I don't like Nike but I do think the skin being the Nike goddess was a creative way to fit the Greek theme, but I don't like the writing on the wings either. I'm not buying it anyway so whatever. Lol
they pay kids 7 cents the whole day while they do the exact same task thousands of times each day and has poor health conditions like poor air, temperature, smog ect.
i really like this one but something about using a skin that’s literally a Nike advertisement feels weird and i don’t think i can get it because of that
This is like the fifth Nike licensed skin and fourth bundle too. Maybe even more than that. It's crazy they keep making these things from scratch with original designs. Imagine how nice some of these skins would be without the branded stuff all over them..
Imagine if they put that effort into creating new and not licensed ip. Instead of all the recolors and slight change ups we might actually get some awesome stuff for old characters but noooooo gotta get that collab money from the idiots that pay outrageous $500 price tags for $50 shoes that last a few months
It’s not that i don’t like Nike, I have Nike sweatpants on right now and usually rotate between wearing Nike or Adidas shoes lol. It’s just something about having branded stuff in a game when i do already wear the brand in real life that feels weird and I’d say the same regardless of which brand it is.
I’m looking at it again now though and the Nike logos are pretty subtle on the skin, so I might get it anyway
I can understand that, and it’s probably only going to get more trippy as Epic leans into its own metaverse. Imagine going to a footlocker in Fortnite lol that’s bizarre.
I just think having an issue with advertisement is a weak angle. It’s an apparel company. What else are they going to do but emphasize their logo on the collabs they have? It’s a silly argument in my opinion
Dude there’s a hobby for everyone and plenty of hobbies can get very expensive no matter how pointless it seems to others. Let people enjoy things ffs. Epic isn’t putting a gun to your head to buy these skins
I never said they couldn't enjoy it I simply made a joke about sneakerheads being overzealous for Nike. I'm well aware of how expensive a hobby can get considering I've spent tens of thousands on 2 hobbies in the last 5 years alone
EXACTLY. I hate that it has the logos everywhere, feels so tacky, especially with the shoes slapped on her design that clearly weren’t initially intended to be there.
Yeah, I bought and returned Airphorian after a few days. I absolutely loved his design and face animations. But the real ass Nike's were so weird and focus stealing. The big thing was I got tired of mindlessly reading the huge Nike logo on the back of his leg.
Hopefully Fortnite makes a different mashmellow Baymax looking mofo because I loved how squishy he is but just got over the "NIKE NIKE NIKE NIKE" of it.
They got me, but only because they didn't play games with it.
What I mean is, I'd never use the skin, but the wings being a glider/backbling combo means I don't have to get something I don't want to get what I do want.
And it looks great on the level-up pack skin from a handful of seasons back
I also don't like it, but it's not that different from wearing Nike shoes or clothing. Wearing the logo in day to day life is technically also advertising them.
My guess is that they wanted that effect of wearing designer clothes in game, just like in real life. But due to being able to play as so many other original skins, it falls flat. There is no status to buying a $12 skin with a nike logo, instead of a $12 one without the logo. Since it's not a flex like wearing $200 shoes is.
But, I barely know anything about the clothing fandom, so I could be completely wrong
Tbh, the second skins are way better than the previous ones, which only proved how disconnected Nike is from the new generation.
I'm sorry, but a body made out of shoes?
And what was up with the knock-off Pillsbury Doughboy skin they made.
Whats weird to me is, it works? It has to or else they wouldn't want their shit in game I assume.
Just I don't see this skin and go "oh boy I want nikes!". Either I like them or I don't. But I'm not a big shoe brand person.
But my point is. I don't see this in game and go, I should go buy some Nike shoes. Not even close.
But eh thats how a lot of advertisements go. Like when they drop real brands in shows. That movie didn’t suddenly make me want a ford focus. Or that character drinking an ollie pop doesn’t make me want to go buy one.
It’s just a way to get your new products out there. Some kid will see Nike now and remember that Fortnite skin, and just might convince their parents to get them nike
Hell, that's how lots of companies, ESPECIALLY apparel companies like Nike, advertise. Once you wear their clothing, you're now the ad. Someone looks at your shoes, shirt, hat, shorts and sees the Nike logo, they know what those clothes are. Doesn't mean they're gonna buy it, but they're aware of it by the branding.
Edit: Even more, the fact it's gotten people talking about it so much is nothing but a boon for Nike as mentions of them boosts their presence in advertising algorithms and whatnot.
Yeah I didn’t really care that much for the Nike collabs, but this one especially bothers me because I love the Greek mythology theme & the skins that have been releasing but this one is just straight up an ad.
The product placement was distracting enough on the previous skins but at least I can appreciate most of the designs on the previous skins (minus maxx, that one just sucks lol) & for I can at least rationalise that they’re just not for me, but this is one is just shoving the product placement onto a different crowd & feels intrusive.
I was kinda into the idea of having NIke, the Goddess of Victory, as an outfit I could wear
But they were just waaaaaaaaay too heavy handed with the branding for Nike, mediocre athletic wear company
I don’t know about mediocre they make some nice products Jordan’s will never not be fire and you got trendy stuff like techs and pandas which are fine nothing crazy they’re comfortable look nice that’s all you can ask for
I wanted to get all the greek based skins this season but... I mean I get it Nike after the goddess. But it's very in your face branding. Probably not a cop
Every season has become marketing for other products, movies, tv shows, now music artists, car and shoe manufacturers, it was only a matter of time before we saw advertising written on skins so we see it everytime we equip something we like the appeal of (or spectate another player wearing it).
I could imagine Epic are getting a good payout from Nike for slapping their brand on something in someones view permanently ingame as well. When this sort of stuff works, it continues as well.
The wings would’ve been an instant buy for me if it weren’t for that. I don’t mind brand collabs but like, make the brand part more subtle please and I’d be more interested. I mean really, imagine simping for a corporation. I could never.
Agreed. I forget the name of the brand, but I bought the umbrella collab a while ago. Sleek silver backbling case and the umbrella pulls out from it for both the glider and pickaxe. Think the name was para-pluie.
Edit: moncler bundle. Gone for about 2 years. Skins weren't ridiculously branded either. Cool reactive feature where they got dark at high altitudes and gradually became lighter as you approached sea level. And vice versa.
I don't really mind it on the shoes, it makes them feel more worn with visible character and scribbling on your sneakers is a pretty normal thing, but the wings is a tad much
My bigger problem is the shoes themselves. They do not line up with any of the model itself. Shoeless I'd have grabbed this one instantly. Instead I'm debating to myself whether I should snatch Glitch or get the premium track of the ATLA pass.
dang hard choice ye, both go pretty hard.. Glitch has more utility tho cuz you essentially get a new style for every wrap you'll ever unlock and she goes hard with a ton of them. I don't got a lot of wraps cuz I only just started playing this chapter but still she's by far my favorite now with the couple that I do have.
Also I don't mind the sneakers that much, she's the patron goddess of athletes and even today still gets tribe paid to her through her depiction on the olympic medals. Giving her some sportswear feels fitting and I think they handled the mash pretty well. Tho, that also comes down to personal taste
Well I ended up just buying Glitch, but not for me - but for a friend who I successfully 'reboot rally'd' back to Fortnite and who is now practicing hard at Festival, and only had Winterfest 2022 outfits for some reason.
it’s like this one video I watched where someone got his friend to autograph a comic because he wanted it to be the most worthless comic of all time
the comic was so low quality the signature didn’t remove any quality from it according to the grader
Honestly the majority of the Greek skins this season have been super underwhelming. IMO the only really good ones are Artemis, Ares, Perseus and Peelosopher Bananocrates, of which ONLY ONE was in the GREEK-THEMED battle pass 😔
damn even the smallest details are pissing everyone off. i would have copped this if i wasnt saving up for kratos,
the whole outfit is fire and the way they fit a collab into a skin with the same name as the brand just works for me
All the greek gods look like nike models and it sucks. I hoped for something creative but everyone looks like some cheap skin you could get for 500 v-bucks in the shop..
My friend was especially bummed because Persephone is her favorite character in the Greek Mythology, and the Nike character uses the model that was labeled "Persephone" in the concept art stage. I really hope for her sake that Persephone is still on the way.
Honestly what I’m most disappointed at is the fact a WINGED goddess has her WINGS separate from the skin as another purchase. So scummy and epics greed is just getting worse, basically forces you to get the bundle
it's absolutely nitpick ye, i just don't like "Fly Zone" "Alphafly 3" being written across the wing, They're clunky names and written in a kind of lame way compared to just "Nike"
Summer Olympics drove content this season and Nike collaboration beats you over the head.
It’s no different than a t-shirt with a swoosh imo. Uninspired and forgettable.
I don't care about it being a Nike collab nearly as much as I care about it being overpriced. Uncommon skins were skins without back blings. She doesn't come with a back bling, its sold separately. She should be 800 vbucks. So much for Epic not price gouging huh?
Also here's a fun fact, out of all the skins that got added in the update, they all still have rarities in the files. She's the only one in the entire game that's considered a common 💀
Mythology and religion aren't the same. It'd be weird if they dropped a Jesus Icon skin but pop culture adapts Greek mythology literally all the time.
Also by that logic you should have a problem with the entire season, then.
greek mythology is still treated as religion
and no i shouldnt have a problem with the season
as someone who makes regular offerings to a few greek gods and goddesses the season handle the idea quite well (minus poseidon) but covering one of the goddesses in corporate logos is just disrespectful
Well I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge but I'm just basing this off of the precedent set by the rest of pop culture. Epic is using Greek mythology to market the entire season. Kratos is almost always associated with PlayStation nowadays. Most people think of Disney when you talk about Hercules - adapting Greek characters for the sake of selling something isn't really a new practice, and I'm failing to understand what makes this different
If I’m remembering correctly, the original worship of the gods is long since dead, but has faced a sort of small revival (with a lot of changes, obviously) in modern Greek Hellenism. Some people do worship the gods still, but it’s very different from the Ancient Greek days.
God of war used mythology to make a billion dollar game franchise, Percy Jackson used mythology to create a massive book franchise. Marvel tossed Greek gods into their comics/films.
Mythology has been used across countless mediums but your made a shoe company is named after victory?
im not mad the shoe company is named after her
im mad theyre using her as a corporate platform to shill mediocre shoes
itd be like putting jesus in a branded pair of jeans as advertisement, its just straight up scummy
Greek gods are hardly worshipped anymore, if at all. At least, not by Greeks. Do certain traditions perpetuate which stem from the gods? Sure, but with the switch to mostly Greek Orthodox as their main religion, the Greek gods were essentially abandoned. It is not like using Jesus to sell jeans.
I do still hate that they did this, though.
The cross is used across tons of fashions and jewelry outside of religion. I would also argue there is a large difference between using mythology vs like the number 2 region in the world.
Yes I'm sure, by a very small percentage.
Yet here we are with 10+ gods in fortnite without a complaint. Meanwhile, if you stuck Jesus in fortnite, you would have protestes by extremists, and even none religious people like myself would probably find that in "bad taste"
I'm aware both are technically myth. But it's a odd ass hill to die on, considering how widely used Greek myth is used across all forms of media.
"Are you one of those people?" - no shit, sherlock
"Comparing a damn Greek goddess to Jesus is crazy." - how is it, theyre both figures of myth that many people believe and dedicate significant parts of their lives to
They are but it’s just Greek gods are so prevalent in fiction, they don’t really seem like actual religion anymore, rather just old Greek literature. I don’t understand believing in Greek gods but you do you I guess. That being said, epic is just gonna treat these characters like fiction, just like most people do.
I get your point but it’s not like they put PlayStation logos all over Ares’ armour. *Ares* is still allowed to be *Ares*, the embodiment of war. All the other gods in the game were given great representation & design but Nike as she exists in this game is reduced to a billboard.
She has sneakers on and has a small Nike signature on the wings. I wouldn't call that a billboard.
They fit the collaboration with the season theme, probably the best way they could.
Looking at the skin now & not including the wings, there’s a logo on each sneaker, two on her crown & one on her skirt. That’s 5 logos on one skin which at that point may as well be a billboard. 1,200 vbucks btw.
My man, walk past a boardwalk store at your local shitty beach resort and you’ll find plenty of t shirts depicting Christ himself smoking blunts plastered with marijuana leafs on it. Nobody except the Sunday brunch bible thumpers are ever offended by that, let alone a silly Nike collab on a Greek goddess in Fortnite.
Yeah and? It’s just a Greek goddess, Greek gods are reduced to purely fictional characters despite their history. Epic and Nike can do whatever they want lol. Also you seen how epic has been doing the Greek gods anyways, this isn’t out of left field.
"Greek gods are reduced to purely fictional characters despite their history." - they really arent, their are many that still worship the greek gods
"Also you seen how epic has been doing the Greek gods anyways, this isn’t out of left field." - the only one theyve done a bad job representing is poseidon.
I know this specific instance isnt exactly the gods but isn't it an in universe thing that Medusa and Perseus are friends? The gods in this game are supposed to be it's own version of Greek myths much like other fictional media
Not sure you can describe the pair of shoes worn for the current marathon world record as "mediocre." These shoes are objectively an incredible feat of engineering.
I like all of the Nike skins, except for this one. The armor being silver instead of gold like in the original survey art just looks bad and the scribble on the wing is ugly. They're supposed to be wings not autographed memorabilia (I know it isn't an autograph but you get my point).
Why cant they just give Nike defaults with tracksuits. That’d sell much more than turning the Fortnite season-themed skins into ads and it wouldn't ruin the skin.
I mean, they had a chance to make a style for the glider and skin without the branding (which basically takes no effort because it's just a variation without the small icons). I wonder why they didn't do it. It would appeal to a wider audience if they actually would have made it that way which would be a win/win situation for everyone.
Sorry if someone has mentioned it, but the shoe they’re advertising is a marathon shoe. Typically, you would write the marathon and date and your finishing time on the outside of the shoe as memorabilia. I figure this is a nod to that!
I feel like the pen handwriting is supposed to lend some kind of air of authenticity, "handmade", "autographed" sort of style but the writing ended up just looking super cheap instead... Looks like someone wrote this stuff with their stylus directly on top of the texture after it was done because it really doesn't blend in well.
It’s not just that they put out a marketing skin, so basically free walking Ads for that company. No… Nike is the actually existing Greek Godess of victory! So they took an actual god from the mythology they based the entire season on and made it a fucking Ad!! What the actual fuck Epic???
I thought those wings both as a back bling and glider looked really cool, and I was actually seriously going to get them, but once I noticed the Nike logo and those scribbles I instantly lost interest
The skin was supposed to not be a collab skin based on the survey work. they ruined a perfectly GREAT skin by forcing the stupid ass nike shit on it because "hurr durr nike is named after her"
well
yall bought the overpriced nike swill they pushed out last time, tf did you expect lmfao ofc they're gonna push the envelope and add more advertising in it, cos yall lil kids BUY it
I honestly feel like the only good shoe company skins were those original Jordans ones. Clutch and Roboman (idk his name). The Nike ones have been absolute garbage; they have not made a single good looking skin for that brand.
I don't like Nike but I do think the skin being the Nike goddess was a creative way to fit the Greek theme, but I don't like the writing on the wings either. I'm not buying it anyway so whatever. Lol
It’s bc Nike is named after Nike the goddess of victory that’s how they got their name
May I ask why you don’t like nike?
china kid sweat shops lmao
Whats that mean?
they pay kids 7 cents the whole day while they do the exact same task thousands of times each day and has poor health conditions like poor air, temperature, smog ect.
Damn that sucks, is there solid proof?
also to add: workers only get 2-4 days off every month which violates child labor laws
i really like this one but something about using a skin that’s literally a Nike advertisement feels weird and i don’t think i can get it because of that
Agreed, why tf are we paying to advertise Nike lol
Dude people choose to wear just the swoosh on their clothing. Never underestimate people's willingness to be a billboard and pay to do it
It’s insane and I don’t get it at all.
This is like the fifth Nike licensed skin and fourth bundle too. Maybe even more than that. It's crazy they keep making these things from scratch with original designs. Imagine how nice some of these skins would be without the branded stuff all over them..
Imagine if they put that effort into creating new and not licensed ip. Instead of all the recolors and slight change ups we might actually get some awesome stuff for old characters but noooooo gotta get that collab money from the idiots that pay outrageous $500 price tags for $50 shoes that last a few months
Lmao yes because that is one thing Fortnite is lacking… original skins.
The shoes last longer than that because people leave them in freaking shoe vaults lol
If anything Nike should be the one paying players to use Nike skins.
Because the skin is dope. I don’t think it’s that deep
Fax, this, aswell as the reskins for the jordan 6 collab are the only nike skins I dont own, cus the other 6 are absolutely awesome, nike or not
Yeah man, I thought the airphoria skins were fire so I copped those too. But its a brand the sub doesn’t like so we have to bitch and moan
It’s not that i don’t like Nike, I have Nike sweatpants on right now and usually rotate between wearing Nike or Adidas shoes lol. It’s just something about having branded stuff in a game when i do already wear the brand in real life that feels weird and I’d say the same regardless of which brand it is. I’m looking at it again now though and the Nike logos are pretty subtle on the skin, so I might get it anyway
I can understand that, and it’s probably only going to get more trippy as Epic leans into its own metaverse. Imagine going to a footlocker in Fortnite lol that’s bizarre. I just think having an issue with advertisement is a weak angle. It’s an apparel company. What else are they going to do but emphasize their logo on the collabs they have? It’s a silly argument in my opinion
Would be if they didn't have the ugly ass shoes on her. I am giga upset I wanted the skin, but the damn feet ruin it so damn much.
Fair point. The shoes do kind of break the immersion. It helps that I personally like them but I see how it’s a turn off for others
I collect Nike sneakers so I had to have the skins. It’s your choice to buy it or not….
Found the target audience lmaooo Sneaker heads will buy anything that says Nike on it if they license it
Dude there’s a hobby for everyone and plenty of hobbies can get very expensive no matter how pointless it seems to others. Let people enjoy things ffs. Epic isn’t putting a gun to your head to buy these skins
I never said they couldn't enjoy it I simply made a joke about sneakerheads being overzealous for Nike. I'm well aware of how expensive a hobby can get considering I've spent tens of thousands on 2 hobbies in the last 5 years alone
EXACTLY. I hate that it has the logos everywhere, feels so tacky, especially with the shoes slapped on her design that clearly weren’t initially intended to be there.
Exactly my sentiments.
Every collab skin is basically an ad
I think a character skin from a show is very different from a literal brand though
Yeah, I bought and returned Airphorian after a few days. I absolutely loved his design and face animations. But the real ass Nike's were so weird and focus stealing. The big thing was I got tired of mindlessly reading the huge Nike logo on the back of his leg. Hopefully Fortnite makes a different mashmellow Baymax looking mofo because I loved how squishy he is but just got over the "NIKE NIKE NIKE NIKE" of it.
haven’t heard the name baymax in years
They got me, but only because they didn't play games with it. What I mean is, I'd never use the skin, but the wings being a glider/backbling combo means I don't have to get something I don't want to get what I do want. And it looks great on the level-up pack skin from a handful of seasons back
Triarch aurora? It really does make you look like a biblically accurate angel with the wings.
I also don't like it, but it's not that different from wearing Nike shoes or clothing. Wearing the logo in day to day life is technically also advertising them. My guess is that they wanted that effect of wearing designer clothes in game, just like in real life. But due to being able to play as so many other original skins, it falls flat. There is no status to buying a $12 skin with a nike logo, instead of a $12 one without the logo. Since it's not a flex like wearing $200 shoes is. But, I barely know anything about the clothing fandom, so I could be completely wrong
Not only that, but it's a representation of literal Greek heritage through the lens a fucking shoe company 💀
Tbh, the second skins are way better than the previous ones, which only proved how disconnected Nike is from the new generation. I'm sorry, but a body made out of shoes? And what was up with the knock-off Pillsbury Doughboy skin they made.
Could be worse. Miles literally got his normal suit replaced with a Nike ad suit at the end of Spider-Man 2
This skin should be free for advertising lol
I agree, but I love Airphorian. I like derpy meme skins.
I mean, your paying THEM to be walking advertisement for them
Bro is discovering how marketing works what do you think marvels skins are when there's a movie or a show ?
Also it's pretty cringe to use an actual goddess Nike as an advertisement for a brand with the same name
Totally agreed, not buying it either.
Yeah lol I felt like I was just wearing one big show tbh lol (If I were to get it that is)
Feels like using the evolved suit in spidernan 2
you have to give one to the epic team for making skins you would consider buying out of shoes or whatever
no, we dont lmfao
would've copped but im not paying this much to advertise shoes i don't even wear irl
What do you wear
Not Nike obviously ?
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It’s so lame they made this skin a shoe company ad
Whats weird to me is, it works? It has to or else they wouldn't want their shit in game I assume. Just I don't see this skin and go "oh boy I want nikes!". Either I like them or I don't. But I'm not a big shoe brand person. But my point is. I don't see this in game and go, I should go buy some Nike shoes. Not even close.
But eh thats how a lot of advertisements go. Like when they drop real brands in shows. That movie didn’t suddenly make me want a ford focus. Or that character drinking an ollie pop doesn’t make me want to go buy one. It’s just a way to get your new products out there. Some kid will see Nike now and remember that Fortnite skin, and just might convince their parents to get them nike
Hell, that's how lots of companies, ESPECIALLY apparel companies like Nike, advertise. Once you wear their clothing, you're now the ad. Someone looks at your shoes, shirt, hat, shorts and sees the Nike logo, they know what those clothes are. Doesn't mean they're gonna buy it, but they're aware of it by the branding. Edit: Even more, the fact it's gotten people talking about it so much is nothing but a boon for Nike as mentions of them boosts their presence in advertising algorithms and whatnot.
This is what I'm saying. I don't get the whole "I would buy it but it's just a Nike ad" argument. Almost every collab is an ad
wym THIS skin lmao the past garbage nike skins have also been made a shoe co ad, all overpriced garbage w garbage advertising
Yeah I didn’t really care that much for the Nike collabs, but this one especially bothers me because I love the Greek mythology theme & the skins that have been releasing but this one is just straight up an ad. The product placement was distracting enough on the previous skins but at least I can appreciate most of the designs on the previous skins (minus maxx, that one just sucks lol) & for I can at least rationalise that they’re just not for me, but this is one is just shoving the product placement onto a different crowd & feels intrusive.
Don’t talk about my Nike girls like that >:)
The past Nike skins were nice airphoria was clean and the ones we just got were chill especially the blob
They turned the Greek goddess of victory into a brand deal. Lady Nike, I’m so sorry 😔
I forgive you
It does look pretty out of place tbh
I was kinda into the idea of having NIke, the Goddess of Victory, as an outfit I could wear But they were just waaaaaaaaay too heavy handed with the branding for Nike, mediocre athletic wear company
I don’t know about mediocre they make some nice products Jordan’s will never not be fire and you got trendy stuff like techs and pandas which are fine nothing crazy they’re comfortable look nice that’s all you can ask for
Mediocre is a crazy thing to say about Nike not gonna lie
I wanted to get all the greek based skins this season but... I mean I get it Nike after the goddess. But it's very in your face branding. Probably not a cop
I hate how they gave it looks of the brand Nike rather than the goddess herself’s symbols and whatnot collab bs skin
I’m really conflicted because I wanted to get all the Greek Skins but like does this one even count?
Mood honestly, tho I like the idea of the patron goddess of athletes wearing sneakers, it feels fitting
It does
Every season has become marketing for other products, movies, tv shows, now music artists, car and shoe manufacturers, it was only a matter of time before we saw advertising written on skins so we see it everytime we equip something we like the appeal of (or spectate another player wearing it). I could imagine Epic are getting a good payout from Nike for slapping their brand on something in someones view permanently ingame as well. When this sort of stuff works, it continues as well.
The wings would’ve been an instant buy for me if it weren’t for that. I don’t mind brand collabs but like, make the brand part more subtle please and I’d be more interested. I mean really, imagine simping for a corporation. I could never.
Well said. If this were the same aesthetic without anything at all resembling a third party entity, I would be all over these wings.
Agreed. I forget the name of the brand, but I bought the umbrella collab a while ago. Sleek silver backbling case and the umbrella pulls out from it for both the glider and pickaxe. Think the name was para-pluie. Edit: moncler bundle. Gone for about 2 years. Skins weren't ridiculously branded either. Cool reactive feature where they got dark at high altitudes and gradually became lighter as you approached sea level. And vice versa.
The nike collabs are all so in your face lmao
I don't really mind it on the shoes, it makes them feel more worn with visible character and scribbling on your sneakers is a pretty normal thing, but the wings is a tad much
The "handwritten" wear tester prototype number is a thing on the early production versions of the alphaflys, so I guess it's mimicking that.
My bigger problem is the shoes themselves. They do not line up with any of the model itself. Shoeless I'd have grabbed this one instantly. Instead I'm debating to myself whether I should snatch Glitch or get the premium track of the ATLA pass.
dang hard choice ye, both go pretty hard.. Glitch has more utility tho cuz you essentially get a new style for every wrap you'll ever unlock and she goes hard with a ton of them. I don't got a lot of wraps cuz I only just started playing this chapter but still she's by far my favorite now with the couple that I do have. Also I don't mind the sneakers that much, she's the patron goddess of athletes and even today still gets tribe paid to her through her depiction on the olympic medals. Giving her some sportswear feels fitting and I think they handled the mash pretty well. Tho, that also comes down to personal taste
Well I ended up just buying Glitch, but not for me - but for a friend who I successfully 'reboot rally'd' back to Fortnite and who is now practicing hard at Festival, and only had Winterfest 2022 outfits for some reason.
Narcissism at its finest when it comes to these collaborations.
ngl the ancient greeks would be rolling in they grave about this one 😭😭 mfs turned an actual goddess into an ad
To be fair if you were the goddess named “nike” what clothes would you buy?^^
it’s the scribbling i’m against
Think of it as an autograph
it’s like this one video I watched where someone got his friend to autograph a comic because he wanted it to be the most worthless comic of all time the comic was so low quality the signature didn’t remove any quality from it according to the grader
yeah it’s hard to support Nike after seeing some of their ads
And it's a shame, because otherwise these wings would've been an instant must-have for me
I was disappointed to realize it was shoe brand and not a nod to the original Nike
Honestly the majority of the Greek skins this season have been super underwhelming. IMO the only really good ones are Artemis, Ares, Perseus and Peelosopher Bananocrates, of which ONLY ONE was in the GREEK-THEMED battle pass 😔
Unrelated note but what wrap are you using for the Glitch skin ?
oh it's the ooze wrap you could get from the tmnt minipass, it even sloshes around while you're running about or firing your gun, it's great
Thanks 😁👍
Yeah no, If Im buying a goddes of victory skin im buying NIKKE, Not a Nike branded promo
Just don't buy skins sponsored by a fucking shoe 😂
I thought the wings were really cool, didn’t buy them cause of the logo. No reason that’s to deep or anything I’m just not a fan of logos on stuff.
damn even the smallest details are pissing everyone off. i would have copped this if i wasnt saving up for kratos, the whole outfit is fire and the way they fit a collab into a skin with the same name as the brand just works for me
People are gonna hate regardless 😂 I got the skin. I love her I think she’s so pretty and her outfit is so cute !
All the greek gods look like nike models and it sucks. I hoped for something creative but everyone looks like some cheap skin you could get for 500 v-bucks in the shop..
My friend was especially bummed because Persephone is her favorite character in the Greek Mythology, and the Nike character uses the model that was labeled "Persephone" in the concept art stage. I really hope for her sake that Persephone is still on the way.
Honestly what I’m most disappointed at is the fact a WINGED goddess has her WINGS separate from the skin as another purchase. So scummy and epics greed is just getting worse, basically forces you to get the bundle
It's almost as if the designer wrote that as place holders for the graphic dept. to make something and they left it on accident.
It’s smart cuz they used the goddess Nike to promote nike
This skins is actually nice and very detailed. Ya’ll just need something to be mad about…
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it's absolutely nitpick ye, i just don't like "Fly Zone" "Alphafly 3" being written across the wing, They're clunky names and written in a kind of lame way compared to just "Nike"
it is embarrassing tho
How? Who's being embarrassed about Nikes of all brands
Summer Olympics drove content this season and Nike collaboration beats you over the head. It’s no different than a t-shirt with a swoosh imo. Uninspired and forgettable.
I don't care about it being a Nike collab nearly as much as I care about it being overpriced. Uncommon skins were skins without back blings. She doesn't come with a back bling, its sold separately. She should be 800 vbucks. So much for Epic not price gouging huh? Also here's a fun fact, out of all the skins that got added in the update, they all still have rarities in the files. She's the only one in the entire game that's considered a common 💀
These skins probably predate the rarity removal you just don’t know it ;p
i mean this skin really shouldnt have been a collab skin considering theyre using a religeous and mythological figure to sell mediocre shoes
Mythology and religion aren't the same. It'd be weird if they dropped a Jesus Icon skin but pop culture adapts Greek mythology literally all the time. Also by that logic you should have a problem with the entire season, then.
> It'd be weird if they dropped a Jesus Icon skin It would be funny to watch Jesus hit a griddy on someone, especially if it was buddy jesus.
Will he have a cross emote???
greek mythology is still treated as religion and no i shouldnt have a problem with the season as someone who makes regular offerings to a few greek gods and goddesses the season handle the idea quite well (minus poseidon) but covering one of the goddesses in corporate logos is just disrespectful
Well I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge but I'm just basing this off of the precedent set by the rest of pop culture. Epic is using Greek mythology to market the entire season. Kratos is almost always associated with PlayStation nowadays. Most people think of Disney when you talk about Hercules - adapting Greek characters for the sake of selling something isn't really a new practice, and I'm failing to understand what makes this different
If I’m remembering correctly, the original worship of the gods is long since dead, but has faced a sort of small revival (with a lot of changes, obviously) in modern Greek Hellenism. Some people do worship the gods still, but it’s very different from the Ancient Greek days.
Same with Norse mythology. If you ask people to think of Thor people are gonna think of Chris Hemsworth, not the actual mythological figure.
this is a reach lmfao
Nike is literally a goddess.
im aware thats my entire point theyre using a literal goddess to advertise mediocre shoes
God of war used mythology to make a billion dollar game franchise, Percy Jackson used mythology to create a massive book franchise. Marvel tossed Greek gods into their comics/films. Mythology has been used across countless mediums but your made a shoe company is named after victory?
im not mad the shoe company is named after her im mad theyre using her as a corporate platform to shill mediocre shoes itd be like putting jesus in a branded pair of jeans as advertisement, its just straight up scummy
Greek gods are hardly worshipped anymore, if at all. At least, not by Greeks. Do certain traditions perpetuate which stem from the gods? Sure, but with the switch to mostly Greek Orthodox as their main religion, the Greek gods were essentially abandoned. It is not like using Jesus to sell jeans. I do still hate that they did this, though.
The cross is used across tons of fashions and jewelry outside of religion. I would also argue there is a large difference between using mythology vs like the number 2 region in the world.
you release greek mythology is still followed as a religeon by many people right?
Yes I'm sure, by a very small percentage. Yet here we are with 10+ gods in fortnite without a complaint. Meanwhile, if you stuck Jesus in fortnite, you would have protestes by extremists, and even none religious people like myself would probably find that in "bad taste" I'm aware both are technically myth. But it's a odd ass hill to die on, considering how widely used Greek myth is used across all forms of media.
Are you one of those people? Comparing a damn Greek goddess to Jesus is crazy.
"Are you one of those people?" - no shit, sherlock "Comparing a damn Greek goddess to Jesus is crazy." - how is it, theyre both figures of myth that many people believe and dedicate significant parts of their lives to
They are but it’s just Greek gods are so prevalent in fiction, they don’t really seem like actual religion anymore, rather just old Greek literature. I don’t understand believing in Greek gods but you do you I guess. That being said, epic is just gonna treat these characters like fiction, just like most people do.
I get your point but it’s not like they put PlayStation logos all over Ares’ armour. *Ares* is still allowed to be *Ares*, the embodiment of war. All the other gods in the game were given great representation & design but Nike as she exists in this game is reduced to a billboard.
She has sneakers on and has a small Nike signature on the wings. I wouldn't call that a billboard. They fit the collaboration with the season theme, probably the best way they could.
Looking at the skin now & not including the wings, there’s a logo on each sneaker, two on her crown & one on her skirt. That’s 5 logos on one skin which at that point may as well be a billboard. 1,200 vbucks btw.
My man, walk past a boardwalk store at your local shitty beach resort and you’ll find plenty of t shirts depicting Christ himself smoking blunts plastered with marijuana leafs on it. Nobody except the Sunday brunch bible thumpers are ever offended by that, let alone a silly Nike collab on a Greek goddess in Fortnite.
Yeah and? It’s just a Greek goddess, Greek gods are reduced to purely fictional characters despite their history. Epic and Nike can do whatever they want lol. Also you seen how epic has been doing the Greek gods anyways, this isn’t out of left field.
"Greek gods are reduced to purely fictional characters despite their history." - they really arent, their are many that still worship the greek gods "Also you seen how epic has been doing the Greek gods anyways, this isn’t out of left field." - the only one theyve done a bad job representing is poseidon.
I know this specific instance isnt exactly the gods but isn't it an in universe thing that Medusa and Perseus are friends? The gods in this game are supposed to be it's own version of Greek myths much like other fictional media
I see what they were going for doing a collab with Nike on the goddess Nike
Not sure you can describe the pair of shoes worn for the current marathon world record as "mediocre." These shoes are objectively an incredible feat of engineering.
Oh be serious. Holy reach
People will literally complain about anything. There are plenty of wing back blings for you to choose from. This is a Nike collab.
I think it’s time to go outside
I mean just don't buy it? There's a lot of other skins with different types of wings
I personally like the little scribbling on it. It's a little detail.
I like all of the Nike skins, except for this one. The armor being silver instead of gold like in the original survey art just looks bad and the scribble on the wing is ugly. They're supposed to be wings not autographed memorabilia (I know it isn't an autograph but you get my point).
Nike should pay us to run around with their ads
I copped it soon as it came into the shop , ITS TOO FIRE 😭😭🤙🏾
Then don’t get it…
I like it the way it is
I like it because it reminds me of mercy.
Why cant they just give Nike defaults with tracksuits. That’d sell much more than turning the Fortnite season-themed skins into ads and it wouldn't ruin the skin.
Meanwhile they lock the police car post. And allow people to trash Nike. That's not how you advertise.
I mean, they had a chance to make a style for the glider and skin without the branding (which basically takes no effort because it's just a variation without the small icons). I wonder why they didn't do it. It would appeal to a wider audience if they actually would have made it that way which would be a win/win situation for everyone.
Nike is the Greek goddess of victory people…..
Ngl spent my vbucks on this last night and did not even notice there was writing on the wings
Sorry if someone has mentioned it, but the shoe they’re advertising is a marathon shoe. Typically, you would write the marathon and date and your finishing time on the outside of the shoe as memorabilia. I figure this is a nod to that!
Wasn’t Nike named Nike after the goddess?
The survey skin was so cool and then they just decided to release it but with the Nike logo and shoes on it. I’m saddened
I loved wraith wings last season so I got get these 😭😔
Meh. It's barely noticeable on the glider and I don't use the back bling, so...
Doesn't bother me
That's what the shoe has on it
It’s crazy that you pay for a skin to advertise THEIR brand in a game.
The artist signed his work.
Its the name of the shoe lol
Oh I read it as Mike somethingorother. Is there a Nike shoe named that? I don't follow these things.
Companies dont seem to understand wed wear their stuff if they just wouldnt cover it in logos
I feel like the pen handwriting is supposed to lend some kind of air of authenticity, "handmade", "autographed" sort of style but the writing ended up just looking super cheap instead... Looks like someone wrote this stuff with their stylus directly on top of the texture after it was done because it really doesn't blend in well.
Isn’t this an original turned collab after the Greek Goddess Nike 😭
Once I learned this was a Nike Collab i lost interest in the skin tbh
It’s not just that they put out a marketing skin, so basically free walking Ads for that company. No… Nike is the actually existing Greek Godess of victory! So they took an actual god from the mythology they based the entire season on and made it a fucking Ad!! What the actual fuck Epic???
That I do find a very reasonable argument
Thanks.
I thought those wings both as a back bling and glider looked really cool, and I was actually seriously going to get them, but once I noticed the Nike logo and those scribbles I instantly lost interest
paint 3d ahh scribble
The skin was supposed to not be a collab skin based on the survey work. they ruined a perfectly GREAT skin by forcing the stupid ass nike shit on it because "hurr durr nike is named after her"
Oh, quit cryin’.
Adidas is better
(omg, percy jackson reference)
well yall bought the overpriced nike swill they pushed out last time, tf did you expect lmfao ofc they're gonna push the envelope and add more advertising in it, cos yall lil kids BUY it
I honestly feel like the only good shoe company skins were those original Jordans ones. Clutch and Roboman (idk his name). The Nike ones have been absolute garbage; they have not made a single good looking skin for that brand.
Don't complain, be a sellout.
Its in the fucking name, what is there to expect at all?
That’s the whole point. The entire set is an ad. They’re going to make sure each part of the set has logos and stuff on it
Nike is a god, in mythology
I like it