The company insisted that the Metroid star be Switch-exclusive, former Epic executive reveals

Back in 2021, court documents released as part of Epic Games' legal battle with Apple revealed that Epic had at some point planned to put Samus Aran in Fortnite. However, a skin based on the futuristic bounty hunter from Nintendo's Metroid series never materialized.

Given that the documents also mentioned some already released characters, including Kratos from God of War and Halo's Master Chief, some speculated that Samus may have been meant to represent Nintendo alongside those PlayStation and Xbox mascots in Fortnite's Gaming Legends series. Kratos and Chief were both added in late 2020.

Now, thanks to an interview with former Epic creative director Donald Mustard in the Game File newsletter, we know why Samus never joined them.