@nessisonett you’re right, people just refuse to understand development phases and plug their ears when someone tries to explain it. The truth of the matter is that the game essentially has to be done before it’s submitted to rating boards, which had to be done before production, which has to be done before distribution, which has to be done before release. If the original game is altered during that time, it has to be rated again and the process must start over. That’s usually several months where the development team doesn’t have much to do. So many companies utilize that time to begin working on DLC since, well, a majority of fans DO want more content. And sometimes it’s little things that they throw in for free. But sometimes it’s bigger things that took a lot more manpower, and someone had to pay the employees for an extra 3-6 months of work. Hence why sometimes we get paid DLC announced before release - it’s usually not being worked on until after the game is completed and begins the process of being rated.

Of course, there are companies who abuse the trust of their consumers by intentionally withholding content to sell separately. But this isn’t all companies, and Nintendo has, for the most part, been very good with their DLC practices (the 3DS Fire Emblem Games were a little questionable there and I’m not entirely sure Mii costumes for Smash Bros warrant their costs). Like I get it, some fans don’t want to pay for more content but it makes them feel like they have less if they don’t have it. But in cases like this, it’s NOT that they have any less than they would without the DLC. This content likely wouldn’t exist at all, and they’d be okay with that... but honestly, it seems selfish to me to demand that, because they don’t want to pay for it, nobody should get it. A majority of fans DO want the extra content, rather than to wait 5 years for another game in the series (or, in cases like this, the content might’ve never existed at all). Personally, I think it’s best this way. For games I don’t want more of, I don’t buy DLC. For games that I do, I buy it. I like the option of getting more of the games I like, and I’m willing to pay for that content. If the content felt cut, then I’d be pissed, but a majority of Nintendo DLC doesn’t feel like cut content, it feels like ADDED content.