Steve (Minecraft)

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Steve is the name of the default skin in Minecraft. Steve appears in much of Minecraft's official art, usually along with Alex. He appears as a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, with Alex, Zombie, and Enderman being separate skins.

In the SSBU Tier list as of February 2024, Steve is considered the best character in the game, being at the very top of the current tier list.

Steve will be portrayed by Jack Black (who voiced Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie) in the upcoming film adaptation of the video game, A Minecraft Movie set for release on April 4, 2025.

Trivia[]

• Steve is referred to within the game files with the codename "pickel". In Japanese, the loanword ピッケル pickel is used to refer to ice axes, deriving from the German word "Eispickel".
• Steve is the first fighter in Smash history to come from an originally indie (independent-developed) game.
• Steve is the fifth fighter in Smash to originate from 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 non-Anglophone country.
• 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.