Fortnite Is Reportedly Collaborating With Yakuza And Tekken

Fortnite has featured so many crossovers at this point, it’s hard to imagine there’s anything left, particularly in the video game world, that hasn’t appeared on the BR island. Odds are Epic has some surprises it has been storing up its sleeve waiting for the right time to drop them though, and the long-rumored debuts of characters from Tekken and Yakuza might be among the crossover content planned for Fortnite’s upcoming season.

The claim that Yakuza and Tekken might be the next series to get the Fortnite treatment comes from Shpeshal_Nick. The leaker explained on Twitter that they were shown a list of upcoming crossovers back in February and that Yakuza and Tekken characters were included on that list. It’s the upcoming season’s theme that has got Nick thinking it would be the perfect place for the characters to make their Fortnite debuts.

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Key art for the first season of Fortnite Chapter 6 leaked earlier this week, confirming that a Baymax skin will continue Disney’s relationship with Epic and that Godzilla will be involved in the new season in some way. There’s no sign of Kiryu, Majima, or anyone from Tekken’s many rosters, but the Japanese theme for the new season is why Shpeshal_Nick believes the arrivals of Yakuza and Tekken on the island might finally happen over the holidays.

Fortnite Could Be Getting Yakuza And Tekken Characters In Its New Season

Most Characters From Those Series Would Fit The Chapter 6 Season 1 Aesthetic

For anyone who thinks those series don’t really fit the Fortnite aesthetic, think again. Epic has proved time and time again that almost anything can be seamlessly folded into Fortnite at this point. The roster of crossover characters includes Predator, Iron Man, Billy the Puppet from the Saw movies, Street Fighter‘s Chun-Li, Wonder Woman, Kratos, and so many more that I could carry on listing them all day and still not be done.

Yakuza has Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii to promote ready for its release in February 2025, and Tekken 8 has at least one more DLC character to reveal as it approaches the latest game in the fighting series’ first anniversary. There doesn’t need to be an excuse to get your content in Fortnite, of course. If a studio is presented with an opportunity to have their characters appear in Fortnite, they will almost always jump at the chance.

The only exception at this point is Nintendo. Not only does Nintendo not want Mario shooting people, but it was previously revealed talks to put Samus in Fortnite fell through. Nintendo didn’t want the Samus skin appearing to people playing Fortnite on non-Nintendo platforms, a request that Epic refused to fulfill.

Starting life as a tower defense game, Fortnite has become one of the biggest video games out there. Its battle royale mode dominates popular culture, featuring concerts by megastar musicians and crossovers with just about every brand imaginable, from Marvel to the NFL. 

Released

July 25, 2017

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Mighty