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 at the moment, but it would be cool. There was some limited touchscreen functionality, allowing players to select items on their hotbar, navigate through the Crafting menu, and more. Wii U Edition featured Off-TV Play, which allowed the game to be played exclusively on the Wii U GamePad's screen. Mojang also announced that a retail version of the game would be released on June 17, 2016.

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. On December 7, 2015, the game was officially confirmed, and Mojang and Nintendo announced that Minecraft: Wii U Edition would be released on December 17th, 2015. The leaked rating was removed six days later. On November 11, 2015, PEGI accidentally leaked a rating for Minecraft: Wii U Edition. Vu Bui on porting Minecraft to the Wii U I've never heard a reason why we haven't ended up on Wii U or 3DS. We want to continue to be available to all players, and that means being on new platforms because everyone uses something different. 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.Īt MINECON 2015, Mojang's COO Vu Bui was also asked about porting Minecraft to the Wii U. 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'. Shinya Takahashi on porting Minecraft to the Wii U 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. What's interesting is that, in Japan, Minecraft is not popular in the way it is in the U.S.

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. We've always thought internally that using the GamePad would probably make for a Minecraft that's very easy to play. Shigeru Miyamoto on porting Minecraft to the Wii U

But I like that style of game, and I look at Mario Maker as being something in a similar vein. I think he knows more about it than I do. I haven't played it myself, but I have heard quite a bit about it. In June 2014, Shigeru Miyamoto and Shinya Takahashi were asked about porting Minecraft to the Wii U. 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.'

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