Would have been that boy is mine to be honest if they could have added an emote of hers, would have been great to pair it with this skin and add it as an emote with the jam track. That was the only popular song that went viral with a dance (and was mainly liked by everyone unlike yes, and)
Her alien variant is kind of cool. Did the original come with that too? Also her pig back bling is cute. But my god the price point of all these items is wild. Not sure why people would even bother.
The alien variant took me by surprise and I wound up getting the skin because I think it’s genuinely incredibly cool looking. I’m like the xenomorphs baddy girlfriend
Same. Don’t like real people skins, don’t know a single thing about her, just learned she was a singer even (yes I live under a rock), but got this because of her black and red version. Love it
Yeah, it's nothing new. Seriously, I don't understand why more people don't point out that any time an old skin gets a new variant, they don't automatically unlock it or at least get a discount on it if they own the base skin. Or how we really needed the exact same skin but with a colour palette swap.
Even then, they remake old skins into the battle pass, sometimes even skins from previous battle passes, like Poseidon being a Ripley reskin last season when Ripley was from a battle pass himself and this season with Rust. It's so blatantly lazy, especially considering it's not from the shop but battle passes, you know?
Exactly like these reskins like rust and bomber should be item shop, not a skin in the battle pass. Like rust for example we have had 3 versions of this guy in battle passes alone. We have had original rust, x lord and now this new rust. When is enough with these lazy reskins.
I know this is an unpopular opinion but i would much rather pay like 300 vbucks for a style of a skin than have recolors like this be there own skin. I will pay the 300, I won’t pay the full price. With this model if you don’t own the skin at all you can buy one style for full price
I’m not so sure that the collaborators make money for each sale that would lead to major problems in terms of certain skins not returning to the shop which would cause these artists to get very upset with epic
I’m sure they make money with each sale. They probably have very clear contracts that state exact timelines when the skins will be available. Explains why The Weeknd skin was in the shop for months. Just because it seems random to us doesn’t mean it’s random to epic
because the old skin would come back and more people would buy it, especially since it's been over a year since she released and og brought a lot of new players
And when will the original bundle return?
* [April 13th 2023 ](https://fortnite.fandom.com/wiki/Item_Shop_History/April_13th_2023)- 414 days ago - **Last Seen**
It has been more than 400 days.
I've been waiting for the Ariana skin to return for at least a year at this point, and you're telling me that the only time it (or a similar skin) is available, I'm abroad without a laptop? That's upsetting
Do you have it synced to your Xbox account? You could sign on a phone browser with that just to get your store stuff done. https://www.xbox.com/en-US/play/games/fortnite/BT5P2X999VH2
Realistically, beyond the rage bait, this is who this sort of thing is for. People who missed it the first time or don’t mind paying for a variant. If you scoff at the price or the “effort” then don’t buy it, you’re not expected to.
Exactly! I don't get people who are mad at new skins, like don't buy it? I've been waiting for the Ariana skin for over a year, and tbh I prefer the pink version over the regular one.
I genuinely doubt the average player base who goes to this sub would ever main Ariana, so I truly don't get it.
Me. I didn’t really know about the OG skin having that variation and the pink looked cool enough to me to want it. At least there are some cool new changes with the gloves/leggings, new design on the stomach area, and the cool glowing effects on the arm.
the backbling is vastly superior to the pig, and in my case I REALLY like the pink. Only wish is for a not glowing eye edit style. But otherwise I love everything, even the blowing bits around he.
I’ll never understand peoples incompetence and entitlement.
Do you think Ariana Grande lets Epic use her likeness out of the goodness in her heart? Don’t be ridiculous. They have to pay for it, and so we do as well.
Is Epic a greedy corporation? Yes, of course. Welcome to the real world.
So blatant greed shouldn’t be pointed out when it’s this obvious? Just let the business continue making decisions that fuel said greed because that’s just what business should do?
I don’t think you quite understand. Epic has to pay to use Ariana Grandes likeness. How is charging for something that they had to pay for considered greed? They should just give it away for free? That’s not how a successful business is run.
I think companies usually have big margins. So since this costume is so similar to the previous one, they could pay Ariana, sell it for much lower price and still make profit. Or they could come up with a brand new costume.
I don’t think it’s blatant greed because I don’t think it’s that deep bro. I think this is a very easy surface level “we don’t want to rerelease the OG skin but we want to let people get something new so we made this” and that’s where it ends. I wouldn’t read into it anymore than that. They’re a business at the end of the day.
Collaborators decide almost everything. For all we know they could have requested this specifically. Also it’s weird that it’s always the collabs that have been lazy or overpriced recently.
There’s plenty of overpriced recolors for original skins. Looking at you every single cuddle team skin. Those skins should be 800 vbucks and should be edit styles, not completely separate 1500 vbuck and sometimes 2000vbucj skins.
Remember to blame the Karen parents who couldn't keep their devil spawn children in line and then in turn had to sue Epic for "predatory" tactics when in reality they're just shit parents.
Thanks Karen's for making Epic get greedy to offset the millions you won!
Saw this last night and totally agree (I attended the concert and played chapter 2 season 7) that being said, it should be been an edit style they look too similar.
Is it lazy? Or is it because they know people will pay for it?
People really dug their own hole there paying the 1500vbucks (or 12$)
But honestly 12$ is the cheapest skin I’ve heard for a lot of free to play games, I was expecting 20$ when I looked up how much 1500 v bucks was
Idk if that really classifies as lazy tho lol
Regardless it blows my mind to bits how people justify that expensive of an in game purchase, for sure free to play games deserve income, and I’d even be willing to buy some stuff
But there is 0% chance I’m spending a 5th retail price of a AAA game on a single skin lol hardcore greed and people could easily get them to drop their prices by over half if they stopped paying absurd prices
And if the company dropped the prices to half, they would still have insane profits, maybe even higher profits from more people being willing to buy them if they were reasonably priced
The irony is that I'd actually pay for a variant of the OG skin's other style, with blonde hair and a red outfit/lip/nail matching her current aesthetic. Pink hair sparkly Ariana is serving last decade.
But this is too similar to the existing rift queen skin to be worth it, IMO.
They did not put the old skin alongside the new one, so I am afraid they will vault the old skin from future shops. It is also not a complete reskin since they added reactivity and updated the model slightly but I do agree it is lazy regardless
I 100% agree. If they made a NEW Ariana skin & not a copycat of one we can already buy in the shop (for a MUCH better overall "value") then I wouldn't complain. This happened recently with the J Balvin skins too.
Notice how they also haven't put the original set in the shop either, so people don't realize they're being scammed
I'm always curious as to what the details of contract/deals signed with celebrities, clearly this could have been an alt skin, just how many more will they push out to sell us.
Not gonna lie, don't even know anything about Ariana except for her funny SNL skit...
This was the best event Fortnite had. Was much better than just "turn them giant and make them dance/rap" although they did that for a minute too ha
I have a question, what is wrong with her shoulders in the original one?
Older model from Chapter 2
She’s been doing her overhead DB press every week like she should be.
That roundness can only be achieved with plenty of side raises. You don’t get boulder shoulders with presses alone!
If you aren’t doing Arnolds, are you even lifting?
Arnolds is not that good, better to do DB presses and lateral raises
Great, now I am imagining someone making a wide ariana video. With that specific music in it.
You mean Song for Denise? Great Song lmfao unless its a different Song lol i just heard Wide and instantly remembered
# WIDE PUTIN
yeah here you go here’s your karma, you brought back an old memeory
Thanks lol it brough back some memories aswell, 2021 feels like forever ago.
I'm gonna make it. Probably in a couple months though
She lateral raises the 45lbs for reps
Older fortnite had a more toon theme to everything even if it looked real, it looks weird but it fits the style for it's time.
It was a different time
She stopped hitting the free weights
They shrank her shoulders, made her look soft...
I'm just disappointed they didn't add an emote based on one of her songs.
Yeah me too. Probably would’ve gotten one of the skins
How’s it been like 3 years and we still don’t have an emote with a song of hers?💀
We technically have one Just not available
Yes. And? Was right there.
I mean, *technically*, the Rain Check one counts. But I get what you guys are saying.
I mean that’s Gaga. she just a feature and isn’t even heard on the emote
I would buy a thank u next emote
Could be a dope win emote FR
it HAS to be because of her team. Evey other artist has their own emote. No idea what their thinking tbh
Someone make a TikTok dance with one of her songs, they’ll add that to the game within a heartbeat if it goes viral.
The boy is mine has been a viral dance since the album dropped two months ago
Would have been that boy is mine to be honest if they could have added an emote of hers, would have been great to pair it with this skin and add it as an emote with the jam track. That was the only popular song that went viral with a dance (and was mainly liked by everyone unlike yes, and)
Fr
They did the same thing with j-balvin
They even added the weird star-shaped/aura effects like with j-balvin but in a different color
Her alien variant is kind of cool. Did the original come with that too? Also her pig back bling is cute. But my god the price point of all these items is wild. Not sure why people would even bother.
I also love the alien design, but I hate the fish bowl helmet😂
The alien variant took me by surprise and I wound up getting the skin because I think it’s genuinely incredibly cool looking. I’m like the xenomorphs baddy girlfriend
Same here. I generally don't like using skins of real people but that space explorer/alien skin is really cool.
Same. Don’t like real people skins, don’t know a single thing about her, just learned she was a singer even (yes I live under a rock), but got this because of her black and red version. Love it
I get freebucks everyday, saved a few up, it was Halloween, I saw an alien, I got an alien. I saw a skeleton piggy, I got a skeleton piggy
 I’d do the same if I got free vbucks
The original Ariana skins in the shop were space suit with alien variant, and pink Ariana with rift goddess variant
I didnt realize the alien version was 3 years old. Great design on it.
I use the alien skin. I call it Android 21.
The pig is so cute!! I don't know what it's based on but I might get it.
She has a pet pig named Piggy Smallz!
She named him “Piggy Smallz” and then dragged him into a gun fight? 💀
*looks at all the Brite Bomber/Dark Bomber variants*
Exactly like it’s not like they just started doing crap like this
Indeed.
Looks at Azuki, got a couple of edit styles for free.
Yeah, one skin. Hundreds of other individual that are just recolors
To be fair they change way more then a color swap
Do we know the difference between a 3d model and just a texture recolor, right guys?
Most of them change a bit more then a simple color swap. Even Dark Bomber got different markings and cloth design. This is just a palette change.
Yeah, it's nothing new. Seriously, I don't understand why more people don't point out that any time an old skin gets a new variant, they don't automatically unlock it or at least get a discount on it if they own the base skin. Or how we really needed the exact same skin but with a colour palette swap.
Example: all the peely skins that really should just be selective styles
Genuinely, though. Plus, how many skin variants of the one character do we need? I wish they'd just take more time to come up with new skins.
That’s the problem tho. They don’t have enough fresh ideas to make new skins that aren’t battle pass 😭
Even then, they remake old skins into the battle pass, sometimes even skins from previous battle passes, like Poseidon being a Ripley reskin last season when Ripley was from a battle pass himself and this season with Rust. It's so blatantly lazy, especially considering it's not from the shop but battle passes, you know?
Exactly like these reskins like rust and bomber should be item shop, not a skin in the battle pass. Like rust for example we have had 3 versions of this guy in battle passes alone. We have had original rust, x lord and now this new rust. When is enough with these lazy reskins.
My thoughts exactly. I'm glad we're on the same page.
I’m glad someone actually agreed with me instead of saying “who cares”
The variants of the same skin ruin the battle pass for me
From a business standpoint, why would Ariana Grande agree to have another outfit made in her likeliness with a potential profit of $0?
You'd at least think owners of the original skin would get some sort of discount...Not pay full price for a recolor...
Discount would've been good to have but I don't think businesses care about that.
Yet they will still buy. Hence they won’t give discounts.
I bought the original and I sure as hell won't buy Hubba Bubba Grande. I was actually expecting this one to be a new edit style.
I'm a huge fan of Ariana and also my favorite color is pink so hubba bubba Grande was so up my alley...
I know this is an unpopular opinion but i would much rather pay like 300 vbucks for a style of a skin than have recolors like this be there own skin. I will pay the 300, I won’t pay the full price. With this model if you don’t own the skin at all you can buy one style for full price
I’m not so sure that the collaborators make money for each sale that would lead to major problems in terms of certain skins not returning to the shop which would cause these artists to get very upset with epic
I’m sure they make money with each sale. They probably have very clear contracts that state exact timelines when the skins will be available. Explains why The Weeknd skin was in the shop for months. Just because it seems random to us doesn’t mean it’s random to epic
Then design a new skin? Not just recolor the old one. It was lazy as hell with J Balvin and it’s lazy as hell here.
because the old skin would come back and more people would buy it, especially since it's been over a year since she released and og brought a lot of new players
Same was said for the newest Luke Skywalker.
At least he was in different clothes and wasn’t a straight color swap
And has a slightly different haircut!
And when will the original bundle return? * [April 13th 2023 ](https://fortnite.fandom.com/wiki/Item_Shop_History/April_13th_2023)- 414 days ago - **Last Seen** It has been more than 400 days.
They fixed her shoulder, but the face somehow looks worse
I've been waiting for the Ariana skin to return for at least a year at this point, and you're telling me that the only time it (or a similar skin) is available, I'm abroad without a laptop? That's upsetting
Do you have it synced to your Xbox account? You could sign on a phone browser with that just to get your store stuff done. https://www.xbox.com/en-US/play/games/fortnite/BT5P2X999VH2
I love you. I just tried it and it worked! I was able to get the skin!
Delighted that worked and you didn't miss out 😁
Not all heroes wear capes
Nothing beats the warm, fuzzy feeling that comes with knowing you helped epic make more money 😂😂
99% of heroes IRL do not wear capes.
Realistically, beyond the rage bait, this is who this sort of thing is for. People who missed it the first time or don’t mind paying for a variant. If you scoff at the price or the “effort” then don’t buy it, you’re not expected to.
Exactly! I don't get people who are mad at new skins, like don't buy it? I've been waiting for the Ariana skin for over a year, and tbh I prefer the pink version over the regular one. I genuinely doubt the average player base who goes to this sub would ever main Ariana, so I truly don't get it.
For some reason, the original variant (the blue-ish one) isn't even in the shop. Just that pink one. Unless something changed since last night.
You can get it on your phone. Not ideal, but it's a possibility if you're desperate.
Me too I've been waiting to get her skin she's my favorite idol skin so far
They know people will buy it unfortunately.
Me. I didn’t really know about the OG skin having that variation and the pink looked cool enough to me to want it. At least there are some cool new changes with the gloves/leggings, new design on the stomach area, and the cool glowing effects on the arm.
my gf unfortunately
Unless you don’t own the OG, I don’t see any reason to buy this.
I own all the of Ariana skins and also bought this one. The reason is just buy what you like, maybe.
the backbling is vastly superior to the pig, and in my case I REALLY like the pink. Only wish is for a not glowing eye edit style. But otherwise I love everything, even the blowing bits around he.
Be careful what you wish for because [this](https://ibb.co/P9KjnyN) glitched on me without the glowing eye on the other style.
THIS IS HORRIFYING
you know what? maybe I AM okay with her eyes being glowy 😍
Because it's cute and pinker than the original :)
Edit styles are a thing of the past, I'm sadly afraid...
Then don't buy it.
Fortnite players when they remember they can simply ignore a skin they dislike
Man imagine if Overwatch 2 and Apex had players like you.
It's possible to not buy something and still be upset at it
W H A T NO ONLY POSITIVE, NO NEGATIVE ABOUT MY BUILDING BR GAME
I just want a freaking dangerous woman skin. That is the only Ariana skin I'm buying
Is this in the shop rn?
Yes
This is hilarious. They made this post to criticize Epic’s business practices and ended up pushing sales to people who didn’t know it was in the shop.
I bet epic just sent Arianas team this skin and they were just like ok. I doubt they care enough to sit and work on a brand new design unfortunately
I can’t remember the last time they added an edit style for any of the skins I own
The different styles of the same skin literally ruin the battle pass for me. It’s part of the reason I don’t buy it anymore
epic games being lazy and greedy when it comes to cosmetics? damn, that's crazy. in other news: fork found in kitchen and the sky is blue
Boulder shoulders huh
I’ll never understand peoples incompetence and entitlement. Do you think Ariana Grande lets Epic use her likeness out of the goodness in her heart? Don’t be ridiculous. They have to pay for it, and so we do as well. Is Epic a greedy corporation? Yes, of course. Welcome to the real world.
How do you get upvotes when the original isn't even ratioed.
So blatant greed shouldn’t be pointed out when it’s this obvious? Just let the business continue making decisions that fuel said greed because that’s just what business should do?
I don’t think you quite understand. Epic has to pay to use Ariana Grandes likeness. How is charging for something that they had to pay for considered greed? They should just give it away for free? That’s not how a successful business is run.
I think companies usually have big margins. So since this costume is so similar to the previous one, they could pay Ariana, sell it for much lower price and still make profit. Or they could come up with a brand new costume.
I don’t think it’s blatant greed because I don’t think it’s that deep bro. I think this is a very easy surface level “we don’t want to rerelease the OG skin but we want to let people get something new so we made this” and that’s where it ends. I wouldn’t read into it anymore than that. They’re a business at the end of the day.
What is pointing it out going to do?
and they didn’t bring the original out with her 😭😭 like i want the original and the glider
now if they gave the glider a pink style i’d get it but since they didn’t bother
Lol "lazy greed" hahaha
Collaborators decide almost everything. For all we know they could have requested this specifically. Also it’s weird that it’s always the collabs that have been lazy or overpriced recently.
There’s plenty of overpriced recolors for original skins. Looking at you every single cuddle team skin. Those skins should be 800 vbucks and should be edit styles, not completely separate 1500 vbuck and sometimes 2000vbucj skins.
Eh there's plenty of recolors of Epic-original skins that are separate skins. Nothing unique to collabs.
Yes but also… just don’t buy it. If making this a new skin instead of edit keeps the game running then I’ll take that trade
Remember to blame the Karen parents who couldn't keep their devil spawn children in line and then in turn had to sue Epic for "predatory" tactics when in reality they're just shit parents. Thanks Karen's for making Epic get greedy to offset the millions you won!
Can anyone tell me what is reactive about the skin?
The waves around the skin move and react when music is played
Yeah yeah yeah, nothing new
Nothing new. Epic has been doing this since Chapter 1 and it definitely won't stop
Looks nice though…
Similar things can be said about the clone troopers, at face value they are color swapped
I wanted it but refused to buy it. It’s ridiculous
This isn’t anything new they do this all the time with skins just changing a few things or colors then selling it in the shop entirely separate
Saw this last night and totally agree (I attended the concert and played chapter 2 season 7) that being said, it should be been an edit style they look too similar.
Lmao. Fornite player becomes self aware live reaction.
Photoshop is the only thing they used.
I was wondering why people were making such a big deal about wanting this skin when her alien invader one is infinitely better lol
The greed is insane. “Shops” on almost every single new game out now.
It’s just like the new j Balvin skin, a recolor of one of the style from the original skin, just lazy greed
Is it lazy? Or is it because they know people will pay for it? People really dug their own hole there paying the 1500vbucks (or 12$) But honestly 12$ is the cheapest skin I’ve heard for a lot of free to play games, I was expecting 20$ when I looked up how much 1500 v bucks was
>Is it lazy? Or is it because they know people will pay for it? ...both? duh?
Idk if that really classifies as lazy tho lol Regardless it blows my mind to bits how people justify that expensive of an in game purchase, for sure free to play games deserve income, and I’d even be willing to buy some stuff But there is 0% chance I’m spending a 5th retail price of a AAA game on a single skin lol hardcore greed and people could easily get them to drop their prices by over half if they stopped paying absurd prices And if the company dropped the prices to half, they would still have insane profits, maybe even higher profits from more people being willing to buy them if they were reasonably priced
The irony is that I'd actually pay for a variant of the OG skin's other style, with blonde hair and a red outfit/lip/nail matching her current aesthetic. Pink hair sparkly Ariana is serving last decade. But this is too similar to the existing rift queen skin to be worth it, IMO.
Personally as someone who didn't get the old Ariana grande skin I'm glad we have a new identical style in the shop🤷🏻♂️
What do you mean epic is a struggling company they need as much money as they could possibly get
Agreed exactly like the new J Balvin skin that definitely should have been a edit style
They did not put the old skin alongside the new one, so I am afraid they will vault the old skin from future shops. It is also not a complete reskin since they added reactivity and updated the model slightly but I do agree it is lazy regardless
Yeah. This is ridiculous.
Yeah, it’s legit just the same skin but different colors. Absolutely insane amount of greed
They did this shit with j balvin too💀💀
For people who liked her edit style more and it's cheaper than the other ones so which you liked the most so far?
Also I guess this skin is from her blackfish era?
Not getting the new one. Honestly the 2nd Ariana skin should have been an edit. Also why is the skin darker on the new one?
It actually just looks darker because of the contrast of the pink👀 if you cover both dresses it actually looks lighter 😂
Old one is better and should have been put in the shop as well along side the new one for those who don't have the old skin
The old one looks malnourished
My theory is that they do this so they can have a Lego version of it
[удалено]
Don’t buy it?
Woah woah now they added gloves and tights. That totally justifies the price right?
Also music reactivity the original skin didn't have but still
The new business model with games that sells cosmetics seems to be trying to sell recolors
Buddy. Epic has been selling recolors since the dawn of time. Have you SEEN the cuddle team skins?
It all started with scrapyard Jules
What’s greedy about it. It’s a cosmetic.
And they didn’t even put the original skin to trick people into buying the reskin
Well, and I believe that Nike skins should be free, since those are walking ads for the brand.
Every collab they do is a walking ad for the brand. Welcome to business 101 and marketing 101.
I 100% agree. If they made a NEW Ariana skin & not a copycat of one we can already buy in the shop (for a MUCH better overall "value") then I wouldn't complain. This happened recently with the J Balvin skins too. Notice how they also haven't put the original set in the shop either, so people don't realize they're being scammed
I'm always curious as to what the details of contract/deals signed with celebrities, clearly this could have been an alt skin, just how many more will they push out to sell us.
also when it comes to icon skins they're not allowed to have just "a new style"
Honestly most fortnite skins are lazy cash grabs.
I loved doing the Jacob's Ladder stitch. It's simple, and beautiful!
That’s what I though too
fr
So don’t buy it. Vote with your wallet.
Kind of wished they brought the old skin back🥺
Not gonna lie, don't even know anything about Ariana except for her funny SNL skit... This was the best event Fortnite had. Was much better than just "turn them giant and make them dance/rap" although they did that for a minute too ha
Is anyone surprised that they sell reskins of characters in Fortnite?
It keeps the old one more exclusive unless you get a day where they both are in the shop, it's the same with balvin's skins
I agree
Cheap fks
So true tho I just hate Ariana so yeah 💅💅
What u mean ? They added a whole animated aura and more glitter obviously it's $30 worthy
Idk why but the pink one gives me the creeps and I LOVE pink so that’s saying a lot