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## Video: Minecraft for Nintendo Switch

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_Published 2017-05-11. Minecraft Switch video game trailer_


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## Transcript

Minecraft, one of the most popular games of all time is coming to Nintendo Switch. It's a game about placing blocks and going on adventures. Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest homes to the grandest of castles. Play in creative mode with unlimited resources, or mine deep into the world in survival mode. Crafting weapons and armor to fend off dangerous mobs. You don't have to explore or build the world alone though. Up to eight crafters can play together online. While four can join each other in local multiplayer on the TV or in table top mode. Supporting both split screen and the Nintendo Switch Pro controller.

Nintendo and Minecraft fans alike will also be happy to learn that the Super Mario Matchup pack will be launching on the Nintendo Switch Console. Play and explore a world full of classic characters and places from the Mario universe. Minecraft Nintendo Switch edition including the Super Mario machiopack will launch an Nintendo eShop on May 11, and in stores at a later date. Happy building.

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