LEGO has now officially announced a Luigi figure to join its LEGO Super Mario set.The Luigi Starter Course is scheduled to arrive on August 1, and will come in at $59.99 USD / £49.99 / $89.99 AUD.The set includes 280 pieces, and can be combined with all previous LEGO Super Mario sets.
It’s LEGO Luigi Time! Introducing #LEGOSuperMario Adventures with Luigi Starter Course! Meet up with Pink Yoshi and go face-to-face with Boom Boom.
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— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) April 20, 2021
The set description says, “Players earn digital coins for helping LEGO Luigi complete spinning seesaw and flying challenges, interactions with Pink Yoshi and defeating Boom Boom and a Bone Goomba. The nougat-brown-coloured bricks in this Tower biome also trigger different reactions from LEGO Luigi, and the ? Block offers extra rewards.”
A LEGO Luigi starter course set has seemingly leaked after a recent LEGO Mario firmware update teased its arrival.
As reported by TheBrickFan, the LEGO Super Mario Adventures With Luigi set was leaked on Amazon China over the weekend. The set was previously teased by LEGO Super Mario himself, in a spooky bit of marketing which saw LEGO Mario start to cry out for his brother following a firmware update.
Amazon’s listing came with a number of official images for the set, which you can see in the gallery below:
The set contains Luigi sporting the same reactive LCD screen as his brother, as well as a set of new side characters including a Bone Goomba, a Boom Boom and a pink Yoshi. The listing (which has now been taken down) apparently featured a release date of July 9 and noted that the set would be compatible with the rest of the LEGO Super Mario sets.
LEGO is yet to officially address and reveal the Luigi starter set, but it’s thought an announcement can’t be too far away given the firmware marketing push and this substantial leak. Here are our impressions of the initial set, where we noted how LEGO Super Mario is great… once it clicks.
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