New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition is the version of Minecraft developed by Other Ocean Interactive and Mojang AB for the, , and but not the original Nintendo 3DS, NIntendo 2DS, or Nintendo 3DS XL. It was released for the Nintendo eShop simultaneously in North America and Japan on September 13, 2017, hours after its announcement during a Nintendo Direct. Although the initial release was a fork of Pocket Edition Alpha 0.15.4, it has several additions, tweaks, and missing features compared to that version, and is being developed specifically for the New Nintendo 3DS separately from Bedrock Edition. It has no relation to Console Edition.

Gameplay

 * After a planned future update, the game will display in stereoscopic 3D, except on New 2DS.
 * The New Nintendo 3DS Edition lacks online multiplayer. Local multiplayer may be added in a future update.
 * World types are Default and Flat. World sizes are Small (672×672), Medium (1344×1344), and Large (2016×2016). The size of a world cannot be changed once it is created. The ratio of The Nether to The Overworld is 1:3.
 * The height limit is only 128, although worlds can be larger than the Classic and Small world types from Console Edition.
 * There is a mob cap that is much stricter than the Console Edition: only 24 enemies, 24 animals, 16 water creatures, and 16 villagers can exist at one time. However, an extremely large amount of experience orbs from many bottles o' enchanting can crash the game.
 * There is no overlay when wearing a pumpkin.
 * Instead of including the map item, the map and the player's coordinates are displayed on the Touch Screen. The Touch Screen is also used for inventory management and crafting.
 * The New Nintendo 3DS Edition has no DLC, but it includes six skin packs: Standard, Biome Settlers Pack 1, Biome Settlers Pack 2, Redstone Specialists, Journey to the West, and Holiday Skin Pack 2015.
 * There are three texture packs: Minecraft (the default), City, and Plastic. The City texture pack is 32×32.

Trivia

 * The New Nintendo 3DS Edition (alongside the Wii U Edition and Nintendo Switch Edition) is the most expensive edition of Minecraft to date, at $29.99.
 * This is due to the game including 5 skin packs and 2 texture packs.
 * This is ahead of Minecraft: Java Edition by just $3.04.
 * The save file is stored in extra data on the microSD card rather than to the cartridge or to the software's save data. This means that the save file is locked to the console even when playing on cartridge.
 * The max world size for this edition of the game is 2016 x 2016, which is larger then the Wii U Edition's world size which is 864 x 864 despite being much weaker compared to the Wii U.
 * This may be because extra data is not subject to the same limits as save data.
 * The Pocket Edition has a physically smaller world size in megabytes then the Console Edition, which allows them to have larger size worlds.
 * The internal names for this game were "Proteus" and "Silverfish".
 * This edition currently does not have an official public bugtracker. It is also the only edition without a system of achievements or advancements.