Samus Aran from the Metroid sequence nearly made an look in Fortnite, however Nintendo and Epic couldn’t agree on how she’d be applied.
In an interview with Game File, former Epic Video games chief inventive officer Donald Mustard stated that Nintendo declined Epic’s supply to have Samus be part of Fortnite. “They bought actually hung up on their characters exhibiting up on platforms that weren’t their platforms,” Mustard defined. “They might be thrilled to have Nintendo characters in Fortnite, however simply provided that it’s on their platform.”
Mustard went on to say that Epic and Nintendo could not come to a mutual resolution due to Fortnite’s content material parity throughout all platforms. Epic needed the sport to be the identical expertise it doesn’t matter what system gamers had been on.
Nintendo is the one console platform holder that does not have a consultant in Fortnite. For PlayStation, God of Battle’s Kratos joined the sport and for Xbox, Halo’s Grasp Chief joined the fray, amongst many different gaming characters, resembling Nathan Drake and Lara Croft.
Again throughout Epic and Apple’s authorized battle, court docket paperwork revealed that Epic needed to implement Samus, however that in some way by no means got here to be and there was no clear motive as to why. Now, we all know. The inclusion of Samus in Fortnite was even closely teased again in a Fortnite comedian that launched in 2021.
Fortnite continues to be introducing extra collaborations, and one with pop star Billie Eilish is approaching April 23.