Haha, man, I hope the Wii U version sells millions so this thread can finally die.
Announcing this before the Christmas season IS big. Parents looking for family friendly fun WILL ask for Minecraft. Wii U trying to establish itself as a family friendly console was missing this for years.
Notch was seriously opposed to putting Minecraft on a Nintendo console. That they were finally able to make this happen after Microsoft bought the studio of all things, is pretty BIG. Kudos to the indie guy, I have no doubt in my mind that they were trying to get the game for years already.
Now I understand you guys are in the "too little too late camp", but I dare say for this Christmas it is "better late than never".
Also, you all need to seriously chill on the hype Kool-Aid. But saying this, see you all again in the Smash Direct Hype thread, expecting Ridley to be announced along Metroid Wii U: Electric Boogaloo.