Minecraftis the biggest game of the past decade, which is why it is weird to see support for the game ending on several older systems. Last December, 4J Studioceased supporton the PS3, PS Vita, Xbox 360, and Wii U versions of the game followingThe Nightmare Before ChristmasMash-up Pack.Well over 21 million players picked the game up on Xbox 360 alone, so this news was fairly shocking but understandable considering it was older hardware. Today, support ended for another version of the game -Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition.
This version ofMinecraftwas supported somewhat differently than the other releases considering the massive differences in hardware, store, and update infrastructure. Since launching in September 2017,Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DSEdition has gotten larger updates everytwo months or soinstead of multiple small and consistent ones. Update 1.9 was released for the game today and will be the final patch this version of theMinecraftever gets.
Surprisingly, this was only briefly mentioned in theofficial article on the update,calling 1.9 “our final update for the New Nintendo 3DS version and also one of our largest.” According to the developers, this patch will bringMinecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Editionmore in line with version 1.1.5 of PC and consoleMinecraft.
While you can check out a full list of patch notes below, highlights include the addition of several new kinds of “entities” like Vindicators and Cartographer Villagers, new blocks like concrete, new enchantments, and eggs that can spawn creatures:
NEW FEATURES
NEW BLOCKS AND ITEMS
NEW ENTITIES
WORLD GENERATION
NEW ENCHANTMENTS
Support ending also means thatMinecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Editionwas the version ofMinecraftsupported for the shortest amount of time out of any version of the smash hit. Considering Notch had previously lamented thatMinecraftcould never work on the system, it is impressive that Mojang and port developer Other Ocean Interactive were able to support the game as much as they did.
WhileMinecraftis no longer supported on New Nintendo 3DS, PS3, PS Vita, Xbox 360, or Wii U, a consistently updated version of the insanely popular game can be played on Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, Xbox One, iOS, and Android.
