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Fortnite teasing John Wick event/skin.

Kalentan

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Someone datamined the skin:



With mentions of the tokens being part of a limited time mode.

Also the body of a skin seemingly based on Halle Barry's character.

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Should be noted that in one of the earlier seasons there was a John Wick-like character named the Reaper in the game:

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So this is the second case of there being a character in the game that is like a movie character that ultimately got an official version of the skin. (Starlord being the last one).
 
Shantae

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I still don't understand the rationale behind an event based on an R rated franchise for a game primarily played by kids...
 
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Ricelord said:
well there are alot of kids that play rated M games so....
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It's a little different for movies though, because a lot of parents still think "oh it's a video game, so it must be for kids" but will be adamant about not letting their kids see R rated films.
 
Ricelord

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Christopher Robin said:
It's a little different for movies though, because a lot of parents still think "oh it's a video game, so it must be for kids" but will be adamant about not letting their kids see R rated films.
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very weird parenting if said parent is fine with little tommy killing hookers in GTA but draw the line with some rated R movie.

but at the end of the day it really depends on said game and movie.
 
GJ

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Its kinda amazing how much better the actual John Wick skin looks than the generic ones.
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That Reaper skin is from season 3. I believe they introduced skins in season 2, but not sure. But that would mean that Reaper skin was released ~10 weeks after they introduced skins (a season is 10 weeks). We're in season 9 now. A lot of skins that come out nowadays look way better than the earlier ones. But yeah, this one and the Avengers skins look amazing!
 
Crumb

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I was waiting in line to see John but after reading this news I just left to watch pikachu instead. Seriously Keanu? You're going to sully your reputation by associating with Fortnite? You lost a fan today, and I am not alone.
 
DigitalOp

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Damn now people gonna cut you the fuck up if you running around in the Reaper skin.

Cyber bullying
 
SushiReese

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Cool skin. Don't understand the backlash.
Seeing people "canceling" Keanu over a game cosmetics is ridiculous.
 
A Ream of Paper

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Damn, I was hoping I'd be done buying stuff from the item shop for awhile after the Avengers event lol. That John Wick skin is dope.
 
Kerotan

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It's hilarious because they already had an unofficial version that everybody called John wick. Knew one looks cool.
 

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Haven't played the game in a couple months now, but this might pull me back just so that I can unlock it in case I ever decide to come back. Looks great.
 

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It's a bit of a strange match. A game that tries to be as child friendly as possible suddenly has a guest appearance by a character from an R rated movie. Surely the production team behind John Wick would see it as an attempt to widen their brand to a variety of Fortnite users - including children?
 

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Tekku said:
It's a bit of a strange match. A game that tries to be as child friendly as possible suddenly has a guest appearance by a character from an R rated movie. Surely the production team behind John Wick would see it as an attempt to widen their brand to a variety of Fortnite users - including children?
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Come on now.
 
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Christopher Robin said:
I still don't understand the rationale behind an event based on an R rated franchise for a game primarily played by kids...
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Is Fortnite primarily played by kids though. All the stats I can find say 63% of the player base is between 18-24. And in the UK the new movie is a 15 certificate. So I don't really see it as a concern.
 
IIFloodyII

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Tekku said:
It's a bit of a strange match. A game that tries to be as child friendly as possible suddenly has a guest appearance by a character from an R rated movie. Surely the production team behind John Wick would see it as an attempt to widen their brand to a variety of Fortnite users - including children?
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They had a "John Wick" Skin in Season 3, so probably just them making it official with a real John Wick skin is probably why it's happening and marketing for the movie doesn't hurt. Fortnite also has realistic looking guns, despite being kid friendly, I don't think EPIC care that much about other I.P not being kid friendly too.
 
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