Nintendo announces Minecraft character Steve will make his way to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Switch game console
- Nintendo announced a new fighter for Smash Bros. Ultimate on Thursday
- Steve from the popular game Minecraft will be joining the other characters
- Users can swap Steve out in the game for Alex, Zombie and Enderman
- Nintendo is hosting an event Oct. 3 to share the release date with the public
Nintendo announced the character Steve from the popular video game Minecraft will be the newest fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the firm’s Switch console.
The company shared a short presentation Thursday morning that teased Steve playing a new Minecraft-themed stage and battling Mario in the first few minutes.
The game suggests Steve will have similar abilities used in Minecraft like creating swords and blocks, bringing the two worlds together.
Nintendo also shared that users will have the ability to choose other characters from the Mojang Studios game including Alex, Zombie and Enderman – all which will have the same abilities as Steve.
The reveal sparked a tweet frenzy on Twitter seconds after the 10:30am ET announcement – ‘Minecraft’ has hundreds of thousands of tweets and is still trending on the social media platform.
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Nintendo announced the character Steve from the popular video game Minecraft will be the newest fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the firm’s Switch console. The company shared a short presentation Thursday morning that teased Steve playing a new Minecraft-themed stage and battling Mario in the first few minutes
Smash Bros. game director Masahiro Sakurai said during the announcement: ‘What’s difficult, however, is the programming work required to bring the character to life.’
‘It’s a massive challenge. Plus, we have to rework all our existing stages so that blocks can be placed in them.’
Another broadcast about the announcement will be held on Saturday, October 3 at 10:30am that is said to include more details and provide users with a release date of the new characters.
Steve is the second character to be added as part of the Fighter’s Pass Vol. 2 – the first was Min Min from Arms, who was added in June.
Nintendo also shared that users will have the ability to choose other characters from the Mojang Studios game including Alex, Zombie and Enderman
Smash Bros. game director Masahiro Sakurai said during the announcement: ‘What’s difficult, however, is the programming work required to bring the character to life.’ ‘It’s a massive challenge. Plus, we have to rework all our existing stages so that blocks can be placed in them’
The reveal sparked a tweet frenzy on Twitter seconds after the 10:30am ET announcement
Nintendo announced that the Fighter’s Pass 2 comes with six new fighters, an increase from the five that were available in the original Fighter’s Pass
Steve will be purchasable for $6 in the Challenger Pack 7, or in the bundle of all six characters for $30.
The announcement sparked a tweet frenzy on Twitter, as ‘Minecraft’ has been trending since and has more than 371,000 posts discussing the reveals.
Many users were overjoyed by the news, with one by the name of ‘peco’ who said: ‘2020 may suck but at least we got steve minecraft and master roshi as fighting game characters.’
Another broadcast about the announcement will be held on Saturday, October 3 at 10:30am that is said to include more details and provide users with a release date of the new characters
The announcement sparked a tweet frenzy on Twitter, as ‘Minecraft’ has been trending since and has more than 371,000 posts discussing the reveals. Many users were overjoyed by the news
Another Twitter member said that anyone who takes the video game Smash Bros can appreciate ‘the hype’ of Minecraft Steve joining the list of fighters. And others just share that this is the best day of their life
Another Twitter member said that anyone who takes the video game Smash Bros can appreciate ‘the hype’ of Minecraft Steve joining the list of fighters.
And others just share that this is the best day of their life.
Minecraft was released in 2011 and has since taken the world by storm – there are some 126 million people actively playing the game across the globe.