The new Absolute Doom event in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 has brought along a bevy of comic book-themed skins and mythics, but players didn’t expect Marvel vs. Capcom to make a reappearance via Easter Eggs.
With every new season comes anew map, and this time Marvel fans have been overjoyed at the nods to the movies and comics, such as thehorrifying thronein Doom’s castle.
In this case, players who love the Marvel vs. Capcom franchise will enjoy these two throwbacks discovered by perceptive fans. The firstEaster Eggrevealed that one of Doombot’s moves was inspired by the classic fighting game.
This particularFortnite bossin Chapter 5 Season 4 makes a move where he planks and dives at the player with his feet. In the comparative screenshot of what looks to be Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Doom made the same move.
Fans of this fighting-game franchise left elated replies at this discovery, and one commenter pointed out “This is the closest I think we’ve ever been to MVC4. A real MVC4.”
The majority of replies also alluded to another Marvel vs. Capcom tease in Chapter 5 Season 4, as shown in thisvideoon the secret Iron Man bunker.
secret Iron Man bunker in Fortnite Season 4pic.twitter.com/5CojaIP7FD
When streamer NickEh30 showed what this secret Iron Man bunker looked like, he and his viewers pointed out that the television inside the bunker was playing a game that looked exactly like Marvel vs. Capcom 2.
The replies from this video were just as stunned at the detailed Iron Man super-fan bunker. Although it’s a small nod to this beloved fighting game, it still shows how the developers are fans of Marvel just as much as players are.
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Now that two separate throwbacks to the classic fighting game were spotted, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a third secret pop up. It’s only the beginning of theAbsolute Doomevent, so expect more Easter Eggs to come.
Anyka Pettigrew was a Games Writer on the US Dexerto team. She specializes in games such as Baldur’s Gate, Diablo, and Valorant, amongst other games in genres such as RPGs, horror games, and farming sims. She was previously a writer for PC Invasion after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree.
