{"id":8659,"date":"2015-12-08T20:23:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T01:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=8659"},"modified":"2015-12-08T20:23:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T01:23:56","slug":"minecraft-heads-to-nintendos-wii-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2015\/12\/minecraft-heads-to-nintendos-wii-u\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft heads to Nintendo&#8217;s Wii U"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mojang\u2019s video game phenomenon Minecraft launches worldwide on Nintendo\u2019s Wii U home console on Dec. 17. <em>Minecraft: Wii U Edition<\/em> comes with multiple add-on content packs, and will be available in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U in North America for $29.99. <\/p>\n<p>Nintendo and Mojang are also collaborating on new content for Nintendo fans to be released at a future date. More details about this content aren&#8217;t yet available.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The game will also feature off-TV play.<\/p>\n<p><em>Minecraft: Wii U Edition<\/em> will come packed with some of the most popular current Minecraft add-on content packs including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Battle &#038; Beasts Skin Pack<\/li>\n<li>Battle &#038; Beasts 2 Skin Pack<\/li>\n<li>Natural Texture Pack<\/li>\n<li>City Texture Pack<\/li>\n<li>Fantasy Texture Pack<\/li>\n<li>Festive Mash-up Pack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWith so many included add-on content packs, <em>Minecraft: Wii U<\/em> Edition brings an exciting collection of Minecraft content and experiences to Nintendo fans,\u201d said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America\u2019s President and COO. \u201cWii U players will have plenty of reasons to keep coming back to this iconic gaming experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Festive Skin Pack<\/li>\n<li>The Simpsons Skin Pack<\/li>\n<li>Doctor Who Skins Volume 1<\/li>\n<li>Doctor Who Skins Volume 2<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Classic Skin Pack<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Rebels Skin Pack<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack<\/li>\n<li>Mass Effect Mash-up Pack<\/li>\n<li>Skyrim Mash-up Pack<\/li>\n<li>Plastic Texture Pack<\/li>\n<li>Candy Texture Pack<\/li>\n<li>Cartoon Texture Pack<\/li>\n<li>Steampunk Texture Pack<\/li>\n<li>Pattern Texture Pack<\/li>\n<li>Greek Mythology Mash-up Pack<\/li>\n<li>Halloween 2015 Mash-up Pack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mojang\u2019s video game phenomenon Minecraft launches worldwide on Nintendo\u2019s 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[75],"tags":[1496,1395],"class_list":["post-8659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-wii-u","tag-minecraft","tag-nintendo-wii-u"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/minecraft_wiiu.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-2fF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10079,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/05\/super-mario-coming-to-minecraft-wii-u-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":8659,"position":0},"title":"Super Mario coming to Minecraft: Wii U Edition","date":"May 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Nintendo is partnering with Mojang and Microsoft to bring the imaginative worlds of the Super Mario series and Minecraft together. 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