It has been rumored for weeks now that Hatsune Miku can be the headliner for Fortnite Pageant Season 7 when it launches Jan. 14, and Epic Video games has finally spilled the details about all of the beauty goodies–and songs–that will likely be added to Fortnite with the Miku collab. And for good measure, this replace is including a long-requested function: the flexibility to make use of a few of your Pageant devices as pickaxes and again blings. Fortnite’s first patch in a month is an actual doozie.
As has grow to be commonplace observe for every season of Fortnite Pageant, we’ll have a bundle of Hatsune Miku cosmetics within the merchandise store to go together with a separate slate of cosmetics within the new Music Go. The Music Go, which might be obtained with V-Bucks or by subscribing to Fortnite Crew, consists of the Neko Hatsune Miku pores and skin, which is unlocked immediately, in addition to a set of devices, jam tracks, and different good things. That is the primary Music Go to make use of the brand new, single-track format that we have already seen with the Lego Go and OG Go. Season 7 ends April 8.
The basic Hatsune Miku look may even be accessible to buy within the merchandise store all through Season 7, and it will are available a bundle that features a mic, drum set, two emotes, a musical contrail, and a jam monitor (“Miku” by Anamanaguchi).
Talking of jam tracks, Miku is getting 4 of them proper out of the gate. Along with the one within the store bundle, you’ll purchase “World is Mine” by ryo (Supercell) and “Daisy 2.0” by Ashnikko within the merchandise store, and the Music Go consists of “M@GICAL☆CURE! LOVE ♥ SHOT!” by Sawtowne.
For those that aren’t so into vocaloid stuff, the Music Go additionally has three licensed jam tracks: “Quick Skirt/Lengthy Jacket” by Cake, “Love Do not Value a Factor” by Jennifer Lopez, and “Work Work” by Britney Spears (that is the censored title for “Work Bitch”).
On high of the arrival of Hatsune Miku to Fortnite, this replace is including the flexibility to make use of a few of your musical devices as again blings and pickaxes. Whereas drum kits aren’t included on this for apparent causes, apparently some drum sticks are, which a pleasant shock. One other key quality-of-life change is that Pageant’s Battle Stage is being break up into instrument-specific modes–like vocals solely.
If you happen to’re unfamiliar with Hatsune Miku, this is the brief rationalization. Miku is a vocaloid, which is a bit of vocal synthesizer software–an instrument that sings, basically–and Hatsune Miku is the cute anime avatar for this particular voice. Sure, there are a variety of different vocaloids too, they usually all have their very own anime avatars. Miku additionally has her personal long-running sequence of rhythm video games, Challenge DIVA, so her inclusion in Fortnite Pageant is an enormous deal for lots of rhythm sport followers.