“Greatest downfall”: Call of Duty’s Nicki Minaj Skin and Bundle Creates a Riot in Verdansk

As observed in recent times, Video Games have formed a tendency to introduce popular names in their game, often in the form of in-game live events or cosmetics that can be equipped and used by the players.

While Fortnite is the first game that comes to mind when thinking about video game collaborations, Call Of Duty for the past year has been trying to catch up with its own introduction of skin lines relating to celebrities.

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Call Of Duty Takes It Too Far

While Call Of Duty has seen major success since the launch of its collaborated cosmetics, their recent launch of a skin of none other than the famous singer Nicki Minaj has left fans questioning.

Many people have complained about how the character unnecessarily has long hair, with others complaining that this simply goes against the tough and strong legacy of Call Of Duty that it has been maintaining all these years.

The news of Nicki Minaj dropping in the video game has spread like wildfire on internet platforms like Twitter. With famous reporters like @charlieINTEL tweeting about the same, they have also received some bizarre reactions in the replies that none would expect.

Nicki Minaj in Call of Duty.

— CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) August 24, 2023

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Fans React To Nicki Minaj Joining Call Of Duty

Twitter is often the platform that witnesses most events like these. Minaj’s addition to Call Of Duty is something that sparked off long debates and reply chains on Twitter, and while some of them were supportive and light-hearted enough, many did not miss the opportunity to troll and criticize the game’s decision to add the celebrity as a cosmetic.

greatest downfall ☠️

— Fortnite News & Leaks (@FBRFeed) August 24, 2023

Hair longer than the gun 🤣‼️‼️

— HXE (@hxethereal1) August 24, 2023

Someone pull the plug. Jesus, Call of Duty has been on life support for 11 years. Stop giving Activision money for them to make this crap.

— Red7669 (@red7669) August 24, 2023

Activision:
„We want more realism in COD. So let‘s slow the game down and delete slide cancelling and jump shots.“

Also Activision:
„The new Marvel DC Black Panther Nicki Minaj Cat-Faced Capt. Universe animated Neon Operator is now available!“

— Satzga (@satzga) August 24, 2023

Pathetic

— LUKE HOWELLS (@LukeHowells10) August 24, 2023

The game has also had other popular names in addition, examples of the same include none other than Snoop Dogg, and the famous YouTuber NickMercs. The game has also witnessed collaboration with the famous Attack On Titan anime which introduced Levi as well as the Attack Titan as equippable skins in the game.

The trend of using celebrities as the face of a Video Game has been a tactic that has been used by a lot of developing studios in recent times. Some of the popular names that come in this list include Cyberpunk 2077, Fortnite, and as we discussed recently, Call Of Duty.

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Source: Twitter