{"id":91696,"date":"2026-10-20T14:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=91696"},"modified":"2026-10-20T17:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:36:50","slug":"fortnites-nikki-skin-sparks-debate-among-horror-fans-with-some-calling-for-a-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=91696","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite&#8217;s Nikki Skin Sparks Debate Among Horror Fans, With Some Calling for a Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>A vocal group of Fortnite players are calling for a boycott of Epic&#8217;s battle royale game after a skin of Obsession\u2019s Nikki Freeman, played by Inde Navarrette, sparked backlash among fans.<\/p>\n<p>On October 20, Epic Games revealed that Nikki Freeman is coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a> in a special collaborative video with the character\u2019s actress, Inde Navarrette. And while there\u2019s no denying Obsession\u2019s popularity \u2014 Nikki was one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/obsessions-nikki-buddy-the-unicorn-top-this-years-most-googled-halloween-costumes\">most-searched Halloween costumes<\/a> on Google this year, after all \u2014 her inclusion as a purchasable skin in a video game is rubbing some fans the wrong way.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Warning:<\/strong><\/em><em> Major spoilers for Obsession below!<\/em><\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"divider\">\n<p>This uncomfortable reaction is in direct response to Nikki being the victim of Bear\u2019s wish in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/obsession\">Obsession<\/a>. In the movie, Nikki\u2019s body is overtaken by a malicious entity while the real Nikki is locked away in her own mind, unable to do anything but watch as the entity possessing her commits atrocities while wearing her skin. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Be careful what you wish for\u2026 Nikki is coming to Fortnite tomorrow \ud83e\udebe https:\/\/t.co\/iSY6eseqVX<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fortnite (@Fortnite) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Fortnite\/status\/2112575711840276869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>She is also taken advantage of by Bear, who engages in intimacy with Nikki\u2019s physical form without getting the consent of the real Nikki. (Bear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vocal group of Fortnite players are calling for a boycott of Epic&#8217;s battle royale game after a skin of Obsession\u2019s Nikki Freeman, played by Inde Navarrette, sparked backlash among fans. On October 20, Epic Games revealed that Nikki Freeman is coming to Fortnite in a special collaborative video with the character\u2019s actress, Inde Navarrette&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":91698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91696"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91700,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91696\/revisions\/91700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}