With the way Nintendo has handled the recent Mario Kart 8 DLC, I think many of us are racing our minds at the other DLC Nintendo can put forth. Many have suggested that Super Smash Bros. is the next obvious game, but I'm not so sure. In Mario Kart the tracks are the star of the show, but for Smash, and really any Party Brawler/Fighting game, it's the characters that really shine. Let's pretend that Smash 4 has a 48 player final roster. Short of Nintendo releasing DLC for like $10-$20 in which you recieve 24 new/returning additions to the roster, I can't see Smash DLC NOT feeling like a ripoff.

Even then, not even thinking about price, in addition to the meat of the DLC, being the 16 tracks, you also get 6 new characters, 8 new karts, and 16 new alternate colors if you buy both. What could Smash do? Say the meat is the 24 additional characters. They'd have to add 6-8 new stages, and like 16 alternate costumes for it to feel like a similar deal.

Now getting back to price, Mario Kart 8 did all that for $12. I just don't see that happening with this, and honestly, Nintendo's shot themselves in the foot with such a good price, because now I look at $20 as a bit much for all of that. I just don't see anything that doesn't feel like a ripoff happening with smash.

But lets say Smash followed the Mario Kart 8 model. This is what I'd feel would be a good deal. Two packs. Each for $10 each. If you buy the bundled, it's $15.

Pack 1:

12 characters:

Mewtwo

Lucas

King K Rool

Pig Ganon

Wolf

Masked Man (Claus)

Dixie Kong

Isaac

Chorus Men

Vaati

Geno

Silax

8 alternate costumes:

OoT Ganondorf - Ganondorf

Proto Man - Mega Man

Fusion Suit - Samus

NES Bathing Suit - Zero Suit Samus

OoT Link - Link

Raichu - Pikachu

Daisy - Peach

Ms. Pac Man

4 stages:

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Pack 2 follows the same structure and would release six months later.

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Now the point isn't to speculate what the DLC characters could be, but to lay out just how much content it would need. I have trouble believing that it's more work to make a character model than a track, but they have to also balance and make everything twice. Would the DLC work for both? Would you it be cross buy? I just don't see it working out for Smash.

Zelda on the other hand... Oops. That's another thread.

Bringing back Ice Climbers.

I think your asking for too much. Sakurai=/=Nintendo in a sense, sort of like gamefreak with pokemon.

Beside Sakurai is content to put everything into SSB from the get go, only DLC i see coming is day 1 for SSBU because to hold out characters from the 3ds intill then.

Also adding a ton of fighters is alot, i mean alot. The roster is already huge, we already going to have 50+ characters in a fighting game. If i were any of you, i wouldnt expect dlc, this coming from a hardcore Nintendo who's favorite franchise of all time is SSB

I say make any future characters free DLC but have any additional stages be paid DLC that comes with additional modes like 6 stages + 2 new modes for $7 or something

I want some kind of dlc, but 12 new characters? Too much

I don't want and DLC for smash. I think it would be a rip off. I'm just saying that this is the only way it wouldn't feel like a rip off to me, and it's completely unrealistic.

Way too much. In a game where people are content with playing on just Final Destination, just that for $7 is a ripoff. People play smash for the characters, not the stages.

What was done for MK8 is ultimately much less complicated than what Sakurai would have to do for Smash characters because of balancing issues and all of that. If he does character DLC at all (which I honestly doubt he will), it'll probably be 3 or 4 characters for $10.

No, 24 new characters. As in, trying to match Mario Kart 8 in content.

Which would be a rip off and complete bullshit. The Naruto fighting games have rosters of like 80+.