Nintendo teases possible Minecraft release for Wii U and 3DS

Minecraft started as a small Java game on the PC, and has expanded to nearly every gaming platform (or in development for) with one exception - Nintendo's consoles. Despite Minecraft matching the casual game genre that Nintendo and it's consoles are known for, the game is nowhere to be seen on any of their consoles.

At the popular gaming venue E3, where 4J Studios showed off Minecraft on next-gen consoles, Nintendo's Software Planning & Development teams discussed the posibilty of Minecraft on Nintendo consoles:

We've always thought internally that using the [Wii U] GamePad would probably make for a Minecraft that's very easy to play. And, of course, if we were to do something with Minecraft on the 3DS, similarly we would probably do it where it would be easier to play and could probably reach a lot of kids.

What's interesting is that, in Japan, Minecraft is not popular in the way it is in the U.S. and Europe, so we've also thought that, if we were able to do a partnership like that, it might bring opportunity to help make Minecraft more popular in Japan.

In addition, Shigeru Miyamoto (one of the top video game developers at Nintendo) hinted that they are already in talks with Mojang about a port:

Maybe we're meeting with them! Who knows?

4J Studios, the company contracted by Mojang to produce console ports of Minecraft, is already in the process of developing Minecraft for the Xbox One, PS4, and PS Vita. See the source link for all the details.

Source: Nintendo Life