Nintendo reveals new Lego console: ‘Build the classic’

Nintendo and Lego have announced their next collaboration: A Lego Game Boy.

“Build the classic Nintendo system in Lego form,” Nintendo said in an announcement on Thursday, which included a teaser video of the Lego set and a release month of October.

Game Boy marks the second Lego set based on a Nintendo game console, but the first based on a handheld.

The Lego NES was released in August 2020 for $229.99 / £209.99. The set includes a brick-built NES model and accompanying 1980’s style television set, complete with scrolling Super Mario Bros scene.

Nintendo has also released Lego sets based on its various game franchises, including Super Mario, Donkey Kong, Animal Crossing, The Legend of Zelda, and Mario Kart.

Last year, it released a Lego set based on the Super Nintendo game Super Nintendo World. This was followed by the Lego The Legend of Zelda: Great Deku tree set.

The Deku Tree set features two designs. The first replicates the Deku tree’s look in The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, and another based on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. After years of fan requests, this was the first Lego The Legend of Zelda set.