So now the whole game is dlc? Wow, what is this world coming to...? : P

Thanks for pointing that out too.

It seems that way to me. You're trying out something to get a feel of the game, and to see if you will like it or not. Isn't that what a demo is?

Uncharted demo on the psn store literally lets you play the first few levels of the finished game. Same with the journey demo. Same with flower.

Those are the few games off the top of my head, they are all labelled as demos, and they have all been doing this since last gen.

Nintendo didn't create something new here, this has all been done before by the rest of the industry for a while now, regardless of whether they call it "demo" or "free to start"

Demos often feature a non-final version of the game and therefore may play differently to the completed product. In this case you get to try the final version of the game so I can understand why some would like to call it something else.

That's a fair point and makes sense, since that is what you're literally doing here.

wouldn't that be a beta trial if you're playing something that won't be in the final game?

There are many demos out there that have you play the first few levels of a complete finished game. Bravely default also lets you carry over any progress from the demo to the main game should you choose to buy it. Nintendo didn't create something by giving something a new name

True, but Idk,   if you download say uncharted demo, then purchase full game do you continue where you left off from the demo version?

Atlus does this kind of demo all the time. It's still a demo for the full game. Save data carries over as well.

Yeah OK that's the same I guess.  I'm still old skool tho remember getting like demo discs psone ages before games came out. To me that's a demo. 

idk, I didnt download my copy of uncharted, I bought it physically.

I know bravely default does let you transfer over demo playthrough though, so this has definitely been done