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Minecraft is digging into the Wii U eShop

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It is official folks! Minecraft for Wii U has been announced today and will even feature off screen play! It comes on the eShop December 17th, and will cost 29.99USD.

We’ll have more to share on Minecraft: Wii U Edition closer to its release. Looking forward to welcoming you to the world of Minecraft, Nintendo fans!
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The game will feature off-TV play, so players can keep their games going on the screen of the Wii U GamePad controller if another family member wants to watch something else on TV. The game also comes with some of the most popular current Minecraft add-on content packs:


  • Battle & Beasts Skin Pack
  • Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack
  • Natural Texture Pack
  • City Texture Pack
  • Fantasy Texture Pack
  • Festive Mash-up Pack
“With so many included add-on content packs, Minecraft: Wii U Edition brings an exciting collection of Minecraft content and experiences to Nintendo fans,” said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America’s President and COO. “Wii U players will have plenty of reasons to keep coming back to this iconic gaming experience.”

In addition to the content that comes with the game, players will also be able to expand their experience with 16 additional add-on packs available for purchase within the Nintendo eShop at launch:

1. Festive Skin Pack
2. The Simpsons Skin Pack
3. Doctor Who Skins Volume 1
4. Doctor Who Skins Volume 2
5. Star Wars Classic Skin Pack
6. Star Wars Rebels Skin Pack
7. Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack
8. Mass Effect Mash-up Pack
9. Skyrim Mash-up Pack
10. Plastic Texture Pack
11. Candy Texture Pack
12. Cartoon Texture Pack
13. Steampunk Texture Pack
14. Pattern Texture Pack
15. Greek Mythology Mash-up Pack
16. Halloween 2015 Mash-up Pack
More add-on packs will also be available for the game in the future.


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wangtang32000 said:
this better not be that BIG news. seriously. if anything i much rather hear the smash bros ballots than some old game that everyone has on pc and xbox..
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Well, even if that would be great to FINALLY have the Smash ballot's results, it wouldn't be "big news" in my opinion :unsure:
 
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Saiyan Lusitano said:
Good.

P.S. Minecraft's been out for ages and if anyone wanted to play it, then they would have done so already and $30 really? Great pricing!
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Isn't $19.99 For everything else. Must be for the *cough* free *cough* texture packs which are normally $1.99 so it would make sense. They are not really free huh
 
BurningDesire said:
Isn't $19.99 For everything else. Must be for the *cough* free *cough* texture packs which are normally $1.99 so it would make sense. They are not really free huh
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Point is the game's already available on plenty of other devices (they're only missing out on Etch a Sketch) so with or without texture packs the base game is still the same. And this isn't "big" news if it were really that "big" announcement. It's just Minecraft on another platform.
 
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For what it's worth I left a post on Nintendo of Europe's Twitter feed telling them this doesn't constitute 'big news'. I forget the exact wording of said tweet but the phrase 'shit or get off the pot' was featured.
 
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Kelton2 said:
I guess it's because I only play Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, and Minecraft.
Is anyone else with me :(
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To be excited about this then one would also be hyped to know Telltale's Walking Dead S1 + S2 are going to be on Wii U but it's nothing new, amazing or wowish. That is, unless you're someone who never played Minecraft/TWD.
 
Kelton2 said:
seriously fuck all you haters, am I the only one who finds this big news?
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Well, this would be "big news" if:
1) It would have been out a few years ago. Seriously, if it came out in mid 2013, I would have bought, because Minecraft was still "great" back then. Not that it is not now, but I bought the iOS version when it came out (the good old time when only 3 blocks were available <3 ), and the PC version shortly after that. Now, it's been like 3-4 years or so, and I grew tired of it. And apparently, I'm not the only one.
2) It's really expensive for what it is. I mean, the PC version is 20$, and the mobile one 5$ (if I recall correctly), so I definitely won't pay 30$ for a console version, while the PC version is probably better and cheaper. And with 30$, you can buy SM3DW or Splatoon used, which are more worth the price imo.
 
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TheKawaiiDesu said:
Well, this would be "big news" if:
1) It would have been out a few years ago. Seriously, if it came out in mid 2013, I would have bought, because Minecraft was still "great" back then. Not that it is not now, but I bought the iOS version when it came out (the good old time when only 3 blocks were available <3 ), and the PC version shortly after that. Now, it's been like 3-4 years or so, and I grew tired of it. And apparently, I'm not the only one.
2) It's really expensive for what it is. I mean, the PC version is 20$, and the mobile one 5$ (if I recall correctly), so I definitely won't pay 30$ for a console version, while the PC version is probably better and cheaper. And with 30$, you can buy SM3DW or Splatoon used, which are more worth the price imo.
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I think I remember the iOS version being $0.99?
 

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