On this page, you will find all there is to know about the Software updates for Minecraft: Wii U Edition (released on December 17th 2015 worldwide). NB: since this page was created on January 31st 2017, we’re only listing updates released from that date onwards.

Looking for details on updates for Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition? Click here! The Update Aquatic will be the last major update for the game!

Important notice: the Bedrock / Better Together update for Minecraft on Nintendo Switch will launch on June 21st. You will be able to transfer worlds to the new version. Check out this post for more details



How to update Minecraft: Wii U Edition for the Wii U?

To download Software updates for Minecraft: Wii U Edition, you have two options:

let the Wii U do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated. You should have the latest version of the game installed the next time you turn on your Wii U;

if not, you can launch Minecraft: Wii U Edition from the Home Menu (important: not the Quick Start Menu, as it bypasses update check!), while being connected to the internet, in order to trigger the download manually. Just wait a few minutes, and the update will be downloaded and installed.

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 43

Release date: March 19th 2019 (North America) / March 20th 2019 (Europe, Japan)

Patch notes:

Updated Splash Text

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 42

Release date: December 18th 2018 (worldwide)

Patch notes:

Added The Nightmare before Christmas Mash-Up Pack.

Fix for Crash that would occur while near areas with Snow.

Fix for Barrier block in the Tutorial level.

Fix for Crash that would occur when TNT blew up a Fence post and Shulker Box.

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 41

Release date: November 14th 2018 (worldwide)

Patch notes:

Fix for Crash that can occur for Client Players when a Sticky Piston moves a Slime Block attached to another Sticky Piston.

Fix for Auto Jump not allowing players to stay underwater.

Fix for the Players head rotation while in a minecart.

Fix for Guardians not spawning around Ocean Monuments.

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 40

Release date: October 23rd 2018 (worldwide)

Patch notes:

Added From the Shadows Skin Pack.

Fix for MCCE #7918 – Seagrass not spawning in Rivers and Swamp biomes.

Fix for MCCE #7923 – Mushroom remain floating when their supporting block is destroyed.

Fix for MCCE #8011 – Water Dispensers do not pick up water from a waterlogged block, instead they fire out the empty bucket.

Fix for Superflat worlds with a large number of transparent blocks and Woodland Mansions enabled taking 20minutes to load.

Fix for no sound effect being played when the player drops an item or a block.

Fix for Minecarts with TNT destroying all blocks below it.

Fix for Dolphins not picking up Items and Blocks.

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 39

Release date: September 25th 2018 (worldwide)

Patch notes:

Added Pirates of the Caribbean Mash-Up Pack!

Fix for Sea Grass making the Stone Breaking sound when broken.

Fix for Ghasts low spawn rate in the Nether.

Fix for Conduit Power status effect not affecting the Player when standing in the rain.

Fix for being unable to place a Sea Pickle on Glass Blocks or Stained Glass Blocks.

Fix for throwing a Loyalty III Trident and leaving the level causing a complete loss of the user’s weapon.

Fix for items not being able to be crafted using damaged Tools in Console Crafting.

Fix for Magma Block generating bubbles under itself when placed between Water and Air blocks.

Fix for placing a block below a Conduit so that it deactivates, then destroying the block to reactivate it, the Conduit will turn/rotate suddenly.

Fix for a Trident enchanted with Loyalty III constantly making circles around the place where the Player died.

Fix for Fully charged Bow doing the incorrect amount of damage (should do 9-10 damage).

Fix for Drowned dropping a Zombie Head when killed by a charged Creeper explosion.

Fix for players not taking damage from TNT Explosions in Battle Mini Game.

Fix for Iron Golems not defending themselves when walking to the nearest village.

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 38

Release date: September 11th 2018 (worldwide)

Patch notes:

Added the Update Aquatic! The oceans of Minecraft are now teeming with new life!

Added 6 new Achievements!

Added Shipwrecks, Underwater Ruins, Coral Reefs, Icebergs, Underwater Caves/Ravines, and Buried Treasure to world generation.

Added new blocks: Coral, Dried Kelp, Sea Pickles, Sea Turtle Eggs, Stripped Logs, Blue Ice, Prismarine Stairs, and Prismarine Slabs.

Added new Kelp and Sea Grass underwater flora.

Added Trapdoors, Pressure Plates, and Buttons for every type of wood.

Added Bubble Columns that are created by underwater Magma or Soul Sand. Bubble Columns push players and mobs to the surface, or drag them under!

Added the Conduit, a block that provides underwater players with a powerful Status Effect.

Added Tridents, and their unique enchantments; Impaling, Channeling, Riptide, and Loyalty.

Added other new items: Dried Kelp, Fish Buckets, Turtle Shell Helmet, Heart of the Sea, Nautilus Shell, Scute, and Phantom Membrane.

Added new Potions and Arrows of the Turtle Master, and of Slow Falling.

Added Buried Treasure Explorer Maps that will lead you to great wealth hidden under the sands!

Added Cod, Salmon, Pufferfish, and 2700 types of Tropical Fish!

Added the Dolphin, a friendly mob that helps players out!

Added the Phantom, a mob that hunts down tired players.

Added the Sea Turtle, a mob that travels the world but always returns home.

Added the Drowned, a monster that attacks players that enter their underwater domain.

Added new Warm, Lukewarm, and Cold Ocean biomes to hold all this new stuff…

…And a new Tutorial world to show you how to use it!

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 35

Release date: June 20th 2018 (North America) / June 21st 2018 (North America, Europe, Japan)

Patch notes:

Added The Incredibles Skin Pack

Fix for MCCE-#7401 – Sign with § æ Crashes World.

Fix for MCCE-#7331 – Hostile Mobs’ Battle Royale Crashes The Game.

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 34

Release date: May 29th 2018 (North America) / May 30th 2018 (Europe, Japan)

Patch notes:

Added Egyptian Mythology Mash-Up Pack

Fix for Minecarts being destroyed by Lava

Fix for MCCE #7207 – Some Skins are Buggy

Optimized Beacons: This will allow a larger number of beacons to be placed before any noticeable fps decrease.

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 33

Release date: April 24th 2018 (North America) / April 25th 2018 (Europe, Japan)

Patch notes:

Added Final Fantasy XV Skin Pack

Fixed a crash that would occur when players looked at a Cauldron while holding a Water Bottle obtained by Fishing

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 32

Release date: March 27th 2018 (North America) / March 28th 2018 (Europe, Japan)

Patch notes:

Added Star Wars Sequel Skin Pack

Added Halo Mash-Up Pack

Added Chat message to inform users once they reach the maximum number of Ender Crystals in a world.

Fix for MCCE-#3522 – Over the sky barrier.

Fix for MCCE-#6536 – Save file can be corrupted when flying over the Sky Barrier.

Fix for MCCE #6383 – The Player could experience severe FPS drops when then Enderdragon spawn particles.

Fix for MCCE-#6734 – Sharpness Particles Replaced by rain drops.

Fix for MCCE-#6802 – Sticky Pistons do not pull chests back.

Fix for MCCE #4683 – Vertical pointing Dispensers spawn mobs in the wrong positions.

Fix for MCCE #4701 – Mining Fatigue has little to no effect.

Fix for MCCE-#6764 – The comparator detects 6 power for a cauldron instead of 3.

Fix for MCCE-#6603 – Grass spreads under tilled dirt / farmland.

Fix for MCCE #4956 – The back of an observer block does not light up when powered.

Fix for MCCE #4986 – Parrots that have been tamed disappear after moving away from them. Tamed Ocelots and Wolfs shouldn’t despawn now either.

Fix for MCCE-#6224 – No Music Disc Collection Messages.

Fix for MCCE-#6425 – Water collected using a bucket that is past the world’s limit can place water that doesn’t move.

Fix for MCCE #6599 – Farming Beetroot has a net loss overall when harvesting.

Fix for MCCE-#5384 – Game crashes to ps3 xmb menu (Due to memory leak with Cave Spiders) – PS3/Xbox 360.

Fixed a crash when loading a pre 1.8 save with Cooked Fish in an Ender Chest.

Fixed a bug where Endermen weren’t teleporting upon taking damage directly from Players.

Fixed a bug where holding a stack of two or more items prevented players from performing the “Take/Place” action on Armor Stands.

Fixed a bug where some mobs weren’t correctly chasing players through doors.

Fixed a bug where mobs could breed through walls and fences.

Fixed a bug where players could sometimes enter a round of Levitation Potions in Tumble without any Potions.

Fixed a bug where Cauldron sound effects were louder than intended.

Fixed a bug where fuel in Brewing Stands was consumed at the wrong time.

Fixed a bug where Zombie Pigmen stayed angry at dead players.

Fixed a bug where placing a large number of beacons filtered by stained glass would cause the game to crash.

Fixed a bug where the player would take damage or be placed within the block above when exiting a Minecart.

Fixed a bug where the Ender Dragon could be trapped in a Boat and killed easily.

Fixed a bug where Grass Path blocks mined with the Silk Touch Enchantment would give the player a Dirt block.

Fixed a bug where the Beacon’s secondary power could not be activated without having the primary power activated as well.

Fixed a bug where Mounted mobs could not breed.

Optimised the block updating of Chest Blocks causing frame rate issues in worlds with a large number of chests.

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 31

Release date: January 30th 2018 (North America) / January 31st 2018 (Europe, Japan)

Patch notes:

Added Moana Character Pack.

Added Skin Pack 1

Fixed MCCE-6589: Pistons of both types can’t move Cauldrons.

Fixed MCCE-6531: Placing a bed next to a cactus crashes the game.

Fixed MCCE-6376: Observer Blocks don’t detect some changes, like other powered Observers.

Fixed MCCE-6465: Unable to place vines under torches.

Fixed a bug where Animals are not running away when hit on Peaceful Difficulty.

Fixed a bug where Tamed Horses with no items equipped despawn after a Player leaves the area.

Fixed a bug that was reducing the Horizontal distance a Horse would travel when Jumping

Change to explosions so that TNT cannons in Mashup worlds work as they used to.

Fixed a bug where a block could not be moved while a sign was attached to it

Fixed a bug where a block could not be moved while a Banner was attached to it

Fixed a bug where Tripwire hooks on the sides of Pistons would drop when the Piston was extended/retracted.

Fixed a bug where Comparators would not register Chest and Trapped Chest size changes.

Fixed a bug where Rails and Torches couldn’t be placed on Glowstone, Sea Lanterns, Glass, or Ice.

Fixed a bug where Flowerpots, Doors, and Pumpkins couldn’t be placed on Glass.

Fixed a bug where Redstone, Levers, and Buttons couldn’t be placed on Pistons.

Fixed a bug that would allow players to Open Shulker Boxes while ‘Trust Players’ and ‘Can Open Containers’ options are disabled.

Enchantment Experience costs in Creative Mode now match Bedrock Edition

Pistons can now move small chests but only if the new position would have been valid for players to place a new chest.

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 30

Release date: December 19th 2017 (North America) / December 20th 2017 (Europe, Japan)

Patch notes:

Added Norse Mythology Mashup Pack.

Added Festive Tumble Arena.

Added New Horse Model.

Added Dyeable Leather Horse Armour.

Cauldron changes. Cauldrons can be filled with potions. Tipped Arrows can be created using an Arrow with Cauldrons filled with potions. Water can be dyed. Armour can be dyed in a Cauldron filled with dyed water.

Baby Zombie jockeys can now ride any mobs.

World generation changes. Added Fallen Trees & Dying Trees.

Village Changes. Tables have brown carpet instead of a pressure plate. Added Ice Plains & Cold Taiga Villages. Added Chests to Ice Plains and Cold Taiga Villages. Ice Plains & Cold Taiga Villages won’t generate crops. Paths around village wells now made up of grass path (sandstone in desert).

Dispenser changes. Fireworks will fire in the direction the dispenser is facing. Mob heads will drop to ground unless they are being placed on a block that would cause a Wither or Snow Golem to spawn.

Updated Wither Boss behavior. Explodes and spawns Wither Skeletons on half health. Change to dash attack. Remove health regeneration. New birth and death animations.

Armor Stands now have arms and multiple poses.

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 29

Release date: November 14th 2017 (worldwide)

Patch notes:

Added Minecon Earth Skin Pack

Additional notes: none.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 28

Release date: October 26th (North America) / October 27th (Europe, Japan)

File size: ???MB

Patch notes:

Added Stranger Things Skin Pack.

Add a time-limited Halloween Tumble arena, including specially themed layers!

Added the “Custom” game type to the Battle Mini Game with a huge variety of new settings, including: Enable choosing the number of lives per round that each player gets. Enable choosing the number of rounds to play before the winner is selected. Enable forcing map size. A variety of different options to manage how players heal, and how quickly they get hungry. Added the No Armor item set to Custom Battle games, an item set designed to keep the combat fast-paced and exciting. Added the High Power item set to Custom Battle games, allowing you to play Battle with some of the most powerful items in Minecraft! Added the Decayed item set to Custom Battle games; every item breaks after a few uses, so you’ll need to keep moving. Added the Food Central item set to Custom Battle games. Food is only found in the centre chests, and equipment only in the outer chests.

Added the “Custom” game type to Tumble Mini Game with a huge variety of new settings, including: Enable choosing the number of lives per round that each player gets. Enable choosing the number of layers, and controlling the size of the layers. Added Fireworks as a usable weapon in Custom Tumble games. Added Splash Potions of Levitation as a usable weapon in Custom Tumble games. Added Spectator Participation to Custom Tumble games!

Players can now spectate Battle and Tumble Mini Games as a Parrot, Vex, or floating head.

Additional notes: this update is required for the last DLC pack. Click here for more details!

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 27

Release date: August 29th (North America) / August 30th (Europe, Japan)

File size: ??? MB

Patch notes:

Added Glide Myths Track Pack; Drift through the clouds of Icarus, dive into conflict in Excalibur, and ride with the Kelpies in Celts.

Added “Strangers – Biome Settlers 3” Skin Pack.

Enable transferring saves to Nintendo Switch Edition (click here for more details!)

Fixed slow moving mobs in water.

Endermen and Endermites should always be hostile to each other.

Polar Bears should not attack the player when in peaceful mode.

Wither Skeletons no longer fear daylight, and will attack anything that lives.

Zombie Horses and Skeleton Horses can now be tamed and leashed.

Skeletons shouldn’t attack Village Golems.

Strays now flee from Wolves.

Wolves should not become hostile against mobs that they can’t directly see.

Fix for Farmer Villagers not planting seeds often enough.

Crafting any kind of Boat now requires a Wooden Shovel.

String can now be crafted from Web.

Purpur Stairs and Slabs can now be crafted from both Purpur Blocks and Pillars.

Stone Slabs, Redstone Repeaters, and Redstone Comparators can now be crafted from Stone, Granite, Andesite, Diorite, and their Polished variants.

Observers should register changes to Item Frames.

Observers should register changes to Doors.

Observers should register changes to Flower Pots.

Observers should not output extra signals for fire block state changes.

Observers should not output multiple signals when lava or water is place in front of them.

Pistons can now push Daylight Sensors.

Potion durations have changed.

Fixed area in the Mini Game Lobby that caused players to become invulnerable in the Mini Game if they were in this location when the round started.

Fix for MCCE-5523 – Pick Block in Creative

Fix for MCCE-2000 – Zombies get stuck in water

Fix for MCCE-2868 – Levitation effect all in Capitals

Additional notes: for more details about the save data transfer and the DLC, check out this post!

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 26

Release date: July 25th (North America) / July 26th (Europe, Japan)

File size: ??? MB

Patch notes:

Added Canyon, a free Glide track.

Added Biome Settlers 2 Skin pack.

Added Terracotta and Glazed Terracotta layers to Tumble.

Improved performance in Solo Glide when restarting the level (particularly with split-screen spectators).

Totem of Undying now also applies Fire Resistance II.

Fixed some areas where it was possible to escape from Battle maps or Glide tracks.

Fixed a bug where players were unable to milk a Cow in Creative Mode.

Fixed a bug where players were being teleported back to the Nether portal shortly after arriving in the other dimension.

Fixed a bug where broken Banners wouldn’t stack with crafted Banners.

Fixed a bug where Wheat, Ladders, and Banners were not correctly spawning in Woodland Mansions.

Fixed a bug where Monster Spawners in Woodland Mansions were Pigs instead of Spiders.

Fixed a bug where the Item Frame icon appeared when holding a Map.

Fixed an incorrect death message when players were killed by Zombie Villagers.

Fix for custom names of Mobs not being shown in death messages.

Fix for being unable to unlock “Sniper Duel”.

Fix for being unable to unlock “Camouflage”.

Fix for MCCE #5183 – Player can kill a tamed Parrot with PvP disabled.

Fix for MCCE #5062 – Farmer Villagers only plant one seed after harvesting a whole crop of seeds from a field.

Fix for MCCE #4103 – Time spent on the Pause menu when under water counts towards the “Free Diver” trophy.

Fix for MCCE #3112 – When trying to throw food, Villagers throw it in the wrong direction.

Fix for MCCE #5219 – Two types of Bone Block with different pictures.

Fix for MCCE #4989 – Zombie Villager Spawn eggs are the wrong colour.

Fix for MCCE #5261 – Flower hitbox is displaced.

Fix for MCCE #4897 – Beds explode when TNT Explodes is disabled.

Fix for MCCE #4954 – Mobs can’t move with a block above them.

Fix for MCCE #3010 – Constructing an End portal in a certain method can lead to the End Portal being created next to the portal frame.

Fix for MCCE #5292 – Only regular Skeletons spawning in the Nether.

Fix for MCCE #5151 & MCCE #5208 – Item frames don’t show the custom name of their items.

Additional notes: this update is required for the latest DLC packs! Click here for more details.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 25

Release date: June 29th (North America) / June 30th (Europe, Japan)

File size: ??? MB

Patch notes:

Fix for MCCE-5088 – Minecraft Wii U Crashes when loading/creating new world

Fix for issue causing the loss of Shulker Box contents on loading from a previous save.

Fix for Empty Bucket not being returned to inventory after crafting a Cake.

Fix for Furnaces not leaving an Empty Bucket after using a Lava Bucket as fuel.

Fix for efficiency enchantments on tools not working correctly.

Fix for pistons not extending when the piston above them extends.

Fix for Horse armour not appearing on horses that don’t have markings.

Fix for Pistons no longer being available in the Crafting menu.

Fix for observers outputting constant power if they can detect changes from another observer.

Additional notes: still cannot launch the game after installing this update? You have to contact Microsoft / Mojang support, then.

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 24

Release date: June 27th (North America) / June 28th (Europe, Japan)

File size: ??? MB

Patch notes:

Added Mini Game Heroes Skin Pack.

Added 7 New Achievements

Added Biome Scale Slider

Added Find Balanced Seed option

Added Llamas, new mobs that can be tamed and ridden, and will form caravans when led.

Added Parrots. Try letting them ride your shoulder, but be careful what you feed them!

Added Woodland Mansions, and the mobs that inhabit them: Vindicators, Evokers, and the annoying Vexes that they summon.

Added Explorer Maps to help you find Ocean Temples and the new Woodland Mansions, and the new Cartographer Villager to sell them to you.

Added Observer Blocks.

Added Totem of Undying item.

Added Curses of Binding and Vanishing.

Added Spawn Eggs to the Creative Menu for Skeleton Horses, Zombie Horses, Elder Guardians, Strays, Wither Skeletons, Husks, and Zombie Villagers.

Updated Textures for Mule and Donkey Spawn Eggs.

Added dyeable beds

Added display of status effects on the HUD.

Reduced the amount of Food Bar drain player many actions cause, but increased the drain caused by health regeneration.

Torches can now be placed on the full-block side of Stairs

Iron bars, glass panes and fences adjacent to the full-block side of a stair will now visually connect.

Carpet and snow layers can now be placed on top of upside-down stairs.

Beds are now bouncy, though they do not completely reduce all fall damage. Bug Fixes MCCE-3488 – Villager trading broken

MCCE-4793 – Loose dual wielded item when you die

MCCE-4731 – Shulker box miss colored in Natural texture pack

MCCE-4910 – Shulker Boxes on Natural texture pack

MCCE-4746 – Sleeping with an elytra

MCCE-3357 – End portals stop appearing after respawned dragon death

MCCE-2998 – Slime Block Glitch

MCCE-4715 – Potions firing from dispenser crash.

MCCE-2744 – Fences Attaching to Nether Brick Fences

MCCE-3165 – Tutorial World

MCCE-4830 – Skin-Pack: Magic: The Gathering, Ajani skin has bugs

MCCE-4840 – Color of shulker box incorrect in Natural texture pack

MCCE-4834 – skeletons spawn in a 2 high space with trapdoors on ceiling

MCCE-4663 – Weapon durability shows when interface opacity is low

MCCE-4727 – Textures wrong

MCCE-3973 – Donkeys don’t spawn

MCCE-4710 – Invisible Chat Box

MCCE-1899 – Squid spawning limit super low…

MCCE-3386 – Game freezes

MCCE-2983 – Piston translocation will not work in future versions. Bug?

MCCE-2479 – It’s possible to step up 1 pixel height from Grass Paths to Farmland blocks.

MCCE-4644 – Birch boat texture is broken in cartoon texture pack

Additional notes: this update is required to get the latest DLC. For more details about said DLC, click here!

Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 23

Release date: May 30th (North America) / May 31st (Europe, Japan)

File size: ??? MB

Patch notes:

Added Adventure Time Mash-up Pack.

Added Magic: The Gathering Skin Pack.

Added Temple, a free Glide track.

Your best run in Glide will now be recorded (as long as it is under 5 minutes), and a Ghost will fly alongside you in Solo Mode to help you improve!

The default controls have been changed slightly, and you can now define your own control scheme in the options menu.

Added Pick Block – This is unassigned by default.

Added Off-hand slot for Maps and Arrows.

Added Shulker Box item.

Added Shulker Shell item.

Added Iron Nugget item. You can now smelt Iron and Gold armour into nuggets.

More items can now be used as fuel in a furnace.

Added new Note Block sounds

Added some new sound effects for filling Cauldrons, paddling Boats, using a Fishing Rod, and End Portals.

Using a Firework while gliding with Elytra will now give you a boost. Don’t try this at home!

Added Concrete Powder Blocks – 16 Different colors!

Added Concrete Blocks – 16 Different colors!

Added Glazed Terracotta Block – 16 Different patterns!

Changed the color of Dyes, Wool and Banners Bug Fixes MCCE-4554 – Take Damage when falling into slime block

MCCE-4704 – Fall Damage being taken in 1×1 areas

MCCE-4551 – Falling in shallow water is damaging players

MCCE-2308 – Player Glitched out in Battle Mode

MCCE-2902 – Squids not spawning in anything man-made

MCCE-4604 – Battle Mode Spawn Glitch

MCCE-2019 – Some times when with a arrow or hit the players scren will freeze or shake.

MCCE-4223 – elytra fly glitch

MCCE-3164 – Rabbits

MCCE-4662 – Exp from Coal not going to mending

MCCE-4591 – Map direction icon skewed

MCCE-4278 – Banner are giant

Additional notes: the update is required for the Adventure Time Mash-Up Pack;

Official website: click here!

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 21

Release date: April 25th (North America) / April 26th (Europe, Japan)

File size: ??? MB

Patch notes:

Added Glide Beasts Track Pack (Dragon, Kraken and Yeti Glide tracks)

Added new Glide music tracks for the new Glide Tracks

Change to Glide to require passing through all Checkpoints before reaching the end of the track

Glide Solo Mode can now be played for longer before being automatically returned to the Lobby

Fix for spectator not hearing Glide ring or thermal sounds for the player they are spectating

Fix for Glide round timer continuing to tick while the Pause Menu is displayed in Solo Mode

Decreased the respawn delay in Glide

Added coloured particles when you cross the finish line in Glide

Showdown in Glide now says “Hurry Up”

Fix for Interface Opacity setting not affecting the HUD in Glide

Fix for some Boat item textures in the Mass Effect Mash-up pack not matching the entity textures

Fix for an issue that caused the damage sound to be repeatedly played at the end of a Glide round

Fix for an issue that caused the body of player models to be set back from the other limbs

Additional notes: update required for the new DLC

Official website: click here!

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 20

Release date: March 28th (North America) / March 29th (Europe, Japan)

File size: ??? MB

Patch notes:

Added Glide Mini Game!

Added new Mini Game Lobby.

Fix for MCCE-3984 – Enderdragon is able to use an End Gateway.

Additional notes: update required for the new Glide mini-game, and the new skin packs (click here for more details)

Official website: click here!

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 19

Release date: March 8th (Worldwide)

File size: ??? MB

Patch notes:

Fix for MCCE-4226 – Wrong LOD showing for non-block item icons in the UI.

Fix for MCCE-4227 – Nether portals sending players to the wrong portals.

Fix for MCCE-4321 – Player may fall through the block below them when jumping in a confined space e.g small tunnel.

Official website: click here!

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 18

Release date: February 28th (North America) / March 1st (Europe, Japan)

File size: ??? MB

Patch notes:

Added Fallout Battle Map Pack

Fix for Player’s character becoming invisible for other players when they ride a Minecart, Boat, Horse, Donkey, Pig or Mule, beyond they viewing player’s render distance.

Fix for a second Bonus Chests appearing near the centre of the world.

Fix for not being able to place a Pig in a Mob Spawner using a Spawn Egg.

Fix for crash that would occur if the player dropped an inventory item at the point a Battle round ended.

Fix for crash that would occur if the player had the inventory menu open at the point a Battle round ended.

Fix Player not riding a vehicle when they reload a save, if they were riding it when the game was saved.

Fix for crash when saving some particularly large and detailed worlds.

Fix for being able to leave the playable area of the large Cavern Battle Map as a spectator.

Fix for being able to fall off the Shipyard Battle Map at a certain location without dying.

Fix for being able to fall in a specific area of Frontier Battle Map without dying.

Fix for Renewable Energy not unlocking when the requirements were met for the first time.

Fix for Stone Axe instead of Diamond Sword appearing in the Chest in the Enchanting mini Tutorial area upon restarting this tutorial.

Change to allow crafting any wooden door to complete the Door crafting step of the Tutorial.

Fix for ‘Hit’ tooltip not benig displayed when Player targets crosshair at a Polar Bear, a Creeper or a Squid.

Fix for crash that occured when Shape box is changed a few times in Fireworks UI, after creating 64 Firework Stars.

Fix for a variety of issues that occurred after changing from an Online to and Offline game.

Fix for End Crystals’ beam persisting after the Ender Dragon’s respawn is interrupted by destroying the End Crystal with ‘TNT

Explodes’ option disabled.

Fix for error that can occur when dropping items while standing in an active Nether Portal.

Additional notes: update required for the Fallout Battle Map pack

Official website: click here!

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 17

Release date: January 31st (North America) / February 1st (Europe, Japan)

File size: ??? MB

Patch notes:

Fix for Horses not jumping to the correct height.

Re-entering a tutorial area while the playing the Tutorial will reset the chests.

Fix for Slab blocks not blocking light.

Fix for Chickens not dropping Cooked Chicken when they die on fire.

Fix for Blazes not dropping Glowstone Dust when they die.

Fixed the drop rate of Gold Nuggets.

Fix for Zombie Pigmen not dropping Gold Ingots when they die.

Fix for tamed Ocelots remaining hostile to anything they were attacking before being tamed.

Fix for crash when spawning too many Shulkers.

Fix for Enderman not taking damage from rain while in a Boat.

Improvements to framerate when throwing a lot of Lingering Potions.

Fix for Wither Skeleton being able to walk through two block high spaces.

Minor changes to Battle Mini Game maps to close off areas that should not be accessible.

Fix for lighting issues when digging down in spawn area.

Fix for rename Record losing its name after being in a Jukebox.

Added chance of Melon, Pumpkin, and Beetroot Seeds, and Jungle Saplings spawning in the Bonus Chest.

Fix for a range of tooltips that would appear when the action was not available.

Fix for Mob Spawner error that occured after using a spawn egg to change what it should spawn.

Fixes to End Gateway generation.

Fix for End spawn location being in the wrong place.

Added a particle effect and sound effect when a mob spawner fails to spawn due to spawn limits.

Fix for crash when placing a Sign on top of Tall Grass.

Stop End Crystals exploding when “TNT Explodes” is disabled.

Fix for Hoppers not collecting items above them.

Fix for a crash that could occur on a client if the host exited the game.

Added new 11 achievements for Survival.

Added new 7 achievements for Tumble.

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Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Patch 16

Release date: January 16th

File size: ??? MB

Patch notes:

Fix for Mob Spawners not spawning anymore, and showing a Pig inside them.

Fix for previously created signs being censored for players with restrictive Privacy settings.

Fix for being able to escape the boundaries of the world by exiting a Boat at the edge.

Additional notes: none

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