Sure they say that, but I'll believe it when I see it. There was really no need to avoid the U in the first place so there must be something going on behind the scenes that we are unaware of...

There is no need for this game on the wii u
Mario maker is centuries ahead of this cheap looking game

And the much much much better game

3DS is far too weak, even the Vita version had to have some sacrifices in terms of the the size of the visible world.

Wii U isn't relevant enough and before people compare it to the Vita, Vita is a handheld. Its the only place you play the full minecraft experience on the go and its already broke the 1m mark excluding NA/EU digital sales due to that reason. I'm sure it'd do well on Wii U, but I don't think its on their priority

I see it being on the NX especially if the console/handheld thing is true.

Minecraft should have been a launch-game on WiiU, i think it is too late now.

Well I wonder if they actively avoided Nintendo or wether Nintendo never contacted the dev. In all honesty I think the latter is more probable...

Didn't Microsoft like buy Mojang or something. Why would Microsoft even allow them to talk about a possible 3DS or WII U release?

Microsoft doesn't seem to have a problem with Minecraft on other consoles. PlayStation platforms are also still supported and recently even got exclusive DLC, the only thing Microsoft seem to have changed is timed exclusive DLC for Xbox platforms.

Because Nintendo won't publish it.

Article from yesteryear

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/06/nintendo_open_to_minecraft_on_wii_u_and_3ds_and_expanding_its_popularity_in_japan

I think something is on the works behind the scenes. Not sure why its taking so long

Don't know why they haven't yet. There's only money to be made on them.