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Nintendo’s Masahiro Sakurai, who is overseeing Super Smash Bros. Wii U, briefly touches upon his idea of what DLC should be.
New Super Mario Bros. U has been a great success for Nintendo, not just in terms of sales but also in terms of how much downloadable content has been purchased, judging by early figures from Japan alone. Nintendo EAD designed Mario’s DLC in the form of an add-on chapter that provides various optional benefits with the side-story.
Why then, was Super Smash Bros. Wii U not a part of the DLC plans for New Super Mario Bros. U? It would’ve made sense—both New Super Mario Bros. U and Super Smash Bros. Wii U are Nintendo Wii U games, after all.
Nintendo’s Masahiro Sakurai-senpai, who is overseeing Super Smash Bros. Wii U, tells a magazine that we’ve never actually read before that it’s because Nintendo felt that DLC should be based on the game it’s being included in, and provide more content for existing fans, instead of disappointing them with something different.
Sakurai-kun added that, if you intend to do a collaboration like Super Smash Bros. Wii U, which is intended for a different audience, it’s best to keep it separate from the main game.
As previously mentioned, Sakurai-chan hinted that Super Smash Bros. Wii U will take place at least partly in the modern world, so it makes sense that the game isn’t aimed at the exact same audience that enjoys traditional Super Bros. of Mario games.
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This is… amazing!
Why any Mario spin-off is a separate game and not DLC?
The question of the ages. And why can’t they just make the next Metroid game into Nintendoland DLC?
It just doesn’t make sense. That’s why journalists like me have to get to the bottom of the issue.
Necessary/10
I didn’t even know that Nintendo had any DLC
Pokemon DLC is the wave of the future.
Oh my Arceus…
Not enough videos and pictures/pixiv fanart. Go back to journalism school.
Doesn’t matter, at Evo 2013.
E-Sports master race.
I don’t know if Ninty fans can be considered masters of anything other than drooling on themselves.
Actually, they’re known for always “tripping” over themselves.
`3`
Perhaps they can “wavedash” themselves into a woodchipper for me. (pun champ 2013)
Another nintendo babby game, move along.
12/10 because I hate Siliconera with the force of a thousand dicks ejaculating at once.