UPDATE
Okay, some clarification.
This is what seems to be the case.
The localized version of Fantasy Life has the online multiplayer from the Japanese Link re-release of the game.
Everything else that came in the Link update is in the day 1 dlc.
So either you could see it as "Nintendo leaves out everything from Link update to sell as day 1 dlc" or "Nintendo includes online from fantasy life link in the game", your choice.
I personally find it very disappointing that we don't get the complete Link version on the cart when it came out so long ago in Japan.
ORIGINAL POST
So yesterday Nintendo announced day 1 dlc called Origin Island for the upcoming 3DS rpg Fantasy Life.
The problem with this is that the dlc is actually content cut from the Japanese version of the game.
The english version of Fantasy Life is the updated re-release called Fantasy Life Link in Japan, one of the features added in that re-release was Origin Island (as seen in this article) and now they've actually removing it from the game to sell it to us?
Ninetndo is so inconsistent about the way they handle dlc.
On one hand we get the "we are absolutely not cutting anything out of the game and all dlc are produced after the game is done" and then we get stuff like this.
And for once we actually know the content is done and just cut out.
Why couldn't they just put everything on the cart?
And of course the gaming "media" have made no mention of this anywhere...
And yes, Nintendo is the publisher of the game.
Okay, some clarification.
This is what seems to be the case.
The localized version of Fantasy Life has the online multiplayer from the Japanese Link re-release of the game.
Everything else that came in the Link update is in the day 1 dlc.
So either you could see it as "Nintendo leaves out everything from Link update to sell as day 1 dlc" or "Nintendo includes online from fantasy life link in the game", your choice.
I personally find it very disappointing that we don't get the complete Link version on the cart when it came out so long ago in Japan.
ORIGINAL POST
So yesterday Nintendo announced day 1 dlc called Origin Island for the upcoming 3DS rpg Fantasy Life.
The problem with this is that the dlc is actually content cut from the Japanese version of the game.
The english version of Fantasy Life is the updated re-release called Fantasy Life Link in Japan, one of the features added in that re-release was Origin Island (as seen in this article) and now they've actually removing it from the game to sell it to us?
Ninetndo is so inconsistent about the way they handle dlc.
On one hand we get the "we are absolutely not cutting anything out of the game and all dlc are produced after the game is done" and then we get stuff like this.
And for once we actually know the content is done and just cut out.
Why couldn't they just put everything on the cart?
And of course the gaming "media" have made no mention of this anywhere...
And yes, Nintendo is the publisher of the game.