Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Developer(s)	Bandai Namco Studios Sora Ltd.
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Native Backward-compatible Nintendo Switch 2
Written in	C++
Latest version	13.0.4
Release date	December 7, 2018
Rating(s)	CERO: A ESRB: E10+ ACB: PG OFLC: PG PEGI: 12 USK: 12 GRAC: All GSRR: 6+
Size	NA/JP/AU/NZ: 17.3 GB Europe: 17.6 GB
Source available	No
Links	Official Site

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Japanese: 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ SPECIAL) is a crossover action fighting game published by Nintendo. It was released on December 7, 2018 on Nintendo Switch systems.

Minecraft content was added to the game as paid downloadable content on October 13, 2020.

Background

Super Smash Bros. is a series of platform fighting video games, spearheaded by Masahiro Sakurai. The series is known for being a large crossover between various video game franchises, primarily those created by Nintendo, such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Metroid, Star Fox, and Kirby, where characters from each series can duel it out. Beginning in the third installment, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, third party characters were introduced, beginning with Solid Snake and Sonic the Hedgehog.

Minecraft content

Steve & Alex

Steve and Alex were announced as a new playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on October 1, 2020 as part of Challenger Pack 7. A zombie and an enderman were also revealed as alternate costumes for the fighter. The DLC pack was released on October 13, 2020 for US$5.99.

Moveset

• Neutral Special (): Mine / Craft / Create Block - When on the ground, the player will mine the surface below or an adjacent wall. This provides materials which are used in many other attacks. The type of materials collected is random, but influenced by the type of surface. When standing next to the crafting table, tools of the highest-quality material the player has will be crafted. In the air, blocks will be placed below the player. The button can be held to continue placing as the player moves. Placed blocks break after a short time, and can also be broken by attacks.
• Side Special ( + ): Minecart - The player rides a minecart, laying rails as they go. Powered rails and redstone torches can be placed for a speed boost if the player has gold and redstone. The minecart can be dismounted by jumping (//). After dismounting, the minecart can pick up opponents and carry them away.
• Up Special ( + ): Elytra - The player equips an elytra and ascends using a firework rocket. The gliding trajectory can be adjusted by tilting .
• Down Special ( + ): TNT - Places a block of TNT, consuming a lot of materials. Holding + places redstone and, when letting go, a plate that can set off the block.
• Final Smash ( after being eligible for a Final Smash)^[1]: House of Boom - Creates a big piston that strikes out in the direction the player is facing. A player in its path will be launched into a dark room full of TNT, where creepers set off a chain-reaction explosion. Multiple players can be hit by the piston, but only one will be launched into the room.

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  Mine / Craft / Create Block
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  Minecart
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  Elytra
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  TNT
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  House of Boom

Classic Mode: Journey to the Far Lands

All fighters in Steve and Alex's Classic Mode are references to various hostile mobs in Minecraft. With the exception of the second and sixth rounds, all other rounds are stamina battles. The song "Earth" plays during the end credits.

Stages

Minecraft World is a stage in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. True to the source material, it can take the appearance of various biomes, affecting the stage layout. The stage also has a day-night cycle. The background of this stage is seemingly based on Java Edition, due to terrain differences such as the abundance of tall grass in the Plains stage and snow layers not occupying the same block as plants in the Snowy Tundra stage.

Each biome can be forced to load by entering inputs in the stage select screen. The biomes are, as follows:

• Plains - the default biome. Features a village in the background, with a bell and animal pen. The layout includes a broken-down house and a pile of hay bales. This biome is also used in the Battlefield and Ω forms of the stage. Can be loaded by holding .
• Birch Forest - features two platforms hidden in two birch trees. Can be loaded by holding + .
• Savanna - has a double-canopy acacia tree, which hides a platform. Can be loaded by holding + .
• Taiga - features a single taiga village house in the background. The stage layout contains a forest rock and a spruce tree. Can be loaded by holding + .
• Snowy Tundra - features a snowy tundra village house in the background, along with a sheep pen and a lamp post. The stage layout has two platforms and an igloo in the middle. Can be loaded by holding + .
• Stone Shore - features a single platform and a cave-like stone formation, with an ocean separating the main stage from the mountains. Can be loaded by holding + .

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  Plains biome.
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  Birch Forest biome.
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  Savanna biome.
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  Taiga biome.
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  Snowy Tundra biome.
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  Stone Shore biome.
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  The stage layout in Ω form.
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  The stage layout in Ω form for eight-player battles.
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  The stage layout in Battlefield form.

Music

Mii Fighter costumes

• Creeper (Brawler) - a model replacement costume for the Mii Brawler. The Mii's limbs are replaced by floating creeper legs.
• Pig (Brawler) - another model replacement costume for the Mii Brawler in a similar vein to the Creeper (Brawler). The costume may be based on the famous pig model error.
• Diamond Armor (Swordfighter) - a suit costume for the Mii Swordfighter, giving it diamond armor and a diamond sword.

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  Creeper (Brawler) in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
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  Pig (Brawler) in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
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  Diamond Armor (Swordfighter) in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Spirits

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  1428. Steve (Fighter)
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  1429. Alex (Fighter)
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  1430. Zombie (Novice)
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  1431. Creeper (Advanced)
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  1432. Skeleton (Advanced)
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  1433. Slime (Minecraft) (Advanced)
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  1434. Enderman (Ace)
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  1435. Villager & Iron Golem (Ace)
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  1436. Ghast (Advanced)
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  1437. Piglin (Advanced)
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  1438. Ender Dragon (Legend)

amiibo

amiibo figures of Steve and Alex were announced on October 5, 2021, and released in a double pack on September 9, 2022. They were originally slated to release in Q1/Q2 of 2022, but were delayed due to a logistics and production delay.^[4]

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  Steve amiibo
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  Alex amiibo
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  Packaging

Videos

Official Steve & Alex announcement

Official Steve & Alex reveal trailer

Official Steve & Alex gameplay demonstration

Official Steve & Alex amiibo showcase

Trivia

• Steve is referred within the game files with the codename "pickel". In Japanese, the loanword pikkeru is used to refer to ice axes, deriving from the German word "Eispickel".
• According to former Minecraft production director Daniel Kaplan, it took at least 5 years of negotiating between Nintendo and Mojang Studios for Steve to appear in Smash.^[5]
• The initial reveal of Steve on October 1, 2020 led to a large influx of activity on Twitter, resulting in the website becoming unreachable for a short period of time. The last time that Twitter experienced an outage was on June 25, 2009, with the death of popular singer Michael Jackson causing a similar influx of activity.^[6]
• Steve's alternate costumes each consist of a single texture taken from Minecraft and modified slightly presumably to account for the different lighting in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This notably makes modifying them through file replacement extremely simple.
• Due to being released when version 1.16 was the latest release, any graphical changes made in later updates are not reflected in Ultimate.
• While most of the Minecraft textures in Steve's moveset and in the Minecraft World stage use the Texture Update versions of their textures, some items (like dropped elytra, dropped minecarts, dropped oak logs, dropped cobblestone, dropped iron ingots, dropped gold ingots, and dropped diamonds) use the Programmer Art textures. This is likely due to the fact that negotiations for Steve's Smash appearance began years before the Texture Update.
  • The Zombie costume also uses the Programmer Art Zombie texture.
  • Interestingly, despite dropped oak logs using Programmer Art, the placed oak logs in the Minecraft World stages do correctly use the Texture Update textures.

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  In Steve's official announcement trailer, when introducing the Alex costume, the village house Alex emerges from has many texture issues, with some logs facing in incorrect directions, a window using the top half of the oak door instead of glass panes, and a section of a wall being comprised of dark oak logs, which seem to be the only placed textures to use Minecraft's Programmer Art. Additionally, in the Zombie costume introduction, the door the Zombie breaks has a misaligned top and bottom texture.
• The name of Steve's Classic Mode route, "Journey to the Far Lands," is a reference to a bug regarding world generation where traversing 12.5 million blocks away from the center of the world glitches the terrain, which the community nicknamed the Far Lands.
• The alternate versions of Steve and Alex originate from the default skin pack included in the Legacy Console Editions.
• Although introduced after the release of the collaboration, Chiwi posted an image of Makena, seemingly being played in the game.

Gallery

Official artwork from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Renders

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  Steve featuring the old bearded skin.
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  Alex
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  Tennis Steve
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  Tennis Alex
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  Scottish Steve
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  Swedish Alex
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  A zombie featuring the texture before the Texture Update.
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  An enderman with shorter limbs to match Steve and Alex's anatomy.

Artwork

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  Artwork of Steve from the "Everyone is Here" mural

Screenshots

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  Steve and Alex in the Plains stage.
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  Steve setting King K. Rool on fire.
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  Alex hitting Mario with a pickaxe.
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  Steve gliding with Pit and Dark Pit.
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  Alex and Steve riding minecarts.
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  A row of Steve, Alex, and their alternate costumes.
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  Alex, Steve, and Mario in the Plains stage.
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  Scottish Steve, Swedish Alex, a zombie, and an enderman.
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  Notification screen for unlocking Steve.

External links

• Steve & Alex fighter official sites: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand
  • Store pages: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand
  • amiibo sites: United States: Steve, Alex; Canada: Steve, Alex; United Kingdom & Ireland: Steve, Alex; Australia & New Zealand: Steve, Alex; Singapore: Steve, Alex; Malaysia: Steve, Alex; Philippines: Steve, Alex
    • Store pages: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand
• Article on Wikipedia
• Article about Minecraft on SmashWiki
• Article about the Steve & Alex fighter on SmashWiki

References

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