{"id":20146,"date":"2018-05-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/whatsnew\/detail\/1TWq1wLyPs-WQc9VelefuPiG8qT4aXt6"},"modified":"2018-05-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T00:00:00","slug":"minecraft-for-the-nintendo-switch-system-to-receive-cross-platform-play-and-retail-release-in-stores-this-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/11\/minecraft-for-the-nintendo-switch-system-to-receive-cross-platform-play-and-retail-release-in-stores-this-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft for the Nintendo Switch system to receive cross-platform play and retail release in stores this June"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"row\">\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"h4\">Minecraft for the Nintendo Switch system to receive cross-platform play and retail release in stores this June<\/h2>\n<p><em>Minecraft<\/em> is one of the best-selling video games of all time, selling more than 144 million worldwide across all platforms, including Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<p>While the <em>Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition<\/em> game is currently available on the Nintendo Switch system, this June will see the universal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/minecraft-switch\">Minecraft<\/a> Bedrock Engine come to the platform, along with a new physical version coming to stores at a suggested retail price of $29.99.<\/p>\n<p>This Bedrock version of the game contains all the great previously released content, including the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack exclusive to Nintendo systems and all DLC, but now allows players to connect with friends on non-Nintendo systems like Xbox One and Android mobile phones via cross-platform play. In addition, <em>Minecraft<\/em> will support the Nintendo Switch Online paid membership when it launches in September, as well as Xbox Live achievements and Gamerscore.<\/p>\n<p>A new in-game store in this version of <em>Minecraft<\/em> called the Minecraft Marketplace will let players obtain community-created content like skins, worlds and textures for their Minecraft World using MINECOINS, a new virtual in-game currency. Players will also gain access to new mini-games and game modes through online community-run servers.<\/p>\n<p>Players who already own the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/minecraft-nintendo-switch-edition-digital-version\">Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition<\/a><\/em> game will be able to download this definitive version free of charge so they can easily upgrade and enjoy all the added features. Visit Nintendo.com or Nintendo eShop for details.<\/p>\n<p>With <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/minecraft-switch\">Minecraft<\/a><\/em> on Nintendo Switch, players can take the newest version of the massively popular game wherever they go.<\/p>\n<p>Game Shown:<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/minecraft-for-the-nintendo-switch-system-to-receive-cross-platform-play-and-retail-release-in-stores-this-june.jpg\"\/><br \/>Fantasy Violence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minecraft for the Nintendo Switch system to receive cross-platform play and retail release in stores this June Minecraft is one of the best-selling video games of all time, selling more than 144 million worldwide across all platforms, including Nintendo Switch. While the Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition game is currently available on the Nintendo Switch system, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-releases","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}