Minecraft is officially coming to Wii U this month, Nintendo has announced

$29.99 on December 17

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Ever since Minecraft: Story Mode debuted on Wii U, rumors have been flying around that the console would finally get a legit version of the game, mostly due to the fact that the real engine was used in Telltale’s narrative series.

Nintendo has just announced that Minecraft: Wii U Edition is coming this month for $29.99. It’ll arrive on December 17, and the publisher is currently working with Mojang on “new content for Nintendo fans to be released at a future date.” Mario skins? You betcha.

Of course, the port will support off-TV play, and a few other content packs, detailed below.

Content packs:

  • Battle & Beasts Skin Pack
  • Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack
  • Natural Texture Pack
  • City Texture Pack
  • Fantasy Texture Pack
  • Festive Mash-up Pack       

Paid DLC:

  • 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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