And now it’s Epic Games trying to keep things under control, as players noticed what may be a very questionable thing with the two Fortnite emotes. The Skate-nado Emote and Tornado Spin are almost completely similar except for fine details, and Epic is in the process of refunding anybody caught in an awkward scenario.
Well, the offer is 100 bucks back if you own either of the emotes. If you want to return Skate-nado specifically, you don’t have to use one of those precious Return Tickets. Oh, and when these emotes return to the Item Shop, they’ll be bundled for a slight discount.
What triggered all of this? Players started to realize the recently released Skate-nado Emote bears way too much resemblance to the Tornado Spin Emote released with the Hana skin. Same animation, same kind of feel, just a different skateboard prop. And they weren’t having any of it: replies flooded with confusion and frustration.
One player, Kind_Eraser, expressed, “Tornado spin is the better emote because it has an option to change the color of the skateboard if you own that, which I do. That’s why I thought the second emote was a waste of my V-Bucks.” And others, such as @MythxcaLMyth, declared outright that it was “the exact same emote,” and “100 V-Bucks shouldn’t be considered a meaningful compensation.”
And Fortnite didn’t do it with those motions alone. Promptly, some users (@Cheese_Packet) reckoned about the near-identical dilemma of Jubi Slide and Side Shuffle, where two almost-identical emotes were sold separately. One user remarked, @DavidG185, “Urghhhh! It’s the Jubi Slide and Side Shuffle thing again huh. 🙄”
Now, the community, in general, welcomed different sentiments. Some were excited about the refunds (@xthegreencat: “yesss lets gooo”), while others felt Epic should have just gifted the reskin (@NOVEMSPHERA: “Just give the owners of the tornado spin the re-skin for free!”). Then there are those wondering why the refund is only 100 V-Bucks, considering the original cost was a full 200 (@yoyi876).
The reasoning behind Epic’s almost partial refund, then, explains the plans to bundle the emotes when they return to the shop. @ecksitt even put forth,”I imagine because when the bundle comes out it’ll cost 300 for both of them, so you won’t have lost anything.”
Fleshing this out really digs deep into some serious questions about the emote system in Fortnite. Are they tired of ideas, or are these mistakes on purpose to squeeze more cash out of players? Or maybe they just don’t care. Whatever the way forward is, at least Epic says, they are sorry about this one and wants to make it right.
Whilst others begin to beg for other changes (@DaThUgBoiSwAg: “Everything but Bringing Zombie Shambles Back 😭🙏🙏”). Some on the other hand are just confused on why this is occurring again (@nmixxmaxxing: “i’m fucking confused. why would they resell an already existing emote”).
One more day over with in the Fortnite world, where emotes bring drama, refunds hit the headlines, and with this, will have the players watching the next emote release a bit more closely. Lesson learned: maybe glance over your locker before you purchase any emotes; that déjà vu might cost you some V-Bucks.
