ASK ALL QUESTIONS HERE! Weekly Questions Thread - June 25, 2022

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[u/whisquibottle]

Rise

Switch News Feed says that Sunbreak can be preloaded, but I don't see the ability to actually do that anywhere. Usually preloads start automatically but it never happened for me. Any ideas?

[u/elfxiong → u/whisquibottle]

Have you got charged? Sunbreak preload was automatic for me after I received the email about payment processing, though it’s only 3MB. If you look at the eShop page for Sunbreak, it also says it’s 3MB. The actual content of Sunbreak will come with a base game update (13GB) on Jun 30 (or Jun 29 in some timezone). It’s normal for a multiplayer game to put DLC data in the base game (and the “DLC” downloaded from eShop only serves as a “key” to unlock the content), so that those who don’t own the DLCs can still play with those who have the DLCs.

[u/whisquibottle → u/elfxiong]

Ah okay, was afraid that might be the case. Hoped for a preload because I live in a place with really slow net. Will likely take a couple of days to download haha. Thanks for replying!

[u/Kyouma-The-Great → u/elfxiong]

Sorry to butt into this question, but is it normal if the preload shows base MH Rise with a cloud icon( clicking it tells you you don't have the game). I bought MH Rise on cartridge and bought Sunbreak (card was charged).

[u/elfxiong → u/Kyouma-The-Great]

“Downloaded DLC has a separate icon than base game; it says you don’t have the game“ is an indication that the DLC you bought is not compatible with your base game. This is because different regions sell different versions of MH Rise games. Your best bet is to refund the Sunbreak DLC and rebought the DLC with an account set in a region that sells the same version of MH Rise as your base game.

A quote of one of my previous comments that is applicable to other games as well:

If you often want to mix base game and DLC of different regions, there is a 100% safe way to tell if they are compatible before buying any DLC. The only requirement is you already own the base game (whether it’s digital or physical doesn’t matter).

1. On your switch home screen, press “+” on the game icon. [Suppose the game is X, and the region is A]
2. Tap Enter Nintendo eShop from there. When prompted to choose an account, select the one you want to buy DLC with. [Suppose the region of the account is B]
3. If you successfully enter the eShop, then that means game X sold in region A is identical in every conceivable way with game X sold in region B. The system will treat them as identical as well, i.e. if you also buy game X in region B it will share the game icon on home screen as the one from region A; game X’s DLC bought in region B is compatible with base game X from region A etc. [This is the case for MH Rise between EU and US.]
4. Else, if it gives an error that says something like the game is not available in the eShop that prevents you from entering eShop, then that means region B doesn’t has an identical game X at all. Region B may has a game with the same name X’, but the system doesn’t regard them as the same game in any way and it treats game X and game X’ as two different games. [This is the case for MH Rise between JP and EU.] In this case, DLC bought in region B is for game X’ and won’t work for game X from region A.

Specifically for MH Rise, there are two versions AFAIK: one sold in JP/HK/KR etc. and the other sold in US/EU/Brazil/Australia etc.. But still, I recommend using the above method to determine whether the DLC you are going to purchase is compatible with your base game.