Following last month's Wii U debut of Minecraft, its highly successful adventure game spinoff will launch this week on Wii U in North America.

The game will launch with Thursday's eShop update, at a MSRP of US$4.99 for one episode or $19.99 for a five episode season pass. The remaining episodes will release shortly after, and based on release patterns from other platforms the full season should be available in short order.

A retail version of the game, which is essentially the season pass in a box, is still slated to release later this year for $30 according to Target.