Posted on 2 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

LEGO Super Mario has literally started 2021 with a new batch of products. The latest items include the Master Your Adventure Maker Set, Chain Chomp Jungle Encounter Expansion Set, Piranha Plant Puzzling Challenge Expansion Set, Wiggler’s Poison Swamp Expansion Set, Penguin Mario Power-Up Pack, and the Tanooki Mario Power-Up Pack.

Amazon has just now opened orders for the various sets. If interested, you can nab them here.

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Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 0 comments

The LEGO Super Mario line is expanding in a big way to kick off 2021. A bunch of new products are in the pipeline, including the Master Your Adventure Maker Set, Chain Chomp Jungle Encounter Expansion Set, Piranha Plant Puzzling Challenge Expansion Set, Wiggler’s Poison Swamp Expansion Set, Penguin Mario Power-Up Pack, and the Tanooki Mario Power-Up Pack. Series 2 of the LEGO Super Mario Character Packs will be made available as well.

Here’s a bunch of photos showing off what’s to come for LEGO Super Mario:

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Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

When you think of third-party games on Nintendo systems, LEGO is one of the first things that may come to mind. After all, we’ve seen numerous titles on the Big N’s systems going back to the N64. It also helps that several LEGO games tend to release each generation.

Given all of this information, it shouldn’t be too surprising to hear that LEGO is the best-selling third-party franchise on Nintendo platforms. That’s according to the NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella.

Piscatella shared a couple of other noteworthy tidbits as well. LEGO is the ninth-biggest video game franchise in history in terms of dollar sales. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, LEGO Batman, and LEGO Star Wars II are the best-selling entries.

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Posted on 2 months ago by Ervin in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

LEGO has announced a new Set for their Super Mario series. The Master Your Adventure Maker Set is expected to launch January 1, 2021. Check out an overview and trailer below.

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Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

A new Expansion Set has been revealed for the LEGO Super Mario line. Consumers can purchase Toad’s Special Hideaway, which “features a buildable house from Toad Village, a Toad figure for LEGO Mario to interact with and a ? Block offering different rewards.”

Here’s a full overview:

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Posted on 4 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

LEGO recently surprised fans by unveiling another aspect of its partnership with Nintendo. Aside from Super Mario, the two sides teamed up to create a LEGO version of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Both products are currently available.

In an interview with GameCentral not too long ago, designer Maarten Simons discussed the creation process for the Mario sprite piece and working with Nintendo on the project. He told the site:

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Posted on 5 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

The LEGO NES was only just announced a couple of weeks ago, but the product has already arrived. Its official release date is tomorrow.

What you may not know is that there’s a special Easter egg hidden inside. We’ll be going into more detail beyond this point, so keep that in mind if you don’t want to be spoiled in any way.

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Posted on 5 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Nintendo Life has published a new interview with Jonathan Bennink, the lead designer on LEGO Super Mario. Bennink spoke about the earliest designs, how Nintendo dropped the product 6,000 times each time a new build was sent to them, approval for sound effects and getting new voice lines from Charles Martinet, and being able to have meetings with Koji Kondo – which usually doesn’t happen.

Here’s the full roundup of these topics:

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Posted on 6 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments

Mario isn’t the only collaboration Nintendo has planned with LEGO, as the LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System was unveiled earlier today. We have a closer look at the product below.

LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System will release on August 1.

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Posted on 6 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 0 comments

A bunch of new photos are in showing off the LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System. Take a look at the full set in the gallery below.

The LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System will debut on August 1. For more information about the product, read the official announcement here.

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