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Giving Sonic A Gun In Fortnite Has Been A Huge Success, With Players Killing Dr. Eggman 14 Million Times

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Sega President Shuji Utsumi and Epic Games Japan Managing Director Takayuki Kawasaki discussed the challenges of featuring Sonic in Fortnite

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At first glance, the possibility of bringing Sonic and ‘Fortnite’ together is quite strange, but it has been achieved. SEGA’s character has had to adapt to some proportions, some rules and even to the use of some resources that have little to do with his own adventures, so bringing forward the collaboration required years of work, numerous revisions and a solution that did not reproduce exactly the Sonic that we all know.

The arrival of Sonic in Fortnite required changes and a new story, rewarded by record hits between fans and players.The presence of Sonic in Fortnite required a much more complex job than the simple insertion of a character in the battle royale. To reveal it to the Japanese magazine Famitsu were Sega and Epic Games, who told how the collaboration was born and why the Sonic present in the game does not correspond to the version seen in the titles…

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Kotaku broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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