We tested out the newly introduced sidekick Luigi, having missed out on Mario last year, and while we didn’t get the red-hatted icon, our sidekick was just as cool, appearing with his trademark green hat and a play set including pink Yoshi and Boom Boom.
That’s because Lego has made it more interactive than just building the world of Mario and Luigi in Lego, involving a little bit of technology, too.
While most Lego is your typical build-a-block system that we’ve all grown up with, Super Mario’s flavour of Lego isn’t just inspired by the Nintendo icon, but plays out a little like one, too. Rather, Lego has found a way to connect the dots, bringing a few small screens and speakers to an avatar you can control with your hands. Marrying the classic Lego block building we’ve all grown up with and the familiar Nintendo mascot hasn’t just been about making a level for Mario and Luigi out of blocks. That group is largely what Lego Super Mario feels like it has been focused on: old and young, if you like building Lego and you like Mario on the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) or the 16-bit Super NES (SNES) equivalent, or any of the subsequent consoles that Mario has been featured on, this may well be the toy for you. In short, retro is in, and with it, the old gamers can come out of the woodwork and show a new breed of gamers what they’re missing. Some of these are still going strong, either with emulation on their new consoles, new titles with the respective classics, or even a reinvention of the classic console. Video games have come a long way over the years, but you can’t beat the classics. She - the four year old - had never played Mario in her life, but with one Lego set, she was intrigued, as Lego found a way to convert the classic for a new generation. On a Sunday afternoon in lockdown, we cracked open a box of Lego, and the four year old and a reviewer got to work. Wish video games were a little more physical? Lego Super Mario bridges the gap, and brings gaming to the Lego world.
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