Overview
- Number of Players
- 8
- Genre
- Release Date
Switch eShop
11th May 2017, $29.99
12th May 2017, £19.99
- Series
- Tags
- Official Site
- minecraft.net
Screenshots 10
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition News
Feature There's No Storytelling Like Minecraft's Exquisite Emergent Narrative
Story time!
It's the fifth anniversary of Minecraft's Switch release today, and we're celebrating the only way we know how: By writing lots of words about it. Hooray! I was away from home when my house caught on fire. I didn't even hear about it until the next day, when it was far too late: The beautiful Tudor-style cottage was naught but a...
News Famitsu Report Reveals Japan's Highest-Selling Games And Top-Selling Hardware In 2018
Nintendo dominates the competition
2018 was a big year for Nintendo, with the Switch and the system's library of the games dominating the charts for many months of the year worldwide. Famitsu has now published its own report, revealing the top 10 highest-selling video games and top-selling hardware in Japan last year. According to the estimates...
Soapbox Nintendo's Excuses Regarding Cloud Saves Aren't Good Enough
The onus is on Nintendo to find a way to combat cheaters
Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In this piece, Nintendo Life Operations Director Darren Calvert voices his opinion on the state of Switch cloud saves, and why Nintendo needs to...
News Nintendo Grabbed Every Top Ten Spot In Japanese Charts Last Week, Minecraft On Top
The dominance continues
As has been the case for a while now, Nintendo dominated the Japanese gaming charts once again last week, taking every single top-ten spot and securing 17 of the top 20 chart positions. Last week was Obon in Japan, a traditional custom that has become a major holiday in the region, so no new games were released into the...
News Japan Retailer Reveals Its Minecraft Sales On Switch Rapidly Outsold Wii U Version
Positive signs
The Wii U era was a difficult time for all games released on the platform. It didn't matter how big the game or series was, it still struggled due to Nintendo's inability to sell the system worldwide. Even Minecraft - one of the most popular games of the generation - couldn't gain sales momentum. With sales of Nintendo's current...
News Mojang Redesigning Minecraft’s Game Menus With Help Of Paper Prototype Kits
Submit your own ideas
In a number of titles, slick and easy menu navigation is critical. Minecraft is one of those games reliant on a clean and responsive user interface. While its menus have undergone multiple revisions over the years, Mojang is looking to improve the overall design once again, this time with the assistance of the community...
News Minecraft Movie Delayed After Director Leaves Project
Under reconstruction
Troubled production cycles for movies based on popular video game franchises is seemingly ongoing. Minecraft: The Movie is now the latest one with problems, following Warner Bros. acquisition of Detective Pikachu. The film originally revealed by the game's creator Notch in 2014, when he posted about Mojang's partnership...
News Nintendo Wants To Help External Publishers Incorporate Cross-Play
"We are inclined to do what we can"
Cross-play has been a rather heavily-discussed topic just recently; Sony's reluctance to allow cross-platform play with other systems in Fortnite caused quite the stir, and this even led to Nintendo and Microsoft teaming up for a Minecraft trailer which seemingly
News Minecraft's Aquatic Update Phase Two Gets Wet And Wild Today On Switch
Water surpise
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition has just received its next big update, bringing with it the next section of the big Aquatic Update that's overhauled the game's base underwater elements. If you're big into Minecraft on Switch, you'll be pleased to see all the big things Phase Two is adding to Mojang's global hit: New...
Nintendo Download 21st June (Europe)
The European eShops have some new goodies
The Nintendo Download has arrived on the EU eShops, and that means lots of new games, DLC, demos and themes to add to your growing collection. Be sure to leave a vote in the poll below, and a comment with your hot picks from the latest digital haul. Enjoy! Switch eShop: Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo,...
About The Game
Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures.
Explore randomly‐generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in Creative Mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in Survival Mode, crafting weapons and armor to fend off dangerous mobs.
Create, Explore and Survive alone or with up to 8 'crafters together online, while 4 can join each other in local multiplayer on the TV or in tabletop mode, supporting both split screen and the Pro Controller. Compete with your friends in Battle, Tumble or Glide* - mini games for Minecraft console editions where you fight for survival and high scores; strategy, and sometimes just pure luck will make you the winner.
Minecraft on Nintendo Switch includes six content packs in addition to the Super Mario Mash Up which delivers:
- 40 Super Mario‐themed skins including Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach, as well as troublemakers like Bowser, Wario and all seven Koopalings
- Super Mario World itself! Professional Minecraft builders have remade the likeness of the Mushroom Kingdom and beyond, with Mario‐themed versions of the Overworld, The Nether and The End for you to explore.
- So many Mario‐inspired surprises to discover, from islands shaped like Warp Pipes to towering sculptures of Nintendo's iconic characters. We've recreated villainous hideouts, too: like Bowser's Castle, Bowser's ship, and Boo's House.
- Super Mario‐style textures, numerous Mario‐themed puzzles, dozens of character skins and music from Super Mario 64 to enjoy
Comments 8
Pretty much the best version of Minecraft, in my opinion, for portability alone.
Game >> Community
I’ve tried to stay away from this game, but then I gave it a try. I really enjoy hanging out with my kids and playing this game. You kind of just lose time together. That’s really what it’s all about. You hang out, you build random stuff, and just relax. I’m really excited for the “Better Together” release that way I can continue to play this game with my kids even when they are at their moms. My daughter would play on a tablet, my son would play on Xbox One, and I of course would be using the Switch.
I wonder if you can make the Nintendo switch to go on like the mobile version of Minecraft, for example if your controller is dead, no worries you can use the console, just the console to play Minecraft, it will be a pretty cool idea, especially command blocks
Hello I think this is a really good game but it is a bit boring to play on my own. I would appreciate if some of you added my to play minecraft or splatoon 2 my FC is 7203 0031 9548 thank you also no discord it skype is needed chatting in signs is fine is need be.
I play minecraft on my Nintendo switch and I have no friends on it yet but if any one wants to add me to play minecraft then yous are more than welcome and my fc is Sw 6541-6480-1530
If anyone wants to play minecraft with me my fc is SW-7372-3643-5905
Help PLEASE!
My son has spent hours making a world.... how can you save / share worlds between users on Switch?
He wants me to have the world as its my account/user that has the nintendo online profile....
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