A few weeks ago the new wave of LEGO® Hidden Side sets were revealed and now further details of the upgrades to AR play have been revealed. The Hidden Side sets can be brought to life using the Hidden Side app to unlock AR play features. When the new wave of six sets arrive after Christmas, they will allow multiple people to interact with sets with a new multiplayer function added to the app. There will be two new AR play modes, where you can play as either a Hunter or Hidden Side Ghost in a digital form of hide and seek, or should that be spook. Each of the new sets will have multiplayer capabilities, learn more below.
LEGO® Hidden Side™ introduces new sets for 2020 and a multiplayer game mode
New multiplayer mode lets friends team up to hunt and catch ghosts together.
LEGO® Hidden Side™, the interactive play experience where kids use an Augmented Reality app to hunt and catch ghosts in special LEGO sets, gets 2020 off to a spook-tacular start with the launch of new products and a multiplayer game mode. Six new sets will be introduced: Haunted Fairground, Lighthouse of Darkness, El Fuego’s Stunt Plane, Welcome to the Hidden Side, Jack’s Beach Buggy and Newbury Subway.
The new multiplayer feature, which is compatible with all new sets, lets kids take part in thrilling challenges with friends either online or with those in the same room – if they dare…
Getting started is easy – simply build and scan the LEGO Hidden Side set using the app and choose from one of two new game modes. ‘Play as a Hunter’ mode, where the aim is to catch ghosts in competition against other players either online or in the same room, and the ‘Play as a Ghost’ mode where kids can join two other online ‘ghost’ players with the aim of haunting LEGO Hidden Side sets and hiding from a player-controlled ghost hunter.
As part of The LEGO Group’s commitment to developing safe and fun digital play experiences for children, a number of safeguards have been incorporated into the new multiplayer feature. During online games, players can only communicate with each other via a fixed set of fun LEGO inspired emojis, stickers and phrases. The player communication is focused on inspiring and encouraging players to compete together and complimenting others on their performance. No voice chat or other communication methods will be available.
All sets launching in 2020 will be compatible with the new multiplayer feature along with the 2019 sets, which will be available to play in multiplayer in early 2020.
