From the manufacturer Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures. Only playable on a New Nintendo 3DS. Explore randomly‐generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles.
Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition was the fourth version of Minecraft which allowed players to play together without an Internet connection with one person per system, using the Local Play feature on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.
Minecraft on new 3DS! Downloadable from Nintendo eShop now! Just a few months after we brought Minecraft to Nintendo Switch, we're double-dipping with the big N to bring the game to the New Nintendo 3DS series. Whatever next, an N64 port? Get on it, Jens!
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Please visit our Support section for more information. Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures. Only playable on the New Nintendo 3DS series.
Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition is a discontinued, heavily modified, and stripped down fork of Pocket Edition (though functionally its own edition) developed by Other Ocean Interactive and Mojang Studios for the New Nintendo 3DS / 2DS systems, but was not compatible with the original Nintendo 3DS / 2DS systems.
No. Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition is specifically designed for and only compatible with the New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL models. The original 3DS lacks the processing power and RAM required to run the game effectively.