Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Japanese: 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ SPECIAL) is a crossover action fighting game published by. It was released on December 7, 2018 on the Nintendo Switch family of systems.

Minecraft content was added to the game as paid downloadable content on October 13, 2020.

Steve & Alex
Steve and Alex were announced as a new playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on October 1st, 2020 as part of Challenger Pack 7. A zombie and an enderman were also revealed as alternate costumes for the fighter. The DLC pack was released on October 13th, 2020 for US$5.99.

Moveset
Descriptions taken from the in-game move list.
 * Neutral Special : Mine / Craft / Create Block - Collect materials from the ground by mining the floor. Craft tools while at the crafting table or place blocks while in the air.
 * Side Special ( + Left/Right): Minecart - An iron minecart will travel along the rails. Powered rails can be placed with the right materials. If empty, the minecart will carry an enemy away.
 * Up Special ( + Up): Elytra - Equip an elytra, accelerate with a firework rocket, and glide through the air. Adjust the trajectory by inputting up and down.
 * Down Special ( + Down): TNT - Use several materials to create an explosive block. Hold the special-move button and left or right to use redstone and place a plate that can set off the block.
 * Final Smash ( after breaking a Smash Ball, getting a full Final Smash meter, or being granted a Final Smash through other means): House of Boom - Create a big piston that strikes out to one side. The piston can hit multiple opponents, but only one will be launched into a dark room that then explodes.

Classic Mode: Journey to the Far Lands
All fighters in Steve and Alex's Classic Mode are references to various hostile mobs in Minecraft. With the exception of the second and sixth rounds, all other rounds are stamina battles. The song "Earth" will play during the end credits.

Stages
Minecraft World is a stage in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. True to the source material, it can take the appearance of various biomes, affecting the stage layout. The stage also has a day-night cycle. The background of this stage is seemingly based on, due to terrain differences such as the abundance of tall grass in the Plains stage and snow layers not occupying the same block as plants in the Snowy Tundra stage.

Each biome can be forced to load by entering inputs in the stage select screen. The biomes are, as follows:
 * Plains - the default biome. Features a village in the background, with a bell and animal pen. The layout includes a broken-down house and a pile of hay bales. This biome is also used in the Battlefield and Omega layout of the stage. Can be loaded by holding.
 * Birch Forest - features two platforms hidden in two birch trees. Can be loaded by holding +.
 * Savanna - has a double-canopy acacia tree, which hides a platform. Can be loaded by holding +  up.
 * Taiga - features a single taiga village house in the background. The stage layout contains a cobblestone boulder and a spruce tree. Can be loaded by holding +  right.
 * Snowy Tundra - features a snowy tundra village house in the background, along with a sheep pen and a lamp post. The stage layout has two platforms and an igloo in the middle. Can be loaded by holding +  down.
 * Stone Shore - features a single platform and a cave-like stone formation, with an ocean separating the main stage from the mountains. Can be loaded by holding +  left.

Mii Fighter costumes

 * Creeper (Brawler) - a model replacement costume for the Mii Brawler. The Mii's limbs are replaced by floating creeper legs.
 * Pig (Brawler) - another model replacement costume for the Mii Brawler in a similar vein to the Creeper (Brawler). The costume may be based on the famous pig model error.
 * Diamond Armor (Swordfighter) - a suit costume for the Mii Swordfighter, giving it diamond armor and a diamond sword.

amiibo
figures of Steve and Alex were announced on October 5, 2021, and released on September 9, 2022. They were originally slated to release in Q1/Q2 of 2022, but were delayed due to a logistics and production delay.

Videos

 * Official Steve & Alex reveal trailer


 * Official Steve & Alex gameplay demonstration


 * Official Steve & Alex amiibo showcase

Trivia

 * Steve is referred within the game files with the codename "pickel". In Japanese, the loanword pikkeru is used to refer to ice axes, deriving from the German word "Eispickel".
 * According to former Minecraft production director Daniel Kaplan, it took at least 5 years of negotiating between Nintendo and Mojang Studios for Steve to appear in Smash.
 * Steve's alternate costumes each consist of a single texture taken from Minecraft and modified slightly presumably to account for the different lighting in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This notably makes modifying them through file replacement extremely simple.