper content updates yet (besides Luigi's Balloon World, which, fun as it might be for some, really isn't that substantial). Aside from that, how about Mario Kart 8 DLC? I'd love to see more tracks getting added, if not a straight-up upgrade to Mario Kart 9.

Whatever the case, I'm not gonna hold my breath for anything and let Nintendo roll out the update surprises at their own pace. One thing I am definitely hoping for though, is for Animal Crossing to get its own 'Splatfest'-ish idea, where it gets its own monthly (or maybe once in two months) online event that people can gather up for in a large area. Maybe for a little contest, maybe to just enjoy spending time together in that area (so long as they give people things to do there), they can have K.K. Slider perform there too (maybe as his D.J. K.K. alternate self). Probably not going to happen though, but hey, it IS by the same developers as Splatoon, I believe.

so wheres the Mario Party dlc?

@hadrian
Yes you are correct. MK8D is a strong seller even for it's 2 year mark. So your correct in that it wouldn't make much sense to sell a new game.
I would love DLC! Add Pauline, Birdo, Kirby, King Toad, some paper Mario partners, more cups and retro cups, battle modes and stages, options.
I would love them add MK VR as dlc for the labo.
I wonder if there will be a huge reveal at E3. MK8 deluxe turns 2 on Sunday if I recall correctly.
I hope they dobadd a little quality update (a bit of an update to the graphics, there are parts that I've noticed pixels and things instead of a smooth look, usually only at replays)

I can hear the complaining now from people who want MK9, but DLC will sell like hot cakes.

i can only hope that the lack of mario party dlc is beacause theyre working on big updates that arent ready to be shown off yet.

like cmon give us anything, characters, boards, more minigames for the sidemodes. everyone is on agreement that SMP isnt delivering enough

@Joeynator3000 are u complaining about free updates for a year? wow spoiled kids these days.

Cool More Updates And more Waiting yaaaaaaaaa... not..

Yeah that's nice as long as they don't hold out (or cut out) content to add in later as dlc like oh so many developers do these days. Kirby and Mario Tennis are perfect examples of this

I'm all for this, but please Nintendo (if you read community forums like this), don't stop Splatfests. Keep them coming!!!!!

Hopefully this includes continued suppport for Splatfests. I’ve never played a spiritfest in SSBU but I join in every Splatfest.

Mario Party really could have used it and it baffles me they'll give updates to Kirby and Mario Tennis before freakin' Mario Party.

I just hope we get more Splatoon 2 despite what they said. I'm not the most avid Splatoon player, but hell if I don't enjoy those Splatfests and some stages coming my way every so often.

(Plus, I think it's the best Nintendo multiplayer title that is far more creative and innovative in all the ways than... that other title, you know.)

@Haywired I wouldn't mind some remastered tracks or some Wii/mk7 as dlc...

Most of the games are solid as they are tbh. Maybe like some said; BotW for full stamina and hearts, Mario Kart 8 (botw, odyssey, double dash tracks?) and definitely Super Mario Party more online support and boards. Smash bros for me is awesome as it is, maybe more customisable for stage builder and much later a few official stages with a few characters but not much beyond that.
Personally not a massive Splatoon fan, sold my copy already so not fussed, but it seems to be well supported

Can Splatfests keep going forever then? I know it's asking too much for Splatoon 3 to be on the Switch.

The games are fine as is. I’m not going to complain about free content, but it is also not needed. Continued support of multiple IPs uses a lot of resources.

@BensonUii ARMS season pass announced (in my wildest dreams)

It will come with a 3d platformer campaign mode where players battle through hordes of baddies (that mostly go down like target guys when you hit training/practice in the online lobby. Some new designs and movement patterns and byte like attacks.)

It will be themed about evil robot characters causing chaos. These robot characters will be the designs of the boxers from the Virtual Boy title Teleroboxer. They will be the characters in the season pass, starting with Harry.