First, I never said 4J was _with_ microsoft. Second, I said Sony _might_ be providing the studio. Now we know different, that it will be 4J that develops all the new versions of Minecraft. Which then also means, yay, they can re-use code they already created to move things along faster.

Thirdly, It really doesn't matter how easy it is to use the gamepad. Screw it, it could be as easy as UIGamePadObject blah = new UIGamePadObject(); etc. I still think its a dumb idea, but whatever. Doesn't mean that Nintendo cares about Minecraft and would help with the development costs. From what I can tell 4J has never done Wii U before. So that might also be a factor. But whatever you are right that it won't take extra time to develop the gamepad functionality, it will take more time to develop a whole new version of Minecraft!

Finally, I started out original post by saying _wait_ it will come eventually.

You can claim im ignorant all you want, but you make claims left and right that I didn't even say.

noname2200 was being obtuse and you are just being rude.

Most everything I said still stands. Mojang isn't developing the new versions. We know now that its 4J, which far as i can find has not done Wii U stuff. So who is going to do the Wii U development? If not 4J then it will be mostly all new code. Which takes time. Nintendo typically doesn't foot the bill on this stuff and doesn't seem to care about PC ported games anyway.

Even if that is not true and NOA approached Mojang about a Wii U/3DS version it will take time. The gamepad stuff I can easily concede, they apparently made it idiot proof. Still not a good idea, but whatever.

DevilRising said: Well, obviously, the Wii U is so low tech, it can't actually handle Minecraft. Obviously.

As much as I hate the Wii U, I have to admit that that statement is pretty uneducated (When it comes to minecraft):

-Minecraft is easy to run, but only on modern PC's.

-It usually requires a decent amount of RAM (At least 2-3GB).

-Thus the 360 version is severely nutored (And I fear the PS3 version will be worse).

-While the Wii U (should) handle MC better than the PS3/360, it really won't habdle it much better than the Vita...

Aside from the fact you claimed it would cost them extra money to develop for the gamepad. Which is obviously an incorrect statement since it requires hardly anytime to get the gamepad running. 4J could be doing the Wii-U development, but I highly doubt Minecraft will make it to the Wii-U. If it does however I can bet you that it will be 4J overseeing the development. I believe that minecraft for the Wii-U would sell pretty good too once the console started selling higher volumes. Also I highly doubt Sony is footing any bill. More than likely 4J and Mojang saw how well it sold on the 360 and once Mojangs exclusive contract with Microsoft was up they finally were able to release it on other consoles.

To make good use of the gamepad I think it would cost extra. Just in terms of trying to figure out something to put there that wouldn't be stupid or piss on Wii U owners. Putting the inventory there just seems so lame, just like putting the map there. Then again, maybe Wii U owners would be happy with the just having the inventory there.

I think there's gotta be some insentivising going on for Mojang and 4J to be putting time and effort into the Vita version.