Minecraft Skins, Gameplay, News: Minecraft Coming to Wii U Along With Add-On Packs
Minecraft is coming to the Nintendo Wii U on Dec. 17. Nintendo announced Monday they will be selling Minecraft for the Wii U in the Nintendo eShop for $29.99.
Minecraft: Wii U Edition will include add-on packs and new content, Polygon reports.
Minecraft: Wii U Edition will be fully playable on the GamePad controller's screen and in split-screen mode on HD TVs. In the split-screen mode, up to four players can play at once, and up to eight players can play at once online.
For add-on packs, Minecraft: Wii U Edition will include Battle & Beasts Skin Pack, Battle & Beasts Skin Pack 2, Natural Texture Pack, City Texture Pack, Fantasy Texture Pack and Festive Mash-up Pack.
"With so many included add-on content packs, Minecraft: Wii U Edition brings an exciting collection of Minecraft content and experiences to Nintendo fans," Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's president and COO, said in a prepared statement. "Wii U players will have plenty of reasons to keep coming back to this iconic gaming experience."
Additional add-on packs can be purchased separately to enhance gameplay. There is a long list of these additional add-on packs.
- 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
In the future, there will be even more add-on packs for the Wii U version of Minecraft, Nintendo and Minecraft's creator Mojang promised.
Minecraft, the block placing and building game, was purchased by Microsoft for $2.5 billion last year. It has been an extremely popular game for players of all ages and it has a very affordable price, between $19.99 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and $26.95 for the desktop version. Minecraft is also available on iOS and Android mobile devices for $6.99.
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