Unlikely.
Assuming this port is the game being handled by Tantalus/Straight Right (highly likely),then it was confirmed for production way back in January 2014...so it was signed and sealed months before Microsoft acquired Mojang.
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Minecraft Wii U Edition rated by Pegi
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Unlikely.
Assuming this port is the game being handled by Tantalus/Straight Right (highly likely),then it was confirmed for production way back in January 2014...so it was signed and sealed months before Microsoft acquired Mojang.
Diablohead
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That sort of thing could work since the games on console currently support skin packs and other things, you can buy the halo skin pack which also comes with a special made halo world to run around and explore.
I doubt anything like that and amiibo support is in the Wii U version but maybe, just maybe.
Gideon_128
Member
I would buy a Wii U w/ Minecraft soley for this.
What makes the assumption so highly likely again?
Well, NX is going to be a handheld as well at least. Although Microsoft's handheld licensing seemed to die off when the Windows Phone initiative started too.
Still, Blue Dragon is a retired IP for MS at this point and we're coming up on a decade since their last (and only) published entry in the franchise. I feel like if a 3rd party such as Marvelous or Bandai Namco came to Microsoft with a multiplat publishing offer that they'd probably go for it (provided Xbox One was still included yes). This isn't one of their active core IP anymore so I doubt they'd feel the need to guard it that way yet, and it's something that has almost zero appeal to the modern core Xbox audience anyway.
An interesting tidbit by checking the listing for Minecraft on other consoles. There are double listings for PS3, PS4 and 360, one listing for Vita, One and Wii U. Well, aside from Microsoft listings that feature MS as publisher for obvious reasons, PlayStation listings feature Mojang AB or SCE as publisher (I suppose it's the difference between the digital version and the retail version). Now, the Wii U Edition is unique, because, while on a non-MS console, it's registered as published by Microsoft Studios. Not Mojang AB (assuming the game comes out on the eShop at first as it happened everywhere), not Nintendo (assuming the retail release is soon enough), but Microsoft Studios.
Steverulez
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Im aware of the Blue Dragon handheld games but Microsoft are not going to port their AAA title to competing console platforms, DS made sense as MS didn't (and still don't) have a handheld of their own but seeing as MS own it, thats where they will focus their efforts.
They also haven't made a Blue Dragon game on a Nintendo handheld since 2009 either so... I don't see anything to suggest they would decide to pull it out the back catalogue and stick it on WiiU, PS4 or NX (if NX is a home console)
sörine;185165030 said:
I can't see any reason why MS would do that, otherwise they should get Bamco or Capcom or something to partner up and port Scalebound to PS4 for extra sales, theres no indication at all that they would "probably go for it" for one of their AAA games.
To be clear, I don't see Blue Dragon happening for any plattforms period.
Yep. Minecraft WiiU Edition is the very first Microsoft Studios published Minecraft for a non-Microsoft plattform.
This is the first time that Minecraft's been put on another console since Microsoft bought it.
I don't think it's likely either, but not for the same reason current AAA Microsoft games are.
A 22 month development time is extraordinarily long for a port such as this, don't you think? And why should we assume Tantalus/Straight Right are developing? Surely 4J Studios is by far the most likely candidate.
It's also the first console version of Minecraft released since MS bought Mojang, which may explain the change in direction. Is the Windows 10 port is published by Microsoft Studios as well (or is that information given on the Windows store?)
Chû Totoro
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Oh god please be in the game with Amiibo support for specific quests. Then I may consider even more to purchase this game.
Because Tantalus said the game they were working on is supposed to be released in 2015 but still hasn't been announced...
...they said their game wasn't hardcore, wasn't M rated and was "for a top notch publisher" (with Notch being the creator of Minecraft, that led to the early assumption that they were working on Minecraft Wii U).
frankie_baby
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Didn't they also say it was the biggest game they've ever worked on?
It does. ..but it could be that the Microsoft acquisition held things up ...or that they have really gone to town with exclusive Wii U content.
Colonel Mustard
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I believe they also said it was the biggest project they had ever worked on. Making me think that if it is Minecraft, then it will be more thank a simple port.
Yep...and Minecraft would be the biggest game they have worked on (certainly in regards to popularity/brand name).
I think this happened:
* One reason why Minecraft didn't happen before was because Nintendo refuses to pay money for porting. One other possible reason could be Notch.
* Nintendo still refuses to pay for a Minecraft port when Microsoft buys Mojang, but with Microsoft they can make a business deal: Nintendo makes sure any legal obstacles for Microsoft to publish the Nintendo-related Rare Replay games and Microsoft will make sure that Minecraft for Wii U before the holiday season.
I don't think Minecraft fits the Tantalus' description of their game at all.
Devil's in the detail
POWERSPHERE
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Could be interesting with the pad
frankie_baby
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Wether minecraft is the tantalus game or not, you'd have to be blind not to agree it fits the description
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brainchild
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Well, humans are notorious for seeing what they want see. It would be much more informational to look for anything that might cast doubt on such a hypothesis, not rely on similarities that feed into confirmation bias. We can notice patterns in virtually everything; all we need is the power of suggestion.
Tantalus said it was their biggest project to date. Considering that they ported over Mass Effect 3 (complete with an interactive story for Mass Effect 1/2) to Wii U, something isn't adding up.
The only way that porting Minecraft is a bigger project than Mass Effect 3 is if the Wii U version of Minecraft is substantially more demanding on development resources than Mass Effect 3, which would only make sense if there were orders of magnitude more content in the Wii U version of Minecraft than the other versions of Minecraft, which I'm not exactly inclined to believe is true.
frankie_baby
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I'm inclined to think it's a bit of both those reasons
I wouldn't be surprised if Rare was hypothetically in this deal.
Imagine, Rare porting their enhanced N64 IP's to 3DS/WiiU/NX...
Banjo Kazooie in 3D...
frankie_baby
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Biggest project well porting mass effect was done in a matter of months and minecraft is certainly a bigger game in terms of popularity
dragonyeuw
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It would be, I was just going for the more likely scenario.
brainchild
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That makes no sense. If I'm not mistaken, they said 'biggest project' not 'biggest game', and there is a difference between the two. The former indicating the level of effort needed to port the game, the latter indicating the level of prestige in porting the game.
If it's the former, I highly doubt Minecraft is that project.
frankie_baby
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It could mean either though
Also Mass effect 3 was on an engine that already had some level of Wii U support so it's possible minecraft required more work, we may find out if we see how much effort has been put into the game later tonight
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Straight Right porting ZombiU also didn't make sense for a number of reasons, but that's how it happened. I guess we'll see tonight.
brainchild
Banned
Here's the context
Tantalus said:
It seems obvious to me that he's talking about the effort they put into it. It makes no sense that it would take nearly 2 years for them to figure it out.
frankie_baby
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It really could mean biggest in either sense of the word and even if biggest in effort that doesn't preclude it from being minecraft
brainchild
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You're right, it doesn't preclude it being Minecraft, but it makes me doubtful that this is what they've been working on.
And yes, there's the possibility that he's just talking about prestige, but it didn't come across to me that way. I guess we'll see soon enough.
frankie_baby
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There's also the other really important bit of evidence, what the hell else could it be
Mithos
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That does not look bad actually.
brainchild
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As a scientist, I cannot accept the 'God of the gaps' argument or Argumentum ad Ignorantiam (appeal to ignorance) as valid evidence for anything. It's pretty useful for entertainment purposes, I suppose.
Hero of Legend
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And porting their 360 games also to Wii U/NX. They can release individual ports of Pinata, Kameo, and Nuts & Bolts so as to not compete with the value of Rare Replay.
bengraven
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My kid is freaking out. We already have it on PC (since alpha), every tablet/phone in the house, and on PS3 and now he's insisting we buy a Wii U.
That's good for me, because I've been trying to talk the wife into getting one.
We're going to so buy the Nintendo skins.
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That's good for me, because I've been trying to talk the wife into getting one.
We're going to so buy the Nintendo skins.
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The Artisan
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I would be surprised. The game's available everywhere else, so if anything, this is a game that'll end up with a huge attach rate, but I don't see people buying Wii Us just to place it.
Robin64
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Nope!