Yes, I'm still alive.
Anyways, regardless of my personal thoughts on Steve/Alex as characters, his moveset looks like it'll be very, VERY unfun to fight against (to say nothing of poor Little Timmy playing Little Mac or Ganondorf on Quickplay), but it's hilarious and somewhat faithful to the original game, something that I very much appreciate.
Now you'll see that I have a somewhat... weird interpretation of the two (and I'm not using the mobs), one that uses the mechanics of the game to fullest, but not with the game's blocky artstyle... something about Minecraft's visual style doesn't sit right with me.
Somewhere, out in the middle of a vast, rich world, a decently-sized house stood out in the middle of a grassy field.
"There! That ought to do it!" Steve, one of the two owners of the house, said out loud as he put the finishing touches on his most recent project; that being a redstone security system that gave him easier access to his underground tunnel. Standing in front of the nine-button array he had made, Steve pushed the buttons in the order he had set them in when designing said security system: top left, bottom right, and center right. Once he finished, the note blocks he had installed within the system played a small chime, the wall opening up shortly afterwards. Walking inside, the doors closed behind Steve as he began to walk down the stairs that led to his mining system.
Once he got down to the bottom, Steve pulled out his pocketwatch and began watching it anxiously as it began to indicate that the sun was beginning to set. Running his fingers through his hair as a brief distraction for his free hand, Steve then pulled out his diamond pickaxe and began tapping its head on the floor, inadvertently ripping a small chunk of stone out of the floor and causing him to almost lose his balance. Righting himself, the sound of approaching footsteps put Steve on guard, and he raised an iron sword, at least until he heard a voice say, "Whoa, Steve, I know I look like death, but is it really necessary to have that thing out?"
Lowering his sword, Steve looked up and jumped back in surprise, having been greeted with a banged-up Alex, her trip to find more treasures in a recently-discovered mineshaft having gone slightly awry, with a particularly nasty encounter with a Wolfsbane Spider having left a poisoned bite on her left arm. Wincing, Steve said, "Ooh... I think I have some fresh milk on me right now, do you want it?"
"Duh!" Her expression softening, Alex continued, "That'd be nice, yeah." Steve handed the beverage over to Alex, who gulped it down in one go before pocketing the bottle. As her strength began to come back, Alex happily said, "Well, other than that, the good news is that I found even more obsidian lying around in a broken minecart!"
Raising an eyebrow, Steve asked, "And what about that is good news, again?"
"It means we have enough obsidian to try and make another portal to the Nether! Isn't that exciting?!"
Groaning as they walked up to Steve's recently-constructed entrance, Steve complained, "Alex, I've told you a million times at this point, I'm not interested in exploring the Nether... I just wanna make the most out of this world... probably construct something cool as well."
"Come on, Steve... just one trip? Please?" Alex begged, looking at Steve with pleading eyes.
Relenting, Steve sighed and said, "Oh, alright... I'll go with you next time... but I'm telling you, please do not take Ace with you like you did last time! I couldn't sleep at all not knowing what was going on with him, and I'm pretty sure you were gone for three whole days."
Her eyes widening at the sudden revelation, Alex exclaimed, "Three days?! It only felt like a few hours in there, what the h-" Her sentence was interrupted by a small melody playing as something in front of her opened, and Steve pulled her out of the tunnel's entrance before the door closed, and upon looking back, Alex let out a low whistle, saying, "Neat..." before playfully elbowing him in the ribs and exclaiming, "You've done one hell of a job with our house, Stevearooni!"
"...One more nickname like that and it's gonna be my house." Alex laughed as the two of them opened the door to the house, and before too long, the two of them heard an excited bark sound from the fireplace.
"Ace! Good to see you again, buddy!" Steve exclaimed as the tamed wolf tackled him to the ground and began affectionately licking at his face. Once Steve managed to shake him off, he tossed a piece of cooked steak Ace's way, and the dog jumped up and gulped it down in one pass, causing Steve to chuckle as he sat down on a couch and pulled out a book to read while Alex went to the upstairs bathroom to begin pulling spider guts, cobwebs, arrows, and other assorted materials out of both her body and hair.
In the midst of pulling a clump of spider eyes out of her hair, Alex shuddered in disgust before tossing them into the garbage chute, thinking to herself, "I should really get a haircut soon... where does Steve keep those shears of his?" before being interrupted by a knock coming from downstairs. Yelling, "I'll get it!" Alex ran out of the bathroom and slid down the stair banister before bounding over to the front door. Opening it, she saw a portly man in a blacksmith's apron standing at her front door. Raising her eyebrows, Alex said, "Oh hey, Bertrand. What brings you here tonight?"
Bertrand, the blacksmith of the nearby village, pulled an envelope out of his apron and said, "The village received this letter that was addressed to the two of you earlier today... I volunteered to deliver it to the two of you because no one else in the village was willing to travel at this time of night."
"Well, you've got more guts than half the men there put together, this place usually becomes Zombie Central around this time of night." Taking the letter from Bertrand, Alex thanked him in a nonverbal fashion before saying, "Take care, and safe travels!" closing the door once she saw Bertrand ride away on his horse.
Walking into the living room, Alex called, "Steve!"
Steve, who had fallen asleep in the middle of reading his book, jerked awake and exclaimed, "Whuzzat?! I'm awake..."
"We've got mail!" Alex watched as Steve got off the couch and walked towards her, the book still in his hand as he rubbed at his eyes. Taking note, Alex inquired, "You had that crazy dream again?"
"Yeah, I did... except this time, I was in some kind of city while fighting that dragon... as much as I want to chill out here, sometimes I wish something exciting would happen..."
"I'm telling you man, you should really write a book someday if you're gonna keep having dreams like those... and you should definitely look at my checklist if you want to try and find something exciting to do," Alex laughed as she opened the envelope and spilled its contents out on the table. Aside from the letter, there was a quill that was already inked, as well as two small cards with the number 79 printed on each of them, one of them being decorated in blue and brown and the other being decaled in green and orange. Picking up the letter, Alex began reading its contents:
To Steve and Alex,
Congratulations! The two of you have been selected as fighters in our esteemed Super Smash Bros. tournament!
In this tournament, you will meet champions, warriors, heroes, and villains from many, many different realms, and will duke it out in battles of various forms and gimmicks to claim victory!
In our fifth installment of this prestigious tournament, known in a multitude of universes, we have brought back every single person who has competed in any one of our tournaments at any given point. As such, with such a large and unique roster, we have given each and every one of you unique, stylized Fighter's Passes that will serve as a form of identification at any given point in the tournament.
Please note that if you so desire, your earnings from partaking in the Smash tournament can be converted to your realm's currency (in your case, I understand that your currency consists of precious gemstones and other materials, so please negotiate with me at any given point in the tournament for what kind of gemstones and/or materials you wish to receive) if you so wish when the tournament is over.
We hope to see you soon! Your Fighter's Passes are also contained within this envelope.
Sincerely,
Master Hand
P.S.: For convenience, I strongly recommend that you write "/tp 12 7 2018" on any free space on this letter.
Steve, having immediately perked up, exclaimed, "A tournament with all sorts of creatures from other worlds?! That actually sounds really cool..."
Putting a quill to her chin in thought, Alex asked, "Steve, you know where those supplies are, right?" Steve nodded, and ran down to the basement. As Alex continued to read through the letter, Steve came out of the basement and dropped a massive chest on the ground, startling her.
Steve opened the chest and asked Alex, "So what should we do with all this?"
"...Take all of it."
Once the two of them were fully stocked up on supplied and assorted materials, Steve petted Ace on the head, telling him that he and Alex needed to go away for a while. The wolf pitifully whined before rubbing up on Steve's leg as if he were begging him to not leave, but Steve shook his head before saying, "Look boy, we'll be back before you know it... there's food for you in this box," pulling out a large chest filled with sliced meat before continuing, "and the water's over there," pointing to a small square of water that, much to his and Alex's confusion, never seemed to run out. Petting Ace one more time, Steve said, "I'm gonna miss you buddy, take care of the house while we're gone," before walking back to Alex.
Alex raised the quill and asked, "Are you sure?" to which Steve nodded. Alex then put the quill on an empty spoty of paper before writing down the recommended message on the paper... and she and Steve spontaneously disappeared from the house, causing Ace to tilt his head in confusion.
Steve and Alex materialized inside a massive building, and in front of them was a small wooden table with five black buttons on it. Picking up one, Steve pressed the button, and he and Alex were warped to a cliffside, where in front of them, a massive portal of darkness resided, occasionally pulsing with energy.
Pulling out her sword, Alex looked over to Steve and said, "Hey Steve, you ready for the adventure of a lifetime?"
"...You know what, yeah I am."
The two of them built a small wooden bridge until they were mere meters away from the portal before jumping in, not knowing where said vortex would take them...
...I tried my best.
This makes a bit more sense if you imagine them as actual 23-year old humans and not blocks, I'll admit.
Will the next chapter of World of Light be out before 2021? The answer is probably yes, so stay tuned...