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The Lego® Group Brings Two player Action To The Lego® Super Mario™ Universe
The LEGO Group has announced a new unique social play experience that, for the first time, enables children and fans to connect LEGO® Mario™ and LEGO® Luigi™ figures for brand new two-player adventures in the LEGO Super Mario universe. Perfect for family activities, this exciting feature will encourage even more social play, with two players able to enjoy the universe of LEGO Super Mario at the same time for new brick-built adventures.
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Once connected via Bluetooth, two-player adventures with LEGO Mario and LEGO Luigi (or any combination of the two figures) are made possible. Now, children and fans can play as a team, collect extra digital coins by doing in-sync actions like walking, flipping and jumping, or work together to defeat enemies, complete challenges, share rewards or even by changing up the play and competing against each other.
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The new unique two-player feature was also shared in a video posted by the LEGO Group and Nintendo. Available to download from the App Store or whichever provider you use.
“For us, it’s all about encouraging continuous creative rebuilding and extended playtime. We’re not only bringing LEGO Mario and LEGO Luigi, their friends and enemies to life in new interactive ways for endless fun, we’re also thrilled to expand their play experience and the LEGO Super Mario universe with even more new sets and characters, something we really hope will excite fans,” says Simon Kent, Creative Lead, LEGO Super Mario.
The interactive and highly-anticipated Adventures with Luigi Starter Course are the latest extension of the LEGO Super Mario product line, the result of a unique partnership with Nintendo that has introduced an entirely new way to play with LEGO bricks. Players will be able to get their hands on LEGO Luigi with the LEGO Super Mario Adventures with Luigi Starter Course. This set contains both single and dual play elements and is available from 1 August at LEGO certified stores and other leading toy retailers.
LEGO Luigi and LEGO Mario, the fraternal twin brothers, are available as separate Starter Courses – both functioning as entry points into the world of LEGO Super Mario –with the two-player interactive play available using any combination of the two figures from 1 August.
As well as unveiling the new Bluetoothenabled two-player mode, the LEGO Group is also introducing four new Expansion Sets, two new Power-Up Packs and ten new Character Packs.
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