Dragon Ball In Fortnite Is A Sad Reminder That Nothing Is Permanent In Live Games
In recent years, I’ve cultivated a bit of a reputation as an IP fanboy, or at least the most willing to admit to it. You slap something I like onto something else I like or make a cheeky little reference to other things I’ve paid money for and you might as well keep my wallet in your hands to save us both the trouble.
With this well-known love of everything branded, having Dragon Ball, one of my favourite anime of all time, featured in Fortnite, arguably my favourite live-service game, sounds like a dream come true. In fact, it mostly is, and I instantly jumped back onto The Island for the first time in months when the collab went live, grabbing Goku and Beerus without a second thought.
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Most Fortnite collaborations add a few skins with unique pickaxes and gliders, but Epic really went all out with Dragon Ball. Not only do two of the skins have multiple different transformations and styles, but there are also several new points of interest across the map that are direct references to the series and lobbies where you can actually watch episodes of Dragon Ball Super. More importantly, the crossover introduces a new Kamehameha mythic pick-up that lets everyone pull off the most famous special move ever conceived, as well as a Nimbus Cloud to instantly fly away from danger, sort of like if the Crash Pad wasn’t complete shite.
As I jumped into my first match and watched in awe as Goku blasted some fool with an AK47, hit the griddy, and then flew away, I couldn’t help but feel incredibly sad inside. Not because Goku had just done a TikTok dance, but that seeing all this incredible Dragon Ball content was a sad reminder of how nothing in live games is
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