SO, which was your favorite reveal? I think you can guess mine - you'll never see it coming. But other than that, every time I see the Everyone is Here video, I get really emotional. I can't help but smile and tear up. Maybe it's because I spent so long on this channel speaking about all those characters that to see them all together at once, with the musical flourishes and the slow reveal, it makes my heart swell. I love this series, so thank you for sharing it with me for these many years.

Something I learned about Villager's reveal; the letter was originally there as a part of Animal Crossing iconography, as receiving things in your mailbox is a natural part of the series. However, the fans took to the invitation letter as Smash iconography for inviting newcomers, and the idea made its way back into future reveals.

"Ice climbers?" "Hyeaaaah." "They really dug for that one." *I'm gonna cry*

He, in fact, has not seen us on the flipside.

Brazilian here. I was really happy Terry was included in Smash, The King of Fighters was the first fighting game I've ever played and everyone around here agrees that him being in the game is a HUGE deal.

a cute little tidbit is that kazuya would've been the final character if sora was unavailable (idr the exact source this comes from unfortunately). knowing that the final char could've been a sincere thanks to bandai namco's help with development & a love letter to tekken is really cool

I can only imagine if we had people live reacting to when Sonic was shown in Brawl. How earthshaking that must have been.

Being from Latin America the reveal of Terry was for me like Nintendo saying "hey, you there, we know you guys exist, we care a little about you".

1:00:15 I think Terry's inclusion was sort of a "Marth Moment". The DLC pack wasn't just Terry or King of Fighters, it was an introduction to and a celebration of NEO-GEO as a whole. One thing that always stuck out to me in the full reveal trailer was how much passion there was put into it. Like how they explained who all the character cameos in Terry's stage are. Or how Sakurai's team made a massive list of music track requests to bring to NEO-GEO, including tracks from other series like Samurai Shodown, Metal Slug and Psycho Soldier, and to their surprise every single one of them was approved. And honestly, I think it kinda worked. I'd heard of games like Metal Slug and King of Fighters before, even seen the odd arcade cabinet, but seeing these series immortalized in the great video game museum of Super Smash Bros made me go out actually try some of them out.

I like how someone in the audience was like "What's this? Oh it's Zelda!" when Sheik appeared, before Zelda's face showed up. Definitely someone who's gotten to the end of Ocarina of Time.

The "Everyone is Here" trailer still gives me chills! Your reaction was so genuine. Great nostolgic overview!

Imma miss this channel so much… I remember way back in the smash 4 days coming across this amazing channel and there truly will be nothing like it, even with the controversy in the past it was always nice to stick by and with you alax. But I hope this won’t be the end and we shall see if there will be more smash to come in the future and the return of relaxalax along with it. I’ll be following your second channel still but thank you alax for everything

39:25 - Actually, I'm pretty sure that Dark Pit appears in the end of Palutena's reveal trailer - he just doesn't get a splash screen, which is probably why you don't remember it.

Just noticed something you might be interested in hearing about since you didn't mention it. Ness was put into smash because he was Iwata's choice. Iwata helped with the development of Earthbound so it could exist as a game. Iwata had a similar role with smash bros which was his next major project and believed that since kirby was allowed on the roster, as Sakurai's pick, Ness should be in as his. Also Lucas was set to replace Ness in Melee but Mother 3 wasn't anywhere finished at the time but when Brawl came around, they had extra development time to create a new semiclone and decided on Lucas

I got teary eyed at the “Everyone is HERE!” moment again. This game truly is a celebration of gaming. How blessed we are to have been so kindly treated with this gift.

Hope RelaxAlax is doing good man. We miss the king

Dear RelaxAlax, So, I just found out you probably aren't coming back. Wow. This truly is the end of an era for me. So, even though I know you probably won't read this, I just want to express my sincerest gratitude for everything. This channel helped shaped my sense of humor and the type of content I one day want to create (I swear I'll get around to it one of these days). I'll probably rewatch this and a bunch of your other videos until the day I die, because they are just that good. I hope you do well in all your future endeavors. I know it probably doesn't mean much, but I'm rooting for you. Good luck. Sincerely, your fan, ThatOnePyroNoob

36:20 I don't think it can be overstated how important this was Every medium had its title that showed the world it could be an artform. Novels had Don Quixote Films had Citizen Kane Manga had Astro Boy And video games had Pac-Man

Hearing someone else go "Kirby in Mario Kart???" never fails to invigorate me.

I can say for a fact I am not this man’s biggest or most loyal fan. I have been with him since the beginning of it all. But I still love him and his content. The quality and effort put into these videos was unimaginable, and that makes him one of the few KZfaqrs I have an immense amount of respect for. And to leave it all and pursue his real passion, makes that respect even greater. I hope one day though, we do see him on the flip side.

seeing peoples reactions to the everyone is here trailer never gets old even four years later. i still get genuinely emotional everytime i watch it

64: appealing to the 90's gamers melee: the clone wars Brawl: Legendary first steps 4: Appealing to the old and new. But practicing for the next game. Ultimate: the finale.

I really am gonna miss the hype train for Smash Reveals, there was just something so magical about them.

15:00 I still fucking love that Kirby literally does not change, they have the changing effect, but there is zero discernable difference between the Melee version and the Brawl version.

I absolutely love the thumbnail for this video. Simple, and brilliantly eye catching. And the content is perfect to listen to just as audio while working, which is a strength for any KZfaq video!

Smash will never die as long as humans have friends that love playing videogames together.

Although I know Little Mac's reveal wasn't anything too crazy, that was literally the first reveal ever that I watched live. Absolutely nostalgic.

Thank you for continuing to give Smash the credit it's deserved. The sheer magnitude of the roster - all the characters and franchises represented, the tremendous amount of love and care put into them - it can never be overstated just how amazing it all is.

38:05 "And then they added Lucina, WEEeeeEEEEeee"

I'll probably never get over how incredible both Joker and Sephiroth's reveals were. Joker's was completely unexpected, being the first one at the Game Awards (starting the expecting of 'smash reveal at tga'), had absolutely no leaks, was a big enough character to be a shock to the fans that were into the Persona franchise, but small enough to not be thought of as a possible candidate by the majority of the speculation community. However that's not the main thing that made Joker's reveal so good, it was how it was the only Smash trailer ever to tell the audience it was about the character first, _than_ Smash later. To explain what I mean, look at every Ultimate reveal from Ridley to Sora, all of them one way or another tell you this what about Smash, and the buildup is on who the next character is going to be. Even Isabell who should fit in the same 'show character first' category as Joker doesn't because it was put at the end of a Nintendo Direct, where it has became a huge stable to have a smash reveal so people were already expecting it. Joker though, was again, the first character to ever be revealed at TGA, so while the general masses were more so confused and/or just paying attention halfheartedly, not expecting this trailer that was put right before the GOTY announcement to amount to anything, the majority of Persona fans were thinking that this was about the dancing games, a new spinoff, or the eventual rereleased better version of P5 (so Royal). So to have Joker turn that envelope into a Smash Bros. Invitation, have Mario, Link, and other Nintendo characters to appear, fighting as shadows, and to confirm in words that Joker was the first DLC character all in Persona 5's iconic artstyle was just unforgettable and is easily in my top 3 reveals ever. Now Sephiroth, what makes this easily top tier is how much they devoted the trailer to the character and legacy of Spehiroth. While this may not be the 'reveal character first, than show its Smash later' schtick, nor the unexpected factor of a smash reveal being at TGA, they completely took full advantage of letting the audience anticipated whoever tf the new character was by having dear o'l Seph _literally cut Galeem in half._ If you weren't paying attention before, you were certainly now when you see Ultimate's _main antagonist that killed basically everyone sans Kibry killed in one slash._ So to have Galeems remains and the other Master Hands desolve and fall to the sea as mfing One Wing Angel starts playing is simply the embodiment of pure hype. But that's not it, we than get what is basically a FF7 fan letter with all tons of references to OG FF7, Advent Children, and hell, even the _Remakes._ Seeing Sephiroth bodying everyone, killing almost Mario, to him and Cloud having their one on one showdown like its suddenly another Final Fantasy Spinoff instead of the biggest crossover franchise in all of gaming was the biggest amount of pure franchise a FF7 fan can ever ask for. It was simply perfect.

I love all these reveals but Sephiroth's was the hypest/craziest character reveal in fighting game history for me. I love how each section of his trailer is divided by the sections of the One Winged Angel theme. His trailer is so perfect!

We miss you bro

Alax always talks about his childhood but little does he know that his videos are a part of mine

Wow, this video really is a retrospective of Relaxalax’s smash bros career in video making. With the references and the complete overview of every character, it feels like a full circle,

I had a really rough 2 years of my life and in that time I forgot to love video games. When Sora was announced for Smash Brothers it filled me with so much emotion I let out a single tear. It sounds stupid but Sora being announced for Smash was a dream I had since I was 7 years old. To have that dream realized so many years later filled me with the hope I needed after my life took a turn. I will always love this game, and this series because it represents a genuine part of who I am. Sora being put into Smash kinda put some of the pieces that had been broken back where they needed to go and reminded me of my first love, video games. Thank you Alax for being a part of the reason I love Smash so much to this day, if it wasn't for people like you in the community I don't think I'd ever be where I am today.

27:56 absolute banger moment

56:30 the sans Undertale comment caught me off guard

With Sora's reveal, it really does feel bittersweet knowing that this era has come to a close. Even if Sakurai manages to make another Smash there likely won't be a reveal as astronomically crazy as Sora, given he was pretty much the ultimate never-ever choice prior because Disney. Either way, I'm gonna miss the reveals and batshit insane reactions that followed, even the speculation *for* those newcomer reveals.

Sora wasn’t only my pick but he was the character I chose on the ballot. And learning that he was the REAL winner of the Smash 4 Ballot was and still is shocking. Which is crazy. But I’m glad that he is THE final character of Smash Ultimate.

He’s still active. He uploaded on his side channel, “Also Alax” 3 weeks ago. He just hasn’t uploaded on *T H I S* (his main) channel in a while.

Aside from this video being about Smash, this also really felt like the evolution of your channel. I loved seeing all of those in-jokes again throughout the vid, and getting to re-watch your reactions to Ultimate's E3 trailer and Joker's reveal honestly gave me goosebumps. Getting to see you grow ever since the Ridley debate has been a wild ride, and I'm looking forward to whatever comes next. Growing up watching your vids since I was 10/11 and now just turning 18 has been crazy for me, so thank you for being such an impactful part of my life, despite never knowing me.

Daisy and Sora were my most hyped reveals for me, since I had wanted both in Smash 4 and thought it wasn’t possible since they added Rosalina and Cloud respectively. I also have a great love for the weirdos, like ROB, Wii Fit Trainer, Duck Hunt, Piranha Plant, and Steve. Basically anyone who they added and people’s reaction was, “That’s a fighter?”

1:10:19 Welp. I have been personally attacked.

No one realised how big of an impact the latest smash game had on the fans. Since everyone was here, anyone could play whoever they want and have fun, truly solidifying the point of smash.

Any villain reveal was always huge to me - from Bowser, Ganon, and Mewtwo in Melee, to Dedede and Wolf in Brawl, to the entire Koopa Kid troupe and bringing back Mewtwo in Smash 4, to bringing back Wolf and revealing freaking Ridley, K. Rool, Dark Samus, Sephiroth, and Kazuya in Ultimate. Other than the baddies, Banjo was pretty dope though.

Watching his reaction to the Everyone is Here trailer made me tear up bro. Also not having some funny anecdotal bit at the end after his little message was super impactful and made me realize just how much he meant it. Thank YOU Alax. For me, the smash series wouldn't be the same without you and youtubers like you, and Lord knows it wouldn't be half as good.

Sora's reveal was perfect and definitely had the most impact!

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"No one know who he(Terry) was." Me, who grew up on classic fighting games: "Guess i'll disappear."

1:03:36 - Yes, please remake this video. I would love to see your take on all the characters with the DLC characters included.

[55:42] My Smash eu headcanon is that Sakurai originally wanted to put in Petey Piranha as a mindblowing reveal for the DLC characters (baiting a Brawl reference in the trailer), but couldn’t really come up with an adequate moveset for it, so he eventually just made Petey an ult. for Piranha Plant and presented the character more as an unlikely yet surprising fighter.

"come back Alex, we miss you! Ganondorf misses you! Even cat misses you!" Edit: Alex is back and I'm glad to see it.

Even though I love basically every single reveal, Banjo & Kazooie's is still my all time favourite reveal. It wasn't flashy like Joker's, it wasn't action-packed like Sephiroth's, it quite literally started as a snoozefest. But the interactions between B-K and the DK crew were incredible, and the final shot of them being surrounded by other fighters made it feel like an old friend had come home. I still get light-headed watching the trailer.

38:57 You might hate her now, but play the game. You'll eventually love her and all of the cast

Man,did'nt expect the ending of this video to get kinda emotional lol,its truly been an incredible journey. Also loved the Ganon fire hydrant callback

56:36 me when I realized my prediction of sephiroth, Steve, and sora came to fruition

Hurts me everytime when somebody says nobody knew who Terry was. It really showed how obscure fighting games were. I'm glad the genre is really growing now though. (now if only that could happen to racing games too)

36:46 I love being a long time subscriber to this channel because I can immediately see all the jokes he reused and referenced. Like the Fire Hydrant one and the LUC joke.

When Daisy was reveiled I jumped up and shouted as if my team won the super bowl in the last minutes. First time and last time that happened.

34:35 Favorite moment of this video

The craziest and most impactful reveals to me Sonic: While I was too young to initially know his reveal in Brawl. I did play him thanks to my cousin. But when he showed up in Smash 4 as Sonic Heroes played, tears of joy flowed like a river. Pac-Man and Duck Hunt: 2 classic icons I loved play as a kid thanks to re-releases and plug & play brought me to tears as they join the same game Sonic was in. Cloud & Sephiroth: I put these two together due to them being from the same game. I've never played Final Fantasy 7 nor any other game in the series. But just knowing the legacy and importance these characters had to video games was enough to make me feel like I was a huge FF fan when revealed. Terry: I was angry seeing this reveal, due to a leak of an SNK rep. I knew Terry a bit but not much else. After his reveal I dedicated myself to know most if not everything to the legendary wolf. From his main timeline in Fatal Fury to his role in KOF. Understanding how his moves work normal. This passion to understand a character before the showcase slowly but surely made me interested in KOF. If I had a PS4 I'd buy KOF 15 on the spot. A unfortunate event was able to unleash a passion filled with fury to a series that the director Sakurai loves. (I just wish I had a fighting stick for my Switch) Inkling: Ah yes a character I wanted in Smash 4 cause of my love for Splatoon. I was all over this series on it debut and I bought 2 along with my Switch a few months after it's release. It's my #1 series for Nintendo. So not only in that direct they announced a new update for multiplayer, they announced Octoling DLC (Which was amazing BTW), I was thinking a Splatoon show was about to happen I didn't want to believe it was Smash. But then a circle with two lines show up a nearly gave me a stroke. Splatoon fans were eating good that day. Corrin: I saved this one for last. Despite everyone blaming this character for FE being overrepresented and most FE fans not liking Fates. The half-dragon avatar made me a FE fan. I love how they play in both 4 and Ultimate, I've played and beaten all paths in Fates, enjoying all 3 playthroughs (Fave story: Conquest, Fave Gameplay: Revelations). I later bought Three Houses, Awakening, and Warriors. For me Corrin belongs in Smash. Bring me into a series part of a foreign genre for me at the time and I don't regret my choice. But to me all of that wouldn't be as hype for me if it wasn't for Etika. He was like a solar system in DBZ, lending everyone that watched him his hyped energy with not just Smash but any game he played. Dude will always be phenomenal ad he's a legend in my eyes.

As a Corrin main, I already know where that free pass will end up.

14:47 nice steven he reference 😄

I thought I unsubscribed from this guy or something because I occasionally purge KZfaqrs from my feed to keep the slate clean. But I thought to myself "No that can't be it, because I keep GOOD KZfaqrs on my list, and I really like this guy's style and taste. So maybe I accidentally unsubscribed? Ope no, hiatus." Well, my list has old animators with their last videos from 4+ years ago, so I can wait. Oh my guy, I can wait.

Steve was my most wanted character and seeing it be represented in Smash was one of the best things I could have ever asked for from it. I've wanted Steve since the day I discovered Brawl. I will never get over Steve's reveal in smash and the stupid smile I had seeing it.

Terry Bogard is Fatal Fury character and the King of Fighters is fighting game crossover between SNK franchises, he's the poster boy of Fatal Fury and a mainstay in most KoF games. He's fun entry level character in FF and KoF.

32:34 my man really said WiiDS and 3U

Man, I miss Alax. I hope he's doin well :(

I always thought I was alone in wanting Sora in smash cos none of my friends were into Kingdom Hearts, let alone knew what it was, so I was really REALLY holding out for him by the last fighter. And man I screamed so fucking loud when he was revealed. To learn that he was actually the number 1 most requested fighter of the ballot, only trailed by Banjo Kazooie, it just filled my heart

I feel like everyone I know got a character they really wanted in Ultimate, really impressive game

Genuinely my favorite KZfaq channel, thank you Alex for going over all these insane reveals over the years. By the way, my favorite was probably King K, he's the character I didn't know I wanted until I got him :)

oh, man, watching your reaction to Everyone is Here (again) is making me tear up. They really knew what we wanted to see, and DELIVERED

How he brought up Robin by literally tipping the scale is just funny as hell to me and I don’t know why

52:53 was my favorite reveal! I love his reveal trailer to this day and his very accurate kit!😁The moveset designers and animation team really put their all into series accuracy and making his extremely expressive facial animations for his long awaited return!

Man, i miss so much this channel, i fund it when i was in Canada and still love it!

36:35 never thought people could get so excited over a circle with a piece taken out of

I think this is legitimately the best video you’ve made, and I’ve watched so many bangers from you. Thank you for this pleasant watch Alax 🙏

1:05:08 "...4 different fighting games in smash.." *cries in punch out*

Terry is legitimately the reason I bought Ultimate. I was late to getting a switch and knew I'd get Smash eventually. But the day I saw his announcement, the decision was made lol

this video made me laugh several times, and I desperately needed that, Alax. thank you

Still can’t believe there’s a game where we can play as Cloud fighting Mario, Sora, AND STEVE… Can’t wait to see what Sakurai does next! :)

I got teary eyes when showing your reaction to smash ultimate reveal. What an amazing video!

Good Video!! So many years & that many characters!

Terry is not just from King Of Fighters, he is also from Fatal Fury

Alax: "Is your hand in Melee?" The kid from the intro: *Is that a challenge?*

Sora was the one character I wanted in for dlc. I am so glad he was the last choice. He was the one reveal that actually got me screaming.

You know it's just so crazy how far this crossover franchise and this community have come, the many things that happened and now it's all coming to a close and we're heading into the new year it's just sad that a whole era has ended but I'm happy that it happened... Happy New Year everyone and goodbye to the game that gave us so many memories

every reveal in this video gave me goosebumps still. great video

I’m so excited to watch over an hour of your content. You do reviews very well and your able to keep my attention on something for so long thank you

I still vividly remember the days Inkling, sans, Steve, and Sora were announced. I've loved this series and been playing it since brawl when I was 5. I've grown, played all the games at least a little, talked with friends about it, made friends through it, watched my sister gain interest in it, I even earned the money for a Switch so I could get Smash Ultimate for my birthday a year later, getting the DLC for another birthday years later, and now I have the money that I could get anything else that comes. But sadly there won't be any more that I think will impact me the same way. The morning I woke up to watch the Sora announcement was when I realized that this series has done more for me than I could ever realize. It's probably because because of these games that I'm such a Nintendo fan and have learned the history of each franchise within. Through it all Sakurai has given me something that nothing really matches the feeling of. And for that, I have supported any characters he added and still will if he just wants to retire.

Please. Come back. We miss you :(

Thank you Alax, for sharing your mind with so many! I hope you are well!

1:05:39 Honestly that flame had me convinced that the character was going to be Dark Souls related, which would've been kinda sick imo.

48:26 Finally I have found the only other fourside appreciator on the planet.

This video is PERFECT. You are a god, a legend, but I clearly remember that Melee had a website that showed all characters of the game, except for Mr. Game & Watch that was covered with the classic “?”. Very good job, man.

Looking at all of these trailers just made me smile, no matter who got revealed it still made me happy to see how far this game has reached and how it brings excitement to everyone.

Byleth’s inclusion was interesting because Sakurai said he played a version of Three houses with no endings to get a basis for their character, which means that Byleth was gonna be in smash before Three houses was even finished in development.

immaculate video. so much history and love for this series, thank you for the knowledge

Here to pay my respects to the human thumb. Not his biggest fan by any means, in fact, I think he's kind of annoying. However, I've been watching his content since his diddy kong know your moves and I've grown to love and admire the work he puts into his videos. Some of his jokes still make me laugh hysterically. You probs won't ever read this Alex but if you do, hope you're doing well and happy with life Edit: the man himself came back, what a trip

👏👏👏👏👏👏 this is the best relaxalax video I have ever seen up to date.