Next Nintendo set teased

Bummer, a question block doesn't look nearly as interesting as the NES, and also offers much less display value in my opinion compared to say the Hogwarts icons.
It also Seems quite large - 20 studs per edge if I counted that right.

If it offers minifigures I guess I’m breaking my rule of not budgeting for the rest of the year to yes budget for this

@Turing said:
"I'm guessing it probably opens up like 75551 to reveal something inside."

Thats my guess as from the vid it looks like theres an obvious opening seem on the block.

Probably peach’s castle or a UCS power up. I’d think the former though

Next week (September 14) is the 20th anniversary of the GameCube's Japanese release. I've already seen at least one other promotion in conjunction with this (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate). Colours seem to match too.

Don’t know why but Lego SNES would be cool

I feel like the Question Block is a brick-built container of some sort, holding either a coin, mushroom or brick-built NES Mario which will pop out of the block when a lever/crank is used.

What happens if I punch it? will I get a coin?

It's probably a game cube, but a game boy would be more iconic.

Microscale Peach castle inside, including micro figures

I’ve heard that tune in the video before but I can’t remember where. I just want a real Lego Mario set with actual minifigures.

@LegoBro4Studio said:
"What happens if I punch it? will I get a coin?"

no, but what you will get is Lego studs indented into your first, or a broken hand!

A giant opening ? block isn't something that I ever would have asked for, but I'm actually excited to see it. I've got no clue why LEGO is avoiding making Mario minifigures or a display set like Peach's castle, but I think this D2C could be really awesome.

My guess is it's a large block that opens to reveal various small micro-scale vignettes inside, possibly in the style of the Ideas Pop-Up Book. Maybe a few scenes from various Mario games. Just speculation though. Whatever it is, I'll buy it.

I feel like this set will be a brick-built Mario with the ? Block as an accessory. It would be odd if the block was just released on its own.

Peach's castle from Mario 64 would be amazing. Or really just anything in a mini-fig scale. My son absolutely loves his Lego Mario, but dad would prefer something more to the usual scale...

Where are the adults welcome at the end? Giving it up already or is it a play set??

Mario Vidiyo cube ;)

Lego built cat? It's a miss direct, not NES but Schrodinger's cat display piece lol.

As someone who has not played games since a child with an Atari and having no children to spend precious Lego funds on gaming systems instead, does it look like one of those PS things? Is a PS even Nintendo? I am so not into gaming it could be anything and I wouldn't recognise it!!

My Antec case is black so it could be my desktop box, can Nintendo games be played on PC's?

Oh, this must be the latest Vidiyo stage set; a foldout unlicensed "replica" of Wembley, with the largest sticker ever made, reading "Live; 'Aight?", measuring 30x20 studs, also including colourful animal band figures like "Queer", "David Bovine" and "The Hoo", an exclusive tile which gives you the opportunity to recreate "Still Callin"'s entire Concorde flight across the Atlantic in the fabulous movie editing app, specially updated with new background colours and fonts typical for 1985 for this release, in a surprisingly AFOL-friendly effort to make this exciting theme accessible to the youngsters of the last millennium.

Comprising 600 parts, and a goodie blind box containing a random unreleased Vidiyo set from the latest unreleased wave. Retailing for £499,-.

@Goujon said:
"So it may not be a peaches castle? I don’t really care for Lego mario much but I think a castle would be cool."

Could just be a teaser for it

I hope it opens up with each section being a different area

In for the disappointment

I think we all agree that the set is going to be the question block shown, and that it will contain *something* inside.

Ideally, for me that would be a detailed scene from a Mario game, maybe grasslands with giant mushrooms and mountains in the background etc. And of course enemies and characters in there too. I'd take Peach's castle as well.

But it could be any number of things. Maybe they'll just put a super mushroom in there, or several items that can be found in a question block like fire flowers, tanooki leaves and coins. Kind of like the HP set came with several loose items themed after the HP universe.

I think the best thing they could do would to have expansion packs for the NES. You get a gold Zelda cartridge. A scrolling Zelda map for the TV, and a Link spite. Of course Metroid I think would also deserve a set like this.

However, I’m thinking that this will be along the lines of Mario since it wouldn’t make sense otherwise. The block itself seems too pointless and not nearly as iconic as a mushroom or pipe. So I’m thinking either Game Boy or SNES.

Now if it is a Game Boy, then Nintendo could release a Game Boy Classic to go along with it…

@Harmonious_Building said:
"Next week (September 14) is the 20th anniversary of the GameCube's Japanese release. I've already seen at least one other promotion in conjunction with this (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate). Colours seem to match too. "

Perhaps more significantly in relation to Mario specifically, September 13th marks the anniversary of the release of Super Mario Bros. in Japan.

It's already leaked...

And its really weak, another lame dustcollector :<

I like it

Strange how it's a "Nintendo set" not necessarily a Mario set. What if it's supposed to be a life size version of the ? block furniture item from Animal Crossing. Lol.

From Twitter:
According to rumors, what it is is a buildable "?" box that can fold open to review mini versions of the maps from Super Mario 64, with the main focus being on Peach's Castle.
YMMV

@MainBricker said:
"Lego Super Mario, the theme that keeps giving fans what they don't want. From the interactive big fig sets to this set with brick built micro figs.

Just do a minifigure Mario set."

Hey! You've just joined the Lego Star Wars community where we've felt like this for years now!

(Hey, a regular mini-fig Mario and co. collection would be awesome.

No minfigures = no buy. I think they've held off on it way too long.

You pound it and a mushroom slides out.

I wasn't sure if the '?' Block itself would be the actual set (or if it's just a teaser for something else). But those corner parts (67810 - BRICK W/ BOW 2X2X1 1/3) (if that's what I'm seeing) are not currently available in yellow. So either they moulded them in yellow just for the teaser or this is indeed the actual set.

Just saw the leak of this dumb set.... Huuuuge disappointment! It's too bad because I wanted to buy it, as a huge fan of the Nintendo 64 and Mario 64.

UCS SNES console, this time with a 90s style TV.

Is there a legitimate reason, perhaps rights or something, as to why they haven’t done anything minifigure scale yet?

It’s a little baffling.

Would be fantastic a Princess Peach's Castle, with the Super Mario 64 style.

The set leaked. It's a question cube with four micro-scale vignettes from Mario 64 that you can store inside or display on top. I love it, people here will hate it. It will sell quite well, just not to the commenters on this site.

The Mario sets that LEGO has been making for kids have been selling very, very well. They likely will not do any minifig-scale sets until that line is over and done. My guess is we will see minifig-scale sets in 2-3 years.

Yes, YouTube channel Brick Clicker seems to have the leak, if anyone is interested.

@mrdoofa said:
"UCS SNES console, this time with a 90s style TV."

So does that mean we’ll also get a brick built VHS tape to put in the built in VCR?

Maybe it has a brick-built item inside it, Jack-in-the-box style.

@Squidy74H said:
"Lego built cat? It's a miss direct, not NES but Schrodinger's cat display piece lol.

As someone who has not played games since a child with an Atari and having no children to spend precious Lego funds on gaming systems instead, does it look like one of those PS things? Is a PS even Nintendo? I am so not into gaming it could be anything and I wouldn't recognise it!!

My Antec case is black so it could be my desktop box, can Nintendo games be played on PC's?"

The newest Nintendo console is the Nintendo Switch Family, which is handheld controllers and a screen on the same panel.

PS stands for Play Station and belongs to Sony. It is a more traditional console where you have a black box, or white like the newest one, that plugs into the TV and you use a large, and very expensive, handheld controller.

Xbox is almost exactly the same thing, same set up, very similar controllers but owned by Microsoft.

In terms of games, PS and Microsoft release very similar games and most games which you might see advertised on the TV might say “Available on (date) from (certain retailer)” with both the Xbox and PS versions on screen.

Nintendo, however, have their own Game design companies which release games straight onto Nintendo products. Some games are licensed on Nintendo, Xbox and PS, especially free or low price games. Fortnite would be the best example here. You can only play Nintendo games on the consoles it’s been released on. E.g. the game released for Switch will only be able to be played on that family of consoles and maybe the Wii (an older Nintendo console). The best example here would be Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which was released as a Switch game (and not on PS or Xbox), that can be played on all Switch consoles and the Wii U.

Sorry for the rambling, hope this helps!

Lego has completely failed with the Nintendo license.

I'm a massive gamer and Super Mario 64 fan. But this does nothing for me. What's with the Duplo style Mario? They had potential to make some nice Mario 64 level vignettes but failed IMO.

@shokwave2 said:
"I'm a massive gamer and Super Mario 64 fan. But this does nothing for me. What's with the Duplo style Mario? They had potential to make some nice Mario 64 level vignettes but failed IMO. "

Looks at the literal vignettes just announced with this set