In celebration of Fantasy Life's commercial success, Level-5 announced today that the game will be getting an online mode through paid DLC in 2013.
http://www.4gamer.net/games/097/G009708/20130201077/
http://www.fantasylife.jp/news130201/index.html
Aside from the online mode, the paid DLC will add a new quest to the game and increase the characters' level cap. Level-5 promises that more content will be coming in the future.
The company hasn't released details like pricing or a release date for the DLC.
http://www.4gamer.net/games/097/G009708/20130201077/
http://www.fantasylife.jp/news130201/index.html
Aside from the online mode, the paid DLC will add a new quest to the game and increase the characters' level cap. Level-5 promises that more content will be coming in the future.
The company hasn't released details like pricing or a release date for the DLC.
To further clarify my previous point, they also confirm that aside from adding new quests in this paid update, there will also be changes to the game world. Definitely a mini-expansion.