Fortnite has pulled off some pretty amazing crossovers recently, pulling in characters from the worlds of Marvel and Star Wars to create some interesting storylines.
The most recent season is focused on bounty hunters, which means plenty of Mando action for Star Wars fans. However, things have become even more interesting with the introduction of Kratos from the God of War series – and no, he's not a PlayStation exclusive, which means you can control one of Sony's most famous characters on your Nintendo Switch (or Xbox, for that matter). He costs a whopping 1500 V-Bucks, and if you're playing on PS5, you’ll unlock the Armored Kratos Style outfit.
Yesterday, a Twitter account posted images of Master Chief from Halo, which were initially considered to be fake – however, the fact that they were later pulled down has made some believe they're legit and Chief is joining the party soon.
Kratos and Master Chief in Fortnite? No wonder people were rampantly speculating that a famous Nintendo hunter could be next...
[source epicgames.com]
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Its kinda feels outa place playing a PS First party on a switch.
Does Fortnite run any better now on Switch and have they added Save the World to it yet?
And in other news, pigs are preparing for take-off at Heathrow.
But would we see a Nintendo character on Xbox/PlayStation? No, probably not.
I'm suprised Sony even allowed this.
This'll be what Nintendo reveal at the Geoff Keighley Awards, er, I mean the Game Awards. There'll be at least one Fortnite character in Smash too. And please God let the Trilogy HD remasters finally come out.
Oh dear, the x button is going to take a hammering!
Quite surprising that Sony's didn't make this exclusive given how they love to lock content from multi-platform games (Avengers and Spider-man ring a bell?).
On a similar note, I doubt Nintendo will be ok with having Samus showing up on other systems even if it's not an official Nintendo product.
@Entrr_username To be fair, they even recently ported one of their games (Horizon Zero Dawn) to PC, so it looks like they're becoming more open to other platforms. Besides, this kind of cameo will only manage to promote their exclusive games, so no reason for them not to do it really.
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@ChaosBadger777
No (even probably worse now), and no.
Boy! I'm in Fortnite! Is your father "cool" now?
It’s an advert for a Sony game in a free to play game. Of course Sony allowed it. That’s what these skins are - promotional items used to sell something else.
@ROBLOGNICK
Actually, without taking building mechanics into account, Fortnite default skins would be perfect for Mii Gunners.
@Kimyonaakuma
I dunno, even as a die-hard Nintendo fan I'd consider Link or Samus good trade-offs for this. Maybe Zero Suit Samus, she'd fit the Fortnite aestethic more than her armoured counterpart. Or Link. Tommy gun-toting Link is an absolute yes in my book.
I don't see why Sony would try and stop it? It's not like people would buy a Playstation to have Kratos on Fortnite. It's just free advertising for them. Spider-Man is different as they don't own that character, they have a license to use him in games which Disney likely drove a very hard bargain over.
And now, certain nintendo-only fans will be pleased after they just spent years busting on everything that is Sony and Microsoft.
Hey, it's the way it is. It's good, there's no real reason why companies can't do this kind of thing. Sony was with nintendo in the past, and even when the magazines were out in stores, Nintendo and Sony were never putting each other down (where Microsoft put down every company). This just shows that Nintendo and Sony are great companies. Other than the fact that I don't play Fortnite, is there anyone that actually does and knows if any nintendo IP's are on the game?
Everyone's favourite dad?
Excuse you, Bowser would like to have a word with you.
WHAT ABOUT THA BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kratos for smash confirmed. Lets go BOYYYY.
Now I might play fortnite
@JLPick Huh? Sony entered on the console market with the specific objective to kick out Nintendo and Sega who were dwarves companies compared to Sony. It's considered a big failure within Sony high executive that they still didn't manage to kill Nintendo.
Something like this doesn't mean Kratos is coming to Smash Bros., but it opens the possibility.
How about leaving some character's for other games i know i would rather see kratos in monster hunter but fornite have to have everything stupid generation of kids.
@Entrr_username Kinda disagree with that.
Fortnite is seen as a marketing tool today.
Putting Kratos on it is an advertisement for Sony on other plateforms.
It's clever.
It's exactly the same logic Nintendo has with its mobile games : create an ad to get people buy the real game its propietary hardware.
Samus in Fortnite on Playstation and XBox would perfectly follow this logic too.
@Yosher Lol forgot Bowser even was a dad.
@Kimyonaakuma money... Sony was probably paid a ton for this.
@Entrr_username “[...]I doubt Nintendo will be ok with having Samus showing up on other systems even if it's not an official Nintendo product.”
Hey, Samus isn’t even showing up on Nintendo’s own system that much!
...OK I’ll shut up now...
@Spjelite82 Yikes blaming kids for something they had no control over
Yay keep this up and Kratos will be getting closer and closer to Super Smash Bros.
@glaemay It's no surprise they can't kill Nintendo as Nintendo isn't a dwarve company, they are in business since forever and they know how the world of business work. Just cause Sony is a big electronic company doesn't mean they are bigger than Nintendo, Sony was founded in the 1900s, Nintendo was founded in the 1800s, Sony was late to the gaming industry and didn't know how to innovate, they only know how to copy and make formats. Sega was basically killing themselves so Sony didn't had to do a single thing, the Dreamcast died even before the PS2 launch and the Saturn died cause Sega of Japan screw Sega of America with the Sega 32X.
@Nintendoforlife fortnite is like a cult i dont blame the kids just the developers that game is fear of missing out.
Having this skin is so fun and silly; I love giving Kratos purposefully goofy items just for the heck of it. He also works surprisingly well with Captain America's shield. Super glad Sony allowed this to happen and I absolutely can't wait for the Master Chief skin (here's hoping Nintendo decides to play nice as well, although I seriously doubt it).
Best dad is still Kiryu Kazuma.
So, does Kratos run around with a machine gun? Does Sony have like, zero integrity for their IP lol?
Ah yes, a guy who never wields a gun, can now run around shooting bananas and thanos with a gun, makes perfect sense Sony (these stupid collaborations are getting worse and worse).
“Everyone’s favorite dad...”
What passes for a Dad is pathetic these days, ha.! I’d take Mr. Wheeler from Stranger Things (Mike’s Dad) over this bearded idiot every time...and that fool is perpetually passed out while his kid(s) are cheating death in an alternate dimension.!
BoY, Oh bOY.!
@Damo do you know the date Kratos is available until? Can't find him in the shop anymore, just Master Chief. Thanks for any help, couldn't find it anywhere online or on the Epic or PS Blog
@Kilamanjaro I don't, I'm afraid - not sure if anyone else can help? I'll chase this up on Monday if not!
@Damo no updates on finding Kratos yet, any luck on your side?
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