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Almost everyone has heard of Minecraft. After all, it is the top grossing video game of all time with over 200 million sales, even beating out games that span several generations of consoles such as Grand Theft Auto 5 and Tetris. Likewise, there aren't many people who haven't heard of Super Smash Bros. Ever since its initial inception in 1999 on the Nintendo GameCube, the franchise has gained an extremely large following for the last two decades. Smash is well known for being heralded as a "celebration of gaming," featuring a ton of iconic Nintendo characters as well as third-party characters from Capcom, Konami, and the like. All sects of gaming, whether it be traditional fighting games, platformers, or first-person shooters, are represented in this jam-packed action arena party fighting game. Earlier this month, Steve from Minecraft was announced as DLC for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and at the time of this blog post's publication, releases tomorrow. Due to his official inclusion in Smash, there will be a hefty amount of details to dissect. Firstly, Steve has been a desired fighter as far back as Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U. While he was more of a facetious choice for a character instead of one that was genuinely yearned for, fans rapidly clamored for his inclusion as a playable fighter as the years passed. Therefore, it is understandable as to why Twitter servers crashed on the day that Minecraft's Steve was announced. By no stretch of the imagination, his inclusion was so grand and extravagant that Twitter crashed due to the sheer amount of reaction tweets as a result. According to many other Twitter users, the last time Twitter faced such a crash was back when Michael Jackson died over a decade ago. Watching the announcement trailer felt like a dream come true for many fans, though a vocal minority were quick to voice their disgust and disappointment with Steve's inclusion. Fans were unsure how Masahiro Sakurai, the creator was going to balance the newcomer as staying true to the character's roots could very well make Steve (and by association, Zombie, Alex, and Enderman since they are alternate skins) an extremely overpowered character. However, Sakurai stated that his team had to rework every single stage in order to give Steve a proper chance, essentially changing the entire game as fans were quick to point out and emphasize how game-changing Steve's inclusion was. This post served to merely highlight how monumental Steve's inclusion is. Regarding his actual moveset and the various references included, the level of sheer time and effort put into not only what would appear as a simply designed character is something to be admired as his moves required Sakurai's team of coders to put their all into this large endeavor as he made sure to thank them in the reveal trailer. Steve's inclusion may very well be the most ambitious crossover of the highest magnitude to ever exist in the video game community. Recap:
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AuthorBrady Bryan is quite familiar with blogs since he had to frequently post on his blog in 6th grade. Although its been a long time since then, he still knows what a proper blog should look like. Archives
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