"Blizzard finally unveiled the five collaboration skins it's bringing to Overwatch 2 yesterday, and as fans tend to do, they had a pretty wide spread of reactions. When you have 44 heroes, it's impossible to spread love across them equally, and it can get pretty irritating if your favorite never seems to get any love in the form of skins and other cosmetics. It's especially grating when Overwatch 2 seems to favor a specific handful of characters with each event or collaboration."
"Ryuji, however, is a bit of an odd pick. The track star is the tank of 's team, and uses blunt melee weapons in fights, such as bats and pipes. When Genji wears the skin based on the Phantom Thief, his katana is replaced by Ryuji's base lead pipe, which, yeah, I mean, that's a melee weapon, I guess, but you don't slash people with a pipe the same way Genji does when he uses his katana in his ultimate attack."
Blizzard unveiled five collaboration skins for Overwatch 2, prompting mixed fan reactions. Fans argue a 44-hero roster makes equal skin distribution impossible and feel frustration when favorites receive no cosmetics. Support hero Kiriko was omitted, intensifying complaints about perceived favoritism toward recurring characters like Genji and Mercy. Genji's Ryuji skin drew particular criticism because it swaps his katana for a lead pipe, creating a dissonant playstyle and aesthetic. Some fans expected Junkrat to receive the Ryuji treatment due to visual similarities and weapon compatibility. Fan art and speculation underscored both anticipation and disappointment around the collaboration.
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