Fortnite has formally confirmed its long-awaited Kingdom Hearts collaboration, with teases for a minimum of 4 skins.
A short teaser trailer posted to Fortnite’s social channels reveals Kingdom Hearts poster boy Sora choosing up the collection’ iconic keyblade and posing for the digicam. Yep, there is no doubt right here — Sora is unquestionably turning into a Fortnite pores and skin.
Textual content-based teasers additionally launched by developer Epic Video games recommend three different Kingdom Hearts characters are additionally coming alongside for the trip, together with Riku, Kairi and Roxas. (Sadly, there is no signal of Mickey but — although the thought of him cranking 90’s whereas holding a shotgun appears unlikely.)
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Kingdom Hearts would be the newest gaming franchise to affix Fortnite throughout Override, its present video game-themed season, which has already added Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Dr. Robotnik, Crash Bandicoot and Mega Man, amongst others. Different upcoming additions have additionally been rumoured, with followers crossing their fingers for illustration from Persona and Closing Fantasy 7.
Override is presently having one thing of a cooler reception amongst followers than Runners, Fortnite’s earlier final season which went down as one of many sport’s greatest. The playerbase appears cut up over whether or not Fortnite’s Pokémon-like Sprites must be retired or revamped to nonetheless really feel recent, and participant numbers have dipped barely from this summer time’s current highs.
As ever, Fortnite is already gearing itself up for its annual end-of-year festivities, with the Halloween-themed Fortnitemares set to reach subsequent month. One work-in-progress constructing on the present battle royale Island appears to be like suspiciously like a 5 Nights at Freddy’s reference, which might be a tie-in for that. After which there are already whispers that the sport will transition into one other month-long mini-season in November, with One Piece now being tipped as a part of the enjoyable.
Kingdom Hearts 4, in the meantime, is in growth at Sq. Enix for PC and consoles and is due out subsequent 12 months.
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