Thank you! Now to find out if I can pre-order

They officially announced it today for you. It's available on Dec 17th.. you can read all the gory details here (and lot od other websites) -- http://www.gamespot.com/articles/minecraft-wii-u-confirmed-coming-very-soon/1100-6432876/

December 17th... be there... or be ... ... ... SQUARE!!! :stuck_out_tongue:
(sorry, couldn't resist)

Should have said 'thought I had cancelled' from Game - online support lied and said it had been cancelled when actually it hasn't! Terrible customer service, can't get through on the phone so kicked up a fuss on Twitter and they called me. They have no idea when it will arrive!

Luckily I managed to cancel the Amazon order, can't afford to pay out for 2 of the bloody things. Unfortunately it means I have no idea when my son's birthday present will be here!

I will buy it if it's £180 with 2 physical games..Splatoon is not appealing to me anyway.

I thought this website was about getting it CHEAPER which makes it a DEAL not being more pricier if a cheaper option is available. *smh*

Nintendo fanboys think they can get away with everything.

Sure, I understand - any comment on here is a matter of opinion & yours is a valid as anyone else's. My point was really that buying an xbox for more money wouldn't allow you to play the games you can on a Wii U so your point isn't really relevant. Some aspects of the Wii U you wouldn't get by trying in a shop anyway, for example being able to be playing a game on the TV then continue playing on the gamepad while someone else watches something on the TV. However, if you found playing the Wii U isn't a pleasant experience & recommend buying an xbox then you obviously aren't too fussed about the differences between one console & another so for you an xbox is probably a better choice. Me on the other hand, I'm not interested in the games on the xbox so paying more for one would be stupid. Each to their own of course.

I was just giving the consoles a try and not many places you can try to play all 3 consoles in my local tescos.

Sometimes the buyer might not be a scholar like you on gaming consoles or mind reading :smile: .

I found the Nintendo Wii not a good product for myself after playing around with it. You may have differ with me, but we all have a right to our own opinion. Whether people take my opinion or not that is totally a different issue!

I'm gutted, I bought this from Game on Black Friday for £239 announced as one of their Black Friday deals, then they put the price down to £219 online only today, when Black Friday supposed to be the big discount day.
Whats the chance of them refunding the £20 difference, or giving in store credit. That kind of sucks doing this!

finally caved in....damn

I'll pick it up when it's like £160

PEGI is an official board... mistakes like creating games that don't exist into existence, giving them an official title (Minecraft: Wii U Edition) and going as far as rating it and then publishing the rating... I mean, someone who works at PEGI may have taken a lot of acid on that day, it's possible, but to say it exists would be the more logical conclusion.

I'd say the fact that Minecraft Story Mode is being released on the Wii U & has been officially confirmed but doesn't yet have a release date & also hasn't yet been rated by PEGI might mean - possibly - that the 'news' you're so sure about might just have been a mistake. I obviously don't know but then again neither do you - if it was 'official' then every news site wouldn't have then retracted the story the next day. I'm hoping it gets released on the Wii U but I'll wait until it's confirmed officially before getting too excited.

It was on the PEGI site because it was officially rated and they had a copy of the game. What, you reckon someone had a few whiskeys and thought it would be a good laugh to just invent Minecraft Wii U????? Where's the statement from PEGI or Nintendo stating it was a mistake, it doesn't exist ? :laughing:

That's not true but is simply a guess on your part. Something that appeared on a website before being taken down shortly afterwards - of which all traces were quickly deleted - is hardly 'officially rated by the PEGI board'. Unless of course you work at PEGI then I'll admit you may know more than most people. However, anything you have based on that bit of 'news' is just speculation - particularly the 'it officially exists and is finished and ready to go' which is clearly nonsense. Whether Minecraft eventually gets released on the Wii U in the future is unimportant as far as the original question goes as it remains unconfirmed at the moment.

Does anyone know for sure if minecraft is coming to the Wii u? Thanks

Minecraft: Story Mode has been officially announced for the Wii U (although don't think the release date has been confirmed yet):
https://mojang.com/2015/10/minecraft-story-mode-unleashed-upon-the-world/

Moving into speculation mode again, people seem to think that since Minecraft: Story Mode has been announced this makes Minecraft more likely to see release on Wii U. There was also the apparent 'leak' suggesting that Minecraft Wii U had been officially rated by PEGI but the page has since been removed. Make of that what you will.

Delivery is up to 10 days from Game, fine if you want it for Christmas but not if you need it sooner. Cancelled and ordered from Amazon instead as I need it before Friday. Phew! That's all I needed from Black Friday/Cyber Monday. Not as cheap as I hoped but better than no discount.

Thanks that's kind of my understanding, my son loves the game but the Wii u is more age appropriate for him so gave in a just brought one...just hope minecraft makes it to the Wii u or he'll be gutted

All speculation about the new console stuff! Nintendo have only said they would reveal it next year, so far!

Wii U schedule for next year is looking very dry, with Zelda and Star Fox. I believe they will show Pikmin 4 and boost it with another 2 or 3 releases once they are out next year, the Wii U will be officially dead.

But its a great console with loads of games which are absolute gems!

This is complete speculation and optimism but Argos stock for Mario Maker version has gone from completely out of stock/unavailable to availiable in 4-5 days. Maybe we'll see a price reduction in the run up to Christmas?

Oh and if so what's the ETA

I wasn't really disagreeing but can't see how they can manage to sustain that length of a gap without releasing more Wii U games - although I guess they may well have more games coming after Christmas which they haven't officially announced for some reason. Pikmin 4 is supposedly ready for release but not sure what else they might be working on in addition to preparing for NX. I'll be happy if they plan to continue with the Wii U for another year as I don't have any plans to buy another console for the foreseeable future.

tried playing on the wii in store and i found it wasnt a pleasant experience. spend a little more & you get an xbox

​ I'd agree with aperture though. A 2016 release for Nintendo's new console(s) is very tight.

Not as good as the Very deal but this is the second best I have seen all weekend and that one is gone now so hot from me.

You could swap phone numbers, or meet up for coffee.

​Just as you say, the short development time it will have, I cant see Nintendo officially announcing at E3 for a release in the same year, it's not enough time for marketing and allowing third parties to develop games. I completely agree this would be a huge gap, as there is pretty much nothing of note on the Wii U release schedule. I would love to be proven wrong and see the NX released next Christmas, but if it does it will hit the same problems as the Wii U of having a very poor launch game line up.

Sorry if that came across as rude (didn't mean it to be), I just wondered on what basis you think that it's 'highly unlikely' that Nintendo will release the NX next year & instead wait until Christmas 2017? Earlier this year I would have said it would be unlikely for Nintendo to release the NX next year due to the short time-frame but looking at the Wii U schedule it just seems like there's nothing new being developed for it & not sure how much sense it would make for a major hardware/software company to have nothing to sell for 18 months. Obviously, who knows what Nintendo's plans are - the Wii U is great as it is & if Zelda U does turn out to be the final Nintendo-developed game released on it then at least it will hopefully go out with the biggest bang of all!

The games are digital download but still hot. The amazon deal is great just used a one4all gift card to bring it down further.

​Oh my mistake, it's software that's 3‰ sorry x

​I agree. It's just my opinion.

Worth it if you have a fee free credit card... for £5 difference though on a card with fees, you might as well get it from the UK.

Same price on Amazon... LAST CHANCE... DON'T BE A MOANER! :neutral_face:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nintendo-wii-u-32gb-premium-console-with-mario-kart-8-splatoon-213-34-205-44-fee-2327405

This is a better deal and costs less.

Amazon price matched. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nintendo-32GB-Mario-Splatoon-Premium/dp/B016BIK9ZK/ref=sr_1_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1448876166&sr=1-2&keywords=wii+u

How do you know that this is 'highly unlikely'? Your opinion is as speculative as the next person's really. The general lack of new Wii U game announcements would suggest there's not much coming for the Wii U after Zelda next year so a Christmas 2017 release for the NX leaves a pretty big gap on the console front.

​This is highly unlikely, Nintendo will probably announce and show off their new console next year with the focus on a Christmas 2017 release window.

Voted hot as I'm a huge Wii U fan. The games bundled with this are extremely good fun and highly recommended. However, it is apparent from the comments on here that Nintendo really need drop the price in order to shift units. I can't understand their logic in not doing so!

Quidco at 3% will save u £8ish making it £211

Probably standard price from now on imo.

Last spring I could have picked up a premium lego bundle for £125, but for the last couple of months there has been nothing to suggest that anything near that sort of deal would even come up for the 8gb version, nevermin the premium.

Hot from me, even though I paid less for the same thing from France.

Very strange how many people were convinced wii u premium bundles were going to be well under £200 this weekend. Glad I didn't listen.