Is there a bigger no-brainer in gaming that isnāt happening right now than Minecraftās absence on all Nintendo gaming machines?
Today, Minecraft comes out for PS3:
Itās already out on Xbox 360:
Itās coming to Xbox One:
Itās coming to PS4:
Minecraft is big on iOS, too! Check out the top of these charts, released by Apple today:
Top paid iPhone Apps of 2013
1. Minecraft ā Pocket Edition
Top paid iPad Apps of 2013
1. Minecraft ā Pocket Edition
Kids love Minecraft. Adults do, too. And Minecraft is on everythingā¦
Except thisā¦
And thisā¦
The Wii U sure could use one of the worldās most popular games, donāt you think? The person who made this mock-up video sure thought so:
Sadly, none of these mock-up versions of Minecraft for 3DS, Wii U or Wii are real:
But these Nintendo tributes in actual games of Minecraft are..
Nintendo fans play Minecraft. They just canāt play it on Nintendo systems. The mind boggles as to how this can be.
Weāve beaten this drum before. Todayās PS3 release and Apple charts just make the situation more absurd.
Not since Nintendo let Grand Theft Auto III avoid the GameCube a decade ago has there been as glaring an omission of a game the world loves from a Nintendo platform.
Iāve asked Minecraft studio Mojang before why Minecraft on Nintendo hasnāt happened. Iāve asked Nintendo. Iāve never gotten a clear answer. In September, a Nintendo rep told GameSpot: āWeāre big fans. We have a continuing relationship with Mojang, and respect all the work that theyāre doing, but no announcements at this time.ā
Tomorrow, Nintendo will hold a Nintendo Direct covering games coming out this spring on 3DS and Wii U. I have no inside info. Iām not hinting. Iām just shaking my head and saying tomorrow would be a good time to announce something.
UPDATE: Hereās Minecraft creator Notch who handed the day-to-day running of Minecraft to colleagues of his at Mojang some time ago. Heās responding to someone who asked him about this post and why the game isnāt on Nintendo platforms. Curiouser and curiouser!
@Megamaniaco @Kotaku I honestly don't know why not. š I assume lack of manpower and prioritizing PS3.
ā notch (@notch) December 17, 2013
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