Minecraft:Wii U Edition

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Key art by Mojang Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition is the edition of Minecraft developed by 4J Studios and Mojang Studios for the Wii U. It was announced on December 7, 2015, and released on December 17, 2015<ref>https://nintendo.com/us/games/detail/minecraft-wii-u-edition</ref> for US$29.99 on the Nintendo eShop. A retail disc version was released on June 17, 2016.<ref name="WiiUDisc" /> This edition was bundled with seven add-on packs, and sixteen additional packs were also available as downloadable content. Exclusive content based on Nintendo properties was also available for the game: a mash-up based on the Super Mario franchise was released in May 2016.

The Wii U Edition's most recent feature update is the Update Aquatic.

As of the shutdown of the Wii U eShop on March 27, 2023, it is no longer possible to purchase this game digitally, though it can still be redownloaded if the game was previously purchased, and physical copies still function normally. All online functionality was later discontinued with the shutdown of the Nintendo Network on April 8, 2024.

Development

In late 2013, Mojang Studios founder Markus Persson announced that there were no plans to port Minecraft to the Wii U, stating that he wasn't aware of any plans but agreed that "a Wii U version would make sense."<ref>https://ign.com/articles/2013/12/27/no-current-plans-for-minecraft-on-wii-u-says-notch</ref>

In June 2014,

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I haven't played it myself, but I have heard quite a bit about it. I think he [Takahashi] knows more about it than I do. But I like that style of game, and I look at Mario Maker as being something in a similar vein.

Takahashi followed with his statement:

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We've always thought internally that using the [Wii U] GamePad would probably make for a Minecraft that's very easy to play. And, of course, if we were to do something with Minecraft on the 3DS, similarly we would probably do it where it would be easier to play and could probably reach a lot of kids.
What's interesting is that, in Japan, Minecraft is not popular in the way it is in the U.S. and Europe, so we've also thought that, if we were able to do a partnership like that, it might bring opportunity to help make Minecraft more popular in Japan.

In September 2014, Mojang Studios' Daniel Kaplan reiterated that there were no plans to bring Minecraft to the Wii U because he claimed that the user base for the Wii U was "very small".<ref>https://nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/wii_u_minecraft_looking_doubtful_as_dev_says_they_have_fulfilled_the_need_for_now</ref> This was not the case at the time of this post, as the Wii U was ahead of the Xbox One in terms of sales around the same time.

At MINECON 2015, Mojang's COO Vu Bui was also asked about porting Minecraft to the Wii U. Bui stated:

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If I had my way, we'd be on everything. We want to continue to be available to all players, and that means being on new platforms because everyone uses something different.
I've never heard a reason why we haven't ended up on Wii U or 3DS. It just hasn't happened yet.

On November 11, 2015, PEGI accidentally leaked a rating for Minecraft: Wii U Edition. The leaked rating was removed six days later.<ref>https://wired.com/2015/11/minecraft-wii-u/</ref><ref>https://wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-11/17/minecraft-wii-u-disappears</ref>

On December 7, 2015, the game was officially confirmed, and Mojang and

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On May 9, 2016, Nintendo and Mojang Studios announced that there would be a special Super Mario-themed mash-up pack released for Minecraft: Wii U Edition on the May 19 for free.<ref name="WiiUDisc" /> Mojang also announced that a retail version of the game would be released on June 17, 2016.<ref name="WiiUDisc" />

Gameplay

Wii U Edition featured Off-TV Play, which allowed the game to be played exclusively on the Wii U GamePad's screen. There was some limited touchscreen functionality, allowing players to select items on their hotbar, navigate through the Crafting menu, and more. When asked about whether the Wii U GamePad could be used as a second screen for full inventory management, Owen Jones stated it was not planned at the time, but "it would be cool".<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> The Wii U GamePad was never usable as a second screen. Mii characters were used as the player's in-game username. In addition to the Wii U GamePad, the game was also playable with the Wii U Pro Controller, the Classic Controller, or the Classic Controller Pro. Like the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita Editions, the World Size is always limited to the "Classic" 864x864 blocks, but the outer 2 blocks are unusable, resulting it being 862x862. Due to the Wii U not having a built in achievement system, they had an achievement system built into the game that is unique to other console editions. The achievement system associated Mii Characters with achievements.

DLC

The Wii U Edition came with six of the "most popular add-on packs" included.<ref name="Mojang Blog">https://www.mojang.com/2015/12/minecraft-wii-u-edition-now-available-on-the-eshop/</ref> This is the reason that Wii U Edition was more expensive than all of the other editions of Legacy Console Edition.<ref>https://twitter.com/MojangSupport/status/686129012884639744</ref>

The following DLC was included in Wii U Edition:<ref name="Mojang Blog" />

• Minecraft:Skin packs:
  • Minecraft:Battle & Beasts Skin Pack
  • Minecraft:Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack
• Texture packs:
  • Minecraft:Natural Texture Pack
  • Minecraft:City Texture Pack
  • Minecraft:Fantasy Texture Pack
• Mash-up packs:
  • Festive Mash-up
  • Super Mario Mash-up

Trailer

Super Mario Mash-Up Pack Trailer

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Trivia

• Wii U Edition (alongside the

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• • This was due to the game releasing with 6 add-on packs included.
    • All DLC included with Wii U Edition were the same as the Xbox One Edition Holiday Pack, with the exception of the Halo Mash-up pack, which was released as additional paid DLC for the Wii U edition, having been previously exclusive to Xbox platforms.
• The PlayStation 3 Edition was released exactly two years earlier, on December 17, 2013.
• The Nintendo eShop did not have a free demo for Minecraft, unlike the PlayStation and Xbox.
• Wii U Edition is the only edition of Legacy Console Edition to be shipped with function symbols in the game's binary executable.<ref>GRAnimated/MinecraftLCE: 11.210% - Decompilation of Minecraft: Legacy Console Edition</ref>

Gallery

• Minecraft: Wii U Edition logo
  Minecraft: Wii U Edition logo
• Minecraft: Wii U Edition key art
  Minecraft: Wii U Edition key art
• Minecraft: Wii U Edition box art
  Minecraft: Wii U Edition box art
• Minecraft: Wii U Edition app icon
  Minecraft: Wii U Edition app icon
• Minecraft: Wii U Edition Japanese app icon
  Minecraft: Wii U Edition Japanese app icon
• What appears to be a placeholder image that would've been displayed when choosing DLC for the Battle mini-game. A completely different icon is used instead, showing the actual DLC instead of this. An early name for the mini-game is also present.
  What appears to be a placeholder image that would've been displayed when choosing DLC for the Battle mini-game. A completely different icon is used instead, showing the actual DLC instead of this. An early name for the mini-game is also present.
• Development image
  Development image
• Minecraft: Wii U Edition Main Menu as it appeared on launch.
  Minecraft: Wii U Edition Main Menu as it appeared on launch.

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