Nintendo wants to take an approach different from the DLC in New Super Mario Bros. 2.
Nintendo is planning to sell additional courses for New Super Mario Bros. U in the future, according to a recent Iwata Asks developer interview.
When questioned on the topic, EAD General Manager Takashi Tezuka confirmed that the development team had not yet begun work on these levels, but the infrastructure for selling and downloading them is already in place. This follows the precedent set by New Super Mario Bros. 2, which launched on Nintendo 3DS earlier this year.
Tezuka also mentioned that their intention with these downloadable courses is to explore ways of playing that are different from the DLC in the aforementioned 3DS title.
In that game, new stages were released for the Coin Rush mode in packs of three, grouped by specific themes such as difficulty. Whether this means that the upcoming add-ons will be more than Boost Rush and Challenge Mode level packs remains to be seen.
New Super Mario Bros. U is a Wii U launch game in all territories, releasing in North America on November 18, Europe on November 30 and Japan on December 8.