It appears that Peely, the adorable and amusing banana character from Fortnite, has been living his life like a professional kid, accumulating and winning V-Bucks. A recent Tweet from FireMonkey, the official Fortnite news source, displaying Peely as a nurse, with the caption Peely is working like 50 jobs, created quite a stir in the community. Honestly, it is true that they are not wrong! The community reacted, and the players instantly linked this speculated skin with the much-discussed ‘Elle’ skin, which has been a hot topic.
The image presents Peely in a full Jawabo medical outfit, replete with a stethoscope and all sorts of props. It is a ridiculously absurd look for a sentient banana; however, this is Fortnite after all. The entire event has got the players pondering whether Epic Games is going to treat us to another Peely reskin or simply letting the Elle character vanish into the oblivion as it has been datamined and hyped for quite a while.
Your perusal of the replies resembles witnessing a small drama unfolding in real time. One of the users named Tsuki unceremoniously asserted that they had better not replace Elle with this; while another, VictoriaKFrost, went the extra mile in dramatizing her comments by saying that if this is all they have for Elle, she will be legitimately going to ; the blanks can be filled by you. One can nearly sense the discontent and vexation, and one can also spot the reason behind it. Gamers were expecting this specific character, and getting yet another variant of the banana dude would be… well, it would be very Fortnite, indeed.
Nonetheless, the different comparisons that people have been making about Peely are just comical. The vast majority of social media users labeled the banana as ‘the Johnny Sins of Fortnite’, which is… a choice, but honestly somewhat accurate if you think about it? For those who are not in the loop, that’s an adult film actor well-known for the people his characters portray. On the other hand, some have likened him to Miss Rabbit from Peppa Pig, who knows every job in the world, and even Santa from Pucca during his off season. The cultural references are wide-ranging, yet they all lead to the same conclusion – this banana is overworked.
Still, the whole saga of the Peely has polarized responses among gamers. Some are very upset that they have to see yet another Peely skin, one of them says ‘Bro not another peely skin bruh’ and another one is even screaming ‘NOOOOO PLS DONT LET THIS BE HOW THEY ADD ELLE! 😭 MAKE THE SKIN HER!!! PLSSSS’. Are there desperate gamers? Yes, absolutely! However, there is also the other half of the audience that is completely into this and is showing their interest with comments like ‘Peely is the Barbie of Fortnite, every week a new job’ and ‘Omg we ALL buying Peele Driver’ – which implies that while some are fed up with the fruit, there are others who still can’t get enough of him.
Let’s clarify things and examine Peely’s actual CV for a change, because if you merely enumerate it, it becomes almost unbelievable. We had Peely going incognito as an agent, Peely on the high-seas as a pirate, Peely shooting hoops as a basketer, Peely faking his death as a skeleton, Peely getting inside a giant robot’s cockpit and operating it—basically, you are right, the banana has gone through more career changes than most people have hot dinners. His resume being longer than the Fortnite map at this point would not be a surprise.
Besides, the situation prompts larger questions about the skin strategy in Fortnite. How many different versions of the same character do players actually want? Jonesy, Ramirez and now Peely have all passed their gradual saturation levels. It is good business for Epic – they know what sells – but it does make you curious whether they have run out of ideas or are just extremely committed to their joke.
Additionally, some players also brought up the technical aspect, and one user said ‘and epic games broke their own servers… nice’, which might seem off-topic at first but actually perfectly encapsulates the chaotic energy surrounding Peely saga. You know, maybe the servers would be down just when the banana decides to perform surgery.
Isn’t it ironic though, how Peely has metamorphosed from to purely a comic banana skin to a strange multiversal constant in Fortnite’s universe? Peely has experienced all the roles from Food to Friend to Fighter and now possibly he has also become a doctor. At this rate, next season he will be leading his campaign for the island’s mayor. One user in the comments suggested that Peely is ‘disguised as Big Boss until he actually shows up for Metal Gear wave 2
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