Can you really not use DLC maps/characters in online random matches?

I have to say that to moan that DLC content can't be used online, there's a simple reason, and CycloneGU is damn right about it.

With Blazblue Continuum Shift on PS3 and XBOX 360, as well as Super Street Fighter 4, they had to release free content purely to allow 'people to take on opponents who have bought DLC Pack X'.

What you're saying is that, just because Nintendo didn't want people getting into the paid courses for free...
It reminds me of a real exclusive golf club. You don't pay for club access, you're not getting club access. With their recent submarine wargame, the DLC submarines were miles better than the free ones you could get at the early stages. The same thing likely happens here. Enough said.

The reason for this is because two randomly meeting people may be set up where one has the DLC and the other doesn't. The way the game is designed, the host gets to pick the courses that can be randomly chosen or even dictate the desired course; if you have all courses and I didn't have, say, DK Jungle unlocked, I could still play against you randomly on DK Jungle. Just like I was able to play a speed run on Bowser's Castle in a tournament before even unlocking DK Jungle; the content is there, you can use it.

By allowing DLC online, the way it's set up would allow for someone who doesn't buy the DLC to play the DLC content for free in a random matchup. Nintendo does not want that. I am guessing that even friend matches won't let someone with the DLC host someone who doesn't have it. You might see the game but then be told sorry, you can't join this one, it requires DLC Content. Just like the tournaments you see taking place on Toad Highlands and Koopa Park with the no entry symbol.

Second comment in reply to your "additional information/(insults)".

Mariofan is absolutely correct. The characters are not coded into the original game - whether intentionally or not; maybe they were thought up after the game was complete. I agree it would be nice to allow them in random matches. For the record, I have played numerous friend matches where the randomizer chose Toad Highlands; if someone on my friend list (as in that match) did not have the DLC, the course would not be selected or even available for the randomizer in the first place. Similarly, in friend matches, I've seen Toadette played frequently. I don't know if you can have a random match with two random players who both own the DLC to include the characters and courses as options; however, AT PRESENT, if Nintendo has designed it to not allow it, THAT IS THEIR DESIGN. Coming in here and insulting Nintendo - and then insulting someone else in a question and answer forum, regardless of the perceived usefulness of the answer - is not going to get your concerns addressed, and Nintendo will not even think about your specific feedback if they were to see it because YOU look bad by bad-mouthing them. In other words, if you won't like it, don't buy it. Or don't rush to buy something the day it comes out to find out things that would prevent a purchase a few days later. You chose to buy it, I didn't force you to.