Season pass used to be a bad word – now Nintendo’s saying it all the time!
Breath of the Wild may be receiving perfect scores from around the industry, but its recent DLC expansion pass announcement was not met with as much enthusiasm. Simeon and Scott take a look at Nintendo’s downloadable content track record today before discussing the promise of added content for Link’s newest adventure. How are you feeling about the opportunity to pay to play more of Hyrule’s open world? Sound off in the comments below!
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Scott
Scott is an author and a lifelong fan of video games.
Conqueror of punishing platformers such as Celeste, Super Meat Boy, N+, The Impossible Game, and Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels.
You can find him constantly changing his main character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, stuck inside a VR headset, or helplessly addicted to Fortnite.
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Nintendo’s handling of DLC has been a very mixed bag. I think season passes are fine – they very reasonably priced the additional courses and characters for Mario Golf: World Tour on the 3DS, but it could be argued that roughly $4-5 a pop for a new character in Smash Bros is a bit on the expensive side. If one were to get all of the DLC, it would over double the price of the 3DS version. The upcoming Fire Emblem DLC on 3DS totals like $45 I think. Free DLC like what is promised for ARMS is great, though. So it truly is a mixed bag with them, in my opinion.