The night-time item shop advent has brought forth a whole slew of skins. Some players could barely contain their excitement; for some, it’s an outright deflating moment. The major highlight? John Wick would now be back! This means that the last legendary assassin of showbiz fame, Keanu Reeves, while being an undoubtedly punctual specimen, is now donatable again, along with Fort Ballers bundle, Meows & Mischief set, and the biggest Battle Ready pack ever (eight items, one short of seven previously). While some players are practically selling their souls for V-Bucks, others are just screaming to the walls with, “Where are the Street Fighter skins?!”
A tweet by famous Fortnite leaker, HYPEX, set the Fortnite community ablaze with excitement and conversation-well, not quite. Comments ranged from “John Wick skin? Take my V-Bucks!” to outright rage against the absence of Ryu, Chun-Li, and the entire Street Fighter gang. One commented that these are lame skins and Capcom fighters are needed right now! That hurt a little.
Apparently, these petitions are not limited to just Street Fighter enthusiasts. Players have also started clamoring for the resurrection of the Naruto skin, an Icon Series skin for Steph Curry, and the Leviathan Axe from God of War. Requests and criticism run the whole gamut. On the flip side, there have been remarks observing that HYPEX’s tweet featured a typo-“FORTNTE” instead of “Fortnite”-which honestly feels like one of the saner things to happen in this entire affair.
And what is the lore behind John Wick turning back? Some players think it is somehow connected with the new Ballerina spin-off movie in which Keanu reprises his role. Smart marketing move, Epic. That did not stop a fan from suggesting they should have included Ana de Armas’ character as well. Maybe a missed opportunity.
On that note, there is never a shortage of drama being thrown in for good measure whenever Fortnite discussion topics come up. A reply accused leakers of “feeding fake hopes” and called them “liars,” following which the rest of the threads degenerated into a wholesale Twitter scuffle exchanging insults like “seek help” and “you have no life.” Good old gaming community banter.
Ooh, so what next? No official word is said about Street Fighter for now, but some gamers suspect Epic are keeping them in the back pocket for the new season. Others log in, check the shop, and log out in disappointment. And you know what? At least there is John Wick for them-Well, unless they held out for Raven Team Leader: Big sorries in advance.
Basically, the unpredictable nature of Fortnite’s item shop keeps the dividing majority of players. Are the skins that have been requested by the people going to show up in the next update? Well, time will tell (along with that wonderfully mysterious Epic scheduling).
