Were combos introduced with the Origin Island DLC?

I recently picked up playing Fantasy Life again, after a couple of months. I did not had the DLC yet, but when I reached Legend in a couple of lives and hungry for more, I decided to buy it.

During one of my first battles with the DLC installed, I noticed that there were combos with my magician, which I could not remember to see before. For example, button smashing A as a fire mage yielded stream of flames after a couple of hits, instead of the 'normal' fireballs. Was this introduced with the DLC, or did I miss it completely during the normal game?

I could not find anything about it on Wikia (searching for combos or the DLC).