Poll: Are You Excited About Minecraft: Wii U Edition, Or Is It Too Late?

No gamepad inventory management, $10 more than other, bigger versions (ps4, one), still more expensive than the PC version (though not by much). Nah, I'll wait and see what that "nintendo exclusive" content looks like before I give it the time of day

I love Minecraft, and Wii U is my platform of choice, but this is too little, too late. There's no reason to pay extra for a port with no system unique features, years after its been available everywhere else.

A good game is never late and I would pay good money for a good game.

But I don't even download free games, if(/when) they are not good.

If this had a good use for GamePad, like:
-GamePad Co op,
-Drawing textures with stylus and
-Amibo support,
I would pay even more, than 30€.

This far I have a feeling, that this is both too late and too expensive.

Too late. PC version is the definitive one and there's no reason to get this for Wii U when Nintendo is killing it off with the NX soon anyway :').

Well of course nintendo fans hate it. They hate anything that doesn't make them feeñ like special snowflakes.

Minecraft on wii u is the best news in years. Suck it up.

I already own it on PC and have no reason to get it on other platforms

Well, since I'm going to be broke on my Christmas shopping, I wasn't really going to buy this at the $30 price tag. I'll be keeping my eye out on it when the price is reduced, though.
Is it too late? Well, better late than never but I still think it's pretty late. Ah well, Minecraft is a big thing so I guess it could still perform well on the Wii U.
It's mind of weird inventory management using the GamePad isn't supported, but I guess it's not out of the question yet.

@Minotaurgamer

No gamepad inventory. Expensive. Better versions elsewhere. It's arrival is beyond late. But hey, it should be loved regardless, right?

Since the news has been spilled and the game lacks good gamepad functinality, I think that's a big blow.

But hey, 43% of the poll is at least excited about it, so that's great. Imagine if it had an attach rate of 43%. That would mean they'd sell like, an additional 4,300 copies of the game! (I Kid, I kid)

But seriously, if I wanted this game - not into the genre - I'd go PC. Whenever there is a PC option, that's probably the superior option. Unless the people who make the Batman games are making the game.

Edit: $30 for a game that is years old is ridiculous. Plus paid DLC. Gag me. $15 and throw that DLC in for free if you buy it the first week or something. Just a cash grab by Microsoft by the looks of it. There's a scary fact, Microsoft is finally caved and is on a Nintendo platform, and they brought their nickel and dime pricing with them.

I was excited but then they announced that it will not use the gamepad features. Its a shame how much they waste the potential of the wii u version :/ I guess the minecraft clones are better so far xD

I think a lot of Wii U were traded in for Xbox 360's when Minecraft was all the rage. But I guess some loyal Nintendo gamers will now have the chance to play it.

But....why does Nintendo think this is big news. It seems that there are 3rd party developers out there who are happy to use the Wii U for some extra bucks when they want to.

I need to know more before buying. How big will the worlds be? Will it have voice chat? What's the most comparable version, feature wise? How will it look (draw distance and all that)?

I'm waiting for the retail release. In the meantime, maybe I should beat the following: Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition, Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition, or Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition

I'm definitely interested in trying it, since it was so popular, but is it as popular as it used to be? I'm worried that I'll download it, then find that it's so late in the game that no one I know would want to play it with me anymore.

I'm also kinda disappointed that the price is more expensive than other versions for including features I won't even use, but I suppose it's cheaper than most games anyway.

I still think this will sell like hotcakes. Not my thing I will probably pass. But who knows sometimes those sales grab me

I was slightly interested till I heard about lack of gamepad features

My kids won't care about the gamepad features anyways because they both will always be playing together. If they had gamepad features then they would fight for the gamepad lol

I barely sell Minecraft on the other systems. Like twice a month we may sell it now. It's dead for sales and everyone who wants it has it

@Minotaurgamer Well I'm a Nintendo fan (not to be confused with fanboy) and I think it's great that Minecraft comes to Wii U. It's the right thing to do. And I think that despite the fact that I don't play it at all (some friends of mine do and I could've gotten it on PC) and won't buy the Wii U version. Minecraft just fits well to the Wii U. But it's a shame if they really don't utilize the Gamepad properly (just found that out through the poll here).

I dont understand the logic of "Too little, too late." unless folks are specifically talking about capitalizing on sales hype. The fad might've died down, but Minecraft is practically an evergreen title that can be loaded up today or 10 years from now (barring no Minecraft 2 by then).

While it might be late to the party, it's never too late to join in and give folks another platform to play on. Otherwise you might as well say the same about VC games and Sega/Capcom/Square-Enix porting their games to other platforms.

The only argument that holds up is how it's more expensive than other versions (additional/unique features be darned). Being so late to the party, an early adopter discount would've been pretty ideal. Especially to get as many users online day-one.

@zool The Wii U wasn't out when Minecraft was released. The Wii U came out 3,5 years after Minecraft.

I wouldn't call it too little too late since its obvious Minecraft is still very much alive and kicking. The extra 10 dollars may have to do with the included DLC packs. I am also willing to look past the lake of gamepad integration if the Nintendo excluive content is good enough

thinking of taking a chance on Ucraft instead.

I suppose if you already have it, why would you be excited? But as someone who has yet to play it, I can't wait to have it on Wii U, not least because of the promised Nintendo content to follow. And price-wise, because it has add on content, it's on par with the other versions.

I always thought Minecraft would work best on the 3DS, with the top screen acting as the game and the bottom screen would be the inventory.
Of course the 240p resolution would be hard to work with. The vita has over twice that and I still thought it was too small. I never want to imagine playing the mobile version...

When Minecraft was at its peak rather than when it was released.

If 100 million Wii's were sold and only 10 million Wii U's (so far) a lot of Wii owners must have jumped ship and I bet Minecraft had something to do with it.

Just not my thing. However, had this been on the Wii U at launch when Minecraft hype was still loony I might have at least tried it.

They really want to push this for the holidays, if not it makes no sense that after so many years waiting they cannot have exclusive content right off the bat, or implement Gamepad functionality, tempting both new and old Minecraft players.

I think this is actually part of a bigger partnership between Nintendo and Microsoft which will see Minecraft launch as a NX launch title. The Wii U version was merely part of the deal, but not the main focus.

It's worth pointing out that this launch price/bundle is also on Xbox one as a festive bundle.

I'll probably pick this up, my wife wants Minecraft in portable form (not that she plays on the go, she just wants to play off the TV) that isn't A) a clone or B) crap (looking at you pocket version) and this is probably the closest thing to a 3DS versions she's going to get.

Also I think it's worth supporting to get Minecraft on future Nintendo consoles and to show Microsoft that there are people who will buy their stuff on Wii U... Cough banjo cough

Minecraft belongs on PC!

I will be buying it so my kids and I can play co-op. Haven't yet purchased on Xbox One because that console is for me >

@Minotaurgamer Nintendo fans don't hate it. It's a game that is literally on every other device imaginable. If you wanted to play this game you will have had and played at some point in the las 3 years on some format or another. £30 so late in the day is just daft.

Me personally, I wouldn't download it if it was free. I think it's crap, over hyped and pointless. But that tends to be the kind of game that sells in big numbers. Much the same as FIFA and angry birds.

The only Nintendo exclusive feature I want is gamepad exclusive features....

...Meh, if I had to choose, I would rather just get Terraria.

I have never played Minecraft. I want to buy it for Wii U, but not having inventory on the gamepad just sounds like a sloppy cash grab. Poor

@Minotaurgamer :

The main reason is that its old and high priced. There is nothing new on Wii U, and there is zero touch usage. There is no selling point at all, as it have the same crappy controls as earlier versions. Theh could fix this on Wii U, but didn't care.

...Eh...it kinda makes snese for Wii U, and itll probably sell (it's Minecraft. It's gonna sell.), but the price is too steep (especially this late in the game), and you can play it on just about everything else, so I'm not really excited for it...

You're in a block now, you're in a mine now... doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it?

I'm not against it because I have it on another platform, but because I'm so done with that game. Dig straight down, get diamond armor. Boring. I'll play Terraria thank you.

I was fairly interested in Minecraft U... and then they said $29.99... and then they said no touch screen inventory... Right now, I'm still interested, since I never played it, but it's too expensive and too lacking for me to buy it.

But are there Wii Remote motion controls?

@Minotaurgamer agreed. Better gamepad support would be cool but the extra work for that probably just isn't worth the 30 copies they'll sell.

"Building the hype train"

I don't see how you can build the hype train when you announce a game 10 days before it's release. Go look at PS3 and PS4, for months they were hyping those up. You don't announce a game after BF to release in 10 days. This should have been announced at E3 w/ a tentative "holiday" or "year end" window. Then you can build a hype train. You can't build a hype train in 10 days.

Even if my kids wanted this I'm done shopping for the holidays and they have so many other videogames coming. If it were announced at E3 they would have had it #1 on their lists.

It's "too late" b/c they announced it after Black Friday, not b/c the game is 5 years old. Go check out the Vita sales in Japan, the game still sells, and sells well, but you have to give people notice it's coming before they buy other games or other consoles to play it on.

It's still big news, just very poorly timed big news.

Pricier...no exclusive features...too little too late.

@TrueWiiMaster If you've never played it, its worth it.

Great game. Yes, it's too little, too late, but when it's minecraft that's still a metric ton more than anything else has to offer. I'd buy it just to free up my PC from those pesky kids that play minecraft on it forever. But mostly because minecraft.

Thank you Microsoft for bringing this to WiiU in spite of Nintendo's colossal ignorance. Maybe Miamoto can play it now. He might even learn something.

I'm one of the few people who cant handle dual screen gaming. I find looking between the 2 screens a big strain on my eyes, to the point where it makes me feel dizzy, and sometimes sick. So the gamepad features dont bother me, but the option would be nice for those who can handle it.
But at the end of the day, I feel people should be grateful the game is coming to Wii U. Lets not forget that Nintendo neglect gamepad features as much as any of these so called "lazy devs". I know I would take Minecraft over Amiibo Festival or Mario Tennis!

i'm looking forward to the Nintendo colab things, they if there done well.

So many great exclusive games right now... Fast racing, Steamworld, Xenoblade all score 9/10. No time for a crappy port. Might pick it up in a sale in the future.

-_- not sure how they got added in there tbh...

Nope. It's not too late, just not interested at all, not even a tiny wee bit

It's not my thing and this game is coming way too late in the Wii U's life cycle. Other than that, happy some people that have been waiting for it are getting it. Having more big name games is always a good thing for Wii U.

Minecraft is still a huge deal for our kids. Our PS4 is basically a £250 Minecraft Machine. Nothing else gets played on it. If you'd have announced this back in the summer I could have saved myself a packet.

@Dakt I just keep my fingers crossed that the NX won't be like this.

@Manjushri Pretty much. My eldest is 8 and Minecraft is all he thinks about. It is rather engaging. If you've ever muscled in on your kid, whilst he tries to put a Lego set together, you'll probably enjoy it too.

It's good that it's finally coming, and late is better than never, but I don't have any interest in Minecraft and I'm just curious about why it hasn't come to the Wii U before this. Yeah, it's a hugely popular game. But I don't see how this is big news as it's an old one that is on every other platform out there.

I do not care for Minecraft. I never have. I think it looks terrible.
I hate that next year's Super Sentai took a lot of visual cues from it!

@rjejr

The only way such short notice would have worked would be "available now". Then excited people would have gotten it. Ten days means no immediacy and no time to advertise.

But then again, poorly marketed and advertised, late port, full price, lacking features, like so many Wii U ports. The only way this could avoid the fate of so many ports like that is the brand power.

It really seems like without gamepad integration, this is just the same lackluster port we've seen people complaining about in the xbox and sony camps. It shouldnt surprise that Mojang didnt go the extra mile for this version, as it was all about numbers anyway. They dont really care about the WII U or the gamepad, they just decided the install base was finally big enough to shovel us the same crappy port they've already copy and pasted across 4 consoles. I am against this game. To ingore the obvious potential of the gamepad is suggestive that they dont want the optimal experience for players. They just want your money.

Wii U is my main console so I can say that my XBOX One officially became a glorified blu-ray player.

I mean, this is cool for the ten people who haven't played it already on another platform. Nothing wrong with it coming to Wii U, but there's really no reason for me to buy it again.

I will wait until U Craft comes out and then make my decision whether it'll be U craft, Minecraft or Cube Life

Since I recently sold my Xbox and picked up a Wii U instead, there is no question I will be getting this on Wii U.

I get the overwhelming opinion of this sit but remember most of us are adults and can logically find issues with this release. A lot of kids also own wiiu's and do not care about cost or timing. Go to the miiverse anouncement and you'll find endless posts from kids thanking Nintendo. If I didn't care about games and my kid endlessly bothered me for a 30 dollar wiiu game they would put 100 hours in instead of a 60 dollar game they might put 15 hours in I would buy it. Wouldn't even have to go to the store for it. I think minekraft will be the best selling 3rd party wiiu game even if it's a little late. 2 million at least. Just watch the eshop light up after it releases.

@Varoennauraa I will buy it. I'm very interested in the local multiplayer. Splatoon battle dojo has one player on the pad & other on screen. So it's been done. I'm very interested to see if this is the same way (at least for 2 players).

I realize it would have been better a few years ago, and I acknowledge there should e gamepad inventory management.

BUT.

People need to wake up to reality. It's not more expensive. It's the same price as the equivalent bundle packages on other systems. Yes, there are cheaper OPTIONS on PS4/X1, but those options are not equivalent. You can't say something is more expensive unless you compare pound for pound.

That kind of nonsense just irks me. if you have a valid complaint you shouldn't need to exaggerate or misrepresent the facts to do so.

And Idk if maybe just a lot of Nintendo gamers live in a bubble, but Minecraft is as popular as ever. It's not some "dying fad". This game is going nowhere but up, of that I am sure. And it's actually a really fun game. It's not just for kids (contrary to popular belief). This is a top notch game, period, and I think more people should give it a try and find out for themselves why it's so popular.

@JaxonH I attempted the 360 version demo a long time ago and never actually finished it. I think at it's heart it has the same problem that Morrowind had (for me) in the perspective versus what you are attempting to do. It's like RTS or Flight Simulators for me. They exist and people really enjoy them, but it just isn't for me.

@NintendoLifeStaff I do not know what ad service (of the many) that is causing it, but I am having serious slowdowns on the website and Chrome is frequently reporting plug-in crashes on your page.

It's too late for minecraft. It only has 6 months before the software and the Wii U get forgotten for the NX.

I bought Minecraft 7 years ago on PC and 4 years ago on Xbox 360. Don't need another version.

Its too late. I'm 39, but I have an 11 year old brother who loves Minecraft. His birthday is today and he asked and got an Xbox One, because he wants to play Minecraft on it. Had it come out on the Wii U years ago, he would not be asking for an Xbox One.

This is too late for many, but late is better than never.

@Dark-Link73
Doh! Trade it in or sell it to someone, you'll get more money and can easily buy a stand alone Blu Ray and have cash left over. I have an Xbone as well and love it, but if I didn't, I would sell it. I love the Wii U as well.

And no gamepad inventory management?! That is just pure laziness. That would've given the Wii U a huge advantage over the others. I'm guessing they wanted the game out over xmas and rushed it.

@Minotaurgamer I like you.

Minecraft was one of those games I always thought should be on the Wii U, but I never would've played it. The lack of anything GamePad-related pretty much ruined it, and it's a bit late.

Should've come a lot sooner, imo.

@Varoennauraa Well we don't know much about this version other than the fact that it has off tv play, and is on wiiu. As far as we know, it could have gamepad inventory, but again we know very little about this version

@Operative bigger versions how?

@GamePerson19 the dev confirmed no inventory on game pad

@Dakt disc version announced, and I can't see how this would be any worse than other versions of Minecraft.

Too little, too late which is kinda sad considering a Nintendo platform, especially the Wii U, is probably the best system for such a game

@MasterWario Oh, God, you're one of those people. They're completely differently games. Mine craft is all about creativity, and one Google search will tell you that there's limitless possibilities. It's not about "digging straight down and getting diamond armor" at all. Terraria is about exploring and a little bit about building. And one more little thing, one is 3D and the other is 2D. And before you ask, yes I have played Minecraft. Yes I have played Terraria. Yes, I've been playing both of them for years.

It probably wouldn't have been too late...if it wasn't apparantly too little at the same time. Not taking advantage of the Wii U GamePad's unique functionality and features is just a terribly wasted opportunity. Given, however, that it's just going to be pretty much exactly the same as the other versions (excluding the off-TV play, and I presume that's all that will really be different), but less technically accomplished because it's on hardware that's quite a bit less powerful, I don't really think it's going to get too many people particularly excited. It will almost certainly still sell a very decent number of copies though, so I don't think Mojang/Microsoft will be too worried.

Tbh I don't get minecraft I've always seen this as a very old kids game. Block graphics I had on the Nes and a game where you do all the work to make it fun, by the time you have built something worth playing your board of the game. Nahhh if I want blocky old games il get my 64 out and play goldeneye in Dk mode thanks.

@sinalefa hmm, announce and release? Hadn't thought about that, but I like it.

If that were the case though the article wouldn't be subtitled: "Building the hype train" as the train would have already left the station. And I would probably be knocking them for releasing a well known game like MC without giving it time for hype before the holidays. But I do like your way better. Probably would have had a lot more impulse sales that way before people decided they didn't want it b/c of the lack of Gamepad touchscreen management.

I don't know. Minecraft on Wii U would have been a better idea a year or so ago, but better late than never I suppose. The price is a little high compared to other versions, but I am keeping in mind that it's coming with a little bit of DLC and system-exclusive content is on the way (I'd need to wait and see what said content is, and how to access it (ie: amiibo support), before passing final judgement). Overall, it seems late to the Wii U ball, but let's see how well it does.

@madadam81 the world sizes on console versions of minecraft are small, whereas on the pc they're endless. The ps3 and 360 had very small worlds, which is what I'm assuming the wii u version is based off of. The ps4 and One worlds are six times bigger than their predecessors. And they cost $20

I'm actually interested in playing this on the gamepad alone. This game seems more suitable for a handheld experience, and I'm not even a handheld fan. Mildly interested, and I'll purchase once I see Nintendo establish an account system, and/or have digital purchases from the Wii U transfer over to NX.

I'll buy it if/when it gets good GP use.

It's a bit late and most people that wanted it would have got it on a different platform already, but it's better than never. This game just doesn't appeal to me, but if I want it then I'd probably get it on PC.

Not really my thing but I'm glad it's come across at last. Hopefully they'll patch in GamePad inventory and such later as that feels like a big oversight. But I think it'll do well anyway.

Curious to see what the Nintendo content will be, hopefully not just Mario and Zela skins for Steve.Though given the whole inventory thing, I think it'll just be Mario and Zelda skins for Steve.

I don't like Minecraft - I don't like level creators in general - but I feel its good this finally arrived in thw Wii U. However, the higher price without using the Gamepad makes you wonder if they really hope someone will buy it.

It was just confirmed to have voice chat. So is that 2 wiiu games with chat now? Black opps has it and I can't think of any others

@A01The best game ever made on the best system ever made? YOU CAN RAGE AT THOSE CONTROLS AND RINGS... IN 3D!

@Luna_110 I don't really get why everyone is complaining about pricing for the Wii U version of Minecraft when Microsoft is offering the same version on the Xbox One at the same exact price of $29.99. But it's really not that big of deal for me since I don't even like Minecraft to start with.

I'm still sad that Minecraft was the "big" news. Other than Xenoblade, Nintendo hasn't had any must play games this year. It seems like the 3ds is really slowing down and the poor Wii U never got started. I'm ready for the next batch of systems.

Make a Minecraft Bundle. Little kids will cause a rise in the sales of Wii U to conquer all.

That's scary. And not even funny.

The combination of having no significant Wii U exclusive features (and the ones that are coming can probably be cloned on PC anyways), along with a price tag on par with the XB1 and PS4 releases instead of the 360 and PS3 releases, is enough of a misstep to allow Cube Life and Ucraft a chance at life. A proper Minecraft port would have probably ended their chances at capitalizing on Minecraft's absence. Instead, the so-called Minecraft clones will outdo Minecraft at it's own game on Wii U at this point!

I didn't really expect much from Mojang on any platform other than PC, anyways, but I'm surprised that he allowed clones to come into being and compete with his magnum opus.

@marsden Oops, accidentally posted that comment to you.

@JubilifeRival They are completely different games. And I prefer Terraria. My point is that the things I liked about Minecraft were not the main focus. Exploring for ore in Minecraft is my favorite thing to do, but it's so simplistic. I've tried mods for quite sometime and then I realized that Terraria is simply more of what I'm looking for. If I want to be creative I prefer to draw or code; when I want to play a video game I'm much more objective focused. If I create a giant castle I want something cool to come out of it, not just sit there and watch it. And as you know in Terraria if you build a nice house, NPCs will move into it! I also can't stand how there's no difference in the underground wherever you go, except for Emerald in Extreme Hills. My favorite part of the game gets very repetitive after a while.

I get the value of Minecraft and I don't see why having a personal preference is a problem. Perhaps I could've worded better.

I have played Minecraft on the PC for a couple of years. Kind of stopped a year ago. My daughters badly wanted it for the Wii U, but not anymore.

The game could have helped to push the Wii U at launch. Now all I see is a missed opportunity and a too high price.

I hope and I think it will sell well enough...but it's too late to be a hit. Everybody has been playing it for years and the price is just way too high. It's sold as a new game and it really really is not

Oh great - a physical release is coming later? Awesome news. We'll wait.

@Minotaurgamer Agreed. The majority of Ninty fans hate anything not made by Nintendo's in house teams as proven by poor fan support of Metroid Prime series and F Zero GX. 29% of people are not interested - may God help 3rd party support on NX.

@BinaryFragger Agreed. Nintendo are caught in a trap. No doubt those not interested on here have already emptied their pockets on the filler shovelware Animal Amiibo game and Mario Tennis.

Even Xenoblade has been ignored by the majority on here.

Maybe if it:

• Didn't cost more compared to other platforms
• Didn't already exist on every other platform for years now
• Released before I owned it on at least one of those many other platforms
• Released before the hype train left the station many years ago
• Did something worthwhile with the gamepad now that they've finally decided to release on Wii U

I mean, really, the only reason the Wii U version would have been worthwhile at this point is real gamepad support and functionality. Off TV play is by far the laziest option they could have gone with and definitely not enough to sell it to me. Otherwise, it's offering nothing that the other versions aren't already offering aside from Nintendo specific skin packs, which are also irrelevant to PC users.

It's a little late in the game. The Wii U is on the top of a slow incline at this point. Considering the higher price than the PC or Pocket editions, less overall content, a lack of gamepad use, payed skins, restrictions on building and exploring space, and no ability to use custom content or play custom online game modes with more than 8 people, it's simply not worthwhile. It's a straight port pretty well designed so microsoft could claim the honorary title as the competetor that got on a nintendo system. If you have any other version of minecraft, I'd say don't go with this particular version.

Look, I'm perfectly fine with Minecraft as-is, despite how late it is and regardless of its utter lack of touch screen support. The real problem is how its announcement was mis-hyped all the way through. The news we (speaking on behalf of the Smash fandom) were expecting Monday came out today; if it happened the other way around, there would have been a lot less frowns, and Minecraft would have been showered in the hurrahs it deserves.

@JaxonH I remember the alpha. It was big amongst indie gaming nerds, and eventually went into the kids market like wildfire.
It's now a full open world RPG, and while it's more accessible to kids than any other one, it's still a game for grown ups.

Its too late given how now current Gen consoles support multiple maps (larger world) and I'm assuming wiiu will stay with a single map. No inventory management on the tablet is stupid. I think all the clones killed the hype as people had to use those to play if they had no other alternative and by now its all done.

@AlexSora89 An announcement on the date and time for a reveal that we already knew we were going to get about DLC for a game we already have is bigger news than a reveal for a game we didn't know we would get? Even though this announcement was by Nintendo's head of indie dev support?

@Clockwerk I am sure they said it will be at where the other console versions are at.
And those clones were weak rip offs.

@Operative why assume it's a port of the 360/PS3 version?

@madadam81 because the wii u is much closer to the ps3/360 in power than the current gen consoles. As well as the fact that porting 360 games is easy and doesn't require much work for the wii u. I highly doubt they made a version specific to wii u.

@Gold_Ranger Haven't caught up with Super Sentai since the Space Pirates anniversary one.

@Operative The Wii U doesn't have the 360's or PS3's limiting architecture, and the Xbox One and PS4 versions are certainly not to massive or complex to work on the Wii U. What in any version of the game is too much for the Wii U?

@madadam81 the wii u is not as strong as the competition. That's just a fact. If they found a way to make the wii u maps slightly bigger than their 360 maps, great for them. But it just doesn't have the juice to match what the ps4 and One do for the game. Considering the apparent lack of effort for those port, I'm pretty sure it's safe to say we're getting the 360 version. Because 360 titles are the easiest to port, according to the Dev community, when it comes to the wii u

@Minotaurgamer That's not urine in your cornflakes, it's apple juice. And this isn't crap you're spewing, it's chocolate pudding.
You seriously think this is worth anything? A dead console, with an ages old game that passed its best year 2 years ago. And that's supposed to be incredible news?
Maybe Minecraft is still worth something, but the Wii U is only good for filling the box it came in.

It's too little too late. It feels too much like an afterthought, like they put the minimal amount of required effort into milking another income source rather than truly making Minecraft for the Wii U, if it is to really come with no Wii U-nique features.

On a personal level, though, I can't bring myself to play just vanilla Minecraft anymore. I can't play without mods. Mods are the breath of life behind Minecraft's longevity.

@BinaryFragger Your analysis of Minecraft's staying power, based off Media Create, is hilarious and incredibly narrow. It's cheap. Many more handhelds per capita. And unlike how the title has been out forever here, it's only just come to Japan recently. We're talking the WORST selling Nintendo home console EVER. And trying to sell that same game for more than the competition, with nothing being done to optimize the title for the Wii U.
This is going to bust faster than a Vita RPG character's top.

Its too little too late to be of any significant financial sucess i presume.
The Minecraft hype is slowly settling down, its not the "hot topic" it used to be. And since it doesnt bring anything new to the table, i highly doubt that many people are willing to double dip if they own the console version somewhere else.

The only real benefit it has is MiiVerse and its ability to share creations with the community. It gives a llittle more incentive to ones creativity. Other than that, its just another console Minecraft port.

Now look at a similar game, Terraria, on the 3DS. IEven though the PC version is, naturally, superior, i always thought that the mobile phone version, especially its building mode was something really beneficial.
The 3DS now combines both, proper, physical controlls with the touch based building mode and thus, its unique across systems and has its own benefits.

No matter how late it might have come, it offers something fresh, something new and thus has relevance.
Minecraft not taking advantage of the Systems unique features is understandable, but also its biggest fault. There could have been many ways to properly utilize the second screen,

From the obvious functions like maps, inventory managementto detailed player stats (Health, armor, hunger, durability, coordinates etc) to, say, a new building mode. For instance:
Set up a huge rectangle to mark the players building range, on the gamepad, you can now fill this space with different blocks and thus trigger something like an "auto build mode"
Bring back classic crafting via gamepad, a texture editor, a skin editor.

The possibilitys are pretty much endless to bring something new to the table that would have made this version unique. But in the end, its just the same as other versions released with a hefty delay.

@SahashraLA @Operative I've said it before as have others but I'll say it again.The game will cost the same on Eshop as it does on the Xbox and PS store.This same version as we're getting with the included textures and skins released only 2 weeks ago on the other consoles and the official price of it is $29.99.PS edition has LBP exclusive content,Xbox has Halo and Nintendo will have it's own.It may be available for cheaper at retail,i don't know I've not looked but it's not had a retail release on Wii U yet.When it does,it'll likely be available at various places for cheaper too.

https://store.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox-One/Bundle/Minecraft-Xbox-One-Edition-Holiday-Pack/e983405f-eacc-45b1-b489-d7a924bc29f9?cid=majornelson

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/minecraft-playstation-4-edition-holiday-pack/cid=UP4433-CUSA00744_00-HOLIDAYBUNDLE015

So much negativity and nonsense in this and other Minecraft articles from the vocal minority who make themselves sound like the majority.It's this kind of behavior that leads to 3rd parties not bothering with Nintendo.Why would they,we're all a bunch of ungrateful fanboys in their eyes.This might be too late for Wii U and disappointingly be missing some obvious Gamepad features but it's here and we're getting the same version for the same price less than 1 month after its release on the other 2..Considering the small and seemingly ungrateful userbase they didn't need to bother but they did,so as long as it's a good quality port why all the complaining?.Like it or not,the game was and still is hugely popular and it's here to stay,it will be expanded on and will inevitably have a sequel at some point.If the NX is going to have any chance of succeeding it needs games like this on it,without them it will fail.Having a Wii U version only increases the chances that it will.Or if no one buys it,it won't.

@MasterWario Ah, I see now. I completely understand your point. I jumped the gun a bit there, sorry.

I don't understand Minecraft. It's just not my cup of tea.

I don't understand the point of it if its not going to make use of anything the Wii U is. What a waste of time and money.

What could have made the WiiU version more interesting would be new stuff. Not necessarily Nintendo-related but just give that version some exclusive stuff like new animals, enemies, ores etc. and it could have made it worth buying it a third time - at least for me. Or just have it feature stuff from pc version 1.9 like a month in advance from the pc version and it would have been fine.

What I do wonder, though: Are the worlds generated as big as the ones from PS4/XOne or as small as those from PS3/X360/Vita?

@JubilifeRival All good, I should really watch the way I word things. I make wacky comments off the cuff every once and a while.

I would love to play it, but I don't care at all because I sold my Wii U a long time ago. I am hoping the NX is backwards compatible with Wii U software so that I can play the few games I missed like Splattoon, etc.

Rumor is that it has the large PS4 maps. There is no reason not to. It has enough RAM. Its much more capable than the older consoles in that aspect. It will also be a pretty definitive version because of off TV play action...

Could this mean that a deal to release the Rare games on Wii U is possible?

@Varoennauraa So you'd pay more than 30€ if they put in a massive paywall?

I think it's great that there isn't amiibo support for this. It doesn't need it.

Minecraft appears on multiple platforms. Not really controversial or confusing. The PC one will always be the best, and the one that all your friends will be playing it on. Everybody knows this.

Yeah, this ain't exactly a great time to release this. It's long after most people have already played the PC version or a version on another console. It's more expensive than on other systems (and considering you can mod stuff on PC that's even more of a gap). It doesn't have much that makes it special or unique to the platform, and considering we don't even know what the Nintendo content is, there really isn't much cause to buy it.

I'd never picked up this game and I was expecting to buy the WiiU version because of the inventory management which I thought would have been an obvious incluaion. However now I'll wait to see if an update comes and if it doean't I might pick it up on PC instead or not at all.

@Minotaurgamer You're a moron.

I've never been interested in Minecraft and I never will. My gaming time is limited and I'd rather spend it battling Bowser, rescuing Zelda, exploring Mira or Fallout's wasteland or stepping into the shoes of Snake.

Personally, I've never understood the fascination with this sort of game but I am glad it is now available on the Wii U and am happy for those interested in it. The cynical part of me just thinks this is to build some bridges for the post Wii era with the NX. This may be a great move by Microsoft, and one which other publishers may regret not making.

@Minotaurgamer
Sometimes I feen like a snowflake, and it's always special!!!

I'm in that special place where this version of the game has appeal, even if the majority says otherwise. One of my sisters has never played Minecraft, nor uses her computer to play video games, but she does occasionally play on her Wii U. And while I stopped playing Minecraft years ago, being able to play with her on this version, with someone who hasn't played it all, would be awesome. I truly am one of those ten people that's excited and glad it's finally happening, well after I gave up on the prospects long ago.

Okay, so there should have been an option on the first poll that states "I already own it on various platforms but I'm also planning to get the Wii U version as well." because my daughter is a huge fan of both Minecraft and Nintendo. When I told her that it was finally on it's way to the Wii U she immediately wanted it. Which was no surprise to me because me and her mother have already had to spend money buying the PC, Xbox 360, and Mobile versions of the game. Plus I like to get on it with her from time to time, we have a lot of fun on it as a family. Getting it for the exclusive Nintendo licensed content later on is enough to make yet another purchase of the same game worth it. It fits in well in the Nintendo's library and in my opinion is not at all to late, seeing my daughter's eyes brighten up at the mere mention of anything Nintendo or Minecraft related is great in my book.

Because of online I still think this version can be great fun. But labeled as "Wii U Edition" there are expectations!

They should have brought this megahit up to a Wii U standard by adding fluid motion aiming (as seen in other Wii U games like Splatoon) and more comfortable touchscreen controls for tedious inventory/crafting stuff. As it seems it's all d-pad/stick controls and that's not what I would label a "Wii U Edition". At least not in this case where Wii U's exclusive control features would make it a better game.

From the bits of infos I gathered this is just "Minecraft: Xbox Port for Wii U". Doesn't sound too bad as there is at least a Microsoft quality standing behind it, but combined with the Nintendo-quality it would make this port awesome! Nintendo-skinned characters and themes don't do the job, I'm sorry, use the benefits of the hardware for better gameplay! Seems like workers made this game and not a real development team.
I hope for more details coming soon. While some things indeed make room for disappointment there's always the option for the developers to update the game or surprise us to turn the opinion round.

@faint:
Apart from the obvious ones that have voice chat with friends (like Smash) I know Trine 1&2 have voice chat... and MH3U I think.

Im fine with it.

I don't think the price is that bad, consider this Minecraft cost $30 on Wii U with no subscription fee for online vs the other console versions (minus PS3) that do require it for online. Plus now that both Super Mario Maker and Minecraft are on the same platform Nintendo in theory could make a builder bundle for Wii U for the next black Friday. Selling it as the best creation tool console on the market.

It's late on the game and there aren't enough features to justify the pricing. Could have done much, much more.

"So, we're curious, are you excited about this and counting the days to its release, or is your response a shrug of the shoulders?"
MC808 shrugs his shoulders

The lack of GamePad support is definitely annoying. That's the entire reason we wanted it on Wii U! The amount of customization that could have been possible with the GamePad and stylus is unfathomable. Limitless. But we're getting a lazy port that probably won't even be up to snuff with the PC version. If they fix that and add it in, then I'll definitely blow 30 bones on it. Add amiibo support for unlockable costumes and other bonus content and I'd perhaps spend more. Nintendo is missing a serious opportunity to make the Wii U version perhaps nearly as popular as the PC version. We don't just want the game - it's always been about the customization. And if that's what you're after and you own the PC version, then there's no reason to pick this up until they alter how the GamePad works with the game. Plain and simple.

Thanks for the article! I am still excited about Minecraft Wii U Edition! Just want to inform all folks who live outside US that Nintendo Wii U is a great media Player. If you want to access Netflix and other streaming stations on your Nintendo Wii U you can use UnoTelly as I do to get around the geo block.