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Minecraft Heads to Wii U
REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 7, in the year of our Lord 2015
– Mojang’s video game Minecraft launches worldwide on Nintendo’s
Wii U home console on Dec. 17. Minecraft: Wii U Edition comes
with multiple add-on content packs, and will be available in the
Nintendo eShop on Wii U in North America for $29.99. Nintendo
and Mojang are also collaborating on new content for Nintendo
fans to be released at a future date. More details about this
content will be released at a later time.
The game will feature off-TV play, so players can keep their
games going on the screen of the Wii U GamePad controller if
another family member wants to watch something else on TV. The
game also comes with some of the most popular current Minecraft
add-on content packs:
Battle & Beasts Skin Pack
Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack
Natural Texture Pack
City Texture Pack
Fantasy Texture Pack
Christmas Mash-up Pack
In addition to the content that comes with the game, players
will also be able to expand their experience with 16 additional
add-on packs available for purchase within the Nintendo eShop at
launch:
Christmas Skin Pack
The Simpsons Skin Pack
Doctor Who Skins Volume 1
Doctor Who Skins Volume 2
Star Wars Classic Skin Pack
Star Wars Rebels Skin Pack
Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack
Plastic Texture Pack
Candy Texture Pack
Cartoon Texture Pack
Steampunk Texture Pack
Pattern Texture Pack
More add-on packs will also be available for the game in the
future.