In an official announcement made on Monday, Nintendo and Telltale Games have disclosed that ‘Minecraft: Story Mode’ is scheduled to arrive on the Wii U gaming console this week.

According to the announcement, the first episode of ‘Minecraft: Story Mode’ -- titled The Order of the Stone -- will be made available to gamers using the Wii U console in North America and Europe from January 21, 2016.

Revealing that the first episode of ‘Minecraft: Story Mode’ will be released on the Wii U eShop, Nintendo and Telltale Games said that the episode will be $4.99; and added that gamers will also have the option of purchasing the full season pass for $19.99.

Telltale Games also added that the subsequent episodes of the ‘Minecraft: Story Mode’ will likely be available for the Wii U console “in the coming weeks.”

Furthermore, revealing that the system-specific features for the first episode of ‘Minecraft: Story Mode’ on Wii U will include “off-TV play and mirroring,” Nintendo and telltale Games said that, with the help of the off-TV functionality, “players can continue the story on the Wii U GamePad controller, as well as seamlessly integrated touch-control options that allow players to use the joysticks and buttons or simply tap and guide the story directly on the screen at any time."