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Minecraft: Wii U Edition Gets Physical Retail Release with Bonus Skin Packs

John Bardinelli

Nintendo's Wii U has only had its version of Minecraft for a few months. The digital release happened last December, bundling a ton of skin packs with the belated download. Then in May the inevitable Super Mario texture pack was released, grabbing 40 Mario skins from Super Mario World, Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine along with 15 tunes from Super Mario 64. And yeah, Peach, Luigi and Bowser were along for the ride, too.

Minecraft: Wii U Edition will Receive Super Mario Textures this May

Cecilia Good

Minecraft: Wii U Edition gets some fresh paint this month with a Super Mario texture pack, pulling from classic games like Super Mario World, Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. This pack includes 40 Mario skins, and 15 tunes from Super Mario 64. Classic baddies will get the Minecraft treatment, and players can run around as Mario, Peach, Luig...

Wii U Finally Gets its Own Version of Minecraft

John Bardinelli

Microsoft is finally pushing Minecraft: Wii U Edition out the door, and it'll have a bunch of free skin packs in tow when it releases. More are promised in the future, which makes me giddy thinking about a Mario skin pack. C'mon, you know it'll happen. There's no official word on gamepad integration, but it's pretty easy to picture an inventory living on the small screen while you run around hitting trees on the large one. Even without taking advantage of the system's exclusive features, having Minecraft on a Nintendo console is a pretty exciting idea.