This petition is a voice for those who want Mojang to bring back the legacy console edition for Minecraft on the Nintendo Switch.

After June 21st, 2018 "Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition" was discontinued on the eShop, effectively killing the game. Mojang has kept the options for previous owners to continue to download the game.

This is a real shame to the switch and gaming community as a whole. Millions of us have grown up on the console edition of Minecraft that was developed by 4J Studios. We hold very fond and nostalgic memories of this version of the game. Although the Bedrock edition of Minecraft can be a great thing, it is not a true substitute/upgrade from the console edition for many people. There is a very unique feel and look to the Console Edition of Minecraft that many of us still want to be able to experience. 

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition grants people the ability to play their favorite version of Minecraft on the go. Twenty-one million copies of Minecraft were sold on the Xbox 360 and countless others on the Wii U, Xbox One, PS4, and PS3. These sales represent millions of people who might love the ability to play their favorite version of Minecraft anywhere. Beyond just playing the version, if a person was dedicated enough they would be able to port their old worlds to the switch to truly play them the way they once did. The Switch Edition is special because it is the only truly portable version of the Minecraft Console Edition (aside from PS VITA). 

Discontinuing the Nintendo Switch Edtion of Minecraft only hurts Mojang and their fans. Allowing people to pay for this edition once again would give a great game back to the Minecraft community, and generate practically free money for Mojang/4J Studios. There is no harm done in allowing people to buy this version again. Keeping this game locked away harms the gaming community by taking a game away from them that they were once able to play. It is the opposite of conservation. We know that this edition will never be what Bedrock is, nor Java, but we are not asking for it to be. We would be happy if the game never got updated again. We simply want to play a version of the game that we love.

When the Nintendo Switch Edition was canceled, Mojang gave out the new Bedrock edition to existing owners of the Switch Edition. This was an incentive to get more players playing Bedrock. I feel that if Mojang did the reverse, by giving the Nintendo Switch Edition out for free to all Bedrock Edition owners (like a free DLC to all current and future owners of Bedrock), it would incentivize a great number of sales of the Bedrock Edition. If this is not possible, simply allowing the purchase of the Switch Edition once again would be sufficient.

So we ask you Mojang and 4J Studious, please bring back the Nintendo Switch Edition of Minecraft.