Minecraft coming to Wii U

[midrange]

Darwinianevolution said:

midrange said:
reaaaaalllllllyyyy late.

Minecraft was the no-brainer game that could have been a huge system seller for the wii u early on. It would have highlighted the gamepad perfectly (while also being family friendly), but instead we had to wait 3 years in for Mario Maker to do that.

Better later than never, but soo much potential was lost

I don't know if delaying the release of Minecraft on the WiiU is because Microsoft didn't want a Nintendo system with Minecraft to steal the kids demographic, or because they thought it wouldn't sell well enough. Since when is the Tantalus port under developement?

I'm talking about having had Minecraft as a launch title, way before Microsoft bought it.

This is one of the biggest goofs that I have seen Nintendo do. Back near the early wii u days, the creator laughed about putting Minecraft on the wii u and Mojang revealed that they had no plans (not that it was delayed). This is something that Nintendo should have been on top of. They really should have made a push for this game, even if it meant spending a lot of cash