{"id":927588,"date":"2026-07-11T10:17:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/927588\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T10:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:17:25","slug":"donkey-kong-arcade-set-surfaces-in-new-lego-leak-heres-a-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/927588\/","title":{"rendered":"Donkey Kong Arcade Set Surfaces In New LEGO Leak, Here&#8217;s A First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Donkey Kong Arcade\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c7aa4189b4e5a\/donkey-kong-arcade.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/donkey-kong-arcade.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"536\" alt=\"Donkey Kong Arcade\"\/><\/a> Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Nintendo teased a brand-new Lego <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/arcade\/donkey_kong\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donkey Kong<\/a> set via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/nintendo_today\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Today<\/a> app. In an update, it seems we&#8217;ve now got our first look via a leak.<\/p>\n<p>According to a photo doing the rounds online, this new set is based on the classic &#8216;Donkey Kong Arcade&#8217; video game. It will apparently be arriving in August for $200 USD and contains 1,367 pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look via the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Legoleak\/comments\/1usqc4r\/mario_72051_donkey_kong_arcade_set_image_via\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legoleak<\/a> subreddit:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Legoleak\/comments\/1usqc4r\/mario_72051_donkey_kong_arcade_set_image_via\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mario: 72051 Donkey Kong Arcade Set Image (via u\/Gupytex)<\/a><br \/>by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/CarterBricks04\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">u\/CarterBricks04<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Legoleak\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legoleak<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lego previously expanded its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/super-mario-bros-wonder-nintendo-switch-2-edition-plus-meetup-in-bellabel-park\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Mario<\/a> Lego line with smaller Donkey Kong sets featuring not only DK, but other characters like Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong.<\/p>\n<p>This news about a premium Donkey Kong set follows Lego&#8217;s reveal of multiple new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/pokemon-winds-and-waves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> sets earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Articles<\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in a DK Lego set like this? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>About Liam Doolan<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753583950_71_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n<p>Comments 14<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"PokemonDMG\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/PokemonDMG\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PokemonDMG\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s on like Pokemon, too. \ud83d\udd34\u26aa<br \/>$300 dollars worth!<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Friendly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Friendly\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783765039_373_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Friendly\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, this one certainly is cool. Peaks my interest at least.<\/p>\n<p>Now how do I convince my better half that we absolutely need this\u2026?<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"timp29\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/timp29\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783765040_13_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"timp29\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s pretty awesome. I don\u2019t think I would go for that one though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"sleepinglion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/sleepinglion\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783765040_902_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"sleepinglion\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"TheBoilerman\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/TheBoilerman\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783765041_16_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"TheBoilerman\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I like that! Probably have to get that one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"AGuyWhoLikesNintendo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/AGuyWhoLikesNintendo\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783765041_682_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"AGuyWhoLikesNintendo\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This will look great next to my Pac-Man arcade set!<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Allahver_Fist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Allahver_Fist\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/assets\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Allahver_Fist\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;HEY, Donkey Kong LEGO set Insufficient Funds to Complete Transaction screen coming up, everybody!&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Dee123\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Dee123\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/assets\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dee123\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Damn it. Looks like after saying no more Lego, I&#8217;m getting more Lego.<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"gwyntendo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/gwyntendo\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/assets\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"gwyntendo\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not a Lego guy but might have to break the rules for that one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"JohnnyMind\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/JohnnyMind\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767456551_289_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"JohnnyMind\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most likely I won&#8217;t go for it myself considering the usual factors (price, lack of space for it etc.), but it looks great &#8211; happy for those getting it and so glad to see the Nintendo Lego sets continuing!<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Uncle_Franklin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Uncle_Franklin\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783765043_175_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Uncle_Franklin\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looks pretty cool,<br \/>but at what point does it stop really being Lego?<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"8bit-Man\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/8bit-Man\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783765044_745_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"8bit-Man\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The good ol\u2019 days where DK was still a villain, like he was designed to be.<\/p>\n<p>I love Bananza from a gameplay perspective, but the DK persona makes zero sense these days. Then again, that\u2019s also typical Nintendo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Jayenkai\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Jayenkai\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783765044_182_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jayenkai\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"KayFiOS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/KayFiOS\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783765045_369_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"KayFiOS\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Billy Mitchell will get this and replace the black parts for the joystick with red ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"empty\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ui-load-comments ui-cta-button\" onclick=\"this.innerHTML = 'Please Wait...'; this.classList.add('loading'); return false\" href=\"news\/2026\/07\/donkey-kong-arcade-set-surfaces-in-new-lego-leak-heres-a-first-look#comments\"> Show Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leave A Comment<\/p>\n<p class=\"empty\">Hold on there, you need to <a class=\"accent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/login\" target=\"_blank\">login<\/a> to post a comment&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Nintendo Last month, Nintendo teased a brand-new Lego Donkey Kong set via the Nintendo Today app. In&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":927589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[47571,2204,51967,58725,394,2761,158,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-927588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-arcade","tag-donkey-kong","tag-leaks","tag-lego","tag-nintendo","tag-rumours","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116900835046337126","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}