Friday 'Nite: The Fortnite Dragon Ball Event Sets An Exciting Precedent For Future Crossovers

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Friday 'Nite is a weekly Fortnite column in which GameSpot editor Mark Delaney takes a closer look at current events in the wide world of Fortnite, with a special emphasis on the game's plot, characters, and lore.

The Fortnite Dragon Ball event is well underway. Stretching until the end of August, this crossover has lived up to the hype that was generated when rumors first began swirling earlier this summer that a Dragon Ball collaboration would be coming to Epic's battle royale.

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From the outside looking in, people might think this crossover is just the latest in a five-year history packed with Marvel heroes, Star Wars villains, professional streamers, and stadium-filling musical artists. But the Dragon Ball event is actually more special than any of those, because it reinterprets what a Fortnite crossover can be, paving the way for better, more fulling crossovers in the years ahead.

I'm not a Dragon Ball fan, so whether it was during the rumor phase or after the official reveal, my personal excitement level for this particular collaboration was next to nothing. That changed when I saw the event's complete details. Most notably, the event's weeks-long Power Unleashed rewards tree caught my eye, and I realized this wouldn't be like other crossovers. Most Fortnite crossovers include some skins for sale, perhaps some Creative mode maps, and maybe a few challenges, but the Dragon Ball Super event changes the nature of typical Fortnite events with what you