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Minecraft has taken over the world of gaming, appearing on almost every game console ever with the only safe haven from the block-building survival game was Nintendo. That is about to change however as Nintendo has announced that Minecraft will be coming to the Wii U on December 17th 2015.
The Wii U edition of Minecraft will support full play on the GamePad controller’s screen and 4 player split-screen play on HDTVs as well as 8 player Online. It will also come with a handful of DLC content including:
- Battle & Beasts Skin Pack
- Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack
- Natural Texture Pack
- City Texture Pack
- Fantasy Texture Pack
- Festive Mash-up Pack
In a prepared statement, Nintendo of America’s president and COO, Reggie Fils-Aime stated:
“With so many included add-on content packs, Minecraft: Wii U Edition brings an exciting collection of Minecraft content and experiences to Nintendo fans, Wii U players will have plenty of reasons to keep coming back to this iconic gaming experience.”
The game will also see 16 additional add-on packs for purchase on launch day which includes cosmetic packs such as:
- Festive Skin
- The Simpsons Skin
- Doctor Who Skins
- Doctor Who Skins
- Star Wars Classic Skins
- Star Wars Rebels Skins
- Star Wars Prequel Skins
- Mass Effect Mash-up
- Skyrim Mash-up
- Plastic Texture
- Candy Texture
- Cartoon Texture
- Steampunk Texture
- Pattern Texture
- Greek Mythology Mash-up
- Halloween 2015 Mash-up
Nintendo also confirmed that Minecraft Wii U will see further add-on content that will be exclusive to Nintendo in the near future. The game will be priced at $29.99 on the eShop, with a retail disk version to come at a later time.
