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If you’ve unlocked Wolverine in Fortnite, maybe, just maybe, you want him to look a little less silly. Yes, the old-style costume has its charms, but superheroes have been gritty for a while now, or at least “realistic”. Luckily, Fortnite has that option for Wolverine now too. If you want that torn tank top, down-to-earth look, the “Logan” style is now available in the game.
Unlike some other alternate styles in the past, this one isn’t unlocked through a specific challenge. Instead, you’ve just got to complete 60 weekly challenges and Wolverine challenges. It’s possible you’re already there, in which case, you’ve got the sideburned charmer available already to augment the main style as well as the gold and brown classic style from weeks 5 and 6.
If you need help with this week’s challenges, check out our guide here.
It’s funny: despite the fact that Wolverine will forever be associated with his iconic yellow outfit with those weird spikes that come off his eyemask, that’s not really what he’s been in the public eye for two decades. X-Men came out in 2000, and Hugh Jackman’s stripped-down Wolverine became an instant star, as well as a crucial predecessor to Robert Downey Jr., Iron-Man and the cultural ascendancy of superhero movies.
This style directly references 2017’s Logan, an excellent movie that portrayed Wolverine as down-on-his-luck and on the run, a straightforward, stark contrast to the slick production values and larger-than-life heroes of the MCU. He was in a lot rougher shape in that movie than he appears as this skin, however, even if it does get Hugh Jackman’s unnervingly-massive muscles spot on. That movie, at the time, seemed to herald a new era of “serious” superhero movies, but that never really materialized. I’d still go watch it, however, it’s great.
That’s probably the end of our Wolverine styles, and I’m curious to see if we get a superhero next season to augment Deadpool, Aquaman and now Wolverine. The drip-feed was one thing, of course, but now we’ve got sort of enough superheroes in the game. We’ll see soon, because this season is just about out of juice and things are about to move on.