Ever since the release of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, the LEGO fanbase has been trying to figure out what the next Traveller's Tales game will be. The studio has been releasing LEGO games at a very consistent pace for years now, and the next title is likely on the horizon. Nothing has been officially announced yet, and that has left fans to come up with their own wild LEGO concepts.
Over the past couple of months, the /r/legogaming subreddit has been filled with fans requesting new settings and sharing their dream LEGO games. They have been requesting everything from a LEGO Marvel Superheroes 3 and LEGO Harry Potter 3 to LEGO Austin Powers and even LEGO The Golden Girls. There has been a plethora of wild fan-requested LEGO games, but most of them sound pretty outlandish.
LEGO Fans Have Been Asking For Some Wild Settings
Traveller's Tales has been LEGO-fying popular licensed franchises ever since 2005's LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game, and it is showing no signs of slowing down. As of now, the series has explored Star Wars, Indiana Jones, DC Comics, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Marvel Comics, the MCU, and the LEGO Movie series. It has also adapted LEGO City and a slew of different franchises in the toys-to-life LEGO Dimensions. There has been no shortage of LEGO adventures through popular franchises, but fans want even more.
Some of the most popular requests seem to be a new LEGO Harry Potter, Marvel Super Heroes, and Batman games. There have also been requests for a LEGO Dimensions 2, LEGO City Undercover 2, and updated versions of games like LEGO Lord of the Rings. A lot of these projects seem very plausible, and the current rumors suggest that Traveller's Tales is currently making LEGO Batman 4, but the fan requests have not stopped there.
It seems like the subreddit has been suggesting some of the wildest franchises for LEGO games to adapt. There have been calls for a LEGO Breaking Bad, LEGO Austin Powers, LEGO The Golden Girls, a LEGO Spaceballs game, LEGO Dragon Ball Z, and even a LEGO James Bond game. While some of these games could probably be a lot of fun, odds are low that any of them will ever happen.
As of now, every Traveller's Tales LEGO game has explored franchises that already had numerous LEGO sets. LEGO Dimensions was the only game that really branched out from this trend, but each character included a new LEGO set for players to build. Some of the characters even spawned multiple LEGO sets, or had recently gotten a LEGO set or two. Many of the requested games do not have LEGO sets associated with them, nor will they likely ever get them as most do not adhere to the family-friendly brand that LEGO has built for itself.
The family-friendly nature of these big franchises helps decide if they will given the LEGO treatment. LEGO tends to only release sets for IPs that have a PG-13 or lower rating, and these franchises have to be welcoming to younger audiences. Many of the fan-requested IPs cater towards older audiences, and that goes against LEGO's brand. The ones that are more family-friendly have also never gotten a line of LEGO sets, which means LEGO does not have access to the IP or does not think it will sell well. If LEGO does not have it, then neither does Traveller's Tales.
Franchises like Austin Powers and Breaking Bad not being family-friendly pretty much disqualify them from starring in their own LEGO games, but the size of their audience do not help either. Traveller's Tales has adapted the largest film franchises in the world, and seldom deviates from that. While some of these IPs may be popular, their audiences pale in comparison to that of Star Wars or Harry Potter. Many of these IPs may be able to thrive in a crossover game like LEGO Dimensions, but they would probably not be able to headline their own game.
The likeliest next step for Traveller's Tales is another LEGOHarry Potter or LEGO Batman title, and the current rumors seem to confirm this. Most of the fan-requested themes will probably become LEGO unless something drastically changes. Instead, fans will just have to look forward to whatever journey the franchise brings them on next.