Here are all of the patch notes from the official Nintendo support website. The minecart was actually a big area of focus for this 9.0.1 update. This would leave a player unable to move at all until they were beaten. Specifically, this patch makes it so opposing fighters can’t glitch through parts of a stage when someone playing Steve places a block at certain locations.Īnother bug fix was removing a glitch where some fighters would not be controllable by their players after being hit by a minecart in certain interactions. Outside of removing a meme, Nintendo did make some changes to Steve/Alex’s overall moveset by tweaking things so that other fighters wouldn’t interact strangely with some of the placed blocks on a stage. This feels exactly like what it is: a marketing move rather than a celebration of Nintendo's history.Never forget /P6Akshnsnw- Nomward P. In a game with limited expansion slots, this just feels like a waste compared to other beloved characters with more of a history with Nintendo gamers. Even Mario and Link manage some amount of expression over the course of their games.Įven Telltale couldn't make Minecraft's "characters" interesting, and they wasted 2 seasons on that garbage. "Steve" is so generic that he makes Fire Emblem's Byleth look nuanced by comparison. is about gaming's biggest (or, at least, most whored out) characters all coming together & beating the crap out of each other. Seems exhausting though.įor me, the issue is that "Steve" isn't a character.
Sure, they can do that I'm not here to tell them how to live their life. People become really upset when they don't get exactly what they want. If I had my choice, I'd get Jill Valentine with eight unique costumes as well as voice clips like "Bitch can't even swim" I mean, "You want S.T.A.R.S.? I'll give you S.T.A.R.S." I know I'm not getting that, but a girl can dream. It's hard to argue the significance of Minecaft no matter how much of an asshole creator, Markus "Notch" Persson, is. Roster additions are either Nintendo characters or they're important to vidyagæming. If I'm being completely honest, I don't give a **** about Steve or Minecraft. It's like, if selling over 200 million copies and being a cultural phenomenon isn't worth being added, then literally who is worthy to be added at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of younger gamers are very excited for this news and as a result the 2nd fighters pass is more appealing to them compared to the first which had characters like Banjo and Terry that would have been literal "who?' to anyone that wasn't gaming in the 90's.īut so many of the complaints I see act like this is some obscure choice that doesn't deserve to be added. Minecraft is literally the highest selling game of all time and one of the defining games that kids who got into gaming the last decade started with. It really shows the bubble some people live in. could get up to 100 characters even if they padded it with some Echo fighters. The DLC releases have brought me back to the game which is the entire point. I like having all the characters, stages, and music even if I don't play the game as much anymore. If I'm being completely honest, I don't give a fuck about Steve or Minecraft. Imagine complaining about a DLC character in a fighting game with a base roster of 74 (76) characters. I seasoned my lunch with internet tears today.