For gamers who have already completed "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," Nintendo is teasing the first downloadable content that will add more play time to the action-adventure video game. In a recent update, the developer stated that the Expansion Pass will be providing players with access to the first DLC pack called The Master Trials this summer. In a detailed overview of the upcoming DLC pack, Nintendo shed light on what can fans expect from the new content that comes with a new mode, new equipment and so much more. Hard Mode - This mode is described to be challenging than the already thrilling gaming experience "Breath of the Wild" provides. In this mode, the ranks of enemies are increased.

One of the biggest surprises about "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is that it will be the first in the franchise to have a DLC Expansion Pass. Nintendo's senior product marketing manager Bill Trinen defended the move to paid DLC in a recent interview. "I think one of the things that's unique about the way Nintendo develops games is when we're working on a game, and certainly just knowing the history of Nintendo games, you guys know that it's essentially we use every last minute to make the game as good as we possibly can," Trinen told IGN. "And really what that means is that the dev team was working on the main game, finished the main game, and as they're starting to get to the very end and wrap it up, really they said, 'You know we've made this massive world of Hyrule, we've spent a long time building it. It would be a waste to just make one game and have that be it.'" Trinen continued by explaining that Nintendo started thinking about how they would do "The Breath of the Wild" DLC.

It's dangerous to go alone, and if Nintendo has its druthers, you'll invoke something along the lines of that logic as you pore over the particulars of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's just-unveiled $20 expansion pass. Nintendo says the pass--the first ever for a mainline Zelda game and available from March 3--will fund two sets of downloadable content for the company's upcoming $60 action-adventure when it arrives on March in tandem with Nintendo's imminent $299 Nintendo Switch home/mobile console (also due March 3) as well as for the company's extant Wii U. Buy the pass and Nintendo says you'll instantly get three new treasure chests (located in the game's Great Plateau area, the focus of all the prerelease footage and demos). One of these harbors an in-game wearable shirt emblazoned with the Switch logo, while the other two "will deliver useful items." The first pack is due this summer and includes a new "hard" difficulty mode, a Cave of Trials challenge (presumably like Twilight Princess' Cave of Ordeals, or The Wind Waker's Savage Labyrinth) and, mysteriously, "a new feature for the in-game map." The second pack will arrive during the holidays, and sounds more like a narrative expansion, with a new dungeon and "new original story."

For the first time ever, a Zelda game will have paid downloadable content released after the launch of the main game. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will have a Season Pass (or Expansion Pass in Nintendo parlance) for $19.99 that includes two DLC packs. The first release comes this summer and includes a Cave of Trials challenge, a new hard mode and a mysterious new feature for the in-game map. The second DLC pack launches Holiday 2017 and includes a new dungeon and new story content. These can only be purchased together.