Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity Expansion Pass

Update #2 - ninth June 2021, 17:30 BST

It seems that Nintendo of Europe (as this exploit simply seemed to be bachelor briefly in Europe) has closed the loophole so that no-one volition get the Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity Expansion Pass for free; that'due south fair enough, right?

Emails take gone out to customers that downloaded the "purchase bonus" and then had accounts showing that they'd 'purchased' the Expansion Pass. The brusque summary is that you don't go the expansion content for gratuitous, and due to the fix implemented it won't exist possible to legitimately buy the content until its launch day, when the arrangement will presumably refresh and the option to purchase will render. The full email is below.

On Friday May 28th 2021, the Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Expansion Pass was made available for purchase on Nintendo eShop. Buying the Expansion Pass entitles users to a special Purchase Bonus of equippable items that can be used in-game immediately.

Unfortunately, an error on Nintendo eShop led to the Purchase Bonus being briefly made bachelor to all users. Furthermore, downloading the Purchase Bonus without buying the Expansion Pass gave the impression that the Expansion Laissez passer was then purchased, when this is not the case. Every bit yous are i of the users affected, we'd like to apologise for this fault.

Currently, users who downloaded the Purchase Bonus without buying the Expansion Pass are able to equip the related items in-game. Notwithstanding, once Expansion Pass Wave i – Pulse of the Ancients becomes available, these items will no longer be usable unless the Expansion Pass is purchased. This will non bear on your save file or ability to play the game.

Users affected past this event are currently unable to buy the Expansion Pass via Nintendo eShop. This volition be resolved one time Expansion Pass Moving ridge 1 – Pulse of the Ancients is released, at which point the buy push will be attainable again.

Once more, we apologise for this fault and any inconvenience caused.

Update 28th May 2021, 20:30 BST — Looks similar the eShop mistake has been corrected.

Original Story: At present, we can't guarantee that this deal volition exist permanent, we can't guarantee that yous'll exist able to keep it, and we definitely tin't guarantee that it'll be the example for long, but correct now it looks similar you tin grab the Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity Expansion Laissez passer for free, thanks to an exploit.

If you download the free "purchase bonus" on the eShop (search for "Hyrule Warriors" and it should be the second result), it looks like y'all'll get the Expansion Pass also, saving yourself a tidy £17.99 — as confirmed past a few of our staff members. The exploit even works if you don't ain the game, and so you can bank it for futurity utilise, if you lot want.

We've only confirmed this to piece of work on European union accounts, although some people have discovered that yous can grab the Expansion Pass on an EU business relationship and information technology'll piece of work in-game even if you're playing on a US account, at least.

The purchase bonus was fabricated available today, and includes a new weapon and costume for Link. The Expansion Pass is split into a June and a November release. Y'all can check out what's included in each in the image below.