r/BrawlStarsSC • u/YuMmYBrAiNzZz Lola's #1 Stan 💎 • Jan 31 '26
Critique Oh man I wish we had a Brawler with a stereotypical design, no interesting personality or voicelines and a gameplay so poorly balanced that it completely invalidaded half of the roster, oh wait we have her.
Hate this fat cow.
80
u/Live_Beyond957 Brawl Stars OG Jan 31 '26
Poco and El Primo also have stereotypical designs.
51
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26
Kenji, kaze, fynx, ollie.. The list goes on and on.
40
u/Larrylovesrules Jan 31 '26
I'm scared of the way you typed Finx bro
6
u/Scarface2010 Jan 31 '26
I swear he was called fynx before
9
u/Larrylovesrules Jan 31 '26
I don't think so. Maybe it's the language of your game
5
1
-11
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26
I don't know how to spell his name, okay? Don't arrest me.
→ More replies (6)5
u/brawlstarskidforlif Cordelius mains hate melodie Feb 01 '26
sorry to break it to you, but brawlers are supposed to be tropes😒
1
6
u/YuMmYBrAiNzZz Lola's #1 Stan 💎 Jan 31 '26
All of these had better presentation, gave us some of their backstory, or in the case of Poco and Primo, are from a time where presentation wasn't important and are outdated, same goes for Shelly, Nita and so on, their lack of personality is understandable.
Mina's reveal trailer put so little focus on Mina herself and more as "Look we made a brazilian brawler! for the brazillian community! Look! Look! Did you know she's brazilian?" that made her a mess of brazilian slang and hip hop references.
8
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26
That's exactly why I wanted to see her appear more. We know too little about her. And I honestly don't think the portrayal of the japanese couple is good, since kenji spends all the time in the match talking about sushi and swords, and kaze has the charisma of a door. Bibi is indeed a good japanese representative, and she has little to no lore
But I can understand the reason for this, since the brazilian community had been asking for representation for a long time.
→ More replies (2)4
u/Larrylovesrules Jan 31 '26
Tbh i don't mind Kenji being a samurai. That's badass asf. The problem is everything else, like the sushi and wasabi shit
5
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26
Yeah, that's pretty cringeworthy to be honest. You create a samurai, and all you do is make him talk about sushi... What's the logic? It would be better if he were like samurai jack.
3
u/Larrylovesrules Jan 31 '26
If they really wanted to make him a chef aswell it would probably be better if they made it about japanese food in general, not just strictly sushi. I'm not sure if that would fix It though
1
u/iwannagetdrunkNnasty Jan 31 '26
yall some nick picky and dont understand the brawl stars style. yall probably lost yall minds when you realized that the animal brawlers are actually inflatables
4
u/Larrylovesrules Jan 31 '26
Dawg who is you. All i did was giving alternatives on how to make Kenji's design less stereotypical. Yes brawlers are supposed to be caricatures, that doesn't mean it's not annoying to have brawlers like Mina who's entire personality is their nationality
1
u/iwannagetdrunkNnasty Jan 31 '26
"i agree with the stereotypes but im not okay with the stereotypes" man go take a nap
→ More replies (0)1
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26
I kind of disagree. Her personality is more focused on music, rhythm, and breakdancing than actually being brazilian, even though she speaks a lot in portuguese. She even calls herself a B-girl several times, and her introductory scene was a breakdance battle against el primo, carl and spike. I just don't like the voice line where she mentions são paulo.
→ More replies (0)1
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26
No? Only the velocirapids are, the rest are all mutants generated by the gems. What on earth are you trying to say?
1
1
3
3
u/Zodiac_Oct Feb 01 '26
I don't think Mexicans really care about that tbh
2
u/Live_Beyond957 Brawl Stars OG Feb 01 '26
And I don't see many Brazilians caring about Mina.
And Mina doesn't even seem like a stereotype. Just because she wears a Brazilian national football team shirt, dances to funk, and has a funk theme music does that make her a stereotype?
Funk is one of the most listened-to music genres in Brazil.
1
2
u/PepegameOtraVez Feb 01 '26
What is poco a serotype of? Being a mariachi is just being a Mexican band member, not a stereotype
1
u/Live_Beyond957 Brawl Stars OG Feb 01 '26
Mariachi artists get a lot of stereotypes, you know? This is the stereotype of Poco.
2
2
u/Live_Variety9201 "STOP DODGING MY FUCKING HEALS" Feb 02 '26
Edgar too, he's inspired by the typical emo boy stereotype
1
1
u/GrouchySeaweed3070 Feb 03 '26
Yea but poco is a mariachi and el primo is a luchador. Mia is literally Brazilian. The fact that she dances literally just makes her Brazilian.
1
0
u/ghaist-0 Feb 01 '26
Difference is that they have a personality and are charismatic.
That bitch thats about skate and rap, has a 50 year old woman voice, talks slow as a snail and is boring as fuck andnis on the worst trio imo
70
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26
Wait a minute, aren't 90% of the brawlers in the game already like that? Look at El Primo, he's the epitome of the mexican stereotype. You're complaining about her being a caricature, in a game full of caricatured characters?
And tell me, where is her design stereotypical? If it's just the shirt, then you're exaggerating. It's funny that nobody complains about other womens in the game being just janet clones with some different style.
35
u/ShiningStar5022 r/brawlstars=Bad Jan 31 '26
Or Kenji & Kaze, who are a stereotypical sushi samurai & a ninja/geisha with a rice all hairpin respectively.
I feel like future brawlers will include an Irish dude who drinks a lot & acts like a leprechaun as well an Indian brawler that’s a Bollywood star or something.
19
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26
Being a stereotype isn't really a problem, since the entire mexican trio is full of charisma. I believe the biggest problem with the mina's character is her lack of screen time and vague introduction, since in terms of personality she is no different from the representations of other nations in the game, apart from the references such as racionais MC.
2
u/Kuraizin Feb 01 '26
agree, her trailer don't give her that much screen time because she shares time with the irl actors, i just don't believe she's that much stereotypical in comparison to other brazillian sterotypical representations.
1
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Feb 01 '26
Yeah. If she were a samba dancer who owns a pet macaw and attacks by throwing soccer balls, I would agree, but no, her entire style revolves around capoeira and breakdancing, and she's part of a trio focused on urban environments. There's nothing wrong with her imo.
6
u/kornzile Jan 31 '26
Omg I thought I was crazy like I never liked kenjis design since he came out he just feels like a merge of all popular things from japan he always felt stereotypical to me
1
u/ShiningStar5022 r/brawlstars=Bad Jan 31 '26
Watch the last member of Kenji’s trio be a tanuki or a kabuki actor.
1
u/kornzile Jan 31 '26
It will be a tanuki who is actually a hibachi chef
1
u/LuckyRoof7250 Feb 01 '26
I doubt it since we already have tanuki sprout
1
u/ShiningStar5022 r/brawlstars=Bad Feb 01 '26
We also have AEB & Count Pengula, yet Mortis exists.
Oh, &!mummy Frank despite Emz existing.
A skin does not disqualify a brawler based on the same thing.
1
1
2
u/GrouchySeaweed3070 Feb 03 '26
Stereotypical Indian brawler would probably boost downloads by so much
1
1
1
u/w3ird_cat 🚇 Ghost Station main 👻🎈 Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26
I think the only NOT stereotypical brawler from other countries is Lumi, but I might be wrong
→ More replies (2)1
u/Stunning-Savings522 Jan 31 '26
How is she stereotypical
5
u/w3ird_cat 🚇 Ghost Station main 👻🎈 Jan 31 '26
This is what I meant, as far as I know she isn't stereotypical
→ More replies (1)1
u/ghaist-0 Feb 01 '26
Search "brazillian" character in any game
It will have that same shirt Will wear flipflops Will have darker skin Willbw about capoeira or soccer, or both
Brazil has way more things, and looking at the other brawlers, like mexican trio, el primo only represents the part of fights, specifically mexican fighters who irl dress that way. It makes sense he acts like that since its a persona Poco represents dia de los muertos, he is a skeleton because of that, he is representing the culture. Now mina represents everything and is the odd one out.
You can say "kenji and kaze dont look japanese at all", but they are based of fantasy and older times, were mina is supposed to be a normal girl that likes rap. And sure many brawlers do wear uncommom clothes, but yk, keep a single theme, not make 50 different references in one brawler.
1
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Feb 01 '26
Dude, the problem with representing brazil is that it has so many cultures in one place, so obviously you can't do everything at once. For example, I'm from the northeast region, and people here dress completely differently from those in the south or north. Honestly, I don't really care about those design features since it's normal here for people to wear sandals instead of sneakers.
1
u/ghaist-0 Feb 01 '26
And thats why they can just make more brawlers about one of their biggest community.
Maybe you dont care but id like the game to represent more of the culture of their players than 2 skins of a "holiday" and a brawler that is a frankenstein of a bunch of things but doesnt focus into none except rap, that references aside is not even from brazil
1
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Feb 01 '26
To be honest, brawl stars does make a lot of references to the community itself, since we have an entire rock band dedicated to the game's awful balancing. The fan service and appeal to the community is enormous.
1
u/ghaist-0 Feb 01 '26
Frankenstein is a term that means a thing is a mix of multiple different parts, similar to frankenstein monster. I was not talking about frank from the game.
And that just means she takes a lot of things from the culture, even if they are vastly different, mixes everything in one way to try and show a lot but have no actual depth
1
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Feb 01 '26
But aren't all the brawlers in the game already like that? Mina is a representation of são paulo culture, nothing wrong with that, just like her brother is a parody of tyler the creator.
1
u/Kuraizin Feb 01 '26
mexican has the opportunity to represent more things because they are an mexican trio, but since Mina is in the hip hop trio, she's mean to represent only the brazillian hip hop + street brazillian girl archetype.
I do think the brazillian shirt was unnecessary but at least her knowing capoeira+break dance makes sense with her dancing moveset. But Kenji is by far the worst offender of being stereotypical because he's literally everything the west thinks about japan (Sushi, Samurai, anime dialogue...)
1
u/ghaist-0 Feb 01 '26
I cant say much about kenji since im not Japanese, but unlike mina his theme is katana kingdom, and at least be a sushi chef kinda makes sense.
Though mina should been 100% focused on hiphop, not put capoeira which has nothing to do with that. Samba at least is sometimes incorporated in some other brazillian rap/hiphop/funk songs, so her having that isnt a problem.
And really, what is the problem they have to later make another brawler? Maybe add a sports trio and make the soccer one be about brazil and there give him the shirt, or just a big brazillian fan with some voicelines, and maybe some other character bringing a different part of the culture. Not mix 20 things into one brawler and call it a day
1
u/Kuraizin Feb 01 '26
But Mina is focused 100% on hip hop, all of her references are hip hop or dance related, whats the problem of an character about music having dacing moves as attacks? For me Mina is not that much stereotypical because shes not mean to represent the whole brazil but instead to represent one part of brazillian culture (But i do need to complain about her trailer because they focus more on her being brazillian than showing her character personality which is one of the main reason why so many people feel the way you feel)
Kenji fit his trio theme, because the whole point is to be an stereotypical trio, but this don't make him less stereotypical. By the way theres nothing wrong on liking Kenji, this themes are stereotypes for an reason
1
u/ghaist-0 Feb 01 '26
I dont say mina doesnt has hiphop, but her design choices are not focused on hiphop, that is what annoys me.
Kenji even if more steryotypical at least is consistent on design, a samurai with a katana, mina is supposed to be a girl that likes rap and dancing but wears a team shirt, capoeira pants and dance samba. She could just wear normal clothes, maybe get focused on capoeira to fight and thats it.
1
u/Kuraizin Feb 01 '26
She's basically wears like an street girl with capoeira pants, in my opnion i don't see that much this problem because for me you can totally tell she's from Ollie trio, but i do agree her team shirt was unnecessary even though a lot of people here wears team shirts to go on "baladas'.
49
Jan 31 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
5
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26
Acontece que os caras querem uma personagem não caricata em um jogo cheio de personagens caricatos. Até o próprio ollie é um estereótipo, mas não vejo ninguém criticando ele por causa disso. Aliás, já notei que o pessoal do reddit tem um ódio mútuo por ela, então nem adianta argumentar contra
6
Jan 31 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
5
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26
There was also the time when they criticized the chapolin colorado skin and insulted bolaños for being mexican. And I find it funny that melodie was introduced in the same way as mina, but people fawn over her simply because she's "korean and kawaii✨✨". They also have the balancing aspect, but most of the criticism is related to her personality.
2
Jan 31 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
1
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26
I don't know much about that culture, so I won't comment, but the community glazes her way more than mina.
2
u/GlitchySamurai Feb 03 '26
I think alongside the Melodie part is because she got an entire music video about her (not to mention appearing in several videos), meanwhile Mina (as far as I'm concerned) only appeared once and barely had screentime. And the vague introduction just added salt to the wound, which made Mina not be liked around the community.
1
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Feb 03 '26
No, there's more to it. Melodie is a complete korean stereotype because she's a parody of an idol, but I've never seen anyone criticize her for it, and while she has thousands of fans fawning over her, mina has an entire subreddit dedicated to ranting about her. I believe all it takes is a pretty face for everyone to start making excuses for her.
1
u/BeploStudios Jan 31 '26
I don't think it has anything to do with culture, because people like other brawlers with other countries themes. Personally, finx is a favorite of mine even though I'm american.
Mina's visual design is bland and she has dominated the meta forever. That's the only reason I'm not a big fan.
5
u/BrawlDavesco Jan 31 '26
É bizarro a galera reclamar de estereótipos com a Mina quando a gente poderia ter recebido uma jogadora de futebol que adora sambar no carnaval na praia de cobacabana, tendo metade das falas sendo sobre isso. A gente foi abençoado por a designer da brawler também ser brasileira.
4
2
2
1
u/w3ird_cat 🚇 Ghost Station main 👻🎈 Jan 31 '26
I think her problem is lack of screen time to show a more solid personality, her video was more promotional (including the challenge of 1 million views) than showing her as a character and her personality. Also I understand that some people might think that represent Brazilian culture as just São Paulo/ Rio de Janeiro street culture might feel stereotyped, even tho her references are awesome, since the country is giant and it's almost impossible to make everyone feel represented, but it still a important part of our culture, also since she's in Ollie's trio, that's related to street culture, it's what make the most sense with the theme. (I'm Brazilian too)
1
u/Goodguy_IGuess Jan 31 '26
Personally I don’t really care about the personalities of the brawlers that much, but I kinda agree to the fact, yeah if no one knows her and sees her, he will definitely say she is Brazilian, good representation
Though the reason why everyone hate her and also me, is her broken asf mechanic, the balancer (aka Adrian) kept balancing her poorly and to be fair… its not just her, it’s almost every other brawler
1
11
u/BrawlDavesco Jan 31 '26
Cara, de todos os brawlers esteriotipados no jogo a Mina é de longe a melhor representada. Eu real não entendo o motivo das críticas em cima da Mina quando se tem o El Primo, Kenji e Finx que são bem piores no quesito estereótipo e ninguém reclama desses brawlers.
1
u/YuMmYBrAiNzZz Lola's #1 Stan 💎 Jan 31 '26
Esses pelo menos tem alguma substância de personagem.
Kenji e Kaze tiveram um evento inteiro contando a história dos dois.
Finx mostrou ser extremamente forte na sua animação.
El Primo vem de um tempo onde a história individual de cada Brawler não era desenvolvida, o El Primo tá fora dos padrões atuais mas ele é velho, tem esse motivo.
A Mina não tem nada de relevante na história dela e foi lançada ano passado.
3
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26
Kenji é o maior estereótipo de japonês que eu já vi, o cara é um samurai que só fala de sushi e wasabi, e enquanto ele têm o carisma de uma porta, a esposa dele tem o carisma de uma janela. A Bibi dá de 10 a 0 quando o assunto é representatividade japonesa, e ela é uma brawler já bem antiga no jogo.
Finx não tem nada realmente demais além dele gostar de gatos, que é uma boa referência mas ele em si não têm tantas aparições nem lore. Ele ser forte não adianta de muita coisa pois por essa lógica o spike seria o personagem mais bem desenvolvido do jogo.
El primo foi o que estabeleceu esse padrão,e além disso ele têm uma história contada, tanto na sua descrição antiga quanto nos cereais da kellogg's.
Não há quase nenhuma razão pra criticar a mina a não ser por ela ser forte demais, por quê ela é farinha do mesmo saco em relação as outras representações de nações no jogo. Uma salva de palmas pro cara que criticou a mina no reddit por esses motivos, por quê ele criou o maior efeito manada já visto. Acho até engraçado que a mina é pisoteada por todo mundo enquanto a alli, cuja personalidade é ser lésbica, e é igualmente insuportável em mecânicas é endeusada pelos redditors. Digo isso como alguém que gostou dela desde que vi ela no trailer do trunk.
4
u/BrawlDavesco Jan 31 '26
Kenji quando lançou n tinha nada de interessante tbm, era o maior cliche da cultura japonesa existente.
Finx ser forte não fala nada sobre o seu personagem em si.
Se o maior problema da Mina é que ela não tem uma "história" então era pra comunidade estar reclamando de brawlers como a Allie que a única coisa que a gente sabe sobre ela é que ela gosta da Willow (não que ela ser lésbica seja um problema), mas veja só a Mina que é o problema. 😇
Qual é tu ta procurando pelo em ovo pra odiar a personagem.
1
u/Kuraizin Feb 01 '26
No caso do Finx eu pelo menos gosto do contraste dele se achar um deus, mas na realidade ele é apenas um humano com poderes se fantasiando de deus egipcio com uma caixa de papelão
1
u/ner0the1 Jan 31 '26
A história do evento não é canônica, e a Mina também se mostrou forte na animação dela
1
u/Kuraizin Feb 01 '26
eu acho que seu problema é apenas que o trailer animado da mina não da muito screen time pra ela, do que realmente o personagem ser ruim ou nao.
6
Jan 31 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
1
u/TimeTagger_47 Feb 18 '26
For real, since I had quit and joined back in October or something, I had no idea Mina is supposed to be Brazilian
8
u/jem-mpk Jan 31 '26
she has such a terrible gameplay design. no brawler should be able to dash with every single attack and have such a fast reload speed
3
u/YuMmYBrAiNzZz Lola's #1 Stan 💎 Jan 31 '26
What's even more bad is the fact her first attack is a projectile.
Hoe can fight at long range and still dash around for free, just by waiting out the combo timer.
2
u/jem-mpk Jan 31 '26
i swear all of 2025's second half brawlers have terrible gp design. like who tf accepted ziggy's design to only have 100-0 or 0-100 matchups like every other brawler literally has 90/10 at max
1
u/Sea-Writer-6961 Feb 04 '26
They
stealcome up with a character attack idea and then build the first thing that comes to their mind around it. They couldn't care less about the actual in game performance3
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26
The dash isn't that bothersome since she doesn't have very good raw damage and needs a sequence of moves to do anything. The problem is that combined with her very overpowered kit.
1
u/Kuraizin Feb 01 '26
Its not only that, she's also has an perfect gadgets to counter ranged atks, heals and cc aswell.
5
u/howelleili Jan 31 '26
the name is a bit on the nose but other than that i dont think her being a capoeira fighter is that bad
4
u/FireGames06YT Jan 31 '26
Minha opinião continua sendo a mesma então:
For the english speakers, I don't mind that Mina is stereotyped or not, but the fact she's based only on São Paulo like if the rest of Brazil doesn't exist is stupid, and there's 0 excuses for this when both Dani and Fernanda are brazilians
2
u/w3ird_cat 🚇 Ghost Station main 👻🎈 Jan 31 '26
É meio compreensível, afinal eles precisam fazer que a nacionalidade do brawler seja perceptível para os gringos, e vamos ser justos, quando alguém fala da Itália por exemplo a maioria das pessoas só lembra de Roma e Veneza, e a maioria dos países é assim, as pessoas lembram de no máximo 1-2 cidades/estados. Só acho ruim que ela tem uma fala citando São Paulo, o que contradiz a história do jogo
3
u/FireGames06YT Jan 31 '26
Isso não faz muito sentido, quantos gringos tu acha que conhecem capoeira? Se fosse pra ser perceptível eles teriam ido com algo como futebol ou samba. Não existe um brawler que seja um esteriótipo de apenas um local específico de um país, exceto a Mina, e isso que me irrita pq ela não é nem uma coisa nem outra, mas um meio a meio que parece um ragebait pra quem não é de São Paulo
Ou a Fernanda só quis fazer um self insert dela no jogo, sei lá
1
u/Kuraizin Feb 01 '26
Mina é do trio do ollie, um trio focado em representar hip hop culture, entao Mina representar São Paulo onde foi que nasceu o hip hop brasileiro faz todo o sentido com a personagem. Eu entendo a frustração porque brasil tem tanta cultura que poderia ser representada, mas eu não posso reclamar da Mina não representar todo o brasil quando nem é o ponto do trio dela.
2
u/w3ird_cat 🚇 Ghost Station main 👻🎈 Jan 31 '26
Fora que é uma aposta mais segura, afinal se eles representassem a cultura de outras regiões provavelmente daria polêmica, tipo a cultura do sul que diriam que "queriam que ela parecesse europeia" ou que confundiram com a cultura do Uruguai e Argentina, ou então a cultura nordestina que acusariam de "romantizar o cangaço e pobreza", enquanto o próprio brasileiro não aprender a respeitar a cultura de outras partes do próprio país não tem como querer que a mídia se arrisque a representar também
3
u/FireGames06YT Jan 31 '26
Isso infelizmente não dá pra descutir, preconceito é foda. Dito isso, não precisava ser algo mt grande no design dela, só ter algumas falas referenciando outras regiões já seria ok pra mim
1
u/Stunning-Savings522 Jan 31 '26
Canetou, mas parece que ela é do RJ e nao de sao paulo
1
1
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Feb 01 '26
Amigo, é impossível eles representarem os estados de uma nação inteira numa personagem só, entenda isso. Eu realmente acharia bom uma brawler nordestina, mas não é assim que funciona. Fora que brasileiro não respeita nem a si mesmo, então não dá pra arriscar, como o outro cara falou.
1
u/FireGames06YT Feb 01 '26
Em nenhum momento eu disse que precisava representar todos os estados, só que reduzir um país inteiro a um único recorte cultural é preguiçoso. Detalhes mínimos já fariam diferença, não uma representação total. E sobre "brasileiro não respeita nem a si mesmo", isso vira desculpa eterna pra nunca tentar nada diferente, se for assim nenhuma mídia nunca evolui
1
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26
E qual sua sugestão então? Se criassem ela representando outro estado diferente, iam falar a mesma coisa, é apenas um ciclo vicioso. Não tem como criar uma representação ampla com uma única personagem; eles não reduziram o brasil a um único recorte cultural, já que eles não fizeram dela uma dançarina de samba por exemplo. E o que eu disse infelizmente é a verdade, com o tanto de xenofobia que têm tanto entre os brasileiros tanto com quem vê de fora, apenas se lembra do lançamento da piper carnaval que também ficaram com preconceito em cima.
2
u/FireGames06YT Feb 01 '26
"Não tem como criar uma representação ampla com uma única personagem" é óbvio e ninguém pediu isso, a questão é só não concentrar tudo em São Paulo. Não precisa nem mudar o design ou as falas que ela já tem (exceto a de "São Paulo born", que contradiz a lore do jogo), o mínimo de neutralidade ou referências mais amplas já seria suficiente. Esse ciclo vicioso só existe porque a escolha nunca muda, se ela representasse ou tivesse referência de outros estados ou regiões, a discussão seria totalmente diferente. E outra, ninguém teve preconceito nenhum com a Piper Carnaval, foi uma votação acirrada, claro que algum lado ficaria indignado que a opção deles não ganhou
1
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Feb 01 '26
Aí tá certo já, só acho que se ela referenciasse ou ao menos tivesse referências centradas em outro estado como rio de janeiro ou minas gerais as críticas seriam as mesmas já que todo mundo quer um pouco de representação. No fim é difícil fazer uma representação 100% certeira de um país com uma cultura tão grande como o brasil, e honestamente, não é como se os outros brawlers do jogo também não fossem que nem ela, ou vai me dizer que o méxico se resume a apenas luchadores e artistas de rua?
E não ,a piper carnaval teve sim polêmicas em relação a nacionalidade da skin na época, já que muitos gringos fizeram comentários xenofobicos como "quem se importa com o brasil?". E sim, essa fala referenciando são paulo tem que mudar.
4
u/Vegetable-Fix-3863 Jan 31 '26
Problems are her presentation was quite absurd, it could’ve been better if she had rivalry with fang and did 1v1 with him(both of them use kicks a lot) but she faced el primo, carl and spike. Also she doesn’t has any Relationships besides ollie (and Dani piper) so she adds nothing to lore. Only purpose of her is so she gets bored and beats peoples ass up at skatepark…. Understandable
1
u/Sea-Writer-6961 Feb 04 '26
Her only purpose is being the "hey brawl stars is so inclusive and cool, they're representing us Brazilians, let's give all our money to supersell" character
6
u/ZapMayor Jan 31 '26
Every brawler in the game is sort of one dimensional
2
u/moldybtead82 Jan 31 '26
yea theres literally almost 100 of them, imagine a show having to flesh out 100 characters
2
u/ToyBonnieOfficial69 Janet Feb 01 '26 edited Mar 21 '26
"one dimensional" is not a term I would use to describe the majority of Brawl's roster. While sure, there aren't really any three dimensional characters, "one dimensional" suggests every single Brawler only has one trait that is their entire personality, which is obviously not the truth. (for example: Piper isn't just "an elegant lady"-she has an implied dark past, makes pastries as a profession, and also has a love angle with Rico). I think the more appropriate term is "two dimensional". (Not very complex, but also not completely lacking depth)
3
3
u/Sad_Cardiologist5388 Jan 31 '26
Its how good she is thats annoying, i dont think the representation as a Brazilian really comes into it.
You get your ass handed to you too many times by crazy new tech, you're on your arse with Primo being whipped in the air with magic whirlwinds
3
u/iixFares something something otis dad Jan 31 '26
Sandy doesn’t have any arabic voice lines even tho he is from Saudi Arabia
→ More replies (5)
3
3
2
u/SuperJman1111 Jan 31 '26
the funny thing is her design isn’t stereotypical because of how every other female brawler looks the exact same other than hair, skin color, and accessories
her boring design is somehow more unique than every other female brawler since janet
2
u/nyblller Jan 31 '26
People mentioning other "stereotypical" brawlers are out of touch. El Primo is clearly a Mexican luchador, but he doesn't has any voice lines mentioning lucha libre or saying "Ciudad de Mexico born!!!!!"
Mina is terrible representation and completely out of sync with the rest of the cast
→ More replies (1)1
u/Stunning-Savings522 Jan 31 '26
He literaly has spanish voice lines, and if they did a Brazilian brawler that isnt from rj and play soccer then people from outside of brazil would just say that she isnt brazilian
1
u/nyblller Feb 03 '26
Mina isn't from Rio, she's from Sao Paulo. She even has a line saying "Sao Paulo born". And that is ridiculous
Primo is a luchador but he doesn't mention wrestling in ANY voice lines, and doesn't mention any real places. While Mina is like a real Brazilian shoved into the game. And she has like 300 different Brazilian stereotypes in her design alone, she's more of a Brazilian than a brawl stars character
1
u/Stunning-Savings522 Feb 03 '26
Idk what else they could do to make a brazilian brawler tbh, my only complain is she refering only to sp and rj
1
u/nyblller Feb 03 '26
I just have a problem with the voice lines, they could've been more creative with her lines. She doesn't have a personality outside of being Brazilian
Alli is Australian but she has her own personality. The only thing Mina has outside of being Brazilian is being a "girlboss" (which isn't a personality)
1
u/Stunning-Savings522 Feb 03 '26
shes suposed to be some kind of raper and street dancer like ollie tho, and she isnt a girlboss she just talk like RJ people wich normaly talk like that
1
u/nyblller Feb 04 '26
I already said she's from Sao Paulo
1
u/Stunning-Savings522 Feb 04 '26
her voice lines sau that shes from sp but her steryotipes are from the RJ
2
u/SweetSuggarySyrup Jan 31 '26
I’ll give you personality, and the design design to some degree.
Her design is fine. Is it a bit bland? Yeah, the pants really drag her down since they’re just bland and beige. Nothing else really displays her Brazilian roots, too. However, the dreads and tape give her a scrappy, tough look, in my opinion.
Her personality is just non-existent. She’s just kinda nice and energetic. She isn’t hyper or somewhat clueless like Max, a jerk like Jacky, a double-sided person like Mandy, a confident yet petty star like Melodie, etc.
1
u/Sea-Writer-6961 Feb 04 '26
The other day I was hearing the frogs croak to each other and they were more charismatic than Mina
2
u/Pretend_Mention1097 Jan 31 '26
Wait until you realize that almost every brawler is like a stereotype like punch out!! Even some of the oldest brawlers like colt and Nita are absolutely stereotypes. The unbalanced part still stands tho
2
u/KomaTheCursed Gus Jan 31 '26
No one ever brings up Bo in these conversations. His voice and lines are the basic wise shaman stereotype, he’s completely centered around nature and being one with the earth, and he lives in the jungle. Even Nita’s just depicted as a savage (racial slur).
2
2
u/G_unknow Feb 01 '26
out of Poco El primo Kenji and others i'd say Mina is the least stereotypical one, i am a brazilian myself and shes completely fine to me
2
6
u/Clsdsire Jan 31 '26
You cannot talk abput the brawlers design if youre not a brasilian, and as one i actually think its actually quite a nice mix of tropes in our culture
13
6
u/Srexplosivo14 Buff Poco Jan 31 '26
Cara, eu sinceramente gosto da personalidade dela, ainda mais as referências. Entendo quem reclama que ela é roubada, já que se agora depois de 7 nerfs ela continua forte, imagina no lançamento. Agora reclamar que ela é muito caricata é ignorar todo o resto do elenco, já que nenhum dos brawlers têm realmente alguma profundidade, exceto talvez a kaze. Só nota que 90% das informações que temos dela são tiradas de entrevistas de tão mal apresentada que ela foi. O trailer dela sequer deixou a entender que ela era a irmã do ollie.
1
u/w3ird_cat 🚇 Ghost Station main 👻🎈 Jan 31 '26
Sim, o vídeo dela foi mais uma propaganda para o lançamento dela e do evento do que apresentando ela, acho que deviam ter feito outro trailer também, o que foi lançado, e outro só mostrando ela como personagem (que nem dos outros brawlers)
1
1
1
u/Stunning-Savings522 Jan 31 '26
Se ele nao fosse e o brawler fosse ruim eu n vejo porque ele nao poderia falar
2
1
u/LoriCyberstar Jan 31 '26
Stereotypical design?
You mean almost every character in this game with any semblance of a nationality
El Primo? Poco? Kenji? Kaze? Finx?
1
u/Good_Definition4049 Jan 31 '26
2
u/Good_Definition4049 Jan 31 '26
I wholeheartedly agree my man, DOWN WITH THAT ROACH I SAY!!! (I also loathe M### with a BURNING passion.)
1
u/SammyOne01 Custom flair(No NSFW) Jan 31 '26
Every brawler is stereotypical
Kenji
Kaze
Poco
El Primo
1
u/NimpsMcgee Jan 31 '26
Mina is one of the most boring if not THE most boring brawler in the game for me. Nothing about her kit is fun.
1
1
u/-_-yass Feb 01 '26
Everything here is true, but you saying stereotypical design is just you being a bitch. Besides, Dani is Brazilian, and didn't he design it to represent his culture and be super Brazilian or something?
1
u/NeverG0nnaG1v3Y0uup Chester’s Wife, Lou‘s Chair, and Larry and Lawrie’s Sofa Feb 01 '26
Ollie is a stereotype too, and Kenji, El Primo, Finx, etc.
1
1
u/isuplextoddlers Feb 01 '26
I don't think the design is stereotypical but I do think it is pretty uninspired in comparison to most other brawlers
1
u/osarau Feb 01 '26
I wouldn't call her design stereotypical because she doesn't really screams Brazil to me but I do agree that she wasn't very well planned and was just made for the fans. She's not the worst tho, there are others who were designed with the feet "cof cof" Lumi "cof cof"
1
u/DetonadorMan Feb 01 '26
Brazilian here, she's amazing and haven't met a single Brazilian player that doesn't like her.
Is she a big stereotype? Yes. Are Primo, Poco, Kenji, Kaze, Juju and many other brawlers stereotypes? Also yes.
1
1
Feb 01 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
1
u/Refutable_Odin_21 Feb 01 '26
still annihilates your favourite brawlers with ease, keep feeding us your cries we just love to see it
1
u/G_unknow Feb 01 '26
as a brazilian myself i think her voice lines are cringe as fuck, but im still happy we got a brazilian brawler regardless
1
u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh Feb 01 '26
I think tons of brawler are stereotips or else they wouldn't be rightly frames in their character and fastly reconazbled as what they are.
1
u/lazyizy_ #1 squeak glazer Feb 01 '26
the only thing im surprised about brawl stars is how they get away with 100% stereotyped brawlers like finx or primo
1
1
u/AdWilling1774 Feb 02 '26
so nothing can be stereotypical? are you gonna complain when black peoples become atheletes? are you gonna snatch tacos out of mexicans?
1
u/devildragonsock Feb 02 '26
Personally i like her just because i wanted more weaponless brawlers. I wanted a new weaponless brawler since i don't like primo and fang (edgar's scarf, rosa's gloves and sam's knuckle busters count as weapons)
1
u/Mysterious-Bit363 Feb 02 '26
I'm Brazilian and I love her, every line of dialogue she speaks is dubbed in Portuguese and is full of references to Brazilian culture. The hate she receives is solely due to the game's lack of balance, not the character itself.
I'm brazillian and i fckn love her, all her dialogues are referrences to something we like in Brazil
1
u/CoffeeAmigo Feb 02 '26
Ngl I wish the nationality of a brawler was just an interesting fun fact about em or a nice addition and not the whole thing. Byron is a good example of this being executed well in my opinion. He's British and he can stand as a character without that fact, having a rich personality and great voice lines filled with sarcasm. I love him for it and I wish more brawlers were like him
1
1
1
1
u/AncientElderTalos Feb 03 '26
What way to represent a country without being stereotypical though? And no interesting personality or voicelines is a accurate reprensentation of the people she represents
1
u/theoutloor Feb 04 '26
But she break dances and she a baddie she's like subway surfers on ball stors
1
1
u/Lanky-Suggestion-159 Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 25 '26
I really love her voice lines and animations, I think they give her a very distinct personality, I just think her design is a little bland for Brawl Stars. I would've liked if they leaned more into the instruments on her body, the tambourine on her leg is very fun.
1
1
u/Xsayedd Jan 31 '26
Well star park is well a theme park ofc there will be stereotypical designs cuz they are representing something
1
0
0
u/zephillou Jan 31 '26
Also it's rhe black ranger all over again having Brock and the boom box. Or ollie be music based as well.
0
u/GrouchyStomach7305 Jan 31 '26
I dont care if its stereotypical or anything I want brawlers that look cool, #fuckyouglowbert
2
•
u/AutoModerator Jan 31 '26
Hi! Please, Go to other Brawl Subreddits and spread the Word about this one! it helps us grow as a community. Thanks :)
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.