DID STEVE DESERVE THE BAN?

[@UR2SLOW]

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[@8CanadianBacon9]

When you ate soap, I busted out laughing

[@jaxon3841]

Show us the guide pwease

[@eunicerego4262]

3:32 balls

[@MrLag525]

It’s so funny to me that the best character in the game isn’t some edgy character or something, no it’s just Minecraft man

[@jknifgijdfui]

Bro hes the edgiest character in the game hes made of cubes

[@littlemisseevee2309]

@@jknifgijdfui so true

[@Xulchen]

@@jknifgijdfui r/technicallythetruth

[@squallleonhart9387]

It’s also funny again because he sticks out like a sore thumb while clashing with the designs of most characters in the game >But Mr. Game & Watch is literally 2D Don’t care, Steve was always ugly, Alex should be the face of Minecraft, at least she’s easier on the eyes.

[@gameguider321GO]

I'm sorry-- "Minecraft Man" had me rolling on the floor 😭

[@deez4251]

the best steve counter play is to just leave

[@AlexRodriguez-gb9ez]

Play steve?

[@randomguy6909]

@@AlexRodriguez-gb9ez If that’s how it works your opponent will play Steve and now everyone holds meat between their legs when they win

[@goldy9428]

The best counter play to Steve Is not buying fighter pass 2

[@ebiceric1050]

No, it’s to take the switch and replace it with a wii/wii u with brawl😊

[@sansnyan982]

​@@ebiceric1050done that, now I'm stuck with MK

[@Xxblade17]

If this aint a certified steve moment I dont know what is

[@kingced741]

W Tsuna profile pic Hitman reborn in my top 20

[@Halfwit_658]

Idc if hes broken or not, all this proves to me is that steve is the funniest smash character in history

[@squallleonhart9387]

Not as funny as tripping over Brawl Meta Knight

[@JohnyMeBoi]

yeah its so funny that fucking minecraft steve out of all characters committed bayo smash 4

[@Dark_Mario_Bros.]

If with funny you mean stupid then you're probably right.

[@Halfwit_658]

@@Dark_Mario_Bros. stupid is pretty funny

[@nytrify]

Nah that goes to piranha plant

[@RetroDcsnd]

Everyone be chilling until the message *Creative mode enabled* pops up

[@Xxblade17]

💀

[@ABC-ik9vj]

Even worse, a command bar appears with the command: "/kill"

[@RetroDcsnd]

@@ABC-ik9vj fr

[@squallleonhart9387]

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[@mi1key]

it was already on,

[@beansfebreeze]

Acola camping while down is the epitome of the average Steve player mindset

[@dabooce6636]

Fr like when I’m playing Steve I know he is broken af so I try to go for funny stuff like the hellevator, where you grab on top of your anvil that’s hurtling to the blast zone and it’s the funniest ganondorf side b play I’ve ever seen

[@hakendoylegemini7020]

6:13 "Steve needs it in its kit!" said the Steve mains

[@sukmykrok3388]

Every Steve I've fought in quickplay does one of two things: They win because Steve it's just broken. OR They rage quit because they're losing. Either way, Steve is as much ass as the people that main him.

[@EmSee360]

So funny seeing people genuinely pissed off while playing against the funny block guy. It's a game, you shouldn't take it too seriously. If you lose then just play another match.

[@sukmykrok3388]

@MCCP630Penaflor even funnier when the little funny block man players end up so upset they disconnect, lol!

[@Cool_Coder709]

@@EmSee360 yes

[@Cool_Coder709]

@@sukmykrok3388 dude just take a fuckin chill pill

[@Chill-Noob1]

Fun fact: Steve’s worst match-up is sonic

[@ethansura]

Shulk is also one of Minecraft man's least favorable matchups

[@SuperSonicEzra]

Pick up sonic

[@AmericanBrit9834]

So another boring character?

[@Matanumi]

Also Cloud

[@BLUESTREAK91]

UR2SLOW you are such a troll 😂😂😂😂😂😂"The Ultimate counter play to beating Steve is...*video ends*

[@martinlozano6486]

3:08 Steve ain't the only character that can taunt mid air off stage, Wario can do it too

[@master_of_krynn]

Ohh yea xD

[@ChunwunB]

Love how every character that is 2nd or last released character turns out to have some broken mechanics/over the top moves Nintendo never gets old

[@wesnohathas1993]

Once they reach the end of the DLC development cycle, balance truly is even less than an afterthought.

[@biggiecheese2004]

Steve is a perfect example why strict patch cutoffs are a TERRIBLE idea. Continual patches and even reworks could literally make every character at least viable

[@titan4257]

Yeah but Nintendo is out to make money.

[@halt1931]

(sad Ganondorf noises)

[@khaosctrlb47]

Nintendo is severely allergic to patching their games, and your continued insistence that they should is discrimination

[@hectormontes7056]

Bruh they can’t work on the game forever. It does not make that much money.

[@xacmashe3852]

​@@khaosctrlb47???

[@thebighamster9877]

Floating... Seems like they went creative mode

[@Crimateilcanemagico]

I just said the same

[@ellamayo9045]

The strongest Steve counter play is literally just play a game that doesn’t actively sabotage it’s competitive players. Like, seriously, Nintendo could not give less of a damn about balancing smash to any meaningful capacity. You honestly might as well just learn a game that rewards you for actually getting good at it.

[@fiendish9474]

It gets even better considering that Steve is technically a sword user

[@jeremydiviney2]

5:24 the funniest thing is the luigi teabagged and then got hard punished for it

[@KiWiiU-wasTaken]

Professional Anti-Steve counter in 9 steps: 1. Locate the "home" button on the right joycon/right half of the controller and press firmly 2. Use the left stick to navigate towards the box that says Super Smash Brothers Ultimate 3. Once the game is outlined, press the X button 4. Confirm decision to close software 5. Navigate down and right to the power icon 6. Press the a button and activate sleep mode 7. Remove the switch from the doc and or any controllers directly connected to it 8. Hold the switch in your dominant hand and face the steve player 9. Aim and throw the switch directly at the steve player(s) [if the Steve player is not within range, face a direction with minimal obstacles and throw the switch as far as possible]

[@smickothesmickest]

Thanks man, I was really struggling with it!

[@segungamer1207]

Thanks man, I tried it and it worked perfectly 😂 😂 😂

[@Arikmiro]

7:54 steve Minecraft killed him mid sentence

[@PhantomAarantula]

5:07 I think I just died a little inside...

[@fco92DS]

2:30 as a Lucas main I can tell on this clip it was more choco’s fault. While is really fucked up that Steve managed to recover that deep, Lucas could’ve use freeze after the footstool or after coming back to the stage to kill steve at 0%. Yeah, Steve shouldn’t come back from that but also Choco should have abused Lucas’s edgeguard tools

[@ultrasanic1356]

The lucas thought Steve was dead so there was no point

[@jknifgijdfui]

A broken stupid mechanic doesnt become ok if its a counter to another broken stupid mechanic

[@finalmix4375]

6:42 That situation is silly and I'm surprised it wasn't seen in the playtesting for Steve (Oh wait, Steve wasn't playtested💀) but ironically, that's one of the few situations where the other player actually had a Counterplay, Maister could've destroyed the Crafting Table which would've wasted some of Steve's Materials

[@michaelsizelove9392]

Miya

[@triforce9286]

I don't think the crafting table uses mats, does it?

[@finalmix4375]

@@triforce9286 Yes actually, he uses wood to summon the Crafting Table, if he is offstage the crafting table will keep falling off stage so it will consume its resources faster

[@finalmix4375]

@@michaelsizelove9392 My bad, i got confused

[@triforce9286]

@Final Mix oh, I didn't know that, thank you

[@IgorGrazina]

The correct Steve counter play is pretty simple Just grab a hammer and smash your Switch with it, problem solved

[@Lmb_kun]

Holy shit I can't believe UR2SLOW paid Nintendo to talk about the ban of Steve!!

[@lohimocholohilo728]

He left the video just like how steve leaves the map and stays on his blocks for half an hour

[@landmine7748]

I think they forgot to turn steve on survival mode

[@king_deez]

People love to say learn the matchup but nobody actually explains the matchup.

[@SyndicateSSB]

Yophey is constantly on cocaine when he's playing I swear that man never misses an input

[@XC11301991]

I didn't mind his addition in Smash, it made sense. He is however overtuned and def needs a nerfbat all around. One of the main things that would gut him as a character is aerial block creation, as even in his original game he can't do that. That by itself will get down on a lot of his shenanigans.

[@EmperorPenguin1217]

I would agree to getting rid of air blocks if every stage in the game had perfectly flat ground for the blocks to neatly mesh on

[@aratherlargerodent]

That's a whole part of his gameplay, they couldn't remove that. You think Mario can forward aerial in his games? Not to mention that it took ages to get the blocks to work on all the stages

[@Rubyfire41]

@@aratherlargerodent That's over exaggerating. Removing air blocks wouldn't remove much of his options. It WOULD be hell to code for though. Especially since he needs to jump inorder to use blocks in the first place.

[@aratherlargerodent]

@DarkStarX202 I wish the hammer swing were his fair. Unfortunately I never got that move, I got to the final area of Superstar Saga, got burnt out, stopped playing for months, and got my save data erased by my little brother

[@masemaster2k440]

@@Rubyfire41What if he could only use aerial blocks if he hasn’t double jumped? Would still allow for the code to remain nearly the same and it might cut down on the combos a bit

[@laffy7204]

The Utimate counterplay to Steve is to drop Smash and pick up another fighting game

[@lpatel_41]

I think we need another Sakurai video for Steve 😂

[@KalokesMysteries]

"Sakurai reminiscing" series

[@deletedchannel-q3p]

We just got the sequel

[@chaudspieler]

Where Sakurai is thinking "I regret adding this character to Smash...." When he sees what the Steve mains do to the other fans...like harass them, mock them for wanting other characters playable and much more.

[@dabooce6636]

Steve should have def gotten a balance adjustment like making Minecart more laggy and doesn’t start up with SUPER ARMOR make his up air laggier so it’s not ladder combo city. And make his blocks easier to break: decrease how many he can have out at a time. He would still easily be a-s tier but now you have to be more careful where you place your blocks and how you use minecart making it more like ganondorf down b where you have a decent amount of endlag still making it a good burst option but not sonic spin dash with super armor.

[@AlexRodriguez-gb9ez]

They should also let lower tier characters lay down blocks, like dr mario, king dedede, king k rool, lil mac, and isabelle.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

The fact that the stupid minecart is a projectile that can hold you in place is already broken on it’s own, Sakurai really overdesigned Steve while not doing much for Sora, yeah about Sora, he feels so underdeveloped and rushed, the kid has another down b counter in a game about bringing every character back with their own counters too.

[@zOOpygOOpert]

​​@@AlexRodriguez-gb9ezI don't play comp Smash but that does seem to be the issue, Steve is very faithful to Minecraft's mechanics, which isn't entirely an issue, but Minecraft's enemies aren't known for being difficult mostly because Minecraft lets you build to complete safety, or you can just trap them in boats and minecarts, and when you translate that to a pvp game and let steve trap people in a moving minecart and build to safety, it becomes an issue. Atleast that's how I see it.

[@Cptn.Viridian]

Nintendo releasing an unbalanced character and completely noping out of development 2 seconds after like they didn't pull the same stunt one game ago

[@NickyBugs2]

The optimal steve counterplay is to leave and go play a different game.

[@DemX_HaX]

the counterplay: 🚪 🚶‍♂️

[@EmperorPenguin1217]

Crafting and placing a Dark Oak Door

[@dakewllicher3522]

Its funny when people say just learn the MU for steve. Cause there isnt anything lmao.

[@lancealrayes2382]

The counter to beating Steve is just refusing to play him or just commit real life violence to prevent him from playing at his peak

[@blacklab2k16]

The ultimate counter play to Steve is simple-turn off the switch and go play something else

[@Crimateilcanemagico]

1:33 They entered creative mode

[@purplematchstick]

i cant belive were talking about minecraft steve in smash bros like its a normal thing

[@curgest6807]

well to be fair this is canon for his strength

[@soniccinos5236]

If we're going after canon sonic would absolutely toast the entire game

[@Theapeswillescape]

​@@soniccinos5236 If final smashes were legal then it wouldn't even be close lol

[@hectorhernandezaleman3836]

If we were going canon, it would be ridiculous, like, Joker could spam Arsene since thats how it works in persona, aside from using other even more powerful personas with all kind of abilities, Byleth could say no u, since he can rewind time in fe3h, Kirby could one shot planets with his ridiculous power level, Steve could literally become invencible activating creative mode, link could use his final smash (the ancient arrow) we he felt like it, Palutena being an OP deity and so on. And this is without considering specific moments in the characters story wich could be even more ridiculous, like link pulling the bow of light or joker just summoning Satanael, who is for those who don't know, a Persona as big as Palutena's temple. It would be kind of funny to see unfiltered smash, to be honest.

[@KalamShellaby]

Welcome to Alberta! We banned Steve here. I play Cloud.

[@alive527]

I have never seen a vid from this man that wasnt sakurai explaining his VISION. I now realize, I been missing out bruh

[@deathclawproductions6723]

With every video you make about Steve, the more I want a part 2 on “Sakurai when designing Steve.”

[@buttontank5079]

"You cut off my meat, I cut off your character balancing."

[@MasterKnightDH]

Hey, Steve. I'm Heavyarms from Gundam Wing. You're the Aries that screams "there's a Gundam down here." Guess what I'm about to do to you for 10 hours straight?

[@doggo4078]

Guy broke the game like never before, deserved.

[@thomas1848]

Ban Steve entirely. canceling hitstun is legitimately broken. Cant even hit him.

[@EmperorPenguin1217]

There is still no evidence of PMLG being effective even where it hadn't been banned, just like Steve's other hitstun cancelling tech from last year.

[@stolenmonkey7477]

Steve being the best character is so funny to me because I am a total shithead

[@asterlofts1565]

For me is funny, BECAUSE IS A FUNNY MEME.

[@julo_ghost]

Yes Thx for watching

[@Xearrik]

I like how holy and pure people treat the characters. As if banning them is the end of the world, when 99% of Smash is already banned... Smash is the least true representation of a fighting game when played in a tournament. "That stage is slightly slanted! Ban it!" Almost every stage is banned. All items are banned. Final Smashes are banned. Spirits are banned. All rules except for the pre-approved list are banned. Almost all game modes are banned. But a character that is clearly in its own tier even though players are still playing him badly and not using most of his broken tech "No don't ban him! You'll ruin the sanctity of the game!"

[@JamesP7]

This. I think Hungrybox might’ve brought up this point in his Steve vid, and I still agree it is a good point.

[@TheRealHelvetica]

The thing is… where are the tournament results? If Steve is really as ban worthy as you say he is then like literally every top player would be using him. Honestly it seems to me that a vocal minority managed to convince flyover states to ban the character instead of ya know. Learning the matchup….

[@EmperorPenguin1217]

Do people spend hundreds of hours mastering random stage hazards, random items, randomly appearing final smashes, and saying that Steve is in his own tier is ridiculous

[@JamesP7]

@@EmperorPenguin1217 Literally every single thing you listed isn’t part of competitive smash 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@EmperorPenguin1217]

@@JamesP7 I'm saying that everything else being banned justifying a Steve ban is stupid Steve is nowhere near banworthy.

[@meyomeyo9911]

Everytime i see a steve online, i always have the audacity to have them mine for a diamond pickaxe just to try to beat them at their hardest.

[@rinaimaushi]

He's not even in creative mods or have command block and everyone want him to get nerf. How you nerf character that already get nerf from the start?

[@DrDeez-do9zo]

1:28 my guys activated creative mode💀

[@Dark_Mario_Bros.]

The ultimate counter play to beat Steve is *[REDACTED]* but still a work in progress.

[@mikesadowski7751]

What a great counterplay i could never had seen thwt as an option thank you

[@gimme_eliter4k720]

Playing against Steve is like war. The only way to win is to not play.

[@Person_Personson]

On one hand, he’s broken as heck. On the other hand, it’s banning an entire fighter on the roster from competing. It’s surprisingly hard for me to say whether Steve deserved the ban or not.

[@lojika1majik]

It’s easy for me. Steve breaks the fundamental gameplay in an unintended way. He should absolutely get banned until they patch out hitstun removal.

[@N12015]

@@lojika1majik And a lot of nerfs to his habilities to be only another top tier. He's broken and uninteresting to watch.

[@LoliPeeSlurper]

Steve is so hype to watch though with all his shenanigans, not just another swordie fundie plays

[@lojika1majik]

@@N12015 nah, the big issue is how he breaks the fundamental game. Sure, it sucks that he’s top tier, but he still should be playable despite that.

[@TheRealHelvetica]

@@lojika1majik”he breaks the fundamental game” Because he has frame perfect tech that negates multi hit moves? You know Shulk can do that just by pressing the B button right?

[@ardynjaleco]

Next video - Sakurai when designing Sakurai in Ultimate

[@khoucacola]

Power button -> sledgehammer ssbu cartridge is a true combo that works against most steve mains

[@danielalston8967]

Fighting against Steve is like playing a game of chess: you two are more defensive and one fatal mistake can lead to a loss. It sounds boring on paper but it can be enjoyable since it's more of a test of patience.

[@Mattbuddy0947]

Yes even with the Minecart and the blocks it can get really intressting.

[@chunghung7951]

It’s like chess with mittens, but the ai can teleport pieces

[@N12015]

*Unenjoyable and obnoxious*. ftfy.

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

That’s min min. Not Steve.

[@kingbaku5092]

Except the opponent is a grand master ai and you only have your king

[@Pumpkin-Lover15]

So here is what had gone down with Steve, so the spirit brawl meta knight possessed Steve

[@dayvonlouis5187]

2:51 remember the reason Sakurai removed Pit, Charizard and Meta Knights’ ability to glide apparently he forgot

[@BulbaWhat98]

Of course Steve can float midair. He’s God

[@fireclaw90a51]

how does none of this count as stalling or modern day wobbling?

[@malachishaner690]

The only counter play is to eat the game cartridge and forget the game exists

[@riotron1026]

I find it funny how willing the community is to play devil’s advocate for an overpowered character and argue that he’s fine. Despite what’s Steve has been shown to be capable of, and despite how not banning a busted character negatively affected the competitive scene and it ultimately leading to the fall of that scene. This isn’t anything new folks. All the nonsense he’s capable of, I swear Steve is a character made exclusively for obnoxious douchebags, my goodness. Smh

[@doodoo2065]

The smash community is the only one to fall for the same thing again, its not like other games dont ban characters lol

[@EmSee360]

That projection at the end of your comment though. Rofl guy gets mad at funny block game character.

[@riotron1026]

@@EmSee360 Yeah that was some projecting on my end but to be fair, let’s not sit and pretend like a lot of Steve players aren’t being purposefully antagonistic to some extent.

[@riotron1026]

@@doodoo2065 The smash community is for lack of a better word “special” and not necessarily in a good way.

[@EmSee360]

@@riotron1026 Some yeah. But this antagonistic behavior is not exclusive to Steve. It really just depends on the person you're fighting.

[@LoganLatios]

well what do you expect from someone who can carry 999 64 stacks of solid gold blocks while simultaneously doing parkour in the nether

[@quipo2029]

the ultimate steve counterplay just play steve

[@heitorsant1759]

1:27 bro really just turned on creative mode during the match 💀💀💀💀

[@hellonokay1925]

Unironically, the closest "match up" against steve might be sonic.

[@matthiashopkins7502]

at the end i thought you were going to say pick steve yourself but the other way works just as fine

[@VagueCastle649]

I think Wario is the only other character that can taunt mid air.

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

Steve falling to the center of the stage is just a reference of how laggy minecraft bedrock is.

[@buckets0lemons]

That ending was like that one SpongeBob SquarePants episode all over again lol😂😂😂

[@sham_noway]

the floating thing from the doubles set is just a silly thing that doesnt serve any actual purpose dw

[@james8616]

They gave him brawl meta knight upair due to its speed and his access to midair blocks, and that’s all I really needed to hear

[@ImPrettySureThisIsMax]

2:45 give us your house (btw you still have to pay rent and taxes)

[@stopanimatecreep3400]

Video request: “MultiVersus when designing Godzilla”

[@xonytfr]

still waiting for the counterplay🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@loldude8783]

0:01 Welcome Back To Another Discussion Video Where We Talk About *S T E V E ! ! ! ! !*

[@muffer62816]

in super smash brothers ultimate

[@SonicTheCutehog]

Steve was a mistake

[@8CanadianBacon9]

We’re all getting baited by Nintendo. They won’t fix Steve in Ultimate, but they will fix him and Kazuya in Smash 6 as a selling point. Then, near the end of smash 6, they’ll add another broken character that they’ll refuse to fix, leaving the players wanting change, change Nintendo will provide in the next game as a selling point. This is all a scam

[@8CanadianBacon9]

@@TheRealGhostyPress Yup. That's right. You should also see how many "new" characters they added to the base game of Ultimate compared to Brawl or Smash 4 (echoes don't count unless they have decent differences). When Smash 4 was in development, they didn't originally plan on having DLC, so they were making all the new characters to put into the base game (for free). However, with the success of DLC sales, look how many "new" characters they added to base game of Ultimate while holding back others to sell for extra as DLC. Normally, a lot of those characters would have been free in the base game instead. Nintendo is giving as little as they can get away with to sell for extra what used to be free.

[@Zal_TWasTaken]

0:42 i can confirm that there are like 3 prehaps 4 people in hungary who own a switch so nobody plays this game

[@littlemisseevee2309]

the last clip gave me hbox camping ics on ledge in melee vibes, its fun watching the steve camp offstage whole game and watch watches

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

Steve would be fine if he didn't have kill moves aside from Minecart, Blocks, Anvil, and TnT. Vertical Disjoints that are not centered on the character are very rare. These are all disjoints which can counter almost any recovery option in the entire game while often having safe out of options or even combo into themselves. With TnT literally being Hero's Kamikaze but if Steve hits you he doesn't die as well. Anvil is Villager's Down Smash. Minecart is Sonic's Spin Dash that leaves a projectile if you cancel it. Blocks are PacMan's recovery's 3rd bounce but on all directions unless you have a damaging recovery. Even his durability system is better then Robin's who has to passively wait. Steve can use any break to mine without committing. He would be fine if these were the only methods for him to ensure kills. But all his Smashes, a lot of his aerials, and some of his grabs are all viable giving him more kill moves them most characters.

[@MBYui]

Yes.... Next question

[@BasementDweller_]

Video got cut off early.

[@Theapeswillescape]

Lets be honest if steve was anyone else the debate of "should he be banned" wouldnt even occur

[@t3ils17]

5:08 can someone please show me where this post is I need that video

[@arca9thegod903]

The counterplay is don't get hit bro DUH

[@soundrogue4472]

Oh yay; I love watching matches where two fighters aren't even fighting.

[@rafaelblackman9879]

How to beat Steve: Step 1. Pick Sonic

[@RaiTheShin]

I am pretty sure that was a SpongeBob reference at the end and I love it

[@luigimario5114]

He 100% deserved it. He’s very annoying. I don’t really care how many Steve players had to change mains

[@Swegmen_P]

Oh ok so that’s how you beat steve. Thanks dude

[@chullupa]

Steve is good because he is killing ultimate

[@themobilelife3913]

The only way to beat steve is to join the dark force

[@natgel17]

The Steve and Sonic matchup is the real definition of SNOOZE.

[@redxomegaa]

Answering the title, yes