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| Developer | TT Fusion | ||||||||
| Publishers | Nintendo (Wii U) Warner Bros. Games | ||||||||
| Platforms | Wii U Nintendo Switch | ||||||||
| Release dates | Original release: Nintendo Selects: Nintendo Switch:  April 4, 2017[1] April 6, 2017[2] April 7, 2017[3] April 12, 2017[4] | ||||||||
| Languages | English (United States) French (Canada) Spanish (Latin America) | ||||||||
| Genre | Action-adventure | ||||||||
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| Modes | Single player Multiplayer (2 players, Nintendo Switch) | ||||||||
| Format |  Optical disc Digital download Game Card Digital download | ||||||||
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- Everyone 10+
- Seven years and older
- Six years and older
- Parental guidance
LEGO City Undercover is an action-adventure game in the LEGO series released in 2013 for the Wii U. The game follows Chase McCain, an undercover police officer, after he returns to LEGO City to hunt down recently escaped criminal Rex Fury. Due to being co-published by Nintendo, the game features various references to the Super Mario franchise.
A remaster of same name was released in 2017 for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows, which removed the game's explicit references to Nintendo games. However, a later update for the Nintendo Switch version of the remaster restored a majority of these references.
Gameplay
The player controls Chase McCain as he searches for Rex Fury. Chase must fight several criminals in fast-paced combat as he traverses LEGO City, a large city of 22 districts. Chase can unlock disguises throught the story that grant him new abilities, such as the Farmer Disguise, which allows him to water plants and glide using a chicken. Special assignments act as the game's levels, each one hosting unlockable disguises and vehicles. Red Bricks, found in LEGO City and Special Assignments, offer extras that modify gameplay when enabled. Additional challenges, like rescuing cats, completing Free Runs, and watering flowers, are found throughout LEGO City.
Super Mario content
- Chase McCain can build a Warp Pipe out of LEGO bricks and enter it just like Mario, complete with the "Pipe Travel / Power-Down" sound effect. In the remaster, this was replaced with a Teleport Pad.
- Five ? Blocks appear. The player can jump up and hit them, producing the same sound effect as if a coin had been collected (though nothing comes out of them aside from several LEGO studs after they have been hit three times). In the remaster, the boxes were replaced by Rex Graffiti Skullptures.
- There is a parade with floats of stars, and one of them resembles a Super Star. In the remaster, the star remains but with the eyes removed.
- Five Super Stars can be also built around the city, and when all five are built, the Pop Star disguise is unlocked. In the remaster, these stars were replaced by police badges.
- To unlock the fisherman, the player must fish at the Wharf, catching a LEGO Cheep Cheep. In the remaster, the Cheep Cheep was replaced by a normal fish.
- Under one of the tunnels is an aquarium where another Cheep Cheep can be seen. A shark will eventually come to eat the Cheep Cheep, but will instead be eaten by a larger Cheep Cheep. In the remaster, the Cheep Cheeps were replaced by normal fish and a shark does not appear.
- There is a LEGO Wiggler wandering back and forth over an ivy-covered tunnel entrance. In the remaster, there is nothing above the tunnel entrance.
- A buildable Bob-omb is used to break the cage containing the Chan Chuang character token. In the remaster, the player has to use a Rex Fury disguise instead of having to build something.
- In an area of downtown, there are cannons that fire LEGO Bullet Bills, which act like they do in Super Mario Galaxy. In the remaster, there are no cannons that fire in that area.
- A Large LEGO Dry Bones can be built in the museum once Rex Fury has been unlocked. This was removed entirely in the remaster; instead, a character token is obtained.
- A Fire Piranha Plant can be built behind the dojo in Bluebell National Park once the farmer costume is unlocked. It is hostile and will spit fireballs. In the remaster, the Fire Piranha Plant was replaced by a normal plant but it is not hostile and will not shoot fireballs.
- A Goal Pole can be interacted with at the top of the castle in Fort Meadows. It does the exact same thing it does in New Super Mario Bros., complete with fireworks and the original sound effect. In the remaster, the Mario victory pose and fireworks remain, but the Goal Pole was replaced by a regular flag, and "Course Clear" from Super Mario Bros. does not play.
- One extra enables Chase to wear Mario's hat. This was the only extra not to make it into the remaster, including the Nintendo Switch version.
- In the "Miner Altercation" special assignment, the player comes across an area with multiple ladders and boulders falling down ramps, referencing 25m from Donkey Kong. As the player traverses the area, Chase remarks, "I hope there isn't a giant ape at the top of this thing!" This is another reference to Donkey Kong.
- In order to defeat the game's final boss Rex Fury, in the first phase, Chase has to grab and spin Rex's T-Rex Bot around by the body and the tail and fling it into one of the energy containers. This parodies how Mario defeats Bowser in Super Mario 64.
Gallery
A LEGO Cheep Cheep
A small LEGO Cheep Cheep and a larger LEGO Cheep Cheep in an aquarium
Chase McCain carrying a LEGO Bob-omb
A LEGO Warp Pipe
A float resembling a Super Star
A LEGO Super Star
A large LEGO Dry Bones
A LEGO Piranha Plant
A LEGO ? Block
A LEGO Wiggler
Chase McCain sliding down a LEGO Goal Pole
A LEGO Bullet Bill chasing Chase McCain
The player character with the Mario Cap extra enabled
References
- ^ a b LEGO City Undercover. Nintendo of America. Retrieved October 10, 2026.
- ^ a b LEGO City Undercover. Nintendo of Germany. Retrieved October 10, 2026.
- ^ a b LEGO City Undercover. Nintendo UK. Retrieved October 10, 2026.
- ^ a b LEGO City Undercover. NintendoAU. Retrieved October 10, 2026.
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*[https://www.ttgames.com/games/lego-city-undercover Official website]
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