Followers knew instantly.
Fortnite is thought to have a ton of collabs with completely different IPs, be it video games, artists, films, and a lot extra. Nonetheless, not the identical could be stated with Honkai: Star Rail, because it has solely had one collab up to now.
In a current tweet, Epic Video games Retailer posted an image of two swords, with the caption: “Who’s trailblazing their method to Fortnite?”
This shortly gained traction as Honkai: Star Rail followers acknowledge the 2 weapons as Blade’s sword and Kafka’s katana, that means that these two HSR characters will possible make an look in Fortnite quickly. The caption, which talked about “trailblazing,” may hinted at one of many Trailblazers, possible the primary character, crossing over with each Blade and Kafka.
Blade’s sword, the Shard Sword, has a protracted historical past within the lore of Honkai: Star Rail. It was cast by Yingxing, who gifted it to Jingliu. Jingliu used the blade for numerous fights and victories, solely to someday slay Yingxing himself.
Nonetheless, at this level, Yingxing was not a mortal. He took up the weapon he cast for his once-best good friend, and assumed the id of Blade. That day, the Shard Sword returned to its maker.
As for Kafka, she’s higher recognized together with her pistols, so many individuals thought the Fortnite teaser confirmed Acheron’s weapon. Nonetheless, Acheron’s odachi is longer in size in comparison with Kafka’s Katana. The colour of Kafka’s weapon can be barely pink, in comparison with Acheron’s crimson purple. Nonetheless, the most important inform is the deal with, the place Acheron’s Naught is primarily black, whereas Kafka’s katana is primarily white.
HSR x Fortnite collab is an effective signal for Honkai: Star Rail’s future plans
With the Destiny/keep Night time collab that has been ongoing since model 3.4, and the upcoming look in Fortnite, it is protected to imagine that HoYoverse is open to collab plans for HSR. That is stunning contemplating HoYo’s largest recreation, Genshin Affect, has had no substantial collab up to now.
The furthest Genshin Affect went was with the looks of Aloy. Nonetheless, not solely was Aloy extremely underwhelming as a personality, however this crossover was additionally stated to be part of an settlement between HoYoverse and Sony, and never a correct collab. Again then, PlayStation did not enable cross-save, so Aloy being added to the sport was rumored to be the “value” of PlayStation accepting cross-over save for Genshin Affect.
Aside from this, Genshin solely had real-life collabs, and gamers solely received recipes or gliders as a part of the collaboration.
