Steve from Minecraft was the big winner at Super Smash Con 2022

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Super Smash Con 2022 ended late last night with the Smash Ultimate grand finals, and it was Onin (Steve) vs. Maister (Sora/Game & Watch). The former took it, which could be Smash Bros. history in the making as they continue to enter more tournaments and rack up more wins. But there were a few good storylines and a lot of good matches this year: let’s take a quick look.

So this is easily the biggest story out of the con, and it involves the main event: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which closed out the con on Sunday night. Onin, a relative newcomer on the scene since the start of 2021, 3-0ed MKLeo out of the winner’s bracket, and quietly kept running with their wins to the point of taking the entire tournament. One commenter noted that this is “probably the worst we’ve seen Leo beaten,” which might be true (Leo chimed in as well).

While Leo continued to weather the storm, swapping between a mean Byleth and Pyra/Mythra, it wasn’t enough to muster a full comeback. Leo eventually squared off against Glutonny (“Gluto”), and Leo went home after giving it up in the loser’s bracket top six matchup.

Instead of a rematch, it was Maister that ended up taking on Onin in the grand finals, and there was no reset involved: Onin took it in 3-1 and everyone got to head home (or go to bed!) early before the 11PM ET cutoff. Maister oscillated between a surprise-pick of Sora as well as his main of Game & Watch, but the mixup wasn’t enough to razz Onin. As a caster pointed out right after the win, Onin has won nearly every tournament they’ve entered with Steve as their main (previously, they also had R.O.B. in the mix).

It’s started an overall conversation about Steve in Smash Ultimate as a whole, resurrecting some old arguments about the