IGN said in 2026 that LEGO has widened its Nintendo line beyond Super Mario into Sonic the Hedgehog, Animal Crossing, LEGO Zelda and LEGO Pokémon. [1]
The roundup said the LEGO Super Mario playsets let fans build custom Mario courses, using an LED Mario figure that scans barcodes on enemies and obstacles and keeps coin counts in an app. [1]
IGN said the company has blurred the line between child-focused and adult-focused Nintendo sets in recent years. It traced that split back to 2020, when LEGO more clearly divided its Nintendo products between Super Mario playsets for kids and iconic replicas for older fans. [1]
Among the sets highlighted, IGN recommended the LEGO Piranha Plant as a reasonably priced model that it said over-delivered at launch. [1]
It also singled out LEGO Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi, describing it as a nostalgic set with moving parts driven by a crank mechanism. [1]
IGN’s 2026 roundup followed LEGO’s continued push to add more Nintendo brands to the range after the 2020 split. [1]
