Yesterday the internet went up in flames of conflicting emotions as the newest character addition to be heading to Nintendo’sSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighter Pass 2ÂisMojang’s Steve fromÂMinecraft.ÂA former Mojang employee seems to have revealed that talks for this crossover have been in the works for a long time.Minecraft’sformer production director, Daniel Kaplan shared the news from theofficialÂMinecraftÂaccount and then retweeted that byasking users when they believed discussions about the collaboration started. He tagged Senior Analyst Daniel Ahmad, who replied with 2014.
Elsewhere on Twitter, Liam Edwards, Game Director & Designer at Q-Games had stated that he’d heard of Steve being in Smasharound 3 years ago. One user was skeptical about that, so KindaFunnyGames co-host Grimran Khanshared Kaplan’s above tweet. Kaplan jumped in to confirm that talks had started at least 5 years ago. He doesn’t know when Nintendo started to implement the talks intoSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatethough.
He alsojokingly tweeteda screenshot of Masahiro Sakurai from the video saying, “Even I didn’t think this day would come.” So it seems as if things were always somewhat unclear on whether Steve inSuper Smash Bros. UltimateÂwould ever actually happen.
Steve’s addition to the game resulted in not only a comedic announcement trailer, but also a mural featuring all characters inÂSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, but Stevelooks incredibly out of place. Apparently, we can expect to see more information about Steve being revealed on October 3 in a more in-depth presentation video. This will no doubt introduce the various skins, such as Alex, Enderman, and the Zombie.
We can also expect to learn about specific attacks and skills. Going by the trailer, it looks like players will be able to build blocks on the fly, and craft weapons to help in combat, and that does mean that Steve can wield the iconicMinecraftsword.
