Plans to release Lego sets based on Nintendo‘s Animal Crossing series have officially been confirmed.
Nintendo teased the upcoming Lego Animal Crossing sets in a tweet on Thursday.
Lego insiders first uncovered evidence of Animal Crossing sets last year.
Welcome to…LEGO Animal Crossing!<a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/AnimalCrossing?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#AnimalCrossing
<a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/LEGO?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#LEGO <a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nintendo?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#Nintendo pic.twitter.com/fU2hvP7y1G— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) <a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1709902163529420803?ref_src=» https:>October 5, 2023
They claimed to have found references to five upcoming sets, ranging in price from $15 to $75, which they said would be released in March 2024.
Lego has seen success with its Super Mario line of Lego playsets, as well as its more advanced Lego builds including its Lego NES, Mario Question Block and Bowser sets.
It’s also released sets for other video game franchises, including Horizon Forbidden West, the Atari 2600 and Pac-Man.
A new range based on Sonic the Hedgehog was released in August, and over 100 Lego sets based on Minecraft have been released since the first in 2012.
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