NimbleBit just gets mobile gaming. Ever since the early days of the App Store, they’ve released titles that are perfect for smartphones, and even as a big premium evangelist, almost every NimbleBit release has managed to obsess me to levels that only the likes of Animal Crossing and Pokemon GO (Free) had previously achieved. My own personal NimbleBit highlight has to be Tiny Tower (Free), as building my own skyscraper whilst mercilessly firing incompetent staff managed to bring out the capitalist scoundrel inside me. I’ve always been waiting for a sequel, and despite over two years since the last NimbleBit mobile release, today we’ve finally heard news of their brand new project. Introducing LEGO Tower – a complete reimagining of Tiny Tower with LEGO graphics and characters, releasing this Summer. I’m already in love with the reveal trailer, which you can see below.
Seeing NimbleBit partner up with such a major international brand in LEGO is awesome, and the results are exactly what you’d expect – a stunningly realistic recreation of the Tiny Tower skyscraper, floors and eccentric characters in LEGO form. I was already a huge fan of Tiny Tower’s pixel art style, but this new LEGO aesthetic gives it a whole new lease of life. NimbleBit haven’t released too many details so far, and I can’t tell whether it’s simply a graphical overhaul as opposed to a new or, at the very least, remastered take on its source material. The floors featured in LEGO Tower’s trailer are ones we’ve seen before, but with so much to take from the LEGO IP, I’m hoping NimbleBit include some easter eggs referencing the likes of The LEGO Movie too. Either way, LEGO Tower looks like it’ll be a lot of fun – keep your eye on TouchArcade and our Discord server for any breaking news before the game’s Summer 2019 release date.
After having invested time and money in the Star Wars version and getting burnt, I doubt I’ll do it again. But nice to see them still bringing this genre some life.
You can not blame Nimblebit. While they built the game Disney owned it and it was themselves that decided to remove it from the store. Nimblebit said themselves they had no control over the game (they) wanted it keep it on store like everyone else but Disney had final say on it and pulled it.
Sure, it’s not their fault. But I’d much rather play this style of game with an IP that I like. LEGO might not hold my interest. And maybe this IP will stick around. Maybe not. Probably longer than Star Wars, though.
This looks like a far more faithful recreation of the original Tiny Tower, if not too faithful. Have more confidence in LEGO letting this stay around longer too. Understand your reservations, though - regardless, going to go down my usual route of trying to spend as little money (but subsequently far too much time) on a NimbleBit game I think!
I too got burnt by the Star Wars version... It was such a shame. They just left it hanging with no updates, I had some real fun with it.