LEGO Super Mario lead designer on scrapped ideas, Nintendo’s involvement
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The creation of LEGO Super Mario has been a long process for both LEGO and Nintendo. Since 2015, the two sides have been working together to see how they could bring a unique product to life.
Unsurprisingly, there were a few scrapped ideas along the way. Speaking about the creation of LEGO Super Mario with GamesIndustry, lead designer Jonathan Bennink said:
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LEGO Super Mario – Monty Mole & Super Mushroom Expansion Set revealed, more photos
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New details regarding LEGO Super Mario have continued to roll out this week. We now know that things will begin to launch on August 1, and a few different sets will be available. You can find additional information in our post yesterday here.
In other news, pre-orders have started to open on the official LEGO site. It’s revealed an additional product: the Monty Mole & Super Mushroom Expansion Set, which is free when you pre-order the LEGO Super Mario Starter Course.
We have more photos of LEGO Super Mario below, including a first look at the Monty Mole & Super Mushroom Expansion Set.
Video: New look at LEGO Super Mario with lead designer Jonathan Bennink
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In a new video shared today, LEGO Group’s lead designer Jonathan Bennink shows off the new LEGO Super Mario sets. Bowser and Koopa Troopa also join the adventure in two new expansion sets: Piranha Plant Power Slide, and Bowser’s Castle Boss Battle.
Here’s the full video:
More details on LEGO Super Mario and its creation, no Switch connectivity
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Right around the announcement of LEGO Super Mario, The Brothers Brick spoke with digital design lead Jonathan Bennink. Bennink shared additional details about how the whole thing works and the actual creation process.
Here’s the roundup of tidbits:
How LEGO Super Mario came to be, been in the works for over four years, LEGO wants long-term relationship with possibly other Nintendo IPs
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After it was teased on Mario Day, Nintendo and LEGO unveiled a new partnership featuring the well-known platforming character. Mario and friends will be offered in LEGO form later this year with a new type of experience.
Speaking with The Brothers Brick, digital design lead Jonathan Bennink revealed that this project has been in the works for over four years. He also spoke about how to partnership with Nintendo came about, stating:
The LEGO Movie being released as a 3DS download in Japan next week
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 3 Comments
We’ve seen movies come out as 3DS downloads in Japan from time to time. Next week, another one will be available. Warner Bros. will publish The LEGO Movie on September 7 for 1,000 yen.
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Video: TT Games on pushing the LEGO formula forward
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Game Informer recently caught up with TT Fusion’s design director Mike Taylor and game director Jamie Eden to talk about pushing the LEGO formula forward. Listen to what the two developers shared in the video below.
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Guardians of the Galaxy tease spotted in LEGO Marvel’s Avengers credits
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LEGO games often leave hints as to what’s coming next for the series. As one example, LEGO Batman 3 teased LEGO Jurassic World. Now that LEGO Marvel’s Avengers is out in North America, some players have already completed the game and are speculating about the next LEGO title.
Above is an image taken from the credits in LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, showing Peter “Star-Lord” Quill’s cassette player and headset. It’s a noticeable hint that we could be seeing a LEGO entry with a Guardians of the Galaxy theme in the future. However, it’s not yet known if the Guardians will get their own title, or if the gang will be featured in the next LEGO Marvel game.
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers will have a tease for the next LEGO game
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments
Despite the introduction of LEGO Dimensions, Warner Bros. Interactive has no plans to stop creating one-off LEGO games.
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers game director Arthur Parsons told Polygon:
“One million percent this is not the last Lego standalone game. The first day Lego Dimensions was announced internally, we were told there will be a standalone video games alongside Lego Dimensions. People love Lego video games and we will continue to make Lego video games.”
LEGO games have a tendency to tease future entries. As an example, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes teased LEGO Batman 3 in the post-credits. LEGO Batman 3 hinted at LEGO Marvel’s Avengers. Unsurprisingly, the latter title has a tease as well.
“There’s a tease at the end of this one too,” Parsons noted. “But you’ll have to play it to find out what it is.”
Over 100 million LEGO games have been sold
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In total, over 100 million LEGO games have been sold, Warner Bros. has confirmed. The series joins other notable franchises such as Mario, Pokemon, and Final Fantasy to accomplish the same feat.
The latest LEGO game – LEGO Batman 3 – will launch this fall.
