Mobile Game / Apr 28, 2026

Brawl Stars goes full anime: My Hero Academia skins arrive, and there’s a timed ‘win streak’ path to a freebie

Supercell’s Brawl Stars kicked off its first anime collab by teaming with My Hero Academia, and the reason it matters isn’t just cosmetics—it’s player behavior. Big crossovers create short-term “everyone logs in now” gravity: matchmaking gets busier, social feeds get noisier, and even lapsed players reinstall to grab limited stuff. The collab adds five themed skins, with one positioned as earnable for free through a limited-time challenge that requires a nine-win run, active until May 7. That’s a smart design: it turns the collab into a skill moment, not just a shop moment, and gives the whole community a shared goal (and shared pain) for the next week. For players, the practical takeaway is timing. If you want the free skin, you’ll get the best shot during the first few days while the playerbase is widest and you can queue quickly. If you don’t care about cosmetics, these events still change the vibe of the game—more variety, more experimentation, and more chaotic team comps as people chase wins. It’s basically a mini-season inside the season, and April 28 is the starting gun.