Fortnite is well known for having some of the most interesting ā albeit, random ā collaborations in all of gaming. For weeks now, fans have been speculating that the upcoming Fortnite Festival will include the worldās greatest digital diva, Hatsune Miku, and the official X (formerly Twitter) accounts for both properties canāt seem to help themselves from teasing fans.
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In a recent X (formerly Twitter) interaction between the official Hatsune Miku (@cfm-miku_en on X) account and the official profile for Fortnite Festival (@FNFestival) on Jan 7, 2025, Mikuās account posted an oddly cryptic tweet stating: āMikuās backpack is missing, has anybody seen it?ā to which Fortnite Festival replied, āFinders keepers? Donāt worry, weāll hold it for you backstageā. The posts donāt outright confirm that the cyber idol will be coming to the game, but it certainly feels like a wink to eagle-eyed fans who realize that the reply is currently the accountās pinned tweet.
Following the interaction on X, data miners went to work to see if they could uncover anything significant that would solidify suspicions that Miku would be the franchiseās next major collaboration. Of these, a YouTuber named Shiina uploaded a video to their YouTube channel going over data-mined content allegedly set to release in later updates for the game. Included among these was Hatsune Miku.
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The Fortnite x Hatsune Miku Collaboration Was Simply Meant To Be
Thereās no denying that Fortnite is a massive success, earning well over $40 million USD since it originally released in 2017. In 2023, the franchise launched a new project called Fortnite Festival, a rhythm game thatās inspired by elements similar to Harmonixās classic Rock Band games. Fortnite Festival has since collaborated with world-class musicians like Snoop Dogg, Metallica, Lady Gaga, and The Weeknd. The project has been a big hit with fans, so it only makes sense that the team in charge of securing iconic collaborations would want to start branching out into other music niches. While Hatsune Miku isnāt niche by any means, with Crypton Future Mediaās poster child being mainstream for a number of years, her unique ties to anime culture and the internet make her a fun and interesting addition to Fortniteās never ending list of collabs.
Itās also worth mentioning that the potential for a Hatsune Miku collaboration isnāt the first time the digital diva has crossed paths with the battle royale titan. In 2018, a parody song by YouTuber CM SKITS titled āChug Jug With Youā went viral across the web, and was eventually covered using Hatsune Mikuās voicebank by a fellow YouTuber named āsuzieā in 2021 that, as of writing, has amassed 6.6 million views on YouTube, and has been shared around countless times among anime and gaming communities.
