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Minecraft coming to the Wii U eShop next week (Dec. 17)
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fredrancour
Member
It has a free demo. I downloaded it but only played for like two seconds. It was a creative mode; i do not think any survival mode existed even in the real product. i know nothing substantial, really. Didn't run around for long enough to see how big the worlds were. i remember being annoyed by the interface but that isn't a hardware limitation.
i'd assume the weakest platform it runs on is whichever the shittiest model of phone supported by pocket edition is.
Oracle Dragon
Member
Very happy it is finally happening... but is it eshop only? Or is/will there be a physical release?
It has been confirmed that their will be a physical edition. But later on. Prob early 2016.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
I never got much into Minecraft, but from what I played, the gamepad would get a lot of use for this game.
ECR: Wii U Edition is a game I want to play
Thelonelykoopa
Member
Yep glad to see my favorite JRPG series Erotic Crab Rodeo is finally coming to the Wii U.
The Spoony Hou
Member
Excited to get it one day, but $30?! Guess I'll wait for a sale.
Needed to happen before NX launched, that way they could have Minecraft there from the start.
It doesn't really help Wii U for now, but at least prevents young Minecraft fans from passing on Wii U in its last year in lieu of a competitor, but they still have to be hooked by other content.
It doesn't really help Wii U for now, but at least prevents young Minecraft fans from passing on Wii U in its last year in lieu of a competitor, but they still have to be hooked by other content.
Splatoon, Mario Kart and Mario Maker.
$30
Big announcement
Wasn't the ps4 version $40?
Edit. NM it was $20. What's the deal?
Robin64
Member
The Wii U version is what is on other consoles as Holiday Pack, which is $30 there too.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Official Zelda skins in Minecraft would be surreal.
$30
Big announcement
Big announcement according to the indie guy? Makes sense to me. I don't get it?
$30
Big announcement
Seems you guys didn't read the first 3 pages of the thread where you would have discovered that it comes with several DLC included that aren't on other platforms. Hence the extra 10$. Also known as "Holiday Pack" on other platforms... which is also 30$.
Right. I was only saying this because of the perfect fit that Minecraft and the Gamepad make.
Had you actually read the original thread for the announcement of the announcement you would'venoticed that it was Nintendo's indie guy who mentioned this on the side. Had he not been on that podcast we wouldn't have know that anything would be announced today.$30
Big announcement
Literally one.
The Spoony Hou
Member
I did read that (in the OP), and I didn't even say it's a bad deal, but I don't care about the DLC. I just want the base game.
AlphaTwo00
Member
So at some point someone's going to ask for amiibos for this right? And eventually this will lead to a Steve amiibo right?
I bet they wait for a Nintendo skin version to make it standout as a more unique product from the other versions.
fredrancour
Member
It's pretty weird that the wiiu only has the option of buying the dlc bundled version. The other consoles have the option to purchase the base game at 20, right? or am i way off base? I purchased the thing for pc in, like, the alpha, and i think i paid 10 euros so i have no clue what the game's final price tag was.
oh,good call. I was wondering if we'd see a retail version and that'd make a ton of sense.
I wonder if it'll just be skins and stuff or if it'll include other elements. I guess I have no idea what kind of add-on content Minecraft gets these days.
oh,good call. I was wondering if we'd see a retail version and that'd make a ton of sense.
I wonder if it'll just be skins and stuff or if it'll include other elements. I guess I have no idea what kind of add-on content Minecraft gets these days.
Mystic_Wanderer
Member
People posting "JEEZ read you'd know why this is so ridiculously expensive" - do you think your average consumer will do that (ergo know why it's so much and not $6 like on their iPad)?
fredrancour
Member
If that were true, it wouldn't have done well at 20 dollars on the other consoles, I assume. Maybe splitscreen turned out to be a big deal to enough kids?
dreamcastmaster
Banned
The Nintendo hate train really has arrived at this topic.
They will be.
Minecraft wasn't on any console five years ago. It wasn't even on the PS4 and Xbox One until last year. And the 360 version came out only 3 years ago.
Obviously, but this was a big title that would have been perfect for Nintendo platforms and a huge boom to Nintendo and they dropped the ball to attract it earlier.
clevbrowns94
Member
No. It should have happened 15 years ago. Gamecube exclusive. No excuse!
DownGrader
Member
Ha ha, seems like most of GAF doesn't have children or young siblings and/or doesn't understand the importance of Minecraft on a family console - no matter how old or widely available is it.
Geeez, 3 years?
And it still shows up in NPD top ten as recent as September.
I understand that a physical release is planned, but it would've been great if it were ready for the holiday. Guess they ran out of time...
They always do digital first then retail, I'm guessing so the disc can include a patch for any unforseen bugs
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
$30
Big announcement
There isn't really a bigger game than Minecraft.
The Wii U didn't exist five years ago.