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NintendoandLegocontinue to enjoy huge amounts of success together through their Super Mario Lego sets, and in March that world will expand via the release ofthe first waves of Animal Crossing sets.Animal Crossingbeing the first Nintendo series to get the Lego treatment after Mario makes sense considering New Horizons' massive sales numbers. It has felt like there must be a Zelda set or two coming though, andfour years after the first rumors surfaced, 2024 might finally be the year that happens.
Almost a year ago, it was rumored thatThe Legend of Zelda’s first Lego set would be The Great Deku Tree, complete with proper Minifgures which would be a first for Nintendo if true. 12 months later, it still seems as if a Great Deku Tree set is the way Lego and Nintendo are going with it. Lego aficionados1414falconfanandbrickmerge(thanks,VGC) have shared details about the set, including a potential release window.
According to the new details, Zelda’s Deku Tree set will be 2,500 pieces - so pretty big for a Nintendo set - and be released in September 2024. No other new information has been shared, but if the set has remained the same since the leak in 2023, the Deku tree will be a two-in-one set with Zelda fans able to build the tree as it appears inBreath of the WildandOcarina of Time. It will also include Link Minifigures from both games. Again, only if both leaks are accurate and nothing has been changed since the last we heard about the set.
The Nintendo Lego slate is currently pretty bare after the Animal Crossing sets hit the official store on June 11, 2025, so it would make a lot of sense for a new, pretty significant series to enter the fray later this year. Some have connected the Deku Tree’s potential release window and the rumored arrival of theSwitch’s successor. There’s a very slim chance there’s a connection there, but Mario sets haven’t tended to line up with video game releases, nor is it likely a new Zelda game will launch with the next Nintendo console.
Lego’s Mushroom Kingdom expanded at the end of 2023 viaa complex Piranha Plant set, and then again in the new year whena Bowser Muscle Car compatible with the Lego Mario characterswent on sale. Next up is Animal Crossing which will get five sets on March 1. Priced between $15 and $75, the quintet of sets includes Lego recreations of Julian’s birthday party, Kapp’n’s boat tour, and best of all, Nook’s Cranny.
