- Two Hatsune Miku Fortnite skins have leaked ahead of their official reveals
- They will supposedly be available tomorrow
- One is apart of the game’s Festival Pass, while the other is in the Item Shop
Virtual pop star and Vocaloid synthesizer software icon Hatsune Miku is reportedly joining Fortnite tomorrow in the form of two new skins. Both have been leaked early via social media – but they look a little skewed to me.
Images purportedly showing the upcoming Hatsune Miku x Fortnite the collaboration has been circulating on social media this morning. They suggest that two skins of the character will be added to the game tomorrow: Classic Miku and Neko Miku.
Classic Miku will apparently be available via the Item Shop and appears to depict Miku in her classic baby blue ensemble. In addition to being able to purchase the skin on its own, the leak indicates that it will be bundled with a cute Miku-themed backpack Back Bling and a free track.
The Neko Miku skin will then be part of Fortnite Festival Music Pass, a premium battle pass centered around the new spinoff rhythm game mode. If you’re eager to get your hands on this one, leaks indicate that the season ends on April 8th.
On top of all this, it looks like at least three new instruments and a Jam Track for the song Magical Cure Love Shot! will also be added.
What did they do to her?
While I’m always up for some Hatsune Miku rep, I can’t pretend I’m not a little disappointed with the look of these skins so far. As you might expect, they use cel-shaded Fortnite anime art style that we’ve already seen used for many other skins, but something about them just seems a little off.
She has a strange, almost blank look, and her eyes not only seem too small, but also look a little too far apart for me. Overall, while they certainly don’t seem like the worst skins ever, I think they could easily be made a little sweeter through some subtle tweaks.
I expect a design more closely based on her appearance in the game Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mixwhich boasts a similar cel-shaded style, would have been a much better choice and a more accurate representation of how she looks in general.
I really hope so too Magical Cure Love Shot! is not the only Jam Track on the cards. There are countless more iconic Miku songs out there, e.g The world is mine or Romeo and Cinderellathat I would much rather play.
That being said, I can’t pretend that I still won’t buy both this skin pack and the Festival Pass immediately if they do indeed drop according to current leaks. Fingers crossed everything looks better in game than in these leaked images.
