http://www.gonintendo.com/s/226745-noe-pr-mario-golf-world-tour-lets-players-expand-their-play-options-with-new-downloadable-courses-and-characters
The sad truth of Nintendo's future in order to please investors. I never saw they coming where "expanding your play options" would mean pay for content that should already be in the game. I expect this kind of dirty tricks from Microsoft and Sony but not from Nintendo, but i guess i was wrong. Any ways i really don't care anymore, the wii u has been so disastrous that whatever screwup comes next wouldn't take me by surprise, its sad for me to admit it but the days of Nintendo i i remember it during the 90's are long gone and to some extent we can credit mr apologist himself Iwata for being such a sorry excuse for a CEO, and by the way the Wii success doesn't count,lol.
so going off this news story, and the comments in the talkback thread....
This game is just as big as any previous version of the game
It cost $10 less at retail than your average 3DS game
has pre-defined DLC that almost doubles the content
This DLC can be bought at a total of $15 up front
and the entire package can be had for $5 more than what you would normally pay for a retail 3DS game....
Doesn't sound like a bad deal to me.
Sounds more like they are able to release the full game as expected.
They can entice more games since the initial game is actually cheaper than usual
They can entice more post purchase DLC transactions by offering it at launch and fairly cheap
and they expand the longevity of the game by adding more content. optional for those that want it.
total package cost $5 more than usual retail.