Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has just announced that he now has his very own skin in Fortnite and it looks just like him. After his announcement yesterday, that simply told us he was making an announcement, a nervous-looking Ninja first revealed the news on his Mixer stream before posting a render of the skin to social media.
The limited-edition skin is part of Fortnite's Icon Series and will be available from Thursday, January 16 at 6 pm CST until Sunday, January 19 at 7 pm in the item store.
After the announcement was made, Ninja logged into the game to play his very first match as himself, clearly incredibly excited by what he sees as a huge honor.
At the start of the stream, Ninja was visibly nervous. As chat tried to continue to guess what the announcement could be he was trying to banter, suggesting maybe he was releasing a line of Jeffree Star cosmetics. However, he couldn't get his words out as anticipation and nerves took over leading up to the time of the skin's appearance in his account.
Ninja spoke briefly about his journey to where he is now, crediting Fortnite with changing his life. As he first looked at the skin in-game, his genuine excitement was clear to see.
The Ninja skin has four slight variations and looks exactly like the popular streamer. It's the first skin in what Epic are calling the Icon series. The themed pack contains a Ninja Outfit, Ninja's Edge Back Bling, Ninja Style Emote, and Dual Katanas Pickaxe.
As Ninja was running around in-game, Jessica could also be heard freaking out in the background, with the reality of seeing the skin in-game somehow making it all feel real.
Watching Ninja's live reaction to the skin is a joy, as the heartfelt child-like excitement oozes from him, especially as he randomly freaks out with glee as he plays. He talks about how he's wanted it for two and a half years and seeing it has clearly overwhelmed him.
Epic has said this is just the start of the Icon Series collaborations, which are set to include including Loserfruit, TheGrefg, and more creators from games, music, and entertainment.