The Star Wars-ian timing is probably coincidental, but yes, the incredibly unlikely is about to become certifiably bankable: Minecraft is coming to the Nintendo Wii U eShop on Thursday, December 17 for $30. For now, the developers promise free updates to the base game in addition to more content packs which can be purchased-at least one of which appears to be Nintendo-themed, which would make sense.
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WIRED contacted Nintendo UK to see if the game would be getting a physical release alongside the eShop version, and was told “This announcement is in relation to eShop specifically”.
Despite initial suggestions that it might never happen, Minecraft is finally coming to Wii U. Mojang announced Monday that a deal’s apparently been reached to bring Minecraft to the Wii U on December 17.
The Wii U edition has been inevitable for some time, especially since the game was rated by PEGI back in November.
The add-on packs are as follows: Battle & Beasts Skin Pack, Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack, Natural Texture Pack, City Texture Pack, Fantasy Texture Pack, and a Festive Mash-up Pack for the holidays.
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Nintendo stated that more add-on packs will also be available for the game in the future. Nintendo and Mojang are also collaborating on new content for Nintendo fans to be released at a future date. “You can have significant amounts of fun playing Minecraft without spending extra cash”, Owen Hill, Mojang’s director of creative communications, wrote in a blog post.
