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There’s new DLC available for Spirit Hunter: Death Mark!
And no, I didn’t forget the number. This isn’t DLC for last year’s Death Mark II, but for the original Death Mark that we discussed back in 2020.
Death Mark first came out in 2017, but it got a new DLC episode in Japan last summer exclusively for the Switch version. No one was sure if it would get translated or not, but now it’s finally available.
According to the announcement from Aksys, Death Mark Chapter 7: Kaerazu’s Amusement Park follows Moe Watanabe when she finds that Yashiki and Mashita have gone missing and starts a new investigation.
It costs $9.99 and can be accessed from the title screen.
Now, this puts me in a bit of an odd situation. Of course I want to play the new Death Mark DLC… but even though I played NG and Death Mark II on the Switch, I played the PC version of the original Death Mark. Do I wait in the hopes that the DLC comes to PC, even though there’s been no sign of it yet? Or do I pick up a Switch copy of Death Mark for the DLC? I enjoyed Death Mark enough that I wouldn’t mind having a physical copy, and being able to play it from the title menu means I’d be all set from the start.
Either way, it looks like I’ll need to wait a bit before playing the new Death Mark DLC. Are you planning to pick it up?
That is… definitely a choice to release a DLC for the game, years later, after already releasing the sequel! Hopefully they put it on the other platforms too. While I did play Death Mark on Switch, I don’t think I’ll go for the DLC at this time, feels too far removed plus I didn’t even get the sequel.
After releasing two sequels, at that! It really is a strange decision, although I saw someone point out that the structure of the first game, with its individual “cases,” probably makes it an easier choice to add DLC to.