{"id":895361,"date":"2025-12-23T08:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/27-years-later-the-spirit-of-lego-island-lives-on-in-a-surprising-place"},"modified":"2025-12-23T08:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:57:18","slug":"27-years-later-the-spirit-of-lego-island-lives-on-in-a-surprising-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/27-years-later-the-spirit-of-lego-island-lives-on-in-a-surprising-place\/","title":{"rendered":"27 years later, the spirit of Lego Island lives on in a surprising place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/27-years-later-the-spirit-of-lego-island-lives-on-in-a-surprising-place.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nLego fans of a certain age had a bit of a moment last month, when pizza delivery kid Pepper Roni &#8211; yes, from stone-cold 1997 classic Lego Island &#8211; popped up in a trailer for a new video game. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe redheaded hero, last seen more than two decades ago, has been resurrected by the Lego Group for a cool cameo in Lego Tycoon: Tilted Towers &#8211; a game made for a very different generation of Lego fans, but one which this Lego Island veteran has also had fun with. <\/p>\n<p>\nLego Tycoon is the latest licensed experience for the brick building brand to launch in Fortnite, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/lego-fortnite-feels-a-minecraft-for-the-metaverse-era\">the arrival of Epic Games&#8217; main Lego Fortnite mode last year<\/a> and a smattering of smaller, more experimental mini-games since. 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