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For fighter info, see Steve (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

Steve and Alex are the default names commonly associated with the default skins for the playable character of the Minecraft franchise from Mojang Studios and Xbox Game Studios.

They joined Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, alongside a Zombie and an Enderman, as the second fighters in Fighters Pass Volume 2 and are the eighth downloadable characters overall.

Character description[]

Steve in Minecraft

Steve as he appears in Minecraft

Steve debuted as the default skin for the player's avatar in Minecraft. Initially nameless, the character soon gained a moniker after franchise creator Markus "Notch" Persson was asked by a fan on Twitter if he had one, to which he jokingly replied "Steve?". The name quickly began to be adopted by the fanbase and eventually by Mojang Studios themselves, though other names were also thrown around prior such as Mr. Minecraft (as in his cameo in Super Meat Boy) as well as literally Steve? before the studio made it official without the question mark.

According to Notch, Steve was designed to be gender-neutral as to avoid the possibility of having the player feel pressured into deciding a sex for the character. Despite this, an alternate feminine model with the given name of Alex was introduced in 2014, who noticeably has thinner arms than Steve. Since her inclusion, the two have basically been given definitive genders as their roles were expanded to become one of the franchise's de facto mascots, appearing on merchandise and game update trailers.

Alex in Minecraft

Alex and her other variants in Minecraft

Within the game, their appearances can be customized with the help of skin packs (or a template in the Java version). Some of the packs have featured crossover content from multiple franchises including Super Mario, Banjo-Kazooie, Pac-Man, Final Fantasy, and Fallout.

In terms of abilities, Steve and Alex can only do basic functions such as walking, running, jumping, punching, and crafting. As for their personality, much like their simplistic design, it is intended to be a blank slate. Within the very thin lore of the franchise, Steve and Alex are implied to simply be vessels of the actual player's manifestation, leaving somewhat of a resemblance of a "personality" up to the will of the player.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]

Steve and Alex SSBU

Fighters[]

Steve was announced to be joining Ultimate as the second fighter in Fighters Pass Volume 2 during a live trailer reveal held on October 1st, 2020. Much like the Heroes and the Koopalings, Alex and mob enemies Zombie and Enderman can be playable as Steve's palette swaps.

True to the core gameplay of Minecraft, Steve and Alex can roam the stage to mine for resources, craft weapons with them, and place Blocks around the stage. They are a fighter with high management priority, forcing players to keep in constant check of their limited number of resources, as they can be quickly depleted with certain moves such as Minecart and TNT or when weapons break.

They were released on October 13th, 2020, alongside the stage Minecraft World, 7 music tracks, and a Minecraft-themed Spirit Board as a part of Challenger Pack 7.

Mii Fighter Costume[]

Mii Diamond Armor

A costume for the Mii Swordfighter modeled after Steve and Alex's Diamond Armor was made available as a part of the Round 7 batch of DLC costumes. The sword it uses is the Diamond Sword.

Spirits[]

A Fighter Spirit of Steve can be obtained after beating his Classic Mode route. An alternate Spirit of Alex can be purchased from the Shop for 300G after downloading Challenger Pack 7. As they are Fighter Spirits, they do not have their own Spirit Battles and cannot be used.

No. Spirit Artwork Origin Type Rating Effect Slots
1428 Steve Fighter Spirit SSBU Minecraft: Xbox One Edition Fighter N/A N/A N/A
1429 Alex Fighter Spirit SSBU Minecraft: Wii U Edition Fighter N/A N/A N/A

Trivia[]

  • Steve and Alex are collectively the first fighters:
    • To come from an indie game, as Mojang Studios was an independent company when Minecraft launched prior to being purchased by Xbox Game Studios.
    • To come from a non-English speaking Western country, being Sweden
    • From the West to have no involvement from Nintendo in their creation
  • Steve and Alex are collectively the second fighters:
    • To originate from a Western-made franchise and be owned by one of Nintendo's rivals in the console and publishing markets, the other being fellow Microsoft representatives Banjo & Kazooie.
    • To be owned by a Western company, following Banjo & Kazooie and succeeded by Sora
    • To debut on a PC, following Solid Snake
  • Steve and Alex are collectively the fourth characters in the Fighters Pass to not have a set name outside of Smash, following Joker, the Heroes, and Byleth.
  • Steve and Alex are collectively the fifth fighters to originate outside of Japan, following Diddy Kong, Dark Samus, King K. Rool, and Banjo & Kazooie.
  • Alex is the third female Third-Party character in the Super Smash Bros. series following Bayonetta and Kazooie.
  • According to former Minecraft production director Daniel Kaplan, negotiations for Steve to be in Smash took at least five whole years.
  • Though Steve's texture is directly imported from the game, it notably keeps his beard intact. This is different from current iterations of Minecraft as Mojang have since removed the beard due to players commonly mistaking it for a smile. Though, one could argue that the Smash development team went with his "classic" design for its recognizability, as Mojang and Microsoft still use it for promotional material and merchandising.

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Alph  ยท Bayonetta  ยท Bowser Jr. / Koopalings  ยท Cloud Strife  ยท Corrin  ยท Dark Pit  ยท Duck Hunt  ยท Greninja  ยท Little Mac  ยท Lucina  ยท Mega Man  ยท Mii Fighters  ยท Pac-Man  ยท Palutena  ยท Robin  ยท Rosalina & Luma  ยท Ryu  ยท Shulk  ยท Villager  ยท Wii Fit Trainer
Introduced in
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Banjo & Kazooie  ยท Byleth  ยท Chrom  ยท Dark Samus  ยท Daisy  ยท Heroes  ยท Incineroar  ยท Inklings  ยท Isabelle  ยท Joker  ยท Kazuya Mishima  ยท Ken Masters  ยท King K. Rool  ยท Min Min  ยท Piranha Plant  ยท Pyra and Mythra  ยท Richter Belmont  ยท Ridley  ยท Sephiroth  ยท Simon Belmont  ยท Sora  ยท Steve and Alex / Zombie and Enderman  ยท Terry Bogard
Mii Fighter Costumes
Mii Brawler Akira Yuki  ยท Builder Mario  ยท Bomberman  ยท Callie  ยท Captain Falcon  ยท Creeper  ยท Flying Man  ยท Heihachi Mishima  ยท Iori Yagami  ยท Jacky Bryant  ยท King K. Rool  ยท Knuckles the Echidna  ยท Martial Artists  ยท Nia  ยท Ninjara  ยท Pig  ยท Ribbon Girl  ยท Ryo Sakazaki  ยท Shantae  ยท Skull Kid  ยท Spring Man  ยท Team Rocket  ยท Tifa Lockhart  ยท Toad  ยท Toy-Con Robot  ยท Yarn Yoshi
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Mii Gunner Barret Wallace  ยท Chibi-Robo  ยท Cuphead  ยท Doom Slayer  ยท Fox McCloud  ยท Geno  ยท Inklings  ยท Isabelle  ยท K.K. Slider  ยท Marie  ยท MegaMan.EXE  ยท Proto Man  ยท Ray MK III  ยท Saki Amamiya  ยท Samus Aran  ยท Sans  ยท Tails  ยท Vault Boy  ยท X
Headgear Arcade Bunny  ยท Barbara  ยท Cappy  ยท Chain Chomp  ยท Chocobo  ยท Daisy  ยท Dixie Kong  ยท Felyne  ยท Judd  ยท Luigi  ยท Majora's Mask  ยท Mario  ยท Marx  ยท Meta Knight  ยท Morgana  ยท Mr. Saturn  ยท Octoling  ยท Princess Peach  ยท Princess Zelda  ยท Rabbids  ยท Red Shell  ยท Sheik  ยท Shy Guy  ยท Slime  ยท Spiny  ยท Super Mushroom  ยท Teddie  ยท Waluigi  ยท Wario
MinecraftSymbol Minecraft universe
Characters Steve and Alex / Zombie and Enderman (Ultimate)
Side Characters Background characters Mobs
Mii Fighter Costumes Creeper  ยท Pig  ยท Diamond Armor
Stage Minecraft World
Music List of Music (Minecraft series)
Spirits List of spirits (Minecraft series)
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