Topic: Minecraft Rated For Wii U In Europe: Releasing Tomorrow?

[Shaymin]

Sounds like a good way to get mainstream attention on a Direct.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rumor/41470/minecraft-rated-for-wii-u-in-europe-releasing-tomorrow

The PEGI ratings board has listed Minecraft for Wii U, and it could release as soon as tomorrow.

The European game rating body has given the game a 7+ rating citing "non realistic violence toward fantasy characters" among other things, roughly equivalent to the E10+ in North America. The release date on the rating is 12 November, meaning it would likely be announced in tomorrow's Nintendo Direct if it was to come out as there is no mention of the game in this week's download PR.

PEGI has rated games that have not actually released, such as rating PlayStation Vita versions of Tales from the Borderlands where no version exists, but we will find out either way tomorrow more than likely.

[Wah]

Minecraft? Wii U? *face melts*
but how would multiplayer work?
would the online servers work on it, or will it be Wii U servers only?

[Stratos]

Megat0n for tomorrow's Direct confirmed!


*Pouring water on the fire*
Are we sure this is not for the TT "Story Mode" edition?

[azeke]

That's how i feel each time people mention Minecraft and how popular it has become.

[ShyGuy]

Come join us Azeke! JOIN US

[Shaymin]

*Pouring water on the fire*
Are we sure this is not for the TT "Story Mode" edition?

All versions of Story Mode have Telltale as the publisher and a 12 rating. This is explicitly published by Microsoft and has a 7 rating.

[Wah]

We have a lot of fun, hey shy remember freckles?

[Enner]

I don't believe it. But if it comes true, then that's kinda cool!

[broodwars]

If this is tomorrow's big surprise, all I can do is shrug and say "whatever." I didn't care about Minecraft the last 20 billion times it was released on every other device on the sun, so I can't say I'll care about it if the Wii U becomes the last device on the face of the earth to support minecraft.

[Stratos]

*Pouring water on the fire*
Are we sure this is not for the TT "Story Mode" edition?

All versions of Story Mode have Telltale as the publisher and a 12 rating. This is explicitly published by Microsoft and has a 7 rating.

Thanks for the clarification. Gives me hope it will finally happen.

[Soren]

Minecraft with amiibo support.


Do it, Nintendo...

[TOPHATANT123]

It's been 3000 years... I can see the touchscreen stuff working well for the inventory.

[ejamer]

Too little, too late to help Wii U... but still a pretty huge deal for Wii U owners if true.


My daughter wants a copy. I was going to buy on PSTV but would rather go Wii U if this actually happens.
(I don't "get" Minecraft - it's a neat idea but not earth-shattering for me - but I don't have to.)


Fingers crossed that they make good use of Wii U gamepad. Seems doubtful, but it would be nice.

[michaelbaysuperfan616]

I have already on PS4 edition but will welcome a Wii U edition just for off tv play alone so I can free up my PS4 for other stuff. But only if there is a way to transfer saves if not probably won't care.


Wait someone said Amiibo support which means official Nintendo skins, and themes? HELL YES make it happen Big N give the Wii U one last hurrah before putting it out to pasture.

[Ian Sane]

Congratulations for Nintendo being a little bit closer to meeting bare minimum expectations.  Everyone has Minecraft.  You're SUPPOSED to have it.  The fact that it has taken this long is a huge embarrassing ****-up on Nintendo's part.

Hell if I could sum up the problem with Nintendo consoles with one point it would be the very common situation for major third party games coming to every platform EXCEPT Nintendo's.  That's like a reverse killer app.  It doesn't draw an audience to any specific competitor but just draws people away from you.  If I was in charge of Nintendo I would have a list on a bulletin board of every game released for the PC/PS4/XB1 but not the Wii U with "FIX THIS" as the title.  The goal for the NX would be to get the annual amount of such titles down to zero.

[ejamer]

Congratulations for Nintendo being a little bit closer to meeting bare minimum expectations.  Everyone has Minecraft.  You're SUPPOSED to have it.  The fact that it has taken this long is a huge embarrassing ****-up on Nintendo's part.

Hell if I could sum up the problem with Nintendo consoles with one point it would be the very common situation for major third party games coming to every platform EXCEPT Nintendo's.  That's like a reverse killer app.  It doesn't draw an audience to any specific competitor but just draws people away from you.  If I was in charge of Nintendo I would have a list on a bulletin board of every game released for the PC/PS4/XB1 but not the Wii U with "FIX THIS" as the title.  The goal for the NX would be to get the annual amount of such titles down to zero.

Yes, it should've happened a long time ago.  So why exactly wasn't it on a Nintendo system?
I mean, as soon as MS took over for Mojang, the development that was required happened and the game gets announced? That doesn't sound really odd to everyone else?


This is one of those rare cases that make me wonder if Nintendo is at fault, of if a particular developer actively didn't want the game on a Nintendo platform.  Surely Nintendo realized they were missing out on something huge here.

[Phil]

Never heard of it.

[Ian Sane]

Congratulations for Nintendo being a little bit closer to meeting bare minimum expectations.  Everyone has Minecraft.  You're SUPPOSED to have it.  The fact that it has taken this long is a huge embarrassing ****-up on Nintendo's part.

Hell if I could sum up the problem with Nintendo consoles with one point it would be the very common situation for major third party games coming to every platform EXCEPT Nintendo's.  That's like a reverse killer app.  It doesn't draw an audience to any specific competitor but just draws people away from you.  If I was in charge of Nintendo I would have a list on a bulletin board of every game released for the PC/PS4/XB1 but not the Wii U with "FIX THIS" as the title.  The goal for the NX would be to get the annual amount of such titles down to zero.

Yes, it should've happened a long time ago.  So why exactly wasn't it on a Nintendo system?
I mean, as soon as MS took over for Mojang, the development that was required happened and the game gets announced? That doesn't sound really odd to everyone else?

This is one of those rare cases that make me wonder if Nintendo is at fault, of if a particular developer actively didn't want the game on a Nintendo platform.  Surely Nintendo realized they were missing out on something huge here.

If one or two people don't like you, they might just be jerks.  If everyone doesn't like you, you're the jerk.  "Developer X doesn't like Nintendo" has been used so many times as an excuse for a lack of support that if it is actually true then Nintendo must be at fault.  You don't piss off so many other companies by just minding your own business.  If it took Microsoft to get it to work then I'm assuming Nintendo put up some sort of roadblocks that Mojang didn't want to work around.

[ejamer]

If one or two people don't like you, they might just be jerks.  If everyone doesn't like you, you're the jerk.

Words to live by.

[Stratos]

Remember about a year ago Nintendo leaders hinted at something involving Minecraft? Maybe they got permission/rights straightened out, but had to rewrite the code from scratch themselves to work on a Nintendo system. That would explain the lengthy development time. It would also give hopes that this is much more than a basic port.

[Enner]

If one or two people don't like you, they might just be jerks.  If everyone doesn't like you, you're the jerk.  "Developer X doesn't like Nintendo" has been used so many times as an excuse for a lack of support that if it is actually true then Nintendo must be at fault.  You don't piss off so many other companies by just minding your own business.  If it took Microsoft to get it to work then I'm assuming Nintendo put up some sort of roadblocks that Mojang didn't want to work around.

I caution against thinking of companies as laymen friends or enemies to each other. You know the roll: money, resources, time, personnel, yada yada.


Also, I wouldn't discount that the parties involved never got around to it due to other pursuits. Granted Minecraft is a huge thing, but it is possible that there has been a series of missed calls or opportunities. Speaking of Nintendo specifically, they run a tight ship of a low head count; they probably couldn't spare a person to dog after Minecraft all the time.

[michaelbaysuperfan616]

Remember about a year ago Nintendo leaders hinted at something involving Minecraft? Maybe they got permission/rights straightened out, but had to rewrite the code from scratch themselves to work on a Nintendo system. That would explain the lengthy development time. It would also give hopes that this is much more than a basic port.

Stop it, now you are getting my hopes up that this will include Amiibo support and feature official Nintendo skins and themes. Of course if it doesn't have that then it's really too little too late at this point.

Companies might not be people but they are made up of people so words to consider there...

[Stratos]

That is very true. If a CEO decides to burn another company, it can cause devastating results. I am not privy to all of the details, but I heard that a prior CEO of T-Mobile burned Apple and that was why it took so long for the iPhone to come to T-Mobile.

[ejamer]

Disappointed there is no real info about this beyond a PEGI rating. My little girl is dying for this... oh well, PSTV works just fine.

[Mop it up]

I'm sure most people have played this on other systems already, but I haven't, so I'm still hoping it'll happen sooner or later.