Any chance they patch in online multiplayer later ?

[⭐Lemeza⭐]

The lack of online seems more of an issue to me than the length of game.
Just that alone could justify the price because of online replayability.

[potato]

no chance

[MachTackle]

Ask in their discord and see if they reply.

[MrBananaGrabber]

No, this was just released to make as much money as possible from Contra fans, then move on to the next money maker.

They'll probably hint that the next one will have online co-op, so people waste another $40 on a slightly different game.

[Tsuki Zero]

This kind of game is not one you'd like Online Co-Op in, as any potential connectivity issue (even small latency issues) would result in the guest getting hit by.... Nothing.

Really, games with "one hit death" are trickier in how you handle online, because:
Option A: Make it so all collisions are checked host-side and then returns status to guests. Problem is what I described above, in that the guest can get hit by "air" and lose a life for no reason.
Option B: Make it so it's instanced per player, which means Host's collisions are handled by host, Guest's by guest. Problem is the adorable scenes of enemies dying for no reason or projectiles harmlessly going through the other player.

[Magnus Lehohn]

Originally posted by MrBananaGrabber:

No, this was just released to make as much money as possible from Contra fans, then move on to the next money maker.

They'll probably hint that the next one will have online co-op, so people waste another $40 on a slightly different game.

I highly doubt they’ll add it later unless it’s paid DLC.

Hard to defend that when Indy devs include it with far lower budgets.

[Tsuki Zero]

Originally posted by Magnus Lehohn:

I highly doubt they’ll add it later unless it’s paid DLC.

Hard to defend that when Indy devs include it with far lower budgets.

Doubt it will come in as a paid DLC. It either has very little chance of happening in an update, or none at all.

Reminds me of how 20XX and 30XX struggled with online play, and the latter had online play added as early as possible.

[MrBananaGrabber]

Konami didn't bother adding online co-op for the anniversary releases or for this modern game.

They don't care in the slighest, this is the only thing they'll ever care about:

[EastX]

To answer the OP's question, there's a chance that online co-op could be added down the line if the game sells well enough. This is about to happen with Double Dragon Gaiden. Of course, it would require some will from WayForward and Konami. Somebody should ask them about it.

[MachTackle]

Originally posted by EastX:

To answer the OP's question, there's a chance that online co-op could be added down the line if the game sells well enough. This is about to happen with Double Dragon Gaiden. Of course, it would require some will from WayForward and Konami. Somebody should ask them about it.

Difference is that Double Dragon Gaiden had online planned from the start but they said that it would be coming in an update after the release. Wayforward have said no such thing. I agree that you should ask on their discord and see if they reply.

[Tsuki Zero]

Originally posted by MachTackle:

Originally posted by EastX:

To answer the OP's question, there's a chance that online co-op could be added down the line if the game sells well enough. This is about to happen with Double Dragon Gaiden. Of course, it would require some will from WayForward and Konami. Somebody should ask them about it.

Difference is that Double Dragon Gaiden had online planned from the start but they said that it would be coming in an update after the release. Wayforward have said no such thing. I agree that you should ask on their discord and see if they reply.

Having it "planned" means nothing if the proof isn't there though. And having it actually planned and done from the start is, well, not guaranteed to go smoothly (see 20XX and 30XX again)

[MachTackle]

Originally posted by Tsuki Zero:

Having it "planned" means nothing if the proof isn't there though. And having it actually planned and done from the start is, well, not guaranteed to go smoothly (see 20XX and 30XX again)

Yeah but my point was that Double Dragon Gaiden isn't getting online multiplayer because of good sales, it's getting it because it was always planned to get it before it ever released. Online co-op was meant to release last year but was delayed.

[EastX]

If it had sold poorly, they would have quietly canceled the update and DLC. That happened with poor Double Dragon Neon several years ago.

[MachTackle]

Perhaps the DLC portion but the online multiplayer was always part of their budget hence why it was in the press release when the game was first announced. It just wasn't going to be ready for launch.

The Double Dragon Neon DLC was something that Wayforward wanted to do but were unable to which is the fundamental difference between the two. Otherwise we'd have playable Battletoads in Neon.