Part Two Of The Wonderful 101: Remastered's Free Stretch-Goal DLC Is Available Now

I was wondering what happened to the dlc. Glad to see that it's free. Definitely gonna jump back into the game to play it

Is this that april fools joke come to life? Or something entirely separate

So those of us who paid a higher price for the Kickstarter so that we could get the DLC just paid a higher price than someone who bought it at retail for no reason whatsoever. Sweet.

i dont think you could try harder to come up with a more random and weird piece of news ever. why platinum?????????

@thesilverbrick thought that is what kickstarter was all about. fans helping people do realize their projects. its not like you would get anything, if other people had to pay for the dlc...

I really enjoyed W101 on the Wii U, the Switch version felt forced and didn’t control well. I find it strange they’ve released this so late but I’m happy to give it a go.

Got this game awhile ago and still haven’t played it. I will pop it in the Switch to get the free DLC though. Thanks for heads up Nintendo Life!

@iDidSomething Kickstart backers often get some sort of bonus reward(s). In this instance, Platinum made it sound like there would be paid DLC but that Kickstart backers would receive it for free as a thanks for their support. This promise was a high motivator for some people to back the project.

@thesilverbrick Crowd funding is stupid at every level and you took part. That is on you. Lesson learned hopefully. Thanks for donating to Platinum's balance sheet though.

This is my WRUP for the weekend for sure.

@iDidSomething the stretch goal advertised it as "paid DLC" that would be free for all backers (aka an imcentive to back it), and considering everything else that went wrong with the KS, it's just another slap in the face to anyone who backed it.

@Cashews all we've actually learned is to not back the Kickstarter of a company who could afford to do it regardless.

@imadeanaccount Yesterday they did the developer diary. Today this. Platinum tends to throw a lot of things at once at you when they are about to do things. I hope they have a big announcement soon. A mega-collaboration would be fun.

@Cashews This was the first and only game I’ve ever backed on Kickstarter. I did it because at the time I was told I was going to get it earlier than everyone else and pay a slightly lower price for the game and the DLC combined. It seems like a good deal. And then when the game launched, they had issues shipping it, and I received it a couple weeks later than the retail launch and now the DLC is just being given to everybody for free. I paid more money than your average customer just to get the game late and zero bonuses with it. Lesson learned.

@iDidSomething I don’t want other people to have to pay for the DLC out of spite, I’m just irritated that I and many others effectively already paid for the DLC and it’s now free. Sure, give it for free to everybody, but send those original backers a little something extra to offset the higher cost they paid. I’ve learned a valuable lesson here and will never be backing another game on Kickstarter again.

@thesilverbrick I think most of us has learned a lesson or eight concerning kickstarter over the years. Regardless of how I feel about the developers - I fight crowdfunding at every level. I believe with my entire heart it is an outright scam. When people get their feelings hurt over the subject my heart and mind are satiated - the job done

It was fun for the funders to watch the Occulus guys get filthy rich off of their "donations" while becoming Facebook's virtual business app was an early, and especially infuriating, one.

@Cashews You’re definitely right. In most cases crowdfunding is absolutely a scam, especially in the case of this game, which did not need to be crowdfunded. I can see the merit of crowdfunding for smaller ambitious indie titles, but a port of a game originally published by a major studio absolutely does not need crowdfunding to get off the ground.

@thesilverbrick you have to make mistakes in order to learn from them, as hard as some of them can be. Been there done that myself many a time, the important thing is to take heed of the lesson learned

@Jacoby Alongside Nier Automata and Bayonetta(s), this is one of the best action games the Switch has to offer.

I had forgotten about this but I'm glad it's finally getting released.

It seems like Platinum should just try and release a full 2D side-scroller at this point.

@thesilverbrick my last thing: I think you should get something that no one else got as well. Cheers and fingers crossed for you and those like you.

The game‘s performance on Switch is both laughable and depressing, it effectively stopped me playing this game. Why didn’t they improve (or even fix) it by reducing resolution? It is clearly most often GPU constrained.

I was just wondering about this game. Glad the Dlc is free.

Ooh free dlc!
(Also please don’t let this dissuade people from backing games on Kickstarter. Just because this had some issues doesn’t mean all Kickstarter projects are scams.)

@JohnnyMind Apparently, in the mindset lf these people, some bad cases "prove their point" despite of many more without any major issues. Individuals do it in general, but you can see this happening a lot on gaming with themes like crowdfunding and free to play games. For them, there's no separation between what they dislike and something that is objectively wrong.

Finally, let’s see if the performance has been improved.

Haven't gotten this game, but one day I will. That is if I ever see a physical copy in the wild. I may get the DLC in preparation for that day.

Or I could just buy a copy of the Wii U version.

@HammerGalladeBro I bought (Amazon) a physical a few years ago for a really low price. Right now it is under $30. Which is extremely low for the package imo.

@roy130390 some bad cases? If I were inclined (I'm not) I could rattle off dozens without referencing anything. If I were more inclined (less so) I could list out 100s.

I could successfully argue that most of crowdfunding is unnecessary. I could successfully argue that 100% of placing the burden of game creation on the consumer is wrong. I can also argue, successfully, that the lack of incentive has created a lazy developer. I can point out example after example after example of developers choosing to leave the confines of a traditional path - company > create > product > profit - in order to basically do nothing while begging the public to furnish their do-nothing lifestyle. A brain drain on actual good games > while feeding bad ones.

These things are fine if you finance it yourself. But you are begging the literal most unsophisticated consumer group in the world - gamers - and pandering to their base desires in order to fund your dreams - however frivolous or noble they are.

Christ I can point to an NL article yesterday of that same pandering. It is so obvious and ******** but people will still fall for it every time. "I'm making Golden Sun. You like Golden Sun don't you?"

@Cashews Yup, some. You could make a list of a thousand gone wrong, but if a hundred thousands went right or take responsibility and refund if they fail, it's still some. Very few, actually, because the success rate is way bigger than those projects that actually scammed people.

You would argue unsuccessfully all of that, but go ahead if you will.

@roy130390 I've got one - Wonderful 101 by Platinum. News update today - people who put money towards it reasonably upset. In the next year more stories of these will come out than success stories by an enormous margin. Then count the failures of games in limbo Then look at the past 8 years of game development and you will find countless examples. Games like Star Citizen and Camelot Unchained - out in the open scams.

anyway, enough of all that I've made my point for today. Cheers, gl and hf

@Cashews Success rate would still be bigger than projects that were actual scams because many actually refund the money but sure, cheers. Have a nice day.

Cool! It actually happened. I was looking for update like a couple months ago.

@thesilverbrick Did… we pay more? I thought I just paid retail price on Kickstarter. Hmm, you may be right. I guess the higher tears did advertise this DLC as one of the incentives… although I also thought a stretch goal was basically “if we get enough money, aka orders, we’ll make this dlc for everyone.” Idk, I can’t remember exactly how it worked, so not sure who should be upset, if anyone…

@Cashews I think crowdfunding is completely fine for indie developers who can't rely on funding from publishers. Have to get started somehow. But for a developer like Platinum games which has partnered with plenty of publishers in the past, it feels a bit greedy.

There are a few crowdfunded games that delivered everything they promised. Hollow Knight and Shovel Knight come to mind first, although it took a long time. But I think the wait was worth it. That said, there are even more cases of scams and undelivered promises.

This DLC is a lot of fun, in case anyone is curious 😎

@thesilverbrick I'm thinking Platinum gave this out for free because of how rocky the whole Kickstarter has been from the start, trying to get into contact with all of the backers to give them a download code would probably lead to more problems. People not receiving codes, codes not working, codes being sent to deleted email addresses etc. I'm a backer, and while I'm disappointed I ended up paying for this now free DLC, I still think this is the easiest distribution method.

I only started playing this today and noticed the clumsy character Wonder-Blue's name is Luka. Made me laugh.

@Tourtus Good and nuanced thoughts. This deserved a billion upvotes.

A DLC with multiple modes of its own? It sounds like a full indie game but is a free bonus.

@Tourtus @thesilverbrick

I was giving y'alls situation more thought - it bugged me. What about this as a solution?
If Platinum did everything they could in good faith to obtain your emails - finding either a username or a return email to ask for a username (or realone). Then what I'd do is make a special credit page in-game as a small patch.
That is what I would do. Make amends to their best customers and give you something that would last forever - imo something better than a skin or trinket. Imo, you were a part of the game's creation and I think it would be fitting.

I'm considering trying to solicit these folks. Sometimes I can have a way with the pen.

@Cashews Depending on what tier you backed, you'd be credited on the Platinum Games website, the comic book, the art book or all three. It's a possibility that they'd add backer names to the credits, but I remember them stating early on they wouldn't do that but that could change.

Is just a weird timing in between all these big game releases.

@Eddyson Platinum doesn't have any releases. Plenty of people on my friend's list are not playing Zelda - me included.

@Cashews Kickstarter does amazing things for the board game scene. I've backed dozens of board games and have never been burned. It allows individuals or small teams to pitch a game that would have never found a publisher and get their manufacturing costs covered. Typically, those games are designed and play tested already and can be presented very much as it will be released and have a clear timeline for production.

Video game Kickstarters tend to just be asking for money based on a concept and a timeline that's about 3 years off. So they're asking for payroll. And if the Kickstarter money runs out before the payroll does, oh well, guess we can't make it after all.

So that's my big question for any Kickstarter project. Are you asking for payroll or manufacturing cost?

Wow, color me surprised and VERY impressed. I honestly thought this was quietly dropped and never coming out.

Way to stick to your promises Platinum 👏

I played through Part 1 and was pleasantly surprised. It’s really fun. Looking forward to playing through Part 2 this weekend.

@Cashews I wasn't just talking about Zelda..

OMG YES! NEW DLC!