LEGO City: Undercover Official Thread

Release Dates

North America: March 18
Europe: March 28
Australia: March 28

The Chase Begins Release Dates

North America: April 21

From Wikipedia: "Lego City Undercover is an upcoming sandbox-style action-adventure video game, currently in development by TT Fusion, a division of TT Games, that will be released on the Wii U on 18 March 2013 in North America and on 28 March 2013 in Europe. A prequel is also in development for the Nintendo 3DS. Unlike previous Lego titles developed by TT Games, which have been based on various licenses, the game is based on the Lego City brand and is a first Lego game to be published by Nintendo rather than an independent publisher such as WB Games or LucasArts."

Reccomended Reading (News):

TIME Interview: http://techland.time.com/2013/03/06/lego-city-undercover-qa-its-like-a-whole-lego-game-on-top-of-a-city/

Potential Shipping Delay: http://wiiudaily.com/2013/03/lego-city-undercover-physical-copies-might-be-delayed/

Video Gallery

TV Spot (NA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZdl1XaXn90

Reviews

GameInformer scans courtesy of Godchild1020 who, unlike me, actually took the time to create them.

ONM (90%): http://mynintendonews.com/2013/03/11/the-official-nintendo-magazine-reviews-lego-city-luigis-mansion-2-and-more/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
Gameweasel review (7/10): http://www.consoleenvy.com/2013/03/lego-city-undercover-review/
Ranting Robots video review (no score): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO0fczlF4d4
Edge (5/10): http://www.edge-online.com/review/lego-city-undercover-review/
Eurogamer (9/10): http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-14-lego-city-undercover-review
IGN (8/10): http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/14/lego-city-undercover-review
Canadian Online Gamers (9.5/10): http://canadianonlinegamers.com/review/lego-city-undercover-wii-u-review/
Toronto Sun (9/10): http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/13/build-your-own-fun-in-lego-city-undercover
GamesBeat (9/10): http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/14/lego-city-undercover-review/
Gaming Nexus (9/10): http://www.gamingnexus.com/Article/LEGO-City-Undercover/Item3917.aspx
GamingTrend (9/10): http://gamingtrend.com/game_reviews/grand-theft-lego-lego-city-undercover-review/#/vanilla/discussion/embed/?vanilla_discussion_id=0
Game Revolution (9/10): http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/lego-city-undercover
The Globe and Mail (9/10): http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/gaming/game-reviews/lego-city-undercover-a-lovable-goof-and-maybe-a-wii-u-system-seller/article9760890/
Cubed3 (9/10): http://www.cubed3.com/review/1242/1/lego-city-undercover-nintendo-wii-u.html
National Post (8.5/10): http://business.financialpost.com/2013/03/14/lego-city-undercover-built-for-block-geeks-but-will-it-save-the-wii-u/
GamesRadar (8/10): http://www.gamesradar.com/lego-city-undercover-review/
NintendoWorldReport (8/10): http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/33568
GameSpot (8/10): http://www.gamespot.com/lego-city-undercover/reviews/lego-city-undercover-review-6405211/
Nintendo Life (8/10): http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wiiu/lego_city_undercover
Polygon (7/10): http://www.polygon.com/game/lego-city-undercover/8420
Destructoid (7/10): http://www.destructoid.com/review-lego-city-undercover-248582.phtml
Metro GameCentral (7/10): http://metro.co.uk/2013/03/14/lego-city-undercover-review-under-construction-3541665/
Joystiq (6/10): http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/14/lego-city-undercover-review/
VideoGAmer (7/10): http://www.videogamer.com/reviews/lego_city_undercover_review.html
The Escapist (9/10): http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/10237-LEGO-City-Undercover-Review
Vandal Online (9.1): http://www.vandal.net/analisis/wiiu/lego-city-undercover/14565
Gamereactor Denmark (9/10): http://www.gamereactor.dk/anmeldelser/155701/Lego+City+Undercover/
GameTrailers (8.4/10): http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/aj837z/lego-city-undercover-review
Meristation (8/10): http://www.meristation.com/es/nintendo-wii-u/lego-city-undercover/analisis-juego/1782215

Metascore: 80% (29 reviews)

http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/lego-city-undercover

High Score: 9.5/10 from Canadian Online Gamers
Low Score: 5/10 from Edge Magazine

GameInformer..hm....

More specifically, Jeff Cork. He's been advocating for better games for kids for quite a while, being a proud parent and what-not.

interesting

will wait for more reviews though

Probably the first Lego game I'd really like and it's not on a platform I own >.>

The others are just so incredibly repetitive and easy...

I think some editors are (I still dislike Andrew Reiner for giving Metroid Prime Trilogy a 7!), but Jeff Cork is not one of them. Nor is Ben Hanson or Kimberly Wallace I believe. Some like Tim Turi, Matt Helgeson, Ben Reeves, and Dan Ryckert I'd label as neutral.

I miss Phil Kollar. He wrote the Skyward Sword cover and review, and the Xenoblade Chronicles review (9.5/10) was his last at GameInformer... :(

Maybe he left after realizing that he's the odd one out.

It shall keep kids entertained for a while ?

Adults wouldn't play this ??

Don't jump to conclusions. The reviewer is simply considering how kids might enjoy the game along with his own positive ("This is one of the funniest games I've played in a while") impressions.

No embargo on this one? Jesus, Nintendo behind the times again. I bet they don't even pay.

A great score. And I was late with posting the images on this one. I will get this when it comes out.