Epic Games’Fortniteis one of the most popular modern games on the planet, and it helped to establish the battle royale genre as a heavy-hitter for many in the industry. However,Pokemonhas been an international phenomenon for much of its 25-year history, and Nintendo recently confirmed its Switch entriesSwordandShieldare the third best-sellingPokemongamesever made. Two great tastes taste great together, as they say, and one artist recently combinedFortniteandPokemonin an interesting way.
At the end ofFortniteChapter 2 Season 4, Marvel Comics characters helped players take on Galactus before the world eater could destroy the in-game map. That event resulted in Season 5, in which the center of the map became a barren area called the Zero Point that fans can explore using skins based on a number of newly introduced pop culture crossovers. The season began by adding a skin based on Din Djarin fromThe Mandalorian, and has since includedGod of War’s Kratos,Halo’s Master Chief, andTerminator’s Sarah Connor.
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However,Fortniteartist worrywirt has taken a particular interest in the design of the Apollo island map itself, uploading an image recreating it in the style of the Town Map fromPokemon Emeraldto Twitter on January 30. They followed this up posting the image to the r/FortNiteBR subreddit Sunday, where it has gotten over 3,000 upvotes as of this writing.
Fans of the Generation 3Pokemongames will no doubt appreciate seeingFortnite’s map recreated in the Game Boy Advance style, complete with blocky roads that lead to points of interest such as Pleasant Park and acharacter sprite based on John “Jonesy” Jones. This is not the first time worrywirt has done this kind of project, as they point out a previous map created using key locales from Season 3 on Twitter.
WhilePokemonlandmarks are popular subjects to recreate in games such asMinecraft, the stylized maps that appear in each title are also iconic to many fans of the franchise. One fan previously turned theirAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsisland into the map of SinnohfromPokemon DiamondandPearl, though The Pokemon Company and Game Freak have yet to confirm official remakes of the fan-favorite DS games.
Fortniteitself is also no stranger toPokemon-related content. One Reddit userrecreated part of the Kanto region usingFortniteCreative Modeafter it was introduced in 2019, and no doubt there are plenty more projects like it online. While worrywirt seems to spend much of their time creating special skin concepts for Fortnite, perhaps the attention thisEmerald-style map has garnered means fans can expect more unique maps going forward.
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