
This bundle includes both the Pokémon Violet game and The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC* for Pokémon Violet. Journey through a new, open-world Pokémon adventure. Catch, battle, and train Pokémon in the Paldea region, a vast land filled with lakes, towering peaks, wastelands, small towns, and sprawling cities. Explore a wide-open world at your own pace and traverse land, water, and air by riding on the form-shifting Legendary Pokémon Miraidon. Choose either Sprigatito, Fuecoco, or Quaxly, to be your first partner Pokémon before setting off on your journey through Paldea. Adventure beyond the Paldea region in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC. Full version of game required to use DLC for that game. Sold separately.
A: The game has permission for the DLC built into the cartridge. There is not a code in the box for the DLC expansions, the cartridge alone gives you access. DLC#1's data is on the cartridge and you could play that without any additional downloads. DLC#2 isn't out yet, and the game will have to download an update once it's available. The cartridge will allow access to it as if it were already purchased without any download code entry needed (unlike the base game), but the content of the DLC#2 data itself doesn't exist on the cartridge. So there is technically a difference between the original release's cartridge and this one, but some may not like that the second DLC will need to be a download later and that the cartridge isn't "content complete" without a download (which is why the box says 'download required' on it)