<s>
Lego	B-Application
City	I-Application
Undercover	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
TT	O
Fusion	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
re-released	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
by	O
Warner	O
Bros	O
.	O
Games	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
City	O
themed	O
toyline	O
by	O
Lego	B-Language
,	O
the	O
narrative	O
follows	O
cop	O
Chase	O
McCain	O
as	O
he	O
returns	O
to	O
Lego	B-Language
City	O
and	O
pursues	O
escaped	O
crime	O
boss	O
Rex	O
Fury	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
features	O
McCain	O
both	O
exploring	O
the	O
open	O
world	O
hub	O
of	O
Lego	B-Language
City	O
,	O
and	O
completing	O
self-contained	O
levels	O
featuring	O
puzzles	O
and	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
prototypes	O
for	O
Lego	B-Application
City	I-Application
Undercover	I-Application
were	O
produced	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
with	O
development	O
beginning	O
in	O
2011	O
after	O
Nintendo	O
approached	O
parent	O
company	O
TT	O
Games	O
about	O
developing	O
for	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
production	O
began	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
featuring	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
TT	O
Games	O
Lego	B-Language
series	O
not	O
to	O
rely	O
on	O
a	O
movie	O
or	O
comic	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lego	B-Language
City	O
hub	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
multiple	O
real	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
announced	O
in	O
2011	O
as	O
Lego	B-Application
City	I-Application
Stories	I-Application
for	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
a	O
standalone	O
prequel	O
,	O
Lego	B-Application
City	I-Application
Undercover	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Chase	I-Application
Begins	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
version	O
had	O
sold	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
as	O
of	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
vast	O
Lego	B-Language
City	O
,	O
players	O
control	O
an	O
undercover	O
cop	O
named	O
Chase	O
McCain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
GamePad	I-Device
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
device	O
including	O
a	O
communicator	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
scanner	O
to	O
locate	O
criminals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lego	O
City	O
Undercover'''s	O
gameplay	O
borrows	O
heavily	O
from	O
the	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Police	O
officer	O
Chase	O
McCain	O
returns	O
to	O
Lego	B-Language
City	O
after	O
being	O
exiled	O
2	O
years	O
prior	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
learns	O
from	O
Mayor	O
Gleeson	O
that	O
Rex	O
Fury	O
-	O
a	O
notorious	O
criminal	O
that	O
Chase	O
helped	O
to	O
arrest	O
-	O
had	O
recently	O
escaped	O
from	O
prison	O
and	O
asks	O
Chase	O
to	O
find	O
him	O
and	O
stop	O
him	O
once	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sometime	O
later	O
,	O
Dunby	O
reinstates	O
him	O
to	O
the	O
case	O
,	O
whereupon	O
Chase	O
is	O
tasked	O
by	O
Vinnie	O
to	O
taking	O
on	O
work	O
for	O
him	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
job	O
of	O
stealing	O
a	O
robotic	O
T-Rex	B-Application
from	O
the	O
Lego	B-Language
City	O
museum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rescuing	O
Kowalski	O
,	O
Chase	O
calls	O
Ellie	O
with	O
what	O
he	O
learnt	O
,	O
whereupon	O
she	O
informs	O
him	O
that	O
Blackwell	O
recently	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
news	O
with	O
promises	O
he	O
had	O
plans	O
that	O
would	O
change	O
Lego	B-Language
City	O
forever	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chase	O
soon	O
discovers	O
that	O
Blackwell	O
originally	O
had	O
plans	O
to	O
build	O
an	O
apartment	O
complex	O
and	O
shopping	O
mall	O
in	O
Bluebell	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
stopped	O
by	O
Lego	B-Language
City	O
from	O
building	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
rare	O
and	O
endangered	O
squirrel	O
species	O
in	O
the	O
park	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Humiliated	O
and	O
enraged	O
at	O
being	O
denied	O
,	O
Blackwell	O
began	O
a	O
new	O
plan	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
colony	O
on	O
the	O
moon	O
and	O
converted	O
his	O
high-rise	O
,	O
Blackwell	O
Tower	O
,	O
into	O
a	O
rocket	O
,	O
which	O
Chase	O
discovers	O
will	O
burn	O
Lego	B-Language
City	O
when	O
it	O
's	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
landing	O
on	O
the	O
moon	O
,	O
Chase	O
finds	O
himself	O
using	O
a	O
construction	O
mech	O
to	O
battle	O
against	O
Rex	O
within	O
the	O
modified	O
T-Rex	B-Application
he	O
helped	O
to	O
steal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
back	O
in	O
the	O
city	O
,	O
Gleeson	O
congratulates	O
him	O
for	O
saving	O
Lego	B-Language
City	O
,	O
while	O
Dunby	O
offers	O
Chase	O
the	O
honor	O
of	O
overseeing	O
Rex	O
's	O
arrest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
code	O
from	O
the	O
High	O
speed	O
chase	O
Lego	B-Language
set	O
is	O
used	O
(	O
or	O
if	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
completed	O
in	O
the	O
remastered	O
version	O
)	O
there	O
are	O
two	O
bonus	O
missions	O
located	O
at	O
the	O
police	O
station	O
that	O
depict	O
a	O
police	O
chase	O
from	O
two	O
points	O
of	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
at	O
TT	O
Fusion	O
had	O
been	O
wanting	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Lego	B-Language
City	O
theme	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
available	O
technology	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
most	O
staff	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
existing	O
IPs	O
limited	O
their	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
such	O
a	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prototyping	O
for	O
what	O
would	O
become	O
Lego	B-Application
City	I-Application
Undercover	I-Application
began	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
lasted	O
roughly	O
twelve	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
solid	O
idea	O
of	O
what	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
began	O
with	O
creating	O
a	O
small	O
environment	O
with	O
drivable	O
vehicles	O
and	O
Lego	B-Language
buildings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
approached	O
the	O
company	O
and	O
showed	O
them	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
hardware	O
,	O
asking	O
whether	O
they	O
would	O
like	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
template	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Simpsons	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
contains	O
a	O
high	O
number	O
of	O
family-friendly	O
parodies	O
,	O
referencing	O
movies	O
such	O
as	O
The	O
Shawshank	O
Redemption	O
and	O
The	O
Matrix	O
,	O
and	O
TV	O
series	O
such	O
as	O
Starsky	B-Device
&	I-Device
Hutch	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
took	O
a	O
while	O
to	O
write	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
team	O
wanted	O
to	O
give	O
it	O
depth.Lego	O
City	O
Undercover	O
was	O
announced	O
during	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
press	O
conference	O
at	O
E3	O
2011	O
on	O
7	O
June	O
2011	O
under	O
the	O
tentative	O
title	O
Lego	B-Application
City	I-Application
Stories	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
press	O
conference	O
at	O
E3	O
2012	O
on	O
5	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
revealed	O
to	O
have	O
had	O
a	O
name	O
change	O
to	O
Lego	B-Application
City	I-Application
Undercover	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Lego	B-Language
title	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
22	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
Warner	O
Bros	O
.	O
Interactive	O
Entertainment	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
remaster	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
which	O
introduced	O
split-screen	O
cooperative	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
80/100	O
on	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
indicating	O
“	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
were	O
largely	O
positive	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
humour	O
and	O
design	O
,	O
but	O
generally	O
criticizing	O
lengthy	O
loading	O
times	O
and	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
co-operative	O
multiplayer	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
staple	O
in	O
most	O
Lego	B-Language
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
Nintendo	O
Magazine	O
awarded	O
the	O
game	O
90%	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
third	O
highest	O
rated	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
game	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
debuted	O
at	O
number	O
12	O
in	O
the	O
all-formats	O
chart	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
debuted	O
at	O
number	O
8	O
in	O
the	O
individual-format	O
chart	O
and	O
at	O
number	O
1	O
in	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
chart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
version	O
had	O
sold	O
1.9	O
million	O
units	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
