Wait, What Happened to Minecraft EARTH? 

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Minecraft earth was so cool when it first came out, it just got stale rather quickly. Had they put more time into it, it might’ve done well. But at the same time, they were busy adding bees to Minecraft, so it makes sense.

Quite odd to see Grian & Mumbo's dual video about Minecraft Earth, knowing that months later the game shut down. It's better to have a good archive of it stored in one of the top Minecraft content creators

it's worth mentioning for Pokemon GO- when the pandemic hit, they offered free "Remote Raid Passes" and other items, allowing you to interact with raids from any position- greatly reducing the need to leave the house. They also sold similar items in their shop, meaning they made a LOT of money from people trying to quarantine

Imagine how cool it would be if you could just create and see public builds that anyone could admire while walking down the street. It might’ve needed some moderation but that would’ve been a game changer.

i miss minecraft earth. it very clearly had so many cool ideas and love and care put into it. they should give it another try and relaunch.

I hope one day when AR has advanced (and AR glasses become more consumer friendly) that we can see some sort of revival of Minecraft Earth. I really think that the AR aspect of it was cool and had great potential

I remember thinking that Minecraft Earth was one of the coolest things ever when they first announced it, only to never see or hear from it ever again. Here's hoping that they add all of those mob variants into the main game sometime though, as they actually look really cool and I'd hate for those neat designs to go to waste.

To me it was incredibly promising and had interesting concept. I think it's the better Minecraft game to Dungeons because of how it translates the freedom and creativity that exists in the idea of Minecraft instead of a linear progression story roguelike system. Edit: Not gonna lie, the fact that you couldn't actually descend into the adventure levels REALLY bugged me lmao, they really couldn't just make them ground level

Minecraft earth was so cool at first when it first came out, then it just got boring quickly. There could have been more with it however didn't really happen, and I never got to play it but heard about it. Thanks for making this video.

oh man i remember minecraft earth, i still have the app on my phone, a year and a half after it shut down, i still just remember playing it by myself while at home, doing the little adventures and just having fun, was a nice calm time. i hope they bring it back, even tho theres almost a 100% chance they wont, it was very fun while it lasted

I actually really liked Minecraft Earth, and even signed up for the early access beta. I was really sad when they finally announced it would be shutting down. It felt like it had so much untapped potential.

It was a cool idea, and I remember being really excited for it. It is unfortunate that it got shut down, even though I was excited I didn't actually play it too much.. I do hope they revisit it sometime, it would be cool to see it get revived. Though, I really don't see that happening.

I remember having Minecraft Earth before actually having Minecraft Java, It was so fun exploring different custom-made places during the pandemic. I was pretty sad when they released the message revealing it was going to be shut down... but oh well.

I played it for a bit but it always felt incredibly grindy, like it just wanted you to buy the microtransactions to do anything. I wanted to build stuff but I was stuck with a tiny build plate unless I was gonna pay for a bigger one. It felt like it had the potential to be good, but was just never finished and got too greedy.

I played it for a few weeks and enjoyed it. Mostly just the adventure mode. I remember it being repetitive after awhile, my biggest issue was a Ruby wall I kept hitting. I do miss the game from time to time and wish it was still around. The similar Harry Potter game met a similar fate.

you can still play this game thanks to the Project Earth team! It's a bit messy and buggy, but it works and is having progress in the development

Genuinely played it at every opportunity. The game was awesome and introduced a fresh perspective to Minecraft while also pushing AR technology even further ahead. Hope to see it back someday.

Bro, it's so disappointing that the game had shut down, me and my brother were building thing all the time and we've had amazing time. Now, seeing all the work of ours be deleted, is like a punch to the gut😓. Also, the pandemic didn't really change much. Like we were still going outside time to time, just not with other people, so the tappables could still be easily collected. The thing is that PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE OTHER BUILDS ANYWAY so the pandemic didn't really change anything when you thing about it for a moment. *Sorry for typos if I made any*

I still have the game on my phone, to remember the sensation I felt when I heard about the game, and all the things I did, even though it never really took off. I honestly really liked it too.

I absolutely loved this game, I played almost from its the release date in Australia. The whole concept was awesome, and the actual gameplay improved update to update. Great video.

Minecraft Earth was sick. the gameplay, general aesthetics and music were great, so were all the little collectables they added shame to see it go so soon

The hollow knight music really caught me off guard but like the use of it in this video, keep up the great work!

Great video! Keep up the amazing work!

I hope they keep the files for this and re make it for Ar at world scale bc it would be so cool to just have someone’s build next to there houce

I remember coming back to Minecraft Earth. Only 2 months later the message that they were planning to shut it down came and the final era of quests. Though short lived I had a lot of fun and even got some bedrock items out of the quest line. If only it was still here.

I love how greenpath is just constantly playing in the background, the hk music is so good for everything

I remember playing a few times and even with my brothers. The thing that got me though is the fact I dont get out of my house much and when I do, I'm usually not on my phone as I'm busy shopping or something. I didnt even realize it had shut down which is a bit sad. If they had been able to make it more like the trailer, it probably would have been more fun

I only got to play it for about the last two months of it's life, when I finally got a phone that could play it. As a casual game I quite enjoyed it. There was something relaxing to collecting and building in vr. It's a shame the game was shut down so soon. It had a lot of potential and room to improve. As for problems, the only two that come to mind are: it crashed more than I'd like, and not being able to go down in adventures without messing with the camera. I discovered when the camera was covered up, it would wait for it to be open again. If you moved the phone around before opening it, your placement in vr didn't change, so you could be higher up and "desend" repeatedly.

Easily this was the best AR game so far, the only one I kept going back to. None of the others take advantage of 3D space properly, and it was an actual game with fun mechanics. I miss it deeply.

My daughter and I had this, but she passed away in June of 2019 prior to that we had several builds. But I took one of our builds out to her grave site, I placed it next to her and played Minecraft with her one last time

I was looking forward to this game for so long. I remember checking the app store every few weeks too see if I could play it though it always told me my device wasn't compatible.

Honestly i also didnt even knew the game was out...i guess this is a good way to show how advertising a game is a such a crucial thing

I really loved this game, I played it during beta before it was internationally available on my Android phone and iPad. I've been waiting for some time for a game like this. It's sad to see it shut down after a short time.

I loved it and hope there will be fanservers and some decompilation project

I didn't even know this existed!! this sounds super dope!

One of the issues was also that it simply released too early, I wanted to play it, but my phone was simply too old. I was able to play Pokémon Go without issues, as it did have a non-AR mode, Minecraft Earth required that your phone was compatible with Google AR services, which left many behind

I was actually really excited to try this game when I found out it was a thing, unfortunately it was already in the process of being sunsetted so I didn't get too long to play. 😔

I remember getting into the beta, loving the game, and playing it until it shutdown. It sucks that not a lot of people got to experience the game the way I did.

I love how these videos bring up topics and ideas that everyone forgot about or never would have thought of yet are always interesting and relevant. The only reason I knew mc earth shut down is because I saw the Grimm and mumbo collab and wanted the game just to be disappointed. Keep up the good content👍👍👍

I remember playing this when it came out of my country (PH), I enjoyed the first few hours but then it can be difficult to collect blocks since it didn’t really spawn around my town. And then the pandemic came so it basically cut its lifespan shorter.

I think PoGo survived because it had already had enough time to mature and gain features that could be altered to suit a pandemic situation. At launch, PoGo only had three basic mechanics: Catch pokemon, hatch eggs, battle gyms. All of which required physically going places. Catching pokemon could be done in a very limited sense if you were fortunate enough to live near a pokestop to replenish items. By the time of the pandemic, PoGo had added Raid battles, Team Go Rocket battles, Go Battle League, Adventure Sync, and a host of daily and weekly triggers for items and whatnot. Raids were altered to add remote raiding with limitations (as well as some temporary bonuses that have yet to go away). Team Go Rocket gained hot air balloons so that players who could not get out would have a slow, but steady stream of Rocket members to fight (the feature is still in place). Go Battle League had its distance requirement per battle set temporarily removed (a feature that never made any sense to begin with and has officially been eliminated since), and Adventure Sync made it possible for players to gain walking distance while (relatively) stationary by counting steps (or other phone shakes) while the game was closed. If the pandemic occurred when PoGo was still in its larval state with only the first two generations of pokemon partially released, it very likely would have died from lack of playability and lack of interest just the same as Minecraft Earth.

I could just imagine finding random minecraft builds on abandoned building, forests, or even oceans. That would be absolutely game changing.

i used to play mc earth for hours at a time. i remember just loading the game up at my house just filled the game screen with builds. it was so much fun. i was so sad when it shut down. i really wish they would try and relaunch it.

It released for me in the middle of winter, so that pretty much killed any desire I had to play it. I just never picked it back up even when it was warmer

I hope they bring it back at some point. That game had major potential and probably would have succeeded had covid not happened.

I was so hyped for this after the announcement and never heard of it again. I forgot it existed until this video.

Man I was looking foward to this but I had no idea it was even launched

Clarification on PoGo’s covid situation! During lockdown they gave free drops and remote raid passes, meaning the game was still very much alive during lockdown. When lockdown ended, they implemented a free daily incense that only works when you’re moving to combat the habits built up during lockdown.

I can remember when it was revealed. Thought it was cool but my phone wasn’t compatible. In 2021 I got a new phone that was compatible, but that only lasted a few months because of the sunset event. I still have the Minecraft Earth beta skin from before the game launched though, which is cool.

It's wild, I never even knew about this happening, completely passed me by

I remember being super excited to play this but unfortunately it was never released in my country

I actually played it almost as soon as it came out for my region. Loved the game to bits, probably because I didn't know about its existence until I saw a popup ad for it and downloaded it. I played that game almost every day I was completely devastated when I sae the sunset update was announced :(

I remember playing it every single time I was in the backseat of a car and I really hope they can release it in the future when the pandemic is fully gone.

I completely forgot this game existed until you mentioned it.

I heard about the game that it will release someday but never knew anything about it after and forgot about it and just now remebered this game existed

Literally the only reason Minecraft Earth stayed in my mind was because of the mob votes, because they included the Moobloom and Glow Squid.

4:46 is responsible for making me throw this channel into the trash

It's so funny that you just have the Hollow Knight music from Greenpath haha, brings back memories 🥲

Crazy vid, i liked the part where he said "It's tapping time"

my least favorite part was how gimmicky it was. I wanted to build epic cool things that I could scale up and show other people. If I recall correctly however, the scaling thingy was really buggy and limited. Having to go out and about to collect few resources at a time just to slowly build something was more than annoying. I get it though, that type of thing isnt for everyone. Woulda been cool if there was some kind of creative mode that let players really do what they wanted to. Too bad the software itself was just an absolute mess though, cause I dont even think unlimited and easy creativity woulda saved it

Definitely the biggest issue was the slow launch, I waited for awhile for it to become available in my country I just forgot about it and never heard of it again, they didn't even try to make ads or remind people about it, they just let it fail

I remember like 3 months before it shutdown I got hooked to it for some reason. I would play it in my living room right after my online school day was over. I miss that game

completely forgot about this game till i just saw your video

I did play the game a few times and it was cool, but felt very unfinished, plus I am a person who hates having to travel around to places to collect stuff when I could just sit at my desk and play the main game. It is a cool idea but was ruined by many things.

I was actually extremely let down when I heard that Minecraft earth was shutting down. I really wanted to play the game and I even got a new phone hoping that it would be compatible with Minecraft earth. It sounded awesome and it shattered my heart to see such a thing just be discontinued.

I was really excited for Minecraft Earth. I genuinely thought it hadn't come out yet though. I didn't really keep up with any development for it or really look at the details, but I keep seeing trailers, and announcements for it here and there and was like, I'll have to check this out when it comes out. I even remember when Minecraft RU-vidrs Grian and Mumbo Jumbo did a mini travel series playing Minecraft earth, but I was under the impression that it was a development beta version they used and that it wasn't actually out yet. I remember trying to download it at the time too and couldn't find it in the appstore or at least available in my country (The US so I was kinda surprised). Next thing I knew I saw posts saying it was gonna be taken down and that apparently it has been up for years. I just wish I had the chance to check it out when it came out.

I remember seeing the announcement trailer, and the I saw mention of it here and there, and didn't even know it was out. What a shame though, it seemed like a really cool idea.

The thing that killed it most was the grind you had to put in imo. My first thought was me and some friends firing tnt cannons or bows at each other in room scale but after about maybe a week or two of playing I had only two tnt if I remember. It just wasn’t worth the grind for that. Probably can get a better experience in vr now anyways

7:30, i bet the lawyers capped that. Don't want that edgy edgelord kiddy placing a swastika in the middle of the city. Regarding the game itself, i don't play P2W games. And i didn't have an Android device capable of running the game anyways.

Dude stop, you're bringing back the memories that I can't make anymore :(

For me I used Minecraft Earth as a little creature collector and had fun building my little irl chunk habitat for my various rare collected variants of Minecraft mobs. The sounds were relaxing.. they moved and acted normally just like java edition creatures.. idk it was a relaxing little artsy collecting game with normal Minecraft ambience which I find comforting and nostalgic. It sucked logging in one day and seeing it's shutting down.. I just deleted it and removed it from my mind as I had no control over it going away. Was nice while it lasted...

7:46 don't worry, much more of it would be swastikas

7:25 You forgot about the peniswastikas.

Oh i played it too, the novelty held up for abt 10 minutes and then i got bored and pretty much never played again… As u mentioned in the video, the ability to see others creations definitely would have been a game changer, atleast for me… well done video!!

when i read the title i thought it was about the minecraft "build the earth" project, i too had no idea about that phone game

I was really into Minecraft Earth, but I never got to play it because my phone at the time wasn't compatible. I'm very sad about it. There is actually a revival project called "project earth" on github, but it ceased development because mojang contacted the devs to make them stop (copyright stuff). There is still a community on the project but its very buggy. The basics work, like the tapables on a blank map.

When you had those battles where you have to shoot from down below one of the things I like to do is go upstairs if you have a second floor and set that up there and then go down to your bottom floor and that's how you get inside of the room

I remember making apple accounts in other countries to get this game early when it was in being rolled out to select regions and it was so much fun! I feel like if they relaunched it now it would be a success but it would take a miracle for this game to see the light of day again.

I was only vaguely aware of Minecraft Earth and until this video I had absolutely no idea it was an AR game. Had I known when it came out, I would've played it.

Something that people seem to forget about even more so than the game itself is that they released real life products you could buy as boosters for your game. I only got to use them a few times before the game’s shutdown but that was still pretty infuriating. At least the little booster figures look cool.

I still remember when Minecraft Earth came out and i couldn't play because my old phone didn't have AR support. When I got a new phone that would support the game I saw it would take months for Earth to come in my country so I just gave up

Oh no, I'd love to play it. I didn't know it was out. I was waiting for it and then I forgot.

It was fun to play. even up until the end, however buggy as stated. Also item collection was slow. But it was one of the apps I used to motivate me to get out of the house and get some exercise. Thanks for the video!

I completely forgot about this, I wanted to draw a sus rod on my old work place

The best detail is when you were going above a certain speed, like if you were in a car, your character would be in a minecart.

I remember playing this a lot, I miss it. I even got the Earth skin.

I heard about minecraft earth sometime but never knew it was released or taken offline

I still remember playing it and walking to an adventure at the city centre expecting other people to be there, but I just did it alone, standing there awkwardly with my overheating phone...

Me and my friends were so hyped up for Minecraft: Earth. But I never seemed to get any resources on minecraft earth, played it for maybe a week, but all i had to show for was a little hut. After that, i forgot i even had the game on my phone, and never thought of it till now. My friends stopped playing it after an hour or so, just because it was so stale. Very saddening to see it fail do badly.

I loved it. I had to get a new tablet, and that had no ar, so I was waiting until I could get an ar device, and when I finally did, ME had been deleted.

At launch I just wanted to play it on my terrible Lenovo tab E7 (my phone was getting fixed then) and I even went as far as side-loading it and the AR Component it required. A few days after I lost hope and forgot about it. When my phone came back, I didn’t bother as I forgot it existed. Kinda sad how I couldn’t play it once.

I need this back its so good

Do a vid about minecraft story mode next, that game had a lot of memories for me

I remember minecraft earth. The release was strange, somehow i was able to participate in the android beta, but it wasn’t available in my country to that date. It was one of the last countries to release the earth, never was assigned for a beta phase. But i could still download it without changing my country location. I played it some months, but it boring since i had noone to play it with. But i never knew it was shut down.

i never even knew it came out. i was literally waiting for a finished build of the game to be released for forever. i guess my wait will never be over

Can say myself I completely forgot about it till this video popped up in my recommendations tab

Plus, you needed quite a higher end phone to be able to play it as most cheaper phones did not come with AR integrations at the time which really limited the user base.

I loved this game so much. Was so sad when they announced closing this down. I would have played this for many more years.

I remember watching grian and mumbos series on it, going to download it, but once I realized I couldn’t, I promptly forgot about it.