Minecraft finally coming to Wii U (eShop) next week
Minecraft is by far one of the most popular games of the past few years, with millions of players all around the world. It’s available on pretty much all platforms (consoles, PC, mobile devices), with two notable exceptions: the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS. No concrete explanation was ever given for this lack of Nintendo releases.
Good news for players on Wii U: Minecraft is finally coming to the Nintendo eShop! A few weeks ago, we learned from PEGI that a Wii U version of the game was in the works (the listing was quickly removed). And today, Nintendo finally confirmed the news: Minecraft is indeed coming to Wii U, and sooner that you might think… next week, actually! A retail version will follow sometime next year.
Minecraft: Wii U Edition will cost $29.99/3 888 Yen (the European price remains TBA), and will come with several add-on packs (free and paid, see the list below). What’s more, we learn that Nintendo and Mojang are collaborating in order to bring “new content for Nintendo fans” at a future date. The Wii U version of Minecraft will be compatible with Off-TV, but the press release does not mention any Wii U-exclusive features.
However, we do know that the game will be playable in multiplayer:
- up to 4 players in splitscreen
- up to 8 players online
Also, the game will be playable in the following languages (you can switch via an in-game language select option):
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Italian
- Dutch
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Japanese
- Korean
- TraditionalChinese
- Simplified Chinese
Here’s the list of packs available for free:
- Battle & Beasts Skin Pack
- Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack
- Natural Texture Pack
- City Texture Pack
- Fantasy Texture Pack
- Festive Mash-up Pack
And here’s the list of add-on packs available for purchase via the Nintendo eShop at launch (with more to come in the following weeks/months):
- Festive Skin Pack
- The Simpsons Skin Pack
- Doctor Who Skins Volume 1
- Doctor Who Skins Volume 2
- Star Wars Classic Skin Pack
- Star Wars Rebels Skin Pack
- Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack
- Mass Effect Mash-up Pack
- Skyrim Mash-up Pack
- Plastic Texture Pack
- Candy Texture Pack
- Cartoon Texture Pack
- Steampunk Texture Pack
- Pattern Texture Pack
- Greek Mythology Mash-up Pack
- Halloween 2015 Mash-up Pack
Finally, here’s some screenshots for Minecraft: Wii U Edition
Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Wii U eShop) comes out on December 17th in Japan, Europe and North America.
Source: Nintendo