Bricks and clicks: Lego Super Mario product line to hit shelves this year

Nintendo announces product line in collaboration with toy maker featuring a smart Mario figure and brick playsets

Lego and Nintendo have announced a joint product named Lego Super Mario, which combines the toy maker's playsets with the gameplay of the Mario platformers.

Full details have not yet been released but as teased on social media this week, the central element of the new Lego sets is a smart Mario figure with small screens on his chest and face, able to detect which bricks he is near. It will involve a range of building and collecting play schemes.