Minecraft (universe)

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Minecraft (universe)
Developer(s)	Mojang Studios
Publisher(s)	Mojang Studios Xbox Game Studios Sony Interactive Entertainment
Designer(s)	Markus Persson Jens Bergensten
Genre(s)	Sandbox Survival
Console/platform of origin	Microsoft Windows Apple OS X Linux
First installment	Minecraft (2009)
Latest installment	Minecraft Dungeons (2020)
Article on Wikipedia	Minecraft (universe)

The Minecraft universe (マインクラフト, Minecraft) refers to the Smash Bros. series' collection of characters, stages and properties that hail from the video game franchise developed by Microsoft subsidiary Mojang Studios. Since its development versions in 2009 and official release in 2011, Minecraft has become a worldwide cultural phenomenon and is the single best-selling video game of all time, spawning a litany of spinoffs.

Franchise description

Minecraft is an open-world sandbox game about survival and creativity, with a block-based world and blocky characters. Worlds are generated pseudo-randomly based on seeds (integer sequences), allowing players to have a different experience for each playthrough, while specific worlds can be recreated and revisited by saving their seeds. Worlds may come in different biomes, affecting the types of scenery and mobs the player may see, and also come with different dimensions to explore (three by default: the Overworld, the Nether, and the End). The player takes on the default appearance of a generic character named Steve or Alex, but can be customized to the player's liking using skins. As the name implies, the primary gameplay mechanics of Minecraft are mining (digging up blocks to obtain materials) and crafting (using said materials to create new objects, such as weapons or armor).

There are two main modes to Minecraft. In Survival Mode, the focus is to gather resources and become stronger while building a home base. By day, the player normally encounters peaceful mobs such as animals that can be tamed and farmed for materials. At night, players may encounter hostile mobs such as Zombies, Creepers, Spiders, Endermen, and so on. While never explicitly stated during gameplay, the goal is to kill the Ender Dragon, who lives in the End dimension; doing so rolls the game's "credits". However, the game places no limitations on accomplishing this goal, and upon doing so, the game simply places the player back at their spawn point.

Creative Mode focuses on building creations with the wide array of different blocks and materials. In this mode, survival is no issue, as the player is invincible and has the power to fly around freely. Furthermore, all mobs become passive and all blocks can be mined instantly. The game allows players to play online with other people through custom servers, or on Minecraft Realms (a subscription-based private server service). Online play is a notable and popular part of Minecraft, and because of this, the game is continually updated and re-released with new features.

Minecraft has been ported to many platforms since its initial release on personal computers, including mobile platforms, home consoles, and even Nintendo's own Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Switch. Minecraft has also spawned spinoff titles: augmented-reality mobile game Minecraft Earth, action RPG / dungeon crawler Minecraft Dungeons (co-developed by Double Eleven), and adventure game Minecraft: Story Mode (co-developed by Telltale Games). Additionally, Minecraft has found success as a learning tool through Minecraft: Education Edition, a specialized branch of the main game.

The popularity of Minecraft has led to many third-party companies basing their own games upon it, or crossing over with the Minecraft franchise in some way. For example, Square Enix's Dragon Quest Builders series is a mix between Minecraft's blocky design and survival genre and Dragon Quest's characters and role-playing genre. The Nintendo console versions of Minecraft include the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack, which comes with custom graphics and worlds based upon the Mario series.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The Minecraft universe will be introduced in Ultimate as DLC for Challenger Pack 7, with one fighter, a stage, music tracks, and several Spirits.

Fighter

• 77. Steve. The default skin makes their debut as a downloadable character. Alex, Zombie, and Enderman are alternate costumes.

Music

• Halland: A new remix of one of the camp themes from Minecraft Dungeons was featured in Steve's reveal trailer, also incorporating elements of the other camp theme, "Dalarna".

Spirits

The Minecraft spirits have yet to be revealed.

Games with elements from or in Super Smash Bros.

Minecraft

• Playable Characters:
  • Steve is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, with alternate costumes for Alex, Zombie, and Enderman. Tennis Steve, Tennis Alex, Scottish Steve, and Swedish Alex from the Default Skin pack are the third through sixth alternate costumes.

Minecraft Dungeons

• An arrangement of "Halland" is included, also incorporating elements of "Dalarna" (both being camp themes).

Trivia

• According to Daniel Kaplan, former Production Director for Minecraft, talks regarding the game being represented in Smash began as early as 2015.
• Prior to Steve's inclusion in Smash, characters from the Mario, Pac-Man, Final Fantasy, and Banjo-Kazooie universes have appeared as official skins in the Legacy Console and Bedrock versions of Minecraft.

External links

• Article on the Official Minecraft Wiki.