Minecraft Wii U Will Support Voice Chat and Keyboards, Says Report
Japanese eShop listing reveals a few features for Wii U version.
The Wii U version of Minecraft will support USB keyboards for sending messages and is compatible with the Wii U Pro Controller, according to a listing on the Japanese Nintendo eShop.
The listing, which was spotted by Reddit userGamestoper, states the Wii U version will also include voice chat functionality. These features are yet to be officially confirmed by Nintendo, Minecraft creator Mojang, or its parent company Microsoft.
On December 9, it was revealed that Minecraft Wii U would not let players use the console’s GamePad for inventory management, as many expected it would.
Responding to questions on Twitter, Mojang developer Owen Hill said such a feature “would be cool,” but it’s not supported, at least not yet.”
He continued: “It’s just used as an alternate screen if someone is using the TV. Would be cool though.”
Microsoft has a new Nintendo game … that’s a strange thing to write.
Minecraft comes to Wii U on Thursday, and we got our hands on a copy of the blocky world-building phenomenon. We’re going to try it out to see what it’s like, and you can watch along as we punch trees and craft swords and shovels out of rocks.
Writing on Twitter this weekend, Microsoft confirmed it has nothing to announce regarding any of its games outside ofMinecraftcoming toWii U.
This comes after a tweet from the Microsoft Studios account suggested that the company might be open to the idea of bringingXbox One‘sRare Replayto Nintendo’s console.
“We appreciate all your suggestions!” Microsoftsaid. “However, we have no information of any games coming to the Wii U other than Minecraft at this time.”
As for the initial tweet that started all of this, here’s what happened. On December 7, someone asked if, in addition to Minecraft, Microsoft might bring Rare Replay to Wii U. Microsoft responded by saying anyone who’s interested in that should take it up with the Microsoft-owned UK developer Rare.
This led some to believe Microsoft was open to the idea of Rare Replay one day coming to Wii U. Interestingly, Microsoft’s statement ends by saying it has nothing to announce “at this time,” which leaves open the possibility of some announcement being made down the road.
Update brings Live Photos and 3D Touch support to Tumblr’s iOS app
Live Photos is offered only on the Apple iPhone 6s or Apple iPhone 6s Plus, and using iMessage, they can be zapped between owners of the two newest iPhone models.
Most importantly, iPhone 6s and 6s Plus users can now share their Live Photos on Tumblr in all their Harry Potter wizardry. An update to microblogging app Tumblr now brings support for the feature, along with support for 3D Touch.
Apple’s Live Photos have largely been stuck inside the iPhone 6S’s camera roll since the day the phone launched, but they’re slowly turning into something you can actually share. “That’s how you spot ’em”. While Tumblr does support Live Photos, they’re only viewable within its iOS app. Other updates to the Tumblr app include the ability to send a post to any Tumblr user and messaging. You can share a Live Photo to Tumblr just like a standard photo. On Tumblr’s Android app, Live Photos show up as a frozen image. Deep pressing the Tumblr icon on the homepage will surface a Quick Action shortcut to search through Tumblr.
When browsing Tumblr, you’ll recognize Live Photos by the same standard icon in the top right corner. iPhone 6s and 6s Plus users can 3D Touch (press the display firmly) to animate the photo and hear audio playback.
It’s been a big year for Minecraft on Pocket Edition. Earlier this year, we announced that 30 million Minecrafters are enjoying breaking and placing blocks on mobile. But we are always looking for ways that we can make Pocket Edition better than ever, and the team has been hard at work this year making all kinds of fun things for you!
So, we’ve made a special trailer to bring you up to speed on all the things you can now do with Minecraft: Pocket Edition.
Here’s a sampling of all the spiffy things you can do in Pocket Edition now:
Upload your own custom skin, or try one from the various packs that we’ve made!
Ride in a boat with your doggy companion!
Throw things at mobs from inside your boat! (So antagonistic!)
Catch fish from inside your boat! Or from not inside your boat!
Make your old worlds infinite in size!
Decorate with all sorts of stone brick variants
Collect rotten flesh dropped from slain zombies and feed it to your dog (Gross!)
Drink milk to cure nastiness caused by enemy mobs
Play cross-platform together with friends using the Windows 10 Edition Beta
Gather your bravery and explore the Nether
Tame ocelots and start your very own in-game cat ranch
Build golems (Threatening!)
Enhance your stuff with anvils and enchantments
Whip up some fancy potions in Brewing Stations
Pick up experience and manage your hunger like the true wild survivor you are
Bunnies <3 (Careful, they will eat your crops!)
Enhance your worlds with basic redstone-powered components
New things to attack you! Spider Jockeys, Cave Spiders, Chicken Jockeys, and Baby Zombies
More passive mobs – Squids in the water and bats in the cave! (Sounds like a great metal song.)
Explore and discover the treasures and danger of Desert Temples!
Did you know that all those things are in Minecraft: Pocket Edition?
Haven’t gotten into Minecraft: Pocket Edition yet? Don’t worry! You can check it out for $6.99 or local equivalent on Windows Phone, iOS, android, and Amazon Underground.
Happy crafting!
PS – If you like the fun set pieces we used to make this new trailer and you have Pocket Edition on Android or the Windows 10 Edition Beta, you can download them and play with them for free. Have fun!
“Microsoft Monday” takes a look back at the past week of news related to Microsoft. This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about Minecraft coming to the Nintendo Wii U, making peace with Apple for the holidays, a HoloLens app idea competition, criticism by former CEO Steve Ballmer, the new FindTime app, how Memphis police officers replaced a kid’s stolen Xbox, the open sourcing of Chakra, a focus on employee diversity, the Halo 5: Guardians December update, the Microsoft Lumia 550 release and more.
Minecraft Is Coming To The Wii U
Today Forbes contributor Paul Tassi published an article about how Minecraft will be available for the Nintendo Wii U later this month. Minecraft will be released for the Wii U on December 17th with six DLC packs included. The retail price of Minecraft for the Nintendo Wii U will be $30 when it is released.
Minecraft is already available for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Phone, Microsoft Xbox One, Microsoft Xbox 360, Apple Mac OS X, Apple iOS, Sony PS3, Sony PS4, Sony PS Vita, Google Android, Linux and the Raspberry Pi. Even though Nintendo will be late to the Minecraft party, better late than never! Minecraft has sold over 70 million copies across all of the aforementioned platforms already and it still seems to be going strong.
