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I was feeling the Overwatch 2 collab fatigue—but the game’s new Street Fighter 6 skins are all knockouts
For a while now, I've felt a bit fatigued with the sheer amount of crossover and collab skins in Overwatch 2. But after seeing the new Street Fighter 6 skins coming in a couple weeks, I'm over those feelings entirely and ready for more. When I got wind of OW2's SF6 collab recently, some hero-fighter combos immediately sprung to mind, and I think Blizzard Entertainment and Capcom did a really good job matching up the characters from the two iconic franchises to make for a really cool collab. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=schtk917iRU There's eight total skins in the collab, featuring Juno as Chun-Li, Widowmaker as Cammy, Hanzo as Ryu, Winston as Blanka, Kiriko as Juri, Soldier: 76 as Guile, Sigma as M. Bison, and Zenyatta as Dhalsim. And they're just perfect. I'm really excited to see the costumes in-game, but the reveal trailer for the collab was also just very well done in generating hype at EVO Japan for its announcement, in spite of the collab leaking last week as part of another PlayStation Network oopsie. While OW2 is certainly not quite at Fortnite's levels of metaverse collaboration city yet, it's starting to approach that territory. And I'm realizing now I don't really mind it if the skins are cool enough, and this one knocks it out of the park on just about every level for me, so I'm on fully on board. Of course, not everyone is thrilled. When the announcement dropped this morning, players gleaned the news to find disappointment that certain heroes and combos were left out. Many wished for Mei to dress as Chun-Li, while others are continually vocal about heroes like Juno and Kiriko getting more skins yet again. Another gamer was quick to call out that heroes such as Sojourn, Lucio, Baptiste, and Doomfist have been left in the dust while the same few heroes have gotten several collab skins. And many have expressed sadness that Zarya as Marisa, both muscular women with pink hair, seems to have been left out somehow. I understand the frustration of these players, but I also think Blizzard is deliberate with the heroes it chooses for these collabs. The company knows that Kiriko, Juno, and Mercy will always sell well, so it makes sense for them from a business standpoint to have them in the store as much as possible. In a perfect world, the entire roster would get collab skins each time around. But for one reason or another, sacrifices are made, and that means the same few popular heroes will get the love as long as the money is flowing in. And judging by my lobbies, collab skins are a big hit for OW2. Image via Blizzard Entertainment As far as future collabs go (there's now one or two every single season), I've felt indifferent about the anime collabs as in the past as that's not my thing, but I'd love to see some other gaming franchises (or even more universal ones like Marvel Comics) join the game in fun ways. Vote with your wallet on how you feel about the skins when the OW2 x SF6 collab goes live on May 20. The post I was feeling the Overwatch 2 collab fatigue—but the game’s new Street Fighter 6 skins are all knockouts appeared first on Destructoid.
For a while now, I've felt a bit fatigued with the sheer amount of crossover and collab skins in Overwatch 2. But after seeing the new Street Fighter 6 skins coming in a couple weeks, I'm over those feelings entirely and ready for more.
When I got wind of OW2's SF6 collab recently, some hero-fighter combos immediately sprung to mind, and I think Blizzard Entertainment and Capcom did a really good job matching up the characters from the two iconic franchises to make for a really cool collab.
There's eight total skins in the collab, featuring Juno as Chun-Li, Widowmaker as Cammy, Hanzo as Ryu, Winston as Blanka, Kiriko as Juri, Soldier: 76 as Guile, Sigma as M. Bison, and Zenyatta as Dhalsim. And they're just perfect.
I'm really excited to see the costumes in-game, but the reveal trailer for the collab was also just very well done in generating hype at EVO Japan for its announcement, in spite of the collab leaking last week as part of another PlayStation Network oopsie.
While OW2 is certainly not quite at Fortnite's levels of metaverse collaboration city yet, it's starting to approach that territory. And I'm realizing now I don't really mind it if the skins are cool enough, and this one knocks it out of the park on just about every level for me, so I'm on fully on board.
Of course, not everyone is thrilled. When the announcement dropped this morning, players gleaned the news to find disappointment that certain heroes and combos were left out. Many wished for Mei to dress as Chun-Li, while others are continually vocal about heroes like Juno and Kiriko getting more skins yet again.
Another gamer was quick to call out that heroes such as Sojourn, Lucio, Baptiste, and Doomfist have been left in the dust while the same few heroes have gotten several collab skins. And many have expressed sadness that Zarya as Marisa, both muscular women with pink hair, seems to have been left out somehow.
I understand the frustration of these players, but I also think Blizzard is deliberate with the heroes it chooses for these collabs. The company knows that Kiriko, Juno, and Mercy will always sell well, so it makes sense for them from a business standpoint to have them in the store as much as possible.
In a perfect world, the entire roster would get collab skins each time around. But for one reason or another, sacrifices are made, and that means the same few popular heroes will get the love as long as the money is flowing in. And judging by my lobbies, collab skins are a big hit for OW2.
As far as future collabs go (there's now one or two every single season), I've felt indifferent about the anime collabs as in the past as that's not my thing, but I'd love to see some other gaming franchises (or even more universal ones like Marvel Comics) join the game in fun ways.
Vote with your wallet on how you feel about the skins when the OW2 x SF6 collab goes live on May 20.
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