Ok.. first of all.. i honestly couldn't care less if steve or minecraft content actually makes in, even though I find the porspect of a minecraft stage exciting.
But the OP is outright wrong :/
He's a no.
Ok before I begin I must say that I have seen dozens of more outrageous character requests/speculation but I think this one deserves some conversation since people actually think he'll be in. I'm not trying to offend anyone here, but these are my genuine thoughts (I had to create this to settle a debate).
and i will give my genuine thoughts...
So before the E3 direct a leaker claimed that "Smash 5" would be "Minecraft themed" and feature "Minecraft elements and themes" throughout specific parts of its design--including two newcomers from the series: Steve and Alex. I sat back and registered how silly this was. For Smash to lend a portion of its time to incorporate Minecraft themes? Later after E3 I denounced this leak as false. But then more leaks came in, and some of them claimed that Steve would be a part of the final roster. After a little while I came up with the "Leak Conjecture:" That if two or more leaks contradict each other, at most one of them can be right and the rest are making things up. All of these leaks had different information as well, which was proven wrong during the August 8th surprise direct.
Fake leaks gonna fake, but realize that fake leak tend to target desirable outcomes...
So A little while had passed and I still see people claiming thay Steve will be in. Now I respect anyone who genuinely wants him in Smash, but honestly? He never even moves fluidly in his games, let alone possesses fighting capability. Swinging a diamond sword? Mining people? Putting TNT everywhere? What have we come to? Each smash character is unique in some way (except clones and semi clones, but we're not talking about those). But a character who travels and attacks by flailing around his stiff, 1 jointed arms like a scarecrow in a wind tunnel doesn't seem like something Sakurai would think about for a while and conclude it as a good idea.
No but a character that kinda comes from a game with an uique mechanichs and a very disctintive gameplay mechanichs certainly will. Resource management, terraforming, planning and exploration is a couple of stuff you decided to "exclude" from your "hitting stuff with a stick" gameplay. This elements are even more important to minecraft than having a sword (or a pickaxe that would work like a sword anyways). This are elements that Sakurai will want to put on the moveset and that if he isn't able to incorporate them on teh moveset, he would end scrapping the character rather than having something that doesn't "feel" like minecraft.
And even if boring swords and iffy animations was all that was to Steve, let me remind you that he managed to put deep, charming and engaging movesets to Duck Hunt dog, Rob and friggin
CLASSIC PACMAN. This argument that steve would look bad in the game irks me a lot because people are assuming that sakurai would put him like a quick moneygrab or a lazy skin. but he cares for his characters to be at least fun to use. if steve is put on smash, his animations will be reworked, his model and texture will be updated and he will be made fit in the cast.
Besides, maybe people who unironically want him in smash don't realize that MC is a meme, joke and stereotype toward small children. Let alone the fact that MC is not in any way, shape, or form fitting in with the rest of the crew. MC is not one of the legendary, iconic, groundbreaking games that the rest of the roster come from. Let's also consider how serious Nintendo fans would feel if we got a 10th character from an extra party, which would be like pouring oil over a fire after we got 5 third part characters in Smash 4.
This statement right here is outright wrong. maybe you unironically think that MC is a meme and a niche for toddlers but You don't realize that we are talking about a game that was a hitting success on pc on
2011 during his beta and haven't stopped growing from there. a game that have been present on 6 consoles spanning 2 generations and have been extremley succesfull in at least 5 of them? (i don't know how it performed on the ps4) present in 2 nintendo consoles and actually present on the switch, and staying relevant in the best sellers tab along juggernauts like MK8 deluxe, Mario oddissey and Breath of the Wild? we are speaking of 7 years of high relevancy and counting... a meme? pfft get out of your house more often. Small kids don't have that much money, and they usually spend it on minecraft merchandise and toys rather than the actual game. Small kids aren't the ones purchasing plane tickets to conventions.
And not groundbreaking? even if the game popularized a game genre (sandbox survival) and game mechanichs that even started appearing on triple A games? (hello crafting) even when plenty of games directly inspired on it (Terraria) have managed to be success on their own rights? I know what im going to say will sound like an attack to you. but Minecraft have been more goundbreaking that Kirby.
In all honesty I think Steve from Minecraft (and Alex for that matter) stand little to zero chance of actually being in Smash. And if I turn out to be wrong, I am not buying SSBU. If you disagree with me in any way, I completely respect you and your opinion and I will not debate anything or try to argue.
How is respecting an opinion not acknowleding it enough to bother debating it? still... what kind of argument is this? "if he is in i'm not purchasing the game" is extremely childish...
Edit: I should also add that "Steve?" and"Alex"are placeholder names. They don't have any official titles.
And this is a problem because? Mii Fighters and wii fit trainer also had to get a title crafted for them.. and villager neither have a name.
Look... i don't care if steve is in or not... although i think he could be a very exciting moveset. but if you are gonna argue against its inclusion, at least try to use arguments that can hold some water, for example:
-When implementing characters Sakurai wants to discuss them with their creators, thats why he usually is against western characters (cause translators) in that regard, i'm not even sure if he could discuss steve with Notch or if Notch would even want to discuss Steve.
And please... try to investigate at least a little something of the stuff you are arguing about, to avoid being outright wrong... and if you don't know. say that you don't know, and don't act like you actually know it all...
