If you grew up with both Lego and Pokémon, this one's for you. Announced at SXSW London on Tuesday, a new Pokémon range will be the latest addition to the Lego Smart Play ecosystem. The interactive technology was revealed by the toy company at CES in January, with a range of Star Wars sets. Available for pre-order starting today and set for release in August, the Lego Pokémon Smart Play collection aims to make Pokémon Trainers of a new generation, involving 12 new sets with interactive Pokémon, including Pikachu, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and more. And every single Pokémon in the collection can battle each other. Or just sleep and eat sandwiches, whichever you're more into. Each Pokémon, which must be built from Lego blocks and equipped with a Smart Block, can be trained to battle others by physically connecting them with Smart Tags within each set. The more trained a Pokémon is, the better chance it has at winning a battle. How do you start a battle? Hold the Pokémon up to the training dummy, and bring two Pokémon close together (you can hear the music change). Then, you essentially air high-five the Pokémon to attack and draw them back to defend, shake the Pokémon for char
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