Epic wanted to get the Metroid Samus skin into Fortnite, but Nintendo wanted to impose too much of an exclusive stipulation.

The number of collaborations Fortnite has had throughout its history is almost unfathomable, but the truth is that a company as important as Nintendo. And it’s not your fault Epic Games for not trying because they insistently asked for the Big N.

This was told by Donald Mustard, a former creative director and head of video games, who spoke with Stephen Totilo. To understand the reason for this revelation, we should look to the famous 2021 lawsuit between Epic and Apple, which resulted in the discovery of many documents containing confidential information. In one of them in 2020, the company showed interest in Samus Aran, the protagonist of Metroid, as first collaboration with Nintendo.

Regardless, the truth is that the Japanese brand is “very concerned about its characters appearing on platforms other than its own.” Be careful, this doesn’t mean Nintendo is close to making its characters available Fortnitebut Mustard notes that they will accept”only if it’s on your platform“Obviously, given the nature of the battle royale, this requirement of exclusivity poses a problem.

The multiplayer game is different in that it offers cross-play between all its versions, and the content that we unlock in one can be used in the others. “For me and for all of Epic, we thought:This is absolutely necessary.. We want to make sure that Fortnite It’s the same experience no matter what screen or device you’re playing on,” admits Mustard.

So it seems like the doors to madness Fortnite They remain open to Nintendo, which doesn’t appear to be changing its terms in the short term.

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