Nintendo is hosting a special “Mario Day” event later this week, and LEGO is hinting at a major product reveal. LEGO and video games have always gone well together – as evidenced by the many titles based on the popular building toys like last year’s LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – but it wasn’t until 2020 that Nintendo partnered with LEGO for the high-end LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System Building Kit.From there, Nintendo and LEGO released several interesting collaborative sets, including the fully interactive LEGO Super Mario and fearsome LEGO Mighty Bowser sets. LEGO executives have suggested that this partnership could expand outside of the Super Mario franchise, and a recent leak suggests that a long-awaited LEGO set based on The Legend of Zelda could finally be revealed. In the meantime, it looks like Nintendo and LEGO are planning something special to celebrate everyone’s favorite red-clad, Koopa-stomping plumber.Earlier today, LEGO’s official Twitter account announced that “final preparations” are being made for a special presentation that will stream on YouTube during Friday’s “Mario Day” celebrations at 8 AM Pacific Time or 11 AM Eastern. Named the “Lego Super Mario YouTube Premiere,” this event will reportedly feature “exclusive content and a big reveal” from host Jack Gardner. Images of Gardner holding the Bowser LEGO set and getting ready for the upcoming show were also included in the recent post, but there are no further details yet on what will be shown off.
Mario Day is held every year on March 10, due to “Mar 10” looking very similar to Mario’s name. Fans have been celebrating Mario Day for years before Nintendo officially started acknowledging it in 2016. Since then, the mega-publisher and console maker has used March 10 to promote the many different Mario games by offering up special Nintendo Switch bundles and hosting special events. Meanwhile, Mario fans from all around the world celebrate by dressing up as their favorite characters and streaming Let’s Play videos of themselves trying out Mario games they hadn’t played before.
Now it seems that LEGO is joining in on the Mario Day fun this year in honor of the many Mushroom Kingdom-themed sets it has released in partnership with Nintendo. There is no telling what new set or LEGO Super Mario expansion will be unveiled during the upcoming LEGO Super Mario YouTube Premiere, but fans celebrating Mario Day might be in for a fun, brick-building surprise this Friday.
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