UCraft is a Wii U Exclusive Once Again

Why do I cringe whenever this guy says something?

First I've heard of this, where's the best place to find more info about it?

I was gonna pass on this since I first saw it anyway. Textures look horrifying. I kinda though it was gonna improve from there but it doesn't seem to be the case.
This wasn't ever going to be a success outside the Wii U anyway so I don't know why they considered other consoles in the first place considering MineCraft is on almost every platform anyway.

...Huh? I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of me not caring.

I will probably pick it up just to support the developer. If there are any multiplayer options, then I might get some use out of it.

Ugh... This guy again...? His game looks pretty sloppy anyway 😕

And I should care why?

Microsoft buying Minecraft hurt Nintendo badly. The fact they left playstation versions being released basically confirms they didn't want Nintendo to get this game

"The Nintendo Community (Our community) has deserved a quality Sandbox title to call our own"

Don't make me laugh.

I'm actually pretty neutral about this.

@foodmetaphors on here or on the Nexis website.
Here are some articles:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/10/video_debut_footage_of_ucraft_aims_to_show_minecraft_credentials
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/10/ucraft_developer_promises_extensive_features_and_releases_new_trailer
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/12/ucraft_wii_u_beta_plans_outlined_as_new_trailer_makes_the_case_for_upcoming_release
And here their site:
http://www.nexisgames.com/

Well, you can say one thing about this studio. They're consistent in their embarrassing lack of professionalism.

9 out of 13 comments negative and/or whining... tsss...
Perhaps you people could do better and make a Wii U exclusive Minecraft yourselves? Probably not...
Not saying this is going to be good, but at least they're trying to give us something similar, so why not wait and see how it ends up before condemning it?

@TheRealThanos Probably because the developer is very unprofessional. If you release a trailer with poor English or typo's and just making a bad show of the game in general, it gives a very negative opinion about it.

Not to mention he's charging $20 for this game, that's a LOT for an eShop game. MC itself is around the same price, and has a lot more to offer.

And I know he's charging $20 because he came on the NL forums a couple of months ago and advertised that if they paid him $20, they could get into the closed beta on PC.

I Don't know if I will get UCraft, but I will probably pick up Stone Shire which comes out this Thursday.

@Jenraux And why exactly is he unprofessional? Because of some messages he put in his game trailers? Hardly seems worth all the judging going on by me, but maybe I'm just getting too old. People nowadays jump up to either defend or attack people at the slightest "bad" move they make, which is biased as f*** most of the time...
And I'm DEFINITELY not going to judge someone because he doesn't speak my language perfectly. Heck, I'm an American living in the Netherlands. If they would have judged me by my Dutch grammar or pronunciation when I first started here, then I would have been VERY offended, to say the least. It is all about the will to do it and the effort you make, and that certainly doesn't have to be perfect.
Anyone remember the old 8 and 16 bit games with errors in them? The older ones among us will probably still remember "all your base are belong to us" and other funny examples. And this guy's errors are only found in the trailer, not in the game itself. So Boo f***ing hoo if that rattles your chain. Sad, really.

Im looking forward to this, about we got a GOOD clone for Minecraft and not a poopy clone that can only jump and move blocks.

The last trailer I seen with the go karts and fps looked like it had potential.itll be interesting to see how Nintendo advertise this on the eshop.im also wondering how stone shire will fare when it's released next week I'm hoping an eu release isn't far off.

Well, at least I'm still looking forward to UCraft

With this guy constantly changing his mind about how he wants to approach UCraft, it's kinda difficult for me to assume that it's gonna happen anytime soon. But if he does, all will soon be forgotten, and Nexis makes the money Mojang could've made, so I ain't even mad, bro.

I'm glad that it's going to be a Wii U exclusive, but the Minecraft fad is really on its tail end. I mean, every Wii U exclusive the system can get is good, but this isn't really cause for excitement like it would have been two years ago. I might still give it a download, though, depending on what the price is.

@TheRealThanos I was simply making the point that if you are to release an English trailer, you should have it proof-read first, or else it will hurt your marketing, which is deadly for indie developers. As you can already tell, his initial trailers have created a lot of distrust among those that saw them.

@Jenraux I understood what you were trying to say just fine, but this guy is being condemned to the fiery pits of hell for no good reason whatsoever. And "the distrust it created" is only in the eyes of short-sighted people with tunnel vision who apparently have nothing more important to worry about or fuss over. If someone doesn't like a game that is perfectly fine, but maybe that same person should also consider if it is worth it to comment on it if he or she has nothing constructive to say about it... (and to be clear: not directed at you but in general)
@CrazyMetroid Thanks

@TheRealThanos Fair enough.

But people will speculate (myself included) when talking about a high-profile game such as this, arguably one of the highest-profile games coming to Wii U, seeing as it's riding on the success of the 3rd best-selling video game of all time.

I was probably a tad harsh on the guy, but he does seem to be rather rash in the decisions he makes, perhaps revealing his decisions and game to the public before he really should, such as turning it from a Wii U to a PC game, and now back to a Wii U game, all within 5 months. It worries me that he hasn't planned all this out before-hand.

You need a game-plan before tackling something as huge as a game project, otherwise you're going to be all over the place.

Probably to avoid lawsuit from Minecraft

@TheRealThanos thanks! ill have to check this out later as i must be on my way to work

@Jenraux I honestly don't know if we should see this game (or any indie game) as high profile, but don't get me wrong: I also see where all the negativity is coming from, I just don't understand it. I agree that his planning is far from perfect, and he probably overestimated some aspects of the whole trajectory.

As for the how or why of his actions or ways of communicating; I can tell you from my own experience from not only living in the Netherlands, but also having worked in other countries and with people from other countries, that every country has different values and morals and the people coming from it have their own ways that do not always correspond with our views, but that doesn't make them wrong. As an American abroad I have had to explain away quite a few misconceptions that they had about me simply based on the fact that I came from "that" part of the world and all Americans are of course either fat and lazy, or entitled, crazy and gun toting idiots with an inherent view that they are the world's greatest country in pretty much every category that counts.
Eastern Europeans, as well as people from the south of Europe can be very passionate and temperamental and often times let their heads follow their hearts instead of the other way around, but of course these are general categorizations and don't apply to all people. (I'm not fat, and I'm certainly not carrying a gun, which is actually quite easy since that's not even allowed here) Anyways, hope you see where I'm trying to go here. It could simply be a case of "lost in translation" because certain values and intentions simply can't be brought across well enough in another language and will therefore run the risk as being perceived as wrong or bad, even when they aren't.
Make of that what you will, I'll reserve my personal judgment on this game when it's done and ready.
@foodmetaphors You're most welcome.

Good for him, I hope he comes out with a good product.

In other words he finally realizes every other platform has Minecraft already and by spreading out his resources on other versions that will fail he would be even worse off.

Basically it boiled down to this won't even remotely challenge Minecraft on other platforms so hope Wii U owners don't own a phone or PC.

Nice speech but I'm never gonna buy this. Really not my thing, sorry.

I'm very interested to see how this game turns out. Hoping it will "wow" us who actually want this type of game. I've got Minecraft on my Vita so I'll be doing some close comparing. And I respect this guy coming clean with the community. Must've had some passionate fans voice their opinions about the exclusivity.

If only Microsoft didn't buy Minecraft. There's so many great GamePad opportunities! It's not like they're going to put it to good use anyway. I mean, just look what happened to Rare!

@TheRealThanos Now this is the first time I recall reading anything about this story. Just from the article its self, I get the feeling that the developers have/had great ambition to try to go multi-platform. Nothing wrong with that at all. What I find annoying is trying to suck up to the Nintendo community after the failed attempt.

That said, I look forward to its release. My son enjoyed cube creator 3D, So if I dont get Minecraft, I could see myself getting this.

How many minecraft clones do people plan on making for Nintendo system's? I know we haven't got Minecraft on Nintendo Consoles but...sheesh! I say 1 or 2 are good enough, but that's what I think.

Personal, I plan on getting Cube Creater 3D because it looks good. This one intrigued me also, but...a review is the only thing that will convince me.

Seriously though, how many have they made? 3? 4? Or do I just think their are too many Minecraft clones on the eshop?

ANOTHER MINECRAFT RIPOFF?

how creative.

Ya blew it!

@bitleman There was also lack of interest from nintendo. When Tetris appeared, which was also a HUGE phenomenon, nintendo fighted fiercely to get the console rights. with this? they even didn't care and much of the blame comes from Miyamoto's last word in game projects. The guy doesn't like PC games only his own stuff and that makes them lose a huge oportunity like Minecraft.

@bitleman I'm still waiting on the Star Wars and Doctor Who DLC packs for PS4 but Microsoft is keeping them Xbox only of course... >_>

Anyway, the Wii U is so perfect for Minecraft its driving me nuts.

@TheRealThanos
Well said. This guy doesn't deserve all the hate he is getting. Minecraft will probably never to a Nintendo console now, so this is the 2nd best option.

@DiscoGentleman @TheRealThanos was whiny? Hmm odd,I read the old man's comments and i see nothing that you can call whiny. All i see is him saying this guy does not deserve all the hate, he's getting from everyone here. And it's true he doesn't deserve it.

Yea, I don't care about minecraft inspired games, never understood the appeal to the game.

I hope this turns out good seems like this guy has had some big obstacles to over come and he is still maintaining FORWARD , So I hope the BEST for him and this project, it's inspirational to me ., cause the world of business is a HARSH, HARSH World. I hope his work , money, as well as efforts pay off it would be awesome to see a success story out of this.

@DiscoGentleman That's your opinion and you're welcome to it, but it certainly isn't my intention; from my perspective it is simply trying to be social (I am a very social and easy-going person) and to be respectful and not base things on assumptions or my own interpretations, and actually trying to see things with a broader perspective than just my own. And what I saw here is a programmer being nailed to the cross based on some teeny tiny things he said and did "wrong", so the punishment isn't at all equal to the crime.
I'd say the same thing if someone on here was attacked for equally petty reasons, so it's not like I'm this guy's biggest fan or supporter, it's just based on my own morals and values.
And as for me: I'm 45, I don't do whiney...

This game would have to be downright excellent to catch my attention since I am not too big on Minecraft-esque games in the first place. Will watch it simply because it is for Wii U.

This is going to crash and burn like most of these eShop games and it'll be looked back upon poorly as a weird mediocre Minecraft clone for the WiiU because the WiiU "was too lame" to support the real Minecraft. Put this poor thing out of it's misery before it's too late.

"feel that not only have I formed a bond with UCraft but also with the entire Nintendo Community"

No, it was just to UCraft.

I LAUGH at everyone calling this a poor looking game. It's based on Minecraft. The point is to not look good (or at least that's what I think they're going for). Personally I'm excited as it will be FAR more util than Minecraft on a 360. I as a Nintendo fan finally get a sandbox creator experience on my Wii U. Go and be offended at my happiness.

Holy crap, people are still giving him flak? With the way things are in the gaming community, you'd think Nintendo fans would want the Wii U to get every edge it can. Turd-party developers jumped ship, so really that only leaves indie developers. If there's one thing I can say about fanboys, it's that they insist on burning every bridge in sight until they're trapped on the island they saturated with their own refuse.

Just wish Mine Craft would have come to the 3DS and WiiU, perfect systems for it.

Isaiah White it's pretty bad at PR... i even used to know him, the only thing bad about him and his gaming development is that he makes about 10 games at a time.

@KickButt_Gaming
"Block Dude" didn't even let you jump.

Cracks me up at how many people say "who cares!" But if this gets released it will be Nexis games who gets the last laugh. This game will fly off the Eshop. Just my prediction. I'm not a big fan of Minecraft. In fact I never played a version until I recently bought Cube Creator. Guess what? I find myself enjoying Cube Creator alot. I really think a Wii-U version needs online play though. I say Good Luck Nexis Games. Games get delayed all the time. Personally I think Nintendo should make a version of their own and call it Nintendo Craft using all their Franchised characters and Monsters. Now how cool might that be?

i'll wait for the review, but looks pretty good so far,

@AVahne That's what I was thinking... I will look at the trailers for the game and review but so far I am seeing a pound shop version of minecraft. If he made it more his own I would be interested.

Ok... I see a flame war has already started... And ok everyone is free to think or say whatever they say but... Rememeber all the noise made about Cube Creator 3d for the 3DS? It ended up with high ratings from critics and players all along... I believe this will be the same

@BinaryFragger Yep. I'm afraid that you've hit the nail right on the head. Why see a glass half full when you can dissect everything until all that is left is something negative?
I can understand that this guy not being able to make up his mind (first Wii U exclusive, then multi-platform and now back again to Wii U exclusive) is something that can at the very least make you question some things about the whole project, but still...
Oh well, to each his own, I guess.

After all the drama with this dev and his game I've concluded that he's not entirely trustworthy or at least is unsure of things himself. Somewhat entertaining though. If the review scores 8+ it's a buy from me. Excited about the go-karts.

@bitleman They had to leave the Playstation version due to contracts and such. Don't expect Minecraft stuff to continue on Playstation from now on that doesn't fall into the contract.

@KodyDawg

actually, i read the headline and didn't feel the article was worth reading

@TheRealThanos Ah.. I do wish more ppl culd be like you... I get some truly horrible things sed to me over my spelling and Grammar... that I can not hellp as I have Dislexia so meny ppl are Pig Ignorant "Oh Just learn To spell you Idiot!" or have ALL The ancers to life as we know it... offeten get "Use a Dictionary" Yeah.. would you like to look up basically Every single Freeking word you want to Tipe when you dont even know HOW to spell the freeking words...

Also must say I Approve of you're view in #14 saying not to Judge ect That's how more people suld be -_-

@Volmun Yeah, I've misjudged you a bit on that myself in the past, catching myself being slightly annoyed by your comments, until you explained it to someone, and that made me feel quite guilty of having done that. As for the rest of it: what is it that they always say about that? Ah yes: welcome to the internet, the world's biggest open sewage canal...

I admire the guy for his dedication.

I'm all for trying out the Beta, if he's still intending to release that.

Let indies create more creative freedom games, Or has everything to be a platformer? We don't have anything similar to Minecraft, so all those clones are still very welcome and hopefully good.

@TheRealThanos Go away Nexis Games.

@BinaryFragger You sir deserve a cookie. Anyway, I'll see if UCraft any better than Block Creator 3D, if it is I getting it.

@Melkac Yeah, right. Muy madura...

@minotaurgamer
Notch expressed interest in Nintendo versions and Nintendo tried to make an exclusivity deal for Japan. That was before Microsoft put 2 billion on the table

no local multiplayer = no purchase

@Gridatttack http://nexisgames.com has info on the Features. Or you could easly read my site for it. http://ucraftnetwork.com/faqs/ucraft-features/

Hopefully We'll Get The Final Trailer Before The End Of The Month!. Or This Weekend.

Thank you
LittleUCraft <------ (New Name)

"Well, you can say one thing about this studio. They're consistent in their embarrassing lack of professionalism."

@HylianJowi I guess you would know