Steve (SSBU)

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Steve in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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Universe	Minecraft
Availability	Downloadable
Final Smash	House of Boom

“	Steve Rocks the Block!	”
—Introduction tagline (Steve).

“	Alex Swaps In!	”
—Introduction tagline. (Alex).

“	Zombie Spawns In!	”
—Introduction tagline (Zombie).

“	Enderman Steps from the Shadows!	”
—Introduction tagline (Enderman).

Steve (スティーブ, Steve) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and is the second third-party representative from Microsoft after Banjo & Kazooie. They were confirmed as a playable character on October 1st, 2020 as the second downloadable character from Fighters Pass Vol. 2. Alex, a Zombie, and an Enderman will also appear as alternate costumes. Steve is classified as fighter #77.

Known Information

• Similar to Mr. Game & Watch, Steve appears to be lifted directly from their home game; their model and movement appearing identical to that of Minecraft.
• Steve's weapon stays in their hand momentarily depending on the move they use.
• Steve can crawl.
• Other alternate costumes are taken from the default selection of skins offered to players on the "Legacy Console" and "Bedrock" Editions of Minecraft, including "Tennis" Steve and Alex, "Scottish" Steve and "Scottish" Alex.

Moveset

• Steve appears to have a crafting mechanic, where they can mine the ground to obtain materials and upgrade their weapons by planting a Crafting Table.
• Steve can place Blocks, which appear to break soon after placing them. Currently, the only known blocks they can place are Dirt, Oak Planks, Stone, Smooth Stone, TNT and Anvil.
  • Additionally, Steve can place Redstone and a Wooden Pressure Plate to detonate TNT. This appears to trigger Special Zoom.
  • Steve also appears to place an Anvil in midair, which allows him to fall on it like a stall-then-fall to damage opponents.
• Steve has been shown using several tools from Minecraft in combat. As of now, which directional input each belongs to is speculative:
  • His grab appears to be a tether grab, where he uses a Fishing Rod to grab opponents while behind an open wooden gate.
    • One of his throws (presumably up or down throw) forces his victim to get thrown upwards using a Piston.
  • He is shown using swords for tilt attacks, including his forward smash.
  • His forward aerial is a downwards swing with a pickaxe.
  • His up aerial is a quick swing above his head with a shovel.
  • His down tilt uses Flint and Steel to light the floor on fire, though its current mechanics are unknown.
  • His down smash causes him to dump lava out of a lava bucket in front of him, then behind.
  • His side special appears to be the Minecart, which involves him sitting in a minecart while placing minecraft tracks as it moves.
  • His up special appears to be an Elytra, which he uses to glide.
  • His Final Smash sends the opponent into a stronghold filled with TNT, where they are attacked by zombies and creepers, which detonates the explosives.

Aesthetics

• Steve's character design is taken from their texture used in early Alpha builds of Minecraft, specifically prior to version "0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST," rather than their current, beard-less design.
• One of Steve's victory poses has them build a house similar to ones found in Villages, stand outside of it, then close the door.

Alternate costumes

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Trivia

• Steve was created by the Swedish video game company Mojang, making them the second DLC fighter that was created outside of Japan, also the second third-party character created outside Japan.
  • The first were Banjo & Kazooie, created by the UK-based developer Rare, which are coincidentally also owned by Microsoft.
• After Mr. Game & Watch, Steve is the second playable character to look almost identical to their original appearance, the first third-party character to do so, and the first to come from a conventional video game rather than an LCD game.
  • In Minecraft, since the Beta 1.9 Prerelease the bottom textures of all skins were flipped vertically, and though the bottoms of skins such as Steve's and the Zombie's heads had details that were affected by this, they were never adjusted to appear how they were originally intended. In Smash, the bottoms of Steve's and Zombie's heads are oriented the way they were originally, with the texture not being flipped, while Alex, whose skin was designed for the bottom to be flipped, also has her skin as originally intended. However, the bottoms of Steve's hands, and presumably his legs and body though the are solid colors, were not flipped.
  • The Zombie alternate costume uses the original texture, though there was a texture update in 1.14 of Minecraft. This is possibly so that it better matches with the Steve texture.
  • The Enderman alternate costume also was slightly altered to match the dimensions of Steve, as the character is much taller in the original game.
  • Steve's design in Ultimate has a beard, which was removed from his texture in 2009 (though his beard still appears in some promotional artwork and merchandise afterwards).
• Steve's reveal trailer contains multiple references to Minecraft:
  • The Enderman picking up the crate references their affinity for picking up blocks and carrying them around.
    • The Enderman also hides from the rain on Distant Planet. It references the fact that Endermen can receive damage from water in Minecraft.
  • Wolf throwing the Zombie causes it to drop meat, a reference to Rotten Flesh, which is their most common drop.
    • Additionally, wolves in Minecraft can be tamed and can help the player in combat.
  • Zombie is revealed breaking down a wooden door, which is an ability that Zombies have in Minecraft when playing on the hardest difficulty.
• Steve is the third fighter to have one of their victory animations shown in their reveal trailer, the first two being Joker and Terry.
• Zombie and Enderman are the second and third playable fighters in the series to be generic enemies, the first being Piranha Plant.
• Steve and Byleth are the only characters in Ultimate whose alternate costume is displayed alongside their default costume on the official Ultimate site, similarly to Robin's page on the official SSB4 site.
• Steve is the only character who has two names (in Steve's case he is listed as "Steve / Alex") displayed on the list of fighters on the official Ultimate website in all languages. Byleth was the first character to display two names in general, though this was only the case in languages where male and female Byleth had different names.