Who Does Nintendo Think Should Fight Steve?

I played through Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s Classic Mode as Minecraft Steve, but this time, I wasn’t just swinging a pickaxe, I was paying close attention to who Nintendo chose as his opponents.

The whole point was to see which characters they lined up as fitting rivals for Steve. Turns out, the theme felt like a nod to exploration, crafting, and survival, with battles against characters like Link, Villager, and even Ridley. Each fight seemed to reference something from Minecraft’s world, whether it was a hostile environment, a survival scenario, or just another blocky-style fighter.

It was fun seeing how Nintendo interpreted Steve’s world through Smash matchups.
Sometimes, it’s not about the fights, it’s about the story Nintendo tells through them.