Minecraft: Wii U Edition is official and headed to Nintendo’s home console with a release date set for December 17th. Minecraft: Wii U Edition will come with multiple add-on content packs and it is reported that Nintendo and Mojang are collaborating on new content specifically for Nintendo fans that will be released at a later date.
Minecraft: Wii U Edition will also feature off-TV play, where players can continue to play the game one their Wii U game pad if another family member wants to watch TV or even play another console. The Wii U edition of Minecraft also comes with some of the most current and popular add-on content packs such as:
- Battle & Beasts Skin Pack
- Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack
- Natural Texture Pack
- City Texture Pack
- Fantasy Texture Pack
- Festive Mash-up Pack
Players will also be able to purchase 16 additional add-on packs to expand the experience. The add-on packs will be available for purchase on the Nintendo eShop and here are a some of the packs that will be available at launch:
- Festive 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
- Mass Effect Mash-up Pack
- Skyrim Mash-up Pack
- Plastic Texture Pack
- Candy Texture Pack
- Cartoon Texture Pack
- Steampunk Texture Pack
- Pattern Texture Pack
- Greek Mythology Mash-up Pack
- Halloween 2015 Mash-up Pack
There will be more add-ons packs made available on the Nintendo eShop in the future. Thank you to My Nintendo News for the update.