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Just when you thought Super Smash Bros. Ultimate couldn’t get any more ridiculous than it already is, out comes Nintendo showing Mario getting murdered by Final Fantasy 7’s Sephiroth. I am not exaggerating when I say that I screamed “WHAT?” the moment my tall silver-haired emo boy graced The Game Awards 2020’s broadcast.
Smash Bros. fans were just as struck on Thursday night after the reveal, as social media lit up with excitement, memes, and plenty of delight at Sephiroth’s existence in Ultimate. Even though it makes sense on some level — Cloud is always destined to be trailed by the specter that is Sephiroth — the sheer absurdity of it all still feels unreal. It’s especially funny when you compare Sephiroth’s dramatic entrance music during the trailer versus the knowledge that Kirby can now devour him whole. Even with Master Chief and Kratos, Fortnite’s got nothing on this.
Here are some of the best jokes about Sephiroth’s arrival on Twitter.
— Jennifer Raye @ Reading Higurashi When They Cry (@jenn_raye) December 11, 2020
Lost a real one today y’all pic.twitter.com/90DVdxJlOm
— Apple@ commission open! (@Applecat_01) December 11, 2020
-one winged angel intensifies- pic.twitter.com/L06NRIVWbB
— Flamingo (Working on commissions) (@flamingopunch) December 11, 2020
— ✦Cᴀᴍᴀʟᴀɴɢᴇ✧ (@Camalange) December 11, 2020
twitter: its sora! or crash! maybe monster hunter!
— Lulu (@luulubuu) December 11, 2020
smash: pic.twitter.com/R16DITGr2j
"can I have uhhhhh a smash invite and a 4 piece mcnugget meal pls" pic.twitter.com/YRG1QGvS8r
— Red Bard (Kennedy) (@RedBardIsCool) December 11, 2020
his STYLE pic.twitter.com/i7dGQR8GKC
— Klume ✿ uni workkkkkk (@KlumeScribbles) December 11, 2020
I like how it’s implied that part of the extremely evil super villain sephiroth’s big plan has just been spending all his time trying his best to get into the nintendo party game super smash bros up until now pic.twitter.com/oHVRXtZRxq
— TAHK0 ☕️ (@TAHK0) December 11, 2020
God the best part of the Sephiroth reveal trailer is Cloud just looking like "god DAMN it I cant escape this motherfucker in another GAME" pic.twitter.com/eG9t5qjjbl
— Fujoshi's Island (@Dauragon) December 11, 2020
The stab is great but I also want to make sure we don't forget this fucking line pic.twitter.com/wOWGokqfGi
— I shall give Smash despair (@spacekase) December 11, 2020
sephiroth's ultimate smash better be raw sexual tension with cloud or this shit is fake
— Patricia Hernandez (@xpatriciah) December 11, 2020
He craves violence! #GameAwards2020 #Sephiroth #SmashBros pic.twitter.com/0wAJuuGgA4
— Marla @ thesis (@glossywooo) December 11, 2020
I can't get over how funny it is seeing fucking PICHU next to Sephiroth #SmashBrosUltimate #Sephiroth pic.twitter.com/sbfrwXNexx
— It's Nick Time (@A_Living_Toon) December 11, 2020
no one:
— ✿{ c α т i }✿{ gotta look forward, not back }✿ (@capuca_80) December 11, 2020
literally no one:
sephiroth: guess i gonna bully cloud in another game pic.twitter.com/S3CgxetgSz
The Virgin Shulk vs Chad Shirtless Sephiroth pic.twitter.com/N7GB1F4lrJ
— NEM⭐️ (@Nem_Graphics) December 11, 2020
I legit thought Sephiroth was going to stab Zelda a la Aerith-style here lol... pic.twitter.com/trahKu1aNA
— ☆オードリーAudrey☆ (@aitaikimochi) December 11, 2020
i love how there's this climax fight between these 2 anime looking rivals and then there's mario casually flying around, reminding you that it's fucking smash bros lol pic.twitter.com/XW4XIZv1Gg
— ✨ Storm Yorha ✨ (@StormYorha) December 11, 2020
this is how I imagine an OP sephiroth would fight #smashbros pic.twitter.com/Ly8nuIIVF4
— Bran (@BranDrawsThings) December 11, 2020
super smash bros pic.twitter.com/0ntHuYq5zr
— vivian (@lavendersheeps) December 11, 2020
Smash Bros. Ultimate: Adds Sephiroth.
— Fuu Manchu (@Fuu_Manchu) December 11, 2020
2 hours later:#SmashBrosUltimate pic.twitter.com/xcjs1RDICW
— sylvia (@sylvisurfer) December 11, 2020
Sephiroth when he sees Ness and Lucas pic.twitter.com/KqTEji6BC2
— Jon Cartwright (@JonComms) December 11, 2020
What if you pick Sephiroth in #SmashBrosUltimate and the narrator goes: pic.twitter.com/1QkmLbIKOr
— ChinChainis27 (@CChainis27) December 11, 2020
Sorry #Sephiroth , #TheGameAwards require you to catch some woopers. pic.twitter.com/fGsCBTnXIv
— Swavo (@swavoXIII) December 11, 2020
