'Minecraft' creeps into Nintendo
This New Nintendo 2DS LL "Minecraft" edition is one of Nintendo's most unusual releases to date. The console's cover shows the face of a Creeper, "Minecraft" enemy characters that chase players and explode, The special edition is to commemorate "Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition," which was released last fall.
Limited-edition handhelds are common, but they are usually based on games owned by the platform. "Minecraft," however, was developed by Swedish game studio Mojang, which Microsoft bought in 2014, making it a Microsoft, not Nintendo, game. While it's unusual for a first-party game company to release a title on a rival's platform, both Sony and Nintendo have released versions of "Minecraft" on their hardware.