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- For fighter info, see Steve (SSBU).
- This article is about the Minecraft characters Steve and Alex. For Smashers who have used versions of these names, see Smasher:Steve, Smasher:Alex, Smasher:Alex (Japan), Smasher:AleX, Smasher:ALX, Smasher:Alexzzz, Smasher:Alex19 and Smasher:Taoudi.
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Isometric renders of Steve and Alex from Minecraft.
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| Universe
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Minecraft
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| Debut
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Minecraft (2009, technical debut; 2011, official debut, Steve; 2014, Alex)
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| Smash Bros. appearances
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Ultimate
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| Most recent non-Smash appearance
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Minecraft Dungeons (2020)
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| Console/platform of origin
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Microsoft Windows
Apple Mac OS X
Linux
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| Species
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Human
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| Gender
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Sexless[1]; considered male (Steve) and female (Alex)[2]
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| Place of origin
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Overworld
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| Created by
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Markus Persson
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Steve (スティーブ, Steve) is the name used to refer to the default skin of the main character in Minecraft. Alex (アレックス, Alex) is the name used to refer to the default skin for the slim player model, added to Minecraft in 2014.
Steve is the default skin of the Player in Minecraft. The name Steve was invented by developer Markus "Notch" Persson as a joke and was often formatted as "Steve?" prior to being formally adopted as the default name of the avatar.[3] Before this, the name "Mr. Minecraft" was used for a guest role in Super Meat Boy. The character of Steve, along with the rest of the Minecraft world, is intended to be gender-neutral so as to avoid forcing the player to make decisions about gender.[1] Despite this, as Steve has a traditionally "masculine" appearance and name, a feminine alternative named Alex was introduced in 2014; choosing Alex adjusts the model's arm proportions to be thinner, which is officially referred to as a "slim" model.
In Java Edition, it is possible to customize the avatar's appearance with a template (allowing for entirely player-made appearances), while other versions of the game offer skin packs and mash-up packs (mostly based on public domain characters, other gaming properties such as Fallout, Banjo-Kazooie, and Mario, and non-gaming media such as The Simpsons, Adventure Time, and Stranger Things). Within the limited lore of the game, Steve and Alex are indicated to simply be vessels of the actual player's manifestation in the Minecraft world, having no other discernable personality or role. Most of Steve and Alex's abilities come from tools. Unarmed, they are capable of walking, running, jumping, crawling, punching, and crafting small items (on a two-by-two grid). These abilities are augmented by the tools they create (usually on a Crafting Table, which utilizes a three-by-three grid). As a sandbox game, Minecraft has a variety of options available to the player depending on their playstyle: mining, building, farming, hunting, and adventuring are only a few.
As a playable character[edit]
 Steve and Alex as they appear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. On October 1st, 2020, Steve was revealed to be the fighter included in Challenger Pack 7, with more information revealed two days later, prior to Minecraft Live 2020; he is the fifth third-party DLC fighter in the game. His appearance and animation are nearly indiscernible from his iteration in Minecraft, with the ability to place blocks, mine for materials, and use items from within the game. In his Final Smash, House of Boom, Steve uses a giant piston which smashes players into a stronghold filled with TNT, with Creepers detonating the explosives. Alex, a Zombie, and an Enderman also each appear as alternate costumes of Steve.
As a costume[edit]
 A set of Diamond Armor as a Mii Swordfighter costume. The Diamond Armor that players can craft and wear appears as a DLC Mii Swordfighter costume. The costume additionally wields a diamond sword, which is longer than in Minecraft in order to fit the proportions of the Mii Swordfighter's sword.
In the trailer, several Mii Swordfighters are seen fighting a Rathalos, mirroring a multi-player fight against the Ender Dragon.
Spirits[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Steve wearing diamond armor in Minecraft.
In other languages[edit]
| Language
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Name
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 Japanese |
スティーブ, Steve
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 English |
Steve
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 French |
Steve
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 German |
Steve
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 Spanish |
Steve
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 Italian |
Steve
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 Chinese (Simplified) |
史蒂夫, Steve
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 Chinese (Traditional) |
史提夫, Steve
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 Korean |
스티브, Steve
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 Dutch |
Steve
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 Russian |
Стив
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| Language
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Name
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| Japanese |
アレックス, Alex
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| English |
Alex
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| French |
Alex
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| German |
Alex
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| Spanish |
Alex
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| Italian |
Alex
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| Chinese (Simplified) |
艾莉克斯, Alex
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| Chinese (Traditional) |
愛莉克斯, Alex
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| Korean |
알렉스, Alex
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| Dutch |
Alex
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| Russian |
Алекс
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 Steve's beardless design. - Steve is the fifth fighter in Smash to be created outside of Japan, having been created by Swedish developer Mojang Studios. The first four are Diddy Kong, King K. Rool, and Banjo & Kazooie, who were created by Rare in the United Kingdom, and Dark Samus, who was created by Retro Studios in the United States.
- Steve is the first playable character created outside of Japan to not have had any involvement from Nintendo in his conception.
- Being created in Sweden, Steve is the first non-Japanese fighter to originate from a country whose official or associated language is not English.
- Steve is also one of few playable characters to belong to a non-Japanese company, Microsoft, with the others being Banjo, Kazooie (both also from Microsoft), and Sora (from Disney).
- Steve is the first fighter in Smash history to originally come from an indie (independent-developed) game.
- Although Mojang Studios has been a part of Microsoft since 2014, Steve was introduced to Minecraft in 2009, when the company was known as "Mojang Specifications" and was fully independent.
- Steve is the second playable character in Smash to have debuted on a home computer platform, following Solid Snake.
- Steve is the only character in the entire series to not have any idle poses.
- Steve's default design in Ultimate has a beard (often confused for a smile), which was originally created for one of Perssons's abandoned projects prior to Minecraft, known only as "Zombie Town", which was a game that was developed for the Java 4K contest[4]. The beard was then repurposed for early "Classic" builds of Minecraft, but was removed from his texture early in development in version "0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST", although it has continued to appear in promotional artwork and merchandise since then.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Conditt, Jessica (July 29, 2012). Notch: Minecraft occupies a genderless world, even for that guy. Engadget. Retrieved on October 1, 2020.
- ^ The player model is intended to be sexless, and skins allow the player to appear as anything regardless of gender, but Steve and Alex are still referred to with masculine and feminine pronouns, respectively.
- ^ Notch (November 22, 2010). "I honestly have no idea. And I tend to always put a question mark after his name (Steve?), you know. :D". Retrieved on October 1, 2020.
- ^ [1], The only known footage of the abandoned Zombie Town, a game Notch created for the Java 4K contest.
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