Minecraft: Wii U Edition was announced as a Wii U eShop title earlier today, but it will also be sold in stores down the road. Mojang’s Kristoffer Jelbring confirmed the news on Twitter while responding to a fan question. A release date for the physical version has not been determined, as Jelbring said it will be offered “at a later date.”
Here’s the relevant tweet:
@icrazymark It will be at a later date.
— Kristoffer Jelbring (@KrisJelbring) December 7, 2015
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is currently on sale over on Amazon. The title shipped at $60, but you can grab it for $50 ($10 less). Put in an order here.
Nintendo of Europe has posted another gameplay video from FAST Racing Neo showing Kamagori City. You can watch it below.
Following today’s announcement, several screenshots have been released showing Minecraft: Wii U Edition. Check them out below.
Game & Watch Gallery 4 reaches the European Wii U eShop on Thursday. Check out the official trailer below.
Minecraft: Wii U Edition is official, and it’s coming out very soon. Nintendo and Mojang have announced that the game will be available through the Wii U eShop starting on December 17 for $29.99.
On Wii U, Minecraft will offer off-TV play. Additionally, it’ll come bundled with the following add-on packs: Battle & Beasts Skin Pack, Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack, Natural Texture Pack, City Texture Pack, Fantasy Texture Pack, and Festive Mash-up Pack. Nintendo has also teased that the company is collaborating with Mojang “on new content for Nintendo fans to be released at a future date.”
These add-on packs will be available separately at launch next week:
1. Festive Skin Pack
2. The Simpsons Skin Pack
3. Doctor Who Skins Volume 1
4. Doctor Who Skins Volume 2
5. Star Wars Classic Skin Pack
6. Star Wars Rebels Skin Pack
7. Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack
8. Mass Effect Mash-up Pack
9. Skyrim Mash-up Pack
10. Plastic Texture Pack
11. Candy Texture Pack
12. Cartoon Texture Pack
13. Steampunk Texture Pack
14. Pattern Texture Pack
15. Greek Mythology Mash-up Pack
16. Halloween 2015 Mash-up Pack
Minecraft: Wii U Edition was initially outed through a rating on PEGI. However, this is the first time that we’re hearing about it in any official capacity.
Head past the break to read up on today’s full announcement.
Hyrule Warriors Legends is getting two special editions in Japan. Consumers will be able to pick up the Treasure Box or Premium Box, each of which comes with an art book. A first look at the cover can be viewed above.
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
FAST Racing NEO – €14.99/£10.99
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures – €9.99/£8.99
Dinox – €4.99/£4.49
Voxel Maker – €4.49/£3.49
Wii U Virtual Console
Game & Watch Gallery Advance (GBA) – €6.99/£6.29
Polarium Advance (GBA) – €6.99/£6.29
3DS Download
SteamWorld Heist – €16.99/£11.99 (Ends December 31, normally €19.99/£14.99)
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures – €9.99/£8.99
Terraria – €19.99/£16.99
Petit Novel series – Harvest December – €11.99/£9.19
Rytmik Ultimate (Cinemax) – €17.99/£15.99 (€9.99/£8.99 if you own The Keep on the same Nintendo 3DS)
The Magic Hammer – €4.99/£4.49
3DS Themes
Le Qpiz superoine nella notte! – €0.99
Pedalate Qpiz! – €0.99
Le Qpiz e la neve: bel lancio Liebe! – €0.99
Happy Holidays with Mario & Luigi – €1.99/£1.79
eShop Sales
Wii U
Citizens of Earth- €4.99/£4.00 (Ends December 24, normally € 11.99/£9.99)
Life of Pixel – €4.99/£4.49 (Ends January 9, normally €9.99/£8.99)
Rock’N’Racing Off Road – €2.99/£2.69 (Ends January 7, normally €5.99/£5.39)
ZaciSa: Defense of the Crayon Dimensions! – €0.99/£0.79 (Ends January 7, normally €2.99/£2.29)
3DS
Citizens of Earth – €4.99/£4.00 (Ends December 24, normally € 11.99/£9.99)
Adventure Bar Story – €3.99/£3.19 (Ends December 31, normally €4.99/£3.99)
Brunch Panic – €2.99/£2.49 (Ends December 31, normally €3.99/£3.39)
KAMI – €1.99/£1.59 (Ends December 31, normally €2.99/£2.39)
Shin Megami Tensei IV – €9.99/£7.40 (Ends December 24, normally €19.99/£17.99)
Sweet Memories Blackjack – €2.99/£2.39 (Ends December 31, normally €3.99/£3.19)
Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX – €4.99 / £4.49 (Ends January 9, normally €7.00/£6.30)
Source: Nintendo PR
Today, several new catchers were added to the European version of Nintendo Badge Arcade. They contain Christmas-themed Animal Crosssing badges. Also, if you pay for a total of 10 plays while these badges are available, you will get an Animal Crossing Christmas 3DS home theme.
Nintendo announced the scheduling of this week’s maintenance which includes a number of major titles. The maintenance rolls out in 5 waves starting December 7 (December 8 in Japan.)
The first wave includes:
- Some Wii U online services and online play
- All online services for Mario Kart 8
- Some Nintendo 3DS online services and online play
The schedule for this wave is:
– Europe: December 7th (10PM) to December 8th (3AM)
– UK: December 7th (9PM) to December 8th (2AM)
– North America (EDT): December 7th (4PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): December 7th (1PM to 6PM)
– Japan: December 8th (6AM to 11AM)
The second wave includes:
- All online services for Super Mario Maker
The schedule for this wave is:
– Europe: December 7th (10PM to 11.30PM)
– UK: December 7th (9PM to 10.30PM)
– North America (EDT): December 7th (4PM to 5.30PM)
– North America (PDT): December 7th (1PM to 2.30PM)
– Japan: December 8th (6AM to 7.30AM)
The third wave includes:
- All online services for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
- All online services for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
The schedule for this wave is:
– Europe: December 7th (11PM) to December 8th (3AM)
– UK: December 7th (10PM) to December 8th(2AM)
– North America (EDT): December 7th (5PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): December 7th (2PM to 6PM)
– Japan: December 8th (7AM to 11AM)
The fourth wave includes:
- All online services for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Nintendo 3DS)
The schedule for this wave is:
– Europe: December 8th (0.30AM to 3AM)
– UK: December 7th (11.30PM) to December 8th (2AM)
– North America (EDT): December 7th (6.30PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): December 7th (3.30PM to 6PM)
– Japan: December 8th (8.30AM to 11AM)
The fifth wave includes:
- All online services for Nintendo Badge Arcade (Nintendo 3DS)
The schedule for this wave is:
– Europe: December 8th (2AM to 3AM)
– UK: December 8th (1AM to 2AM)
– North America (EDT): December 7th (8PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): December 7th (5PM to 6PM)
– Japan: December 8th (10AM to 11AM)
Lastly, there is also the weekly maintenance for Devil’s Third on the Wii U which this week works on online play and leaderboards. The schedule for this maintenance is:
– Europe: 1AM to 4AM
– UK: 12AM to 3AM
– North America (EDT): 7PM to 10PM
– North America (PDT): 4PM to 7PM
– Japan: 9AM to 12PM
