Nintendo and Epic Games negotiated to put Samus Aran from Metroid in Fortnite, but Nintendo didn't allow it… and now we know the reason: it will never happen.
Fortnite It is the video game with the largest crossover in history: characters from DC, Marvel, Star Wars… and also celebrities and personalities, such as the singer Billie Eilish, who is now appearing at the Fortnite Festival.
Fortnite has also had characters from other video games, including Halo Master Chief and God of War Kratos, two Xbox and PlayStation icons. And what about Nintendo?
There has been much speculation that there would be Nintendo characters, such as Super Mario or Link from Zelda, in Fortnite. In the end, the one that resonated the most was Samus Aranfrom Metroid, which apparently was in development, or considered in official Epic documents.
However, as it became known, Epic Games did not reach an agreement with Nintendo, and Samus Aran did not enter Fortnite. And now we know why.
He has said it Donald MustardCCO (creative director) at Epic Games and Fortnite for many years, who left the company in September 2023.
Mustard gave his first interview after leaving Epic Games to GameFile's Stephen Totilo, and in it he reveals that Nintendo didn't allow Epic Games to use Samus… because they wanted her to be exclusive to Switch.
Nintendo didn't allow Samus to be non-Switch exclusive
Apparently, Nintendo wanted Samus to be an exclusive skin for the Switch version. But naturally, Fortnite is a multiplatform game with crossplayso the only solution is that Fortnite players who play on PC, PlayStation, Xbox or mobile they didn't see Samus's skin (only visible when playing on Switch).
Epic Games did not agree to these conditions, and Samus Aran (nor any Nintendo character) has appeared in Fortnite… unlike what happened with Kratos and MasterChief, who are playable and visible on any platform (including Nintendo's ).
It's a shame: it could have been a good crossover between the “pets” of the three companies in Fortnitebut Nintendo He didn't allow it. Maybe they will soften their policies in the future?
