Nintendo and Lego team up for a cool, gamified Lego Super Mario set

Lego and Nintendo are mashing together their expertises in brick-building and games to create a unique Lego set featuring some of the most iconic characters, creatures, and features from the Super Mario universe.

Starring a chubby, blocky version of Mario that's reminiscent of the days of the NES and SNES, the Lego Super Mario set is an interactive, electronic experience that works similarly to classic Super Mario games.

With the set, people can build their own Mario courses complete with goombas, warp pipes, coin blocks, a finish flag, Bowser Jr., and a whole lot more as seen in the video above. There's even a Yoshi.

I wish I had this as a kid. Credit: Lego

There aren't a lot of concrete details about the Lego Super Mario set (or sets) but it appears that players will be able to guide Mario through their courses and have him collecting coins by interacting with different parts of the set, like hopping on a goomba.

The Lego Super Mario collaboration will be launching later this year.