ok wait yall here is what I think Phighting characters' ethnicities/nationalities would b if they were humans (for the swords I wanted to make them all from medieval or older countries but I struggled a little sorry)
Skateboard: Native American
Biograft: made in China (/silly)
Katana: American/Japanese, blasian
Banhammer: Carribean but idk what country
Rocket: American but a very specific flavour of white boy who grew up in a predominantly bipoc neighborhood yk
Hyperlaser: Siberian Russian
Shuriken: obvious answer, Japanese
Scythe: Hispanic American
Medkit: old posh British man
Subspace: Prussian German/East German
Darkheart: German/Holy Roman
Firebrand: Native American
Ghostwalker: Western Roman/British
Icedagger: some kind of Scandinavian
Illumina: Frank (AKA from the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem)
Windforce: Taino/Carribean
Broker: British, trained himself to have a transatlantic accent but now he can't stop
Zuka: mixed African American/Russian
Lord Pwnatious: Siberian Russian, maybe Mongolian
Mx. Bot: Siberian Russian
Spray Paint: African American (albino tho lol)
Paint Bucket: African American
Rainbeau: African American
Dollmaker: mixed Indian/Egyptian
Traffic: mixed Mexican/Kenyan
Grappling Hook: Native American
Caltrops: mixed Mexican/Native American
made in china for biograft made me giggle so bad i'm crying
OLD POSH BRITISH 💔💔 ily medkit but your ass is OLDDD —MXBOT!!
i can imagine sling, shuri, and vine all teaching each other each other's languages to the point where they can codeswitch midsentence. they're multilingual menaces, your honor -roger