Nintendo has introduced My Mario, a brand new vary of Mario-themed merchandise geared toward younger youngsters.
The My Mario vary will go on sale in Nintendo‘s Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto shops from August 26, with choose merchandise being launched outdoors of Japan subsequent yr.
One of many most important merchandise within the vary is a wooden block set, that includes characters and objects from the Tremendous Mario collection.
These can be bought in 3-piece units for ¥2,980 ($20) or a full 30-piece set for ¥19,980 ($135). Every of the character blocks – Mario, Luigi, Peach and Yoshi – can be an amiibo, which means they can be utilized in suitable video games as a substitute of the usual amiibo figures for these characters.
E book writer Shogakukan (which publishes the long-running CoroCoro Comedian) can be releasing a board e book referred to as Hey, Mario! which lets youngsters open Mario’s mouth and switch his face round.
This can be accompanied by a free app, additionally named Hey, Mario!, which can be launched on sensible units and Nintendo Change, which lets gamers pull Mario’s face and switch it round, much like the title display screen of Tremendous Mario 64.
A collection of brief one-minute stop-motion shorts referred to as It’s Me, Mario! may also be launched on the official My Mario web site and Nintendo’s personal YouTube channel.
Different merchandise are being made for the My Mario vary by a wide range of corporations. Bandai can be releasing hoodies and rompers that costume youngsters up as Mario, in addition to t-shirts, backpacks and tableware.
Japanese leisure firm Happinet can be releasing comfortable Mario plushes for infants, in addition to rattles and different small hand-washable toys for younger youngsters.
The complete preliminary vary of 34 merchandise might be discovered on the official My Mario web site.
