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Minecraft for Wii U coming on December 17

Nintendo finally announced that famous Minecraft will come for Wii U on December 17. Minecraft which bought by Microsoft for a crazy amount of money that is almost available on nearly every platform.

Owen Castellanos
Owen CastellanosHardware & Gaming Reporter
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Minecraft for Wii U coming on December 17

Nintendo finally announced that famous Minecraft will come for Wii U on December 17. Minecraft which bought by Microsoft for a crazy amount of money that is almost available on nearly every platform.

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The US version of the game will sell for $30. It is $10 more than other consoles first release price. Why $10 more? Wii U version of the game with bundle content that was optional on other gaming platforms. Users will get the Natural Texture, City Texture, Fantasy Texture, and Festive Mash-up packs. And there will be extra contents packages will be available for download; Star Wars, Doctor Who, The Simpsons, Mass Effect, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Nintendo is also working with Mojang for additional extra content just for Wii U owners. In which users hope there will be more than some skin and texture packs

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Packages will be available for downloading right away.
  • 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

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Owen Castellanos

Owen Castellanos

Hardware & Gaming Reporter

Owen Castellanos is the Hardware & Gaming Reporter at TrendinTech, where he tests graphics cards, processors, consoles and peripherals and follows the games industry, from the major publishers to independent studios. He previously wrote reviews and benchmarks for Tom's Hardware and contributed features to PC Gamer, covering everything from laptop testing to the economics of game development. Owen holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and attends CES in Las Vegas, Computex in Taipei and the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco each year to meet chipmakers and developers. He writes for readers who want to know whether a product is worth the money, and he is not shy about saying when it is not.

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