{"id":99778,"date":"2019-09-06T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/09\/rumour_fortnite_might_be_getting_a_splatoon_crossover_according_to_data_miner"},"modified":"2019-09-06T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T10:30:00","slug":"rumour-fortnite-might-be-getting-a-splatoon-crossover-according-to-data-miner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/06\/rumour-fortnite-might-be-getting-a-splatoon-crossover-according-to-data-miner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumour: Fortnite Might Be Getting A Splatoon Crossover, According To Data Miner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a7e2b4bbd038\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a7e2b4bbd038\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Splatoon x Fortnite\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a7e2b4bbd038\/splatoon-x-fortnite.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a7e2b4bbd038\/splatoon-x-fortnite.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Splatoon x Fortnite\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Two of the biggest and best online shooters available on Nintendo Switch might be about to join forces, should the findings of a data miner be anything to go by.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HYPEX\/status\/1169426618063970304?s=20\">Hypex<\/a>, one of social media&#8217;s most popular <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a><\/strong> leakers, has revealed that items <em>potentially<\/em> relating to Nintendo&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon<\/a><\/strong> franchise have been discovered within the game&#8217;s files. A new Skin (outfit) and a new Back Bling have been found with the word &#8216;SquidKid&#8217; in the title, as mentioned in the tweet below. What else could &#8216;SquidKid&#8217; realistically be referring to?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We **MIGHT** see a Fortnite x Splatoon Collab..<br \/>Found a skin &amp; backbling! (they were added recently to a secret place)<\/p>\n<p>-CID_TBD_Athena_Commando_M_SquidKid<br \/>-BID_TBD_SquidKid<br \/>Credits -&gt; Me, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/s1l0x?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@s1l0x<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lucas7yoshi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Lucas7yoshi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xt4CYj3lIw\">pic.twitter.com\/Xt4CYj3lIw<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 HYPEX &#8211; Fortnite News (@HYPEX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HYPEX\/status\/1169426618063970304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>While the idea of a Fortnite x Splatoon crossover might seem a bit out there at first glance, it would actually make a whole lot of sense. Over recent months, Fortnite has had crossovers coming out of its proverbial backside &#8211; right now, there&#8217;s a <strong>Borderlands<\/strong> event taking place &#8211; and having Nintendo&#8217;s popular shooter be present in the game could do wonders for both titles.<\/p>\n<p>From Nintendo&#8217;s point of view, having Fortnite&#8217;s ridiculously large audience become more aware of Splatoon can only be a great thing, and the move could drive previously unwilling Nintendo fans to see what Fortnite&#8217;s actually like, too &#8211; how often do you see Nintendo fans hating on Fortnite just because it&#8217;s &#8216;mainstream&#8217;?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, until either Nintendo or Epic Games confirm the existence of such a crossover, make sure to treat the whole situation as a rumour. Naturally, we&#8217;ll update you should the crossover be officially confirmed.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Would you like to see Splatoon items appear in Fortnite? Are you a fan of both games? Whatever your opinion, let us know in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the biggest and best online shooters available on Nintendo Switch might be about to join forces, should the findings of a data miner be anything to go by. Hypex, one of social media&#8217;s most popular Fortnite leakers, has revealed that items potentially relating to Nintendo&#8217;s Splatoon franchise have been discovered within the game&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}