Nintendo And LEGO Team Up On A 421-Block Game Boy Set And It's Up For Preorder

Nostalgia is big in the gaming space lately, with numerous companies revisiting back catalogs to remake classic titles or cook up impossibly thin devices for retro gaming on the go. Nintendo is looking to cash in on its own storied history, going back to the well with LEGO to bring another one of its beloved devices, the Game Boy, into brick form.

The new Gameboy set clocks in at 421 pieces with a near 1:1 scale. LEGO has nailed the details too, with a cross d-pad, A and B buttons, Start and Select buttons, and even the contrast adjustment and volume dial being prominent parts of the design. Even the Game Pak Slot on the back is there.

It gets even better, though. The set includes two brick-built Game Paks, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening and Super Mario Land. These Game Paks can either be displayed next ...