Sakurai on why Mewtwo isn’t paid DLC in Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS

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HylianSwordsman said:

Darwinianevolution said:

HylianSwordsman said:

Darwinianevolution said:
The question is: will I be able to get mewtwo even if I just have one version of Smash?

Probably not. They might even release more characters like this to sell both versions. I personally wouldn't mind, so long as they let you play against people online as Mewtwo who don't have the Mewtwo DLC.

But that would be unacceptable! You'd have to pay for a 3DS, a SSB3DS, a WiiU and a SSBWiiU just to get one character. That's a ton of money, even if they add 10 new characters. Releasing the fighters as individual DLC and allowing owners of both versions to get it all for freemakes more sense financially.

They released a full game. You really don't have much to complain about. If you're seriously looking at the purchase of a 3DS or Wii U as being the price of the character, then wow, you're looking at it wrong. You're getting a fucking game system and access to a library of games. This isn't to sell systems, it's to sell copies of the game to people who already have the systems. If Smash isn't going to sell a Wii U to a person, then a single additional character in Smash isn't going to either. Same with the 3DS. Regardless, they've said no paid DLC, so Mewtwo is either a temporary exclusive or they're expecting you to have both systems. Seriously though, who is going to buy a Wii U and only ever play Smash on it? And if they have $300+ dollars to be spending on a single game, then if they don't want to spend a bit more to get the extra character, that's their problem. I seriously cannot imagine someone having such narrow gaming tastes that there would be nothing on Wii U besides Smash that they'd enjoy, and it's even more ridiculous to say that about 3DS. Maybe Smash is what made them buy the system, but really, if a person is honest with themselves, there's at least a few games on Wii U and 3DS that they'd play if they were on other systems. You're acting like a person who owns neither a 3DS or Wii U has to pay around $500 dollars for one character, but that character is not all they're getting, and I refuse to believe that a single person exists who wouldn't get something else out of owning both systems besides access to Mewtwo.

I would like to have a WiiU, but I can only afford one system per gen (plus PC discounts). One of the benefits of portable gaming is that's cheaper than home console gaming. I bought a system and a game, so I would like to get the most from it.