Much room kingdom
Mario has busted out of the software realm and wants to take over your house. As two childhood favourites collide, Craig Grannell boots up the plastic plumber…
Craig Grannell
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TWO WEEKS WITH LEGO SUPER MARIO
DAY 01
Nintendo seems ideologically opposed to the conventional… and so it goes with Lego Super Mario. If you were hoping for custom minifigs and fancy display sets, tough. Nintendo and Lego have instead crafted an oddball and yet sometimes very literal amalgamation of the classic 2D Super Mario Bros and the even more classic plastic brick.
I’m unsure but my six-year-old co-reviewer eagerly delves into the Adventures With Mario Starter Course pack - which includes the game-starting warp pipe, the flagpole Mario slides down like a show-off, and the hero himself. You also get a brick-built Bowser Jr who looks like someone’s ironed his face, an endearingly grumpy Goomba, and some basic obstacles.