It’s Wrong For Marvel & DC Heroes To Be In Fortnite
Epic Games’ Fortnite has become an all-out cavalcade of characters from different intellectual properties, genres, and mediums, but its haphazard inclusion of the heroes of Marvel and DC feels wrong. The game now features 26 Marvel and 20 DC characters joining the fray for the game’s wackily violent antics and often confusing crossover events, each equipable as a skin for players to use while they get involved in firefights. It’s great to have the opportunity to experience these characters in the gaming medium, but Fortnite — now collaborating on a Marvel comics series - isn't the ideal environment for these characters.
From a financial perspective, what Fortnite has done to position itself as a whirlwind of disparate IPs makes total sense. Fortnite gets to benefit from an influx of players excited about the prospect of playing as favorite characters from different franchises that otherwise lack a video game presence, while said franchises themselves enjoy cross-promotion with one of the most popular games globally. With a seemingly never-ending roster of character skins in Fortnite and only so much time to earn the game's in-game currency V-Bucks, this means an additional stream of revenue for Epic Games from players willing to shed cash to play as Tom Holland’s Spider-Man or Tom Holland’s Nathan Drake. (Yes, Tom Holland is in Fortnite twice.)
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It’s just a shame that, for so many of these beloved characters, their use in Fortnite feels like a terrible application of their licenses. At a minimum, it comes across as vacuous, but at its most egregious these crossovers undermine the legacy of certain characters. Take Batman, for example — a hero iconic
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