“In my humble opinion, they’re crossing a complicated line, and I personally don’t agree,” posted content creator Universo DS in response to the skin.
“Epic really must have fallen on hard times, if they’re resorting to baiting gooners into spending money on the game,” posted another user on Twitter.
Plenty of others were very…uh, let’s say excited about the skin and begging developer Epic to do more skins like this bikini-top-wearing lady or to do variants of existing skins with less clothing on.
Perhaps the most interesting reaction came from people going back through past Fortnite collaborations and pointing out how Epic seemed unwilling to show more skin back then. For example, Cammy from Street Fighter has her legs covered. Others pointed out Kitana from Mortal Kombat being more covered up than this new, upcoming skin.
Many point to the inclusion of Kim Kardashian last year in Fortnite as the tipping point. Her skin featured female cleavage, something that was very rare in Fortnite before her inclusion. Since Kim K was added to the game, however, there have been more examples of cleavage and revealing outfits ending up in Fortnite. Magik from Marvel Rivals is one prominent example of a character showing off a bit more skin than what people were used to for female characters.
So what’s going on here? Well, perhaps Epic is trying to juice player numbers and skin sales as Fortnite struggles to stay as relevant as it once was amid declining player counts and more competition. And perhaps someone at the company has shattered the glass labeled “Break to milk Gooner wallets.” If that’s the case, I expect this is just one of many revealing outfits that will show up in the battle royale game. Though I doubt anyone shows as much skin as Homer Simpson in his underwear.