You just have to look at the number of players that Fortnite accumulates to realize that the epic games battle royale This remains more relevant than ever. And it’s not surprising, since collaborations are doing wonderfully for video games, particularly in the case of survival mode with LEGO .
Not only that, but Rocket League cars also allow us to enjoy competitions on wheels. Nearly 2.5 million people have played LEGO Fortnite at the same time in recent days, so it’s clear that the company isn’t going to stop its aspirations to partner with other franchises to attract a new audience.
Kratos, Master Chief, Spider-Man and even Indiana Jones are characters present in the book, but Epic Games no longer knows how to convince Nintendo. The Japanese company is reluctant to lend its main IPs make the jump to the island, as Saxs Persson, head of the Fortnite ecosystem, admits to Axios.
« I don’t know what the word is for creating diamonds, » the manager responds when asked how hard the company tried to attract the attention of the Big N. Mario, Link, Donkey Kong, Kirby and a huge battery of iconic characters They could join the Battle Royale store and, although the union is not yet effective, Perrson does not lose hope.
« Nintendo has its strategy and we have ours and we hope that at some point (being able to use their characters) because our players would love that, » says Persson, although for now we have to wait seated. Of course, the age rating in Fortnite “allows us to think about IPs that we would never have thought of before” in terms of possible crossovers.