Fortnite’s new Chapter 7-era art work seems to trace at a crossover with Lego Ninjago, confirming the return of the sport’s terrifying cubes.
Lego is already tightly built-in with Fortnite, however including Ninjago characters to the sport might show attention-grabbing. It is nonetheless unclear if the character will seem as a non-Lego model. In truth, the teaser solely exhibits a set of golden nunchakus owned by Ninjago hero Jay, with no signal of the character himself.
Lego Ninjago characters are clearly Lego minifigures, however in Fortnite playable characters at all times have common (non-Lego) pores and skin variations as effectively. Maybe we’ll see a completely human-like model of Jay debut? Or perhaps followers will have the ability to run round Fortnite’s battle royale as an outsized Lego determine (though that appears unlikely).
This picture incorporates many different clues about Fortnite’s future, apparently that includes a brand new helmeted character known as the Traveler (no, not a Future character). Shockingly, this character’s helmet seems to comprise a smaller model of the Golden Dice, which was final seen in Fortnite in 2021, when it was defeated together with the Dice Queen within the sport’s Chapter 2 finale.
Fortnite’s dice villains have been a significant a part of the sport’s unique storyline, serving as a part of the Final Actuality, an alien race that invaded the island till their overseers, the Imagined Order (IO), intervened. Should you squint on the pc consoles surrounding the Traveler, you may see the IO emblem alongside numerous logos of the heroic Seven. Seven is the drive that finally overthrows IO and liberates the island in Chapter 3.
The truth that these three factions (The Final Actuality, IO, and The Seven) are all talked about, and maybe reintroduced completely, is a significant U-turn for Fortnite’s storyline, which had largely been deserted because the begin of Chapter 4 following the departure of Fortnite’s earlier inventive boss, Donald Mustard.
Different apparent references inside the picture embody beforehand confirmed collaborations with Again to the Future and Kill Invoice, in addition to what seems to be the clock tower from Tilted Towers.
The present period of Fortnite, capped off by a enjoyable mini-season of The Simpsons, is about to conclude this Saturday with a much-anticipated reside occasion that may function all the key collaborations from the previous 12 months, all coming collectively to take down the massive unhealthy in Chapter 6.
Which means Fortnite’s latest villain shall be going up in opposition to characters from Star Wars, The Simpsons’ outsized Homer Simpson, Godzilla, Kong, James Gunn’s Superman, Would possibly Morphin Energy Rangers’ Dino Megazord, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, KPop Demon Hunters, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, Hatsune Miku, Kill Invoice’s Bride, and Marty McFly. extra.
Then, after an anticipated downtime interval, Fortnite Chapter 7 will launch instantly.
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