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Title: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: Shaymin on August 26, 2015, 06:43:00 AM

With a star-studded cast of blocks.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/41041/telltale-bringing-minecraft-story-mode-to-wii-u

Telltale Games has announced that Minecraft: Story Mode will launch on Wii U.

The upcoming episodic adventure series from Telltale was revealed in a preview for the game posted at The Verge, with the first episode expected to release later this year.

The game's voice cast includes Patton Oswalt as the player character Jesse, as well as the vocal talents of Billy West (Futurama), Paul Reubens (You Don't Know Jack and Pee-Wee Herman) and Corey Feldman. It is also the first Minecraft game to be published on a Nintendo platform and first Telltale Wii U game, though a package of The Walking Dead seasons 1 and 2 has been rumored.

Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: broodwars on August 26, 2015, 03:32:54 PM
One of these days, I'd really like to see the dart board Telltale apparently uses to decide which games they're bringing to Wii U.
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: Enner on August 26, 2015, 04:03:51 PM
Neat, I guess?


Quote from: broodwars on August 26, 2015, 03:32:54 PM
One of these days, I'd really like to see the dart board Telltale apparently uses to decide which games they're bringing to Wii U.


Heh. The Walking Dead and Minecraft are probably the two most lucrative licenses Telltale has. Not hard to figure out, sadly.
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: broodwars on August 26, 2015, 06:19:50 PM
Quote from: Enner on August 26, 2015, 04:03:51 PM
Neat, I guess?


Quote from: broodwars on August 26, 2015, 03:32:54 PM
One of these days, I'd really like to see the dart board Telltale apparently uses to decide which games they're bringing to Wii U.


Heh. The Walking Dead and Minecraft are probably the two most lucrative licenses Telltale has. Not hard to figure out, sadly.

And yet Walking Dead S2 is one of the most disliked Telltale Games from both fans and critics, but it's getting a Wii U release. Tales from the Borderlands has been probably their biggest critical and commercial success since WD Season 1, and The Wolf Among Us is generally well-liked. No Wii U version. Game of Thrones is one of the biggest shows on TV. No Wii U release. Minecraft isn't even ON Nintendo devices, but their terrible-looking "Story Mode?" Wii U release.
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: Mop it up on August 26, 2015, 06:36:23 PM
No online mode, no buy.
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: Stratos on August 26, 2015, 10:28:08 PM
Why must they torment us?!?
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: Wah on August 26, 2015, 11:06:09 PM
Minecraft's good as it. LEAVE IT THE F#CK ALONE!
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: Soren on August 26, 2015, 11:52:34 PM
Sure, why not?
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: ShyGuy on August 26, 2015, 11:55:15 PM
Hint that Minecraft is coming?
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: Mythtendo on August 27, 2015, 12:03:02 AM
Quote from: broodwars on August 26, 2015, 06:19:50 PM
And yet Walking Dead S2 is one of the most disliked Telltale Games from both fans and critics

That is just not true. Maybe you don't like it, but it's gotten pretty good reviews from both fans and critics. For example, it has an average of 80 on Metacritic; lower than season 1, but about the same as other Telltalle games like Tales from the Borderlands (which has a 81 average) and Sam & Max. Looking at the average reviews of the games, it would appear that most critics like their Walking Dead Season Two games.
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: Stratos on August 27, 2015, 12:37:47 AM
Quote from: ShyGuy on August 26, 2015, 11:55:15 PM
Hint that Minecraft is coming?


Remember last year when Nintendo was asked about Minecraft they made a cryptic comment about how they were aware of it and may have been working on that route? Maybe they have been building their own version as well similar to Sony? If they cut a deal before selling it could still be in the works.
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: broodwars on August 27, 2015, 04:23:38 AM
Quote from: Mythtendo on August 27, 2015, 12:03:02 AM
That is just not true. Maybe you don't like it...Looking at the average reviews of the games, it would appear that most critics like their Walking Dead Season Two games.

I didn't play enough of Season 2 to have a feeling one way or the other about it: because Telltale apparently doesn't allow you to upload your PS3 saves to the cloud, I lost my Season 1 & 2 save file around the end of episode 2 of Season 2 when my PS3's hard drive corrupted. In order to fully experience Season 2, I'd have to play through Season 1 again (because your Season 1 save transfers into Season 2) and I really don't want to do that.  I suspect, though, that public sentiment towards Season 2 is a lot worse than it looks on metacritic. No one seemed to talk about it when it was out, and whenever I see people mention it in forums or on podcast, the general consensus seemed to be that it wasn't very good. *shrug*
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: Enner on August 30, 2015, 04:16:15 AM
Season 2 of Telltale's The Walking Dead isn't as well put together as season 1, but it has enough moments to be enjoyable. There are a lot of new characters and they just aren't developed as well as season 1's core group. The 2nd season peaks in episode 3, and meanders afterwards in terms of the overarching plot. There are character turns that either don't feel earned or aren't telegraphed well (episode 5 being a sticking point).

Still, there are good dramatic beats that are worth playing through. Maybe this is cognitive dissonance of the buyer acting up, but I didn't find season 2 to be awful. At worst, I'd say it's a disappointing sophomore slump.
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: lolmonade on September 01, 2015, 12:55:15 PM
The Walking Dead: Season Two is good, not great.  I enjoyed it because I generally like these story based games where they make you feel like your choices matter in the game. 
 
Biggest problems with The Walking Dead Season 2 are (spoiler tags in case anyone cares):

 
Written down, that seems like a  lot of complaining, but Season 2's biggest faults are that it was the follow-up to Season 1 which did enough things right to broom any of the faults under the rug to me. 
 
Frankly, The Wolf Among Us S1 might be my favorite out of the three at this point.
 
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: lolmonade on September 01, 2015, 12:59:39 PM
In regards to the actual article....
 
Seems odd that the Telltale story version of Minecraft will end up on Wii U before the actual game, but my guess is that since Telltale paid for the license to Minecraft, they're able to work independently from Mojang to release the game at will.  Microsoft/Mojang probably haven't bothered with Wii U ports of the proper game because the cost to port vs the perceived sales they'd get probably doesn't justify it.  This very may well be the only minecraft you see on Wii U.
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: Stratos on September 01, 2015, 01:43:10 PM
Plus Microsoft would probably not want to give help to the Wii U. I could see them doing a 3DS version though. Microsoft has been willing to release games on Nintendo handhelds in the past.
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 01, 2015, 02:13:54 PM
They're still selling it on PlayStation platforms, which I'd think they'd be even less likely to want to help.
Title: Re: Telltale Bringing Minecraft: Story Mode To Wii U
Post by: Stratos on September 01, 2015, 03:16:05 PM
I always figured that was because they inked a deal "pre-Microsoft sale" so it still had to be honored.