A Gotham Knights reveal from not way back confirmed off some gameplay that includes each Nightwing and Crimson Hood with some attention-grabbing particulars revealed about every of them in the course of the section. To get round Gotham, every of the playable members of the Bat Household have their very own technique of traversal, and for Nightwing, it was revealed that he’d use one thing referred to as the “Flying Trapeze.” That instrument simply occurred to look a complete lot like a glider from Fortnite, and after individuals drew comparisons between the 2, the Gotham Knights devs addressed the similarities in a current Q&A.
However earlier than seeing that response, you may take a look at the gameplay video under to see the Flying Trapeze in motion. Upon listening to about it for the primary time, it’s possible you’ll suppose that persons are simply weaponizing Fortnite’s reputation to dumb Nightwing’s traversal technique all the way down to a merely Fortnite beauty, however when you see him utilizing it, it is onerous to not see Fortnite. Even the best way Nightwing hangs off of the glider and kicks his legs is harking back to Fortnite, and one might make the argument that that is simply how gliders work, however once more, when each Fortnite match begins this similar manner, it bleeds into different video games.
The Gotham Knights devs lately held a Q&A throughout the sport’s Discord to speak about no matter subjects it noticed match to handle from the various questions that the neighborhood requested throughout that occasion. A type of questions straightforwardly requested “Why does Nightwing have a Fortnite glider?” Gotham Knights artistic director Patrick Redding responded to say the concept was rooted within the character’s comics origins whereas additionally serving as a becoming approach to praise his gameplay.
“The ‘Flying Trapeze’ was impressed by a pair concepts: First, a few of the traditional points within the Nightwing solo guide the place he extends his aerialist strikes with jet-powered gliders,” Redding mentioned. “Second, we appreciated the death-defying angle of him all the varied stealth drones in Batman’s arsenal and calculating that he might simply get away with hanging off one of many smaller fashions and nonetheless be capable to preserve or achieve altitude with it. It is designed to really feel a bit improvised, and depending on his excessive athleticism, which inserts Nightwing’s strategy to all the things. Flying it has such a special really feel from Batgirl’s cape-gliding, and it blends very well along with his larger parkour and leap strikes, in addition to with grappling.”
Gotham Knights launches on October twenty fifth – however not for the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One – so anticipate to see Nightwing, his Fortnite glider, and the remainder of the Bat Household then.