The Wonderful 101: Remastered received a free DLC update shadowdropped by PlatinumGames today. Available now, ‘The Wonderful One: After School Hero Part 1’ is an additional game mode that was promised as a stretch goal for the game’s 2020 Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, originally called ‘Luka’s First Mission’. It was announced under the provisional title of You can see some gameplay in the trailer below.
Part 1 will be followed by The Wonderful One: After School Hero Part 2 next week on May 26th. Part 2 was originally promised as a Kickstarter stretch goal, “Luka’s Second Mission.” A trailer for Part 2 will also be released on the same day.
The DLC focuses on the main character of the original game, Luca Alan Smithy. Aiming to become a member of the Wonderful 100, his first-year student Luka adds an after-school training mission to his elementary education, showing a side of the character players have never seen before.
Unlike the original 3D action, the new DLC mode is a side-scrolling action game with stick shooting elements. Players progress through screens filled with enemies and collectibles while using Luka’s weapon, Stingy Eyes, which are goggles that fire lasers in the forehead. The player can control with the right stick to fire in his 360 degrees, and his three different sets of lasers with different abilities give players the freedom to conquer each screen in their own way.
The base difficulty of Arcade Mode is moderately challenging, but the DLC comes with a Challenge Mode that makes progress much harder, plus a 5-minute Survival Attack Mode called Caravan Mode where players try to get the highest score within a time limit. doing. outside. To access Caravan Mode, you must first complete all Arcade Mode stages in Part 1 and Part 2 of the DLC.
The Wonderful 101: Remastered was released in mid-2020, and IGN’s review found it to be as good as the 2013 Wii U original in every way. Available on Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC.
Ryuichi Kataoka is a freelance writer for IGN Japan.
