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[Dr. Wilkinson]

I do wonder if DK island is modeled off the Donkey Kong 64 island. I wonder if there will be similarities.

Well you can tell just by watching the trailer. It uses the DK 64 theme song while walking around the island from that game but the layout is nothing like DK 64.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

You can visit the island but can't activate the new mode unless you beat the story I believe. This is $14.99 max.

It's $19.99 USD. To be clear you can't access the island without getting the DLC. It is not an area in the base game it is just a landmark on the side of the map, but otherwise inaccessible.

 

[Krathoon]

Well you can tell just by watching the trailer. It uses the DK 64 theme song while walking around the island from that game but the layout is nothing like DK 64.

Yeah. It is one of those cases where they take artistic license. Gotta make their own version.

 

[T-0800]

Meanwhile AstroBot gets free content.

 

[Germuso]

Iwata will never let this anticonsumer shit happens.

Nintendo shat on his grave.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Well, it is kind of obnoxious that they had this DLC done way ahead of time. It is essentially the aftergame like in a Mario game.

Is this proven or just conjecture due to 2 month window?

 

[Scrawnton]

On one hand, Bananza is packed with content and it easily justifies its $70 price tag. On the other hand, it's obvious this was cut from the game and added as DLC for more money.

It's annoying they did this but I don't feel ripped off with what I got from Bananza.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

On one hand, Bananza is packed with content and it easily justifies its $70 price tag. On the other hand, it's obvious this was cut from the game and added as DLC for more money.

It's annoying they did this but I don't feel ripped off with what I got from Bananza.

Best for everyone to not buy it. It doesn't look interesting! It looks like 45 minutes of Sisyphean suffering!

I'm not sure if playing more of the base game would make me feel differently. Don't reward them, stick to their games that never go on sale.

 

[touchfuzzy]

I haven't seen the base game for sale for $80 in any other currency that actually uses a dollar sign.

It's $100 in Canada. DLC is $30

 

[Krathoon]

I am not too keen on paying $70 for Kirby Air Riders.

 

[Zannegan]

I don't love this. I've got a kind of anti-FOMO issue where knowing there is DLC early-on makes me want to wait until there's a complete/GotY version.

 

[TheChadOfGaming]

so is dk island its own layer or is it just for the emerald collecting things

 

[Dorfdad]

I just made a new Meme we can all use for Nintendo and them prices!

 

[Nvzman]

Iwata will never let this anticonsumer shit happens.

Nintendo shat on his grave.

Nintendo has been charging out the ass for their stuff since the dawn of time, it's some serious revisionist history to suggest their expensive crap has to do with the passing of Iwata. This is the same company that charged $30 for a SNES ROM on a Wii disc, charged $30 for literal game and watch emulators on GBA, some N64 games costing $80 in 1996, forced people to buy new Wii remotes to play Skyward Sword, etc.

I could go on. They've always nickel and dimed the shit out you. People just forgot it wasn't always cheap, games now are still cheaper than they were in the 80s and 90s, technically if you adjust for inflation, $60 games in 2006 would be like $90 now.

 

[blacktout]

It's $100 in Canada. DLC is $30

I know it's more than $70 in some regions that denominate currency in dollars (I think it might be even more in Australia), but I don't know of any region where it's exactly $10 more than the USD price, which is what I'm constantly seeing thrown around. It's hard to believe someone is referring to anything but USD when they say "$90 Mario Kart" or "$80 Donkey Kong," since these games are actually *more expensive* in other dollar currencies, so the "but other regions" schtick when someone pushes back on these arguments feels disingenuous to me.