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[OricWindstar]

Why couldn't they have given Ganondorf a clone of the moveset?

He's even given a horse in his intro...

It's becoming his trademark to have a weapon that he never uses.

Awesome DLC!

 

[StreetsAhead]

I do hope that the other new weapon isn't for Link...

Spoiler

or Lana.

 

[LumpOfCole]

His horse is officially named triforce btw

Not trifhorse?

 

[Golnei]

It's becoming his trademark to have a weapon that he never uses.

Awesome DLC!

An impressive-looking horse...but nothing more.

What are you sending it away for? Ride it! People tend to make fun of Ganondorf for this.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

I like how they're getting real creative with these weapon sets with this and Link's final one in the base game.

With 19 characters including DLC the alternate weapon sets wiLL increase that to over 30 unique play styles which I haven't really seen in the licensed Musou.

Hoping this means Midna's true form is a weapon and not a DLC character. Though who else could the Twilight Princess one be?

I know who it should have been. GROOSE.

Why wasn't this in the base game?

Horses are so convinient to get to the other side of the map!

None of the adaptation games like One Piece or Gundam have horses standard. It just doesn't make sense for the characters.

I mean Midna already rides a wolf and several other characters just couldn't ride a horse. It can't be implemented as a standard feature for all characters.

 

[Lijik]

I know who it should have been. GROOSE.

Im still wishin for a Groose/Tingle double pack announcement

 

[NeonZ]

It'll be interesting to see this moveset. Horses in Dynasty Warriors always have very simplified and lacking generic mounted movesets - even compared to the old ones, but they stand out even worse next to the new modern movesets. With this, however, an actual moveset made just for a horse, we could get something as dynamic as the unmounted characters. Or at least I hope so, anyway. If it works, I hope they consider turning the horse into a moveset of its own in the next DW too.

 

[Zomba13]

It kinda sucked that Epona wasn't used more in the base game but there was no horse system to get around the map faster just sprinting so I can see why Epona wasn't in. Would be weird only having Link get a horse while everyone else had to hoof it.

 

[Shaanyboi]

the title left me so confused. I thought Link would be swinging around a hobby horse with Epona's head on it or something.

 

[Data West]

the title left me so confused. I thought Link would be swinging around a hobby horse with Epona's head on it or something.

Wouldn't be that out of place with Musou DLC

 

[Chev]

His horse is officially named triforce btw

Should be called Trifhorse.

EDIT: Ah, LumpOfCole did it before me.

 

[munchie64]

Beautiful. The DLC is gonna up this games score for sure.

 

[meppi]

One step closer to getting the Daytona USA car as a DLC fighter!

 

[Shaanyboi]

Beautiful. The DLC is gonna up this games score for sure.

...huh?

 

[Aostia]

I'd like to know this as well. Will Dark Link be available 'forever'?

no one knows??

 

[Pikma]

For some reason I was expecting Link to be holding Epona in his arms and actually attacking with the physical horse.

I'm not sure if I feel relieved or let down right now.

Hahah glad I'm not alone

 

[TEJ]

sweet lord.

<3 <3 <3 epona

gonna buy this game soon!

 

[ArcaneFreeze]

At this rate Epona's gonna be part of the DLC Karts from the Mario Kart 8 DLC. Make it happen Nintendo.

 

[Piccoro]

That is awesome!
Just like Raoh's horse in Hokuto Musou 1&2:

 

[StreetsAhead]

no one knows??

Did some searching and according to this Tweet (in Japanese) Dark Link will be available with the discount forever and the discount will be available too (the Tweet asks if the discount will be available after the MQ pack goes live).

 

[Kouriozan]

If it's like Link's water weapon, you won't run faster with Epona

 

[WonderzL]

This season pass is actually worth it... Very nice and obvious choice. I want another obvious choice too... ;P

Spoiler

groose

Tingle

 

[Aostia]

Did some searching and according to this Tweet (in Japanese) Dark Link will be available with the discount forever and the discount will be available too (the Tweet asks if the discount will be available after the MQ pack goes live).

thank you very much. I'm planning my incoming purchases and I don't know if I can actually afford the HW DLC Pack before its release, so I'm glad to hear that

 

[Ushojax]

So do those store-specific costumes come with these DLCs? Or are we never going to get those?

 

[Notorious_Roy]

Do You have to preorder in order to get Dark Link / discount.

-edit- I see it already has been answered. Thanks.

 

[sd28821]

the first thing i though of when i read the thread title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejxyt5zYdps

 

[SporeCrawler]

i was asking myself why epona isnt in the game (in dynasty warriors you usually have horses you can summon)

 

[jimi_dini]

One step closer to getting the Daytona USA car as a DLC fighter!

 

[Zonic]

It's the knight that says neigh!

Cannot wait to see its special attacks. In any case, it's becoming harder to resist the urge to preorder the DLC when I know I should give the game a few hours before making that decision.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Talk about some horseplay.

 

[sixteen-bit]

If only WiiU supported custom soundtracks...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejxyt5zYdps

 

[blitzwolf215]

So cool, and now we have confirmation that the weapons are new movesets and not just weapon skins.

I like how they refer to Epona as a "weapon."

Just like the

Spoiler

Great Fariy

is a weapon.

 

[Articalys]

Now I'm really excited to see what the other new weapon is.

 

[wildfire]

Horse armor weapon

Nintendo is catching up with the HD generation in baby steps.

RIP Gaming Business Standards

 

[Golnei]

Now I'm really excited to see what the other new weapon is.

 

[Kandinsky]

Is the price announced for this?

 

[@MUWANdo]

Is the price announced for this?

Epona is part of the Master Quest DLC pack which will includes some story content and other things, too. There are four packs and you can buy/pre-order them as a $20 bundle, but I can't remember what they cost individually.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Don't even have the game yet, yet there is so much DLC coming. Wish all this was in the game, but you already get so much for the price, so I'm okay with it I guess. I'm interested to know what those game modes are in the Ganon pack.

 

[Kandinsky]

Epona is part of the Master Quest DLC pack which will includes some story content and other things, too. There are four packs and you can buy/pre-order them as a $20 bundle, but I can't remember what they cost individually.

So all the things in the OP is 20? sounds good.

 

[@MUWANdo]

So all the things in the OP is 20? sounds good.

Yup!

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

Wonder what that skin swapping glitch is gonna look like with Epona

 

[GloriousBagel]

Since when are people happily accepting Season Pass dlc?

 

[Orakio Rob]

I know it's stupid but it still feels weird to me to see Nintendo hopping onto the DLC bandwagon with their core franchises.

The feeling of buying a "complete" game these days is diminishing, at least it feels that way to me. Nintendo's core games always felt untouched by that stuff, although I can't see them pull DLC stunts with their Zelda and Mario main titles.

At least Nintendo does seem to offer value with their DLC offerings for a reasonable price, so I can't blame them for that. Will buy the Mario Kart full pack for sure but I need to see some more on the HW DLC. Thankfully the main game is pretty enjoyable as it is now.

I understand what you mean, but Nintendo is really doing DLC the right way. MK8 is filled with content, the fact that there's even more coming through DLC is insane. And it seems to me that the same applies to HW: the game is already filled with stuff even without the DLC.

 

[Golnei]

Wonder what that skin swapping glitch is gonna look like with Epona

Hopefully it doesn't confuse the character's skeleton with that of Epona's - you can see something similar happen when characters use Midna's moveset, and it's kind of disturbing.

 

[NeonZ]

So do those store-specific costumes come with these DLCs? Or are we never going to get those?

It was mentioned before that they'd be available eventually, but nothing has been announced about them afterwards. They don't seem to be part of any of the season pass packs at least.

 

[JoeM86]

Don't even have the game yet, yet there is so much DLC coming. Wish all this was in the game, but you already get so much for the price, so I'm okay with it I guess. I'm interested to know what those game modes are in the Ganon pack.

Well this DLC wasn't ready when the game shipped. Don't forget, by the time the DLC comes out, the game will have been out two months in Japan.

 

[@MUWANdo]

Since when are people happily accepting Season Pass dlc?

Since they made a point of telling you exactly what you're gonna get and when, instead of giving you the chance to pay money for unspecified content that may or may not arrive within the next year?

 

[StreetsAhead]

Since they made a point of telling you exactly what you're gonna get and when, instead of giving you the chance to pay money for unspecified content that may or may not arrive within the next year?

And that it's marketed as a 'discount' and not a 'season pass'.

 

[Kuro]

Is it too late to pre-order from Bestbuy for the Skyward Sword costumes? Still says pre-order on their site.

 

[Effect]

Since when are people happily accepting Season Pass dlc?

Since they made a point of telling you exactly what you're gonna get and when, instead of giving you the chance to pay money for unspecified content that may or may not arrive within the next year?

In addition to that when the quality and value of the DLC increased along with the price being so affordable. With Nintendo games you are a getting a LOT of content. Sometimes as much as half the content of a base game.

I don't know if the signifcance of this has dawned on people but these packs are containing additional adventure maps. If they're anywhere close to the size of the adventure map the game ships with that's a LOT of content. I wonder if they'll be based off the world map of other Zelda games the way the original one is based off the world map of the original NES Legend of Zelda. Then there are the two new game modes to be added as well.

People are normally against season passes because they're unknowns as far as content and really the content offered has been bad or not worthwhile. If all that was being offered were skins no one would be praising this.