The LEGO Group and Nintendo have lastly lifted the lid on the long-awaited LEGO Animal Crossing collaboration, which follows the profitable Mario-themed LEGO units. The firm has created 5 new Animal Crossing-themed play experiences in partnership with Nintendo. The LEGO Group revealed slightly extra in regards to the units, and sure, you possibly can swap parts between buildings, together with the window frames, with one easy click on. All units may also be tailored, combined, and altered. The new Animal Crossing LEGO vary launches worldwide from March 1st, 2024.
- Julian’s Birthday Party, the place builders can have fun with Julian, share cupcakes, and open presents.
- Bunnie’s Outdoor Activities permits fanatics of the nice outdoor to roleplay organising a tent, roasting marshmallows or utilizing the vaulting pole to leap throughout the water, and seize the shovel or different recognizable instruments from the online game sequence.
- Kapp’n’s Island Boat Tour offers followers the chance to board the boat and discover one other island with Kapp’n and Marshal, go on an journey to seek for coconuts and bamboo, uncover wildlife, hermit crabs, and fish or just hang around and benefit from the hearth.
- Isabelle’s House Visit permits builders to get inventive and assist Isabelle and Fauna customise Fauna’s home and luxuriate in actions like opening the balloon current, crafting instruments, or selecting fruits and flowers.
- Nook’s Cranny & Rosie’s House offers builders two places the place they will roleplay stocking up Nook’s Cranny store or go to Rosie’s home for freshly baked cookies.
“To us, Animal Crossing is all about creativity and roleplay, so bringing that to life in bodily kind utilizing LEGO bricks and creating new minifigures has been enjoyable for the workforce. One of the challenges was to make it possible for customization of the units was easy so builders may expertise the liberty they’ve within the sport. Additionally, creating the minifigures to ensure they had been precisely representing the characters within the video video games was crucial for us. We sit up for giving youngsters the chance to play with their favorite characters from Animal Crossing!”
Simon Kent, Creative Lead, Design Director on the LEGO Group.
“The Animal Crossing online game sequence is about making a world the place you freely construct the life you need, and now with LEGO bricks, you possibly can construct that world with your personal fingers in the actual world too. Putting the units collectively is just the start. Kids can use the furnishings, vegetation, and extra, included with every set, to customise them and even mix a number of units to create their very own village. There are so many alternative methods youngsters will be capable to specific their creativity based mostly on what they like, which might evolve as they develop. We hope that the world of Animal Crossing and its characters, now additionally within the type of LEGO bricks, can convey smiles to folks’s faces by being part of their day-to-day lives.”
Aya Kyogoku, Game Producer of Nintendo Co., Ltd.
