Monsters Inc themed Fortnite skin leaked for upcoming Area 51 raid Disney \/ Paul Filmer \/ Epic GamesFortnite Battle Royale dataminer \u2018s1l0x\u2019 has uncovered a new skin today which pays homage to the Area 51 raid while also looking suspiciously like Monsters Inc character Mike Wazowski. The Area 51 raid meme has been circulating the internet over the last few months. Millions of people signed up to the Facebook event titled \u201cStorm Area 51, They Can\u2019t Stop All of Us,\u201d with the intention of finding the aliens the US government has been storing away from humanity. With the raid date of September 20 on the horizon, Epic Games has seemingly added an Alien skin to Fortnite to pay respects to the meme. There\u2019s more to the skin than just Area 51 though, with the cosmetic looking suspiciously like Monsters Inc fan-favorite Mike Wazowski. Popular dataminer s1l0x discovered the skin on September 17, tweeting it out with the caption \u201cEncrypted Traveler Pickaxe\u201d. While it looked like he was trying to show off the UFO-looking pickaxe, most players were enamoured by the skin he had equipped at the time. Read more: Atlantis, mitr0 respond to contract drama – The traveler skin features a green alien wearing a metallic suit, with two \u201c51\u201d logos plastered on the right breast and left shoulder. The alien is also wearing what looks like an ankle bracelet on the left leg, possibly indicating that they escaped the high-security area. Encrypted “”Traveler”” Pickaxe! Credit: @s1l0x pic.twitter.com\/ANBoLIPaAY \u2014 s1l0x (@s1l0x) September 17, 2019 The alien doesn\u2019t look like any regular alien though. Players have drawn many comparisons to Monsters Inc\u2019s Mike Wazowski and the traveler skin. The Fortnite creature has one big eye in the middle of his head, a massive mouth, and horns for hair. Read more: Fortnite Twitch viewership on decline – While Mike Wazowski doesn\u2019t have the horns, nor a human-like body, the eye and mouth combination was enough to raise eyebrows. The combination of the Area 51 meme and the almost dead-on Monsters Inc reference has got everyone excited for the release of the items. It\u2019s a tribute to a lot of player\u2019s childhoods, who probably grew up watching the 2001 Pixar classic. Whether this might open the door for more Monsters Inc related skins in the future is unclear, but running around Fortnite rocking a James P. Sullivan suit, or even a Roz skin, sounds like a nostalgia trip waiting to happen. There\u2019s no confirmed release date for the Traveler outfit skin and pickaxe combo, but expect it to be soon with the Area 51 raid coming up in a matter of days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Monsters Inc themed Fortnite skin leaked for upcoming Area 51 raid Disney \/ Paul Filmer \/ Epic GamesFortnite Battle Royale dataminer \u2018s1l0x\u2019 has uncovered a new skin today which pays homage to the Area 51 raid while also looking suspiciously like Monsters Inc character Mike Wazowski. The Area 51 raid meme has been circulating the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}