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New Super Mario Bros. 2 to get paid DLC

Fire Emblem: Awakening for Nintendo 3DS set for 2013, also to feature postrelease content.

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New Super Mario Bros. 2 will feature paid downloadable content after its August 19 release, as will Fire Emblem: Awakening, which is now set for 2013. Nintendo announced the news last night in a 3DS-centric Nintendo Direct broadcast online.

If you want extra Coin Rush stages, you'll need to invest some coins of your own.
If you want extra Coin Rush stages, you'll need to invest some coins of your own.

New Super Mario Bros. 2's Coin Rush mode, a competitive race to collect as many coins as possible in randomly selected levels, can be expanded for a price with additional stages after the game's release. Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, emphasized that the DLC does not mean a reduction in content or quality of the base product.

"Make no mistake, out of the box this is a full-featured Mario game as full-featured as we've ever made," Fils-Aime said.

New Super Mario Bros. 2 will be available both in retail and on the 3DS eShop on the day of its release.

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