Bruno

Bruno
Bruno dressing the original outfit.
Characteristics
Cost	Stage 5 of Rivals Challenge in (Now )
Edition
Limited?	Yes
Release Date	July 17th, 2023
Outfits
This character doesn't have any unlockable outfits.

Bruno is a limited character released in update. Bruno is the 163rd character in the game and the 2nd Rival character in the game, being one of the 4 Rivals, and the Rival of Yutani.

Appearance

Bruno is a 16 years old Argentinian teenage boy and technologist from /. He has a blue T-shirt with a battery drawn on it. He has yellow shorts and black shoes with green laces. He has a prosthetic arm. On the back of his shirt he has a Rivals logo (®). His eyes are light blue. He wears gray glasses. He has what appears to be a virtual reality headset on his neck. He carries two technological devices in the pockets of his shorts. He carries a tablet with him which is used to control a drone that is only visible in its animation (similar to Catrine's skateboard and boba tea, Hali's DJ set and Lawrence's microphone and poem book).

History

Edition	Date	Cost	Additional Notes
(debut)	July 17th, 2023	Is a reward of the Rivals Challenge in .
	November 20th, 2023	, Rivals Bundle	Also could be bought individually for . The offer also included Catrine, Danger Dasher, Future Wave, Hali, and Rave Rider.
	May 13th, 2024	, Rivals Duo 1 Bundle	Also could be bought individually for . The offer also included Catrine, Danger Dasher, and Future Wave.
	August 26th, 2024	, Gamers Bundle	Also could be bought individually for . The offer also included Hammy-Bee, and Andy.
	September 16th, 2024	, for Tag Time Attack
	December 2nd, 2024	, Rivals Bundle, or , Cyber Monnday.	For the Rivals bundle, the offer also included Catrine, Danger Dasher, Future Wave, Hali, and Rave Rider.

_{* An exact date was found where he appeared in, otherwise, the edition release date is assumed.}

Trivia

• Bruno is the ninth surfer released in 2023 after Rabbit, Soul, Tutti, Frutti, Spraybot, Catrine, Rain and Alfie.
• He's the 2nd  surfer after Sofia but he's also a  surfer.
• He is also the eighth surfer after Alfie, Catrine, Elf Fresh, Elf Yutani, Elf Jake, The Burger King, and Super Runner Yutani.
• In the rivals comics it was stated that Bruno is in fact from Argentina and he traveled to to battle Yutani.
• He is the second Rivals Special character. The first being Catrine, the third being Hali and the fourth being Lawrence.
• He is the seventh South American surfer in the game, the first being Carmen, the second being Edison, the third being Carlos, the fourth being Sofia, the fifth being Tankbot, the sixth being Super Runner Fernando, the eighth being Tainá, and the ninth being J Balvin.
  • He is also the first South American surfer released in 2023, others being Tainá and J Balvin.
• He's the first surfer with a prosthetic arm.
  • This makes him the second amputee after Zayn.
• Bruno is confirmed to be autistic.
• That makes him the first and currently only autistic character in the game.
• Bruno is the fifth character with a confirmed age (16) after Clementine, Catrine, Rain and Alfie.
  • He is the second surfer who is 16 years old, the first being Catrine, the third being Tainá, the fourth being Hali, the fifth being Lucky, the sixth being Faiza, the seventh being Electra, the eighth being Ozzy, the ninth being Kedi, the teenth being Logan, and the eleventh being Leif.
  • He is also the 1st male who is confirmed to be 16 years old, the second being Lucky the third being Ozzy, the fourth being Logan, and the fifth being Leif.
• In his scrollbar pose and animation, he is smiling and seems very happy, but when you select and play as him he has a serious looking expression. This also occured to Rudy Rascal, Spike, Yuto, Song Yi, Mala, Zi Hao, Thursday, Skye, Astra, Stella, Finn, and Electra.
• He is the second special birthday surfer for Yutani, the first being Super Runner Yutani.
• He is the ninth surfer whose name starts with 'B' after Brody, Bjarki, Brandon, Buddy, Boombot, Bonnie, Bob the Blob, and Buzz.
• In his idle animation, it seems that he has a brief struggle with his tablet before he can launch his drone that connects through it. It may be caused by a temporary malfunction on that tablet for which he may not be aware of.
• He is the only Rival who is short haired, whereas Catrine, Hali and Lawrence are long haired Rivals.
• He is the only Rival to have short pants, whereas the other three Rivals have long pants.
• He is the third character to have a prosthetic arm, the first being Sun in his Rogue Outfit and the second being Hugo in his Pirate Outfit.
• He is the second surfer to have virtual reality (VR) box, the first being Andy in his Gamer Outfit and the third being Hammy-Bee.
• He is the only Rival without letter A in the name.
• He is the only Rival who wears spectacles.
• He's the first member of the Rivals crew available in the Subway Studio, with the second being Catrine (added to it in 3.17.1).
• In the Chinese Version, he's a Suzhou Surfer.
• Future Wave is his board.

Gallery

• For official pictures and screenshots, see Bruno/Gallery.
• For renders, see Bruno/Render Gallery.