I think that just drawing minsc from a 20 year old game into a new game written by different people in different context means that he wouldn't be the same, unless the writers are super talented (and honestly I don't think Larian's writers are talented enough). So if only bringing minsc is a very complicated writing work, creating him as an origin character is even more complicated.
Hmmm... I strongly disagree with that. Minsc is not a complicated character to write. He is about as easy and straightforward as a character can be. He is big and dumb and runs around saying “evil, meet my sword. Sword, meet evil!” and “butt-kicking for goodness!”
There is nothing complicated about that.
True. But you got it backwards, I'm not worried they will ruin him by simplifying him, but by overcomplicating him
