SEPHIROTH IN SMASH REVEAL | Reaction & Thoughts 

I find it hilarious how people complain about too many anime sword guys, and in response they put in THE Anime Sword Guy

Sakurai just gave more love to Advent Children in those 90 seconds than i've seen given to it collectively in the last 15 years.

"Is Sephiroth a sword or ranged fighter?" "Yes"

Can we talk about how Sakurai essentially recreated Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children in a Smash reveal trailer in that second half.. All that action was right from Advent Children.

We asked for more villains right? Well...

"We're saved!" "More like....Under new management."

Sephiroth Kirby and the Sephiroth amiibo are what i'm looking forward to, just to see how long that sword will be.

"Marth 2" If only you knew, Tom. If only you knew.

2:46 - Very subtle joke with Mario getting flung off of Sephiroth's sword mid fight with Cloud. He straight up blocked Cloud's attack with Mario still dangling there.

That Mario fakeout, though. That was beautiful.

I swear he always laughs maniacally whenever a cool Smash character or costume is revealed.

In Smash 4, Sephiroth was a popular mod skin for Marth, so you are actually 100% correct in calling him Marth 2.

Sword user? Check. Long feminine hair? Check. Has a counter? Check. Has a move of super-fast sword swipes? Check. Speaks Japanese? Check. Your prediction was spot-on: Marth 2 confirmed.

So far out of left field Tom practically did villain insane laugh

The focus in on Pit was the allusion. Angel.

im sorry but Tom's reaction to Banjo Kazooie getting in is still the best thing ever

I think the best thing about the Sephiroth reaction videos is how most people know who it is the moment One-Winged Angel starts playing.

I love how Tom knew just by listening to three notes of the song.

Saw this comment on another video, paraphrasing it for here; this trailer is the very definition of "Why do I hear boss music?"

I have to remind myself every time when Cloud and Sephiroth start fighting in the cutscene that this is indeed Smash Bros. character reveal.

I just Imagine that he stabbed Mario like that saying something like: "That's for excluding us from the N64, little man..."

The allusion IS his music, you'll note how few character reveals in Ultimate allude using music, it's usually motif tease, reveal, THEN the music plays; but with Sephiroth, his theme is just too iconic. Most of us knew it was him within the first 4 notes/beats, so how could they not lead with it when his theme literally precedes him?

Finally the sephiroth kirby meme is happening

I think Cloud's Final Smash is only gonna be Omnislash Ver. 5 when you fight Sephiroth, Tom. Call it a guess.

This was BY FAR the fastest I've ever guessed a character. My 15 years as a professional FF player really uh, "helping out" with that. edit: Yes, I guessed it before the music played.

Sephiroth is Marth 2 confirmed.

100%, that was an amazing trailer. Really shows off how impressive Sephiroth is. Between the Aerith Dive, him killing Galeem, and Cloud having Omnislash Ver 5, it was super cool. If anyone could easily one-shot Galeem, it would be Sephiroth. Also, as a note, a ton of shots from this trailer are exact remakes of scenes from the final fight of Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children (the movie that follows FF7 canonically). Sephiroth summoning the clouds, stabbing Mario (in the movie, actually stabbing Cloud), growing the wing, and Cloud's Omnislash are all from it. Super cool to see the level of dedication go into this.

smash chars: “You have freed us” Sephiroth:”I wouldn’t say freed more like under new Management”

1:22 that laughter dude I LOVE IT!

*"Marth 2! Marth 2!"* I mean, you're not wrong...

Man, I was there watching the stream on Tom's channel with the reveal. I lost my shit along with chat and I had to go cool down afterwards.

It’s Marth 2, but instead of a huge grab range, he’s got a huge sword!

Sans: hysterical laughter Sephiroth: Evil laughter

Forget game awards somebody give this man the best laugh of award 😂

Tom's laugh will cure covid

*Plays 'I'm The Boss* *as my new victory while wearing my shades* Now for Dr. Egmman to join Smash so the crew can be complete!

3 notes is aaaaall it took to get the man laughing. 3 notes. Just goes to show you that there isnt a person in the world who doesnt know this man

My favorite part is how triggered Cloud gets when he's seen who it is

Tom: “I think it’s gonna be Marth 2” Sakurai: “yeah, about that...”

You're not too far off from him being Marth 2; back in the Brawl modding days 10 years ago, we used Marth as a base for various Sephiroth mods (And Ike for Cloud). Amazing that this is now a reality all these years later!

I think k rool needs help, he always seems to get beaten up in these trailers

Can we just take a moment to laugh at the fact that Sephiroth blocked Cloud's initial strike _with_ Mario still pinned on his blade? I legit started laughing as soon as I realized that! XD

I still love how Mario gets yeet’d off Sephiroth’s sword

Well, you could've guessed by that pit staring galeem scene, one wing of the angel was visible.

I'm shocked how few people commented on the fact one of the trailer pieces has Zelda prone on the ground and he does a downward stab into the ground. Reminiscing on a different FFVII game memory.

"Marth 2" *NO.* I'm fine with anime sword characters, but we have too many characters with Marth's moveset.

Gotta start planning for a custom smash with that sword sticking into walls lol

The only thing holding back my hype is the idea that this drastically cuts back Sora's chances in my eyes. Still unbelievably excited.

nobody think about how crazy it would be that final smash with that meteor destroying all the planets and then hitting in to the sun and then the expansion of the sun sending you flying off stage like your gone!

A lot of reactors seem to forget, Ridley literally impaled and killed Mario in their reveal. lol

“Now I shall give Smash Despair” ... and give the remaining 2020 some joy.

Sephiroth stabbed Mario fake out reaction, I felt the same thing as you Tom. That fake out is the new smash meme.

It focused on Pit for a bit and im pretty sure at the angle you only see one of his wings so one winged angel was the allusion we just didnt catch it

Something about toms reaction keeps me coming back

out of all the reactions I watch for sephiroth, you were the only one to notice the sword hang thingy

Sephiroth is Super Ultra Marth II Ultimate Edition Deluxe: The Director's Cut: Remastered

I've watched a few reactions now and I'm so surprised I haven't come across one that recognizes Safer Sephiroth at the end.....I'm really feeling my age at the moment XD

A trailer with Sepharoth and Tom’s laugh is the most evil thing about this video

Can't wait to sit through his 3 hour long unskippable cutscene of a Final Smash

Marth 2 because his sword is twice as long as Marth's

I come back to this video just for the maniacal laughter from Tom.

1. I fucking love how he's just gonna carry that dumbass sword everywhere, seeing that just makes me so happy. 2. I want his final smash to be supernova. Just a long as hell animation of all the planets being destroyed, *please.*

I love how it only takes him like, 2 notes to recognize the song.

I love how out of ALL the reactions i've seen, Tom recognized the song/character after the first few *notes*

Every Smash Character: Why do I hear boss music?

People talk about mario getting stabed but anybody remember the ridley trailer

Me: sees thumbnail Also me: dude, it's "one winged angel"......

I was kinda relieved when Sephiroth did that I dont want to see them get vaporized again but I know that things are gonna go down. that trailer is sorta kind of a reference to Brawl when Sonic stopped Tabuu from using his offwaves again in the Subspace Emissary Also dont forget next Thursday there will be a presentation about Sephiroth by Masahiro Sakurai it will begin at 2:00 pm PT and 5:00 pm ET

Smash brothers: our next fighter is going to be a sword wielding character. People on the Internet: groans of frustration and annoyance. Smash brothers: don’t worry guys it’s sephiroth. People on the Internet: everybody losing their minds and partying like it’s Mardi Gras. 😎

1:21 If the person has any clue who the character was, they reacted just like Tom here did the instant One Winged Angel started playing.

You know, I was thinking how most dlc characters couldn't already be represented in-game because that they already have an extensive list of series that are represented and I was thinking how could you add more? (Three houses had no representation in smash prior to byleth and arms had no characters and only 4 or 5 spirits) But I didn't realise, Final Fantasy has almost no representation so they can do whatever they want with the series.

I like how hes standing by it being 'marth 2' like bruh you mean marth 13.5 right

Cloud's Final Smash against Sephiroth is a reference to Final Fantasy: Advent Children

I love it when we all know who it is from his song

Idk who you are and randomly stumbled on this video but love your reaction!

on the 11th day of Christmas Sakurai gave to me...

The new final smash for Cloud is when he's facing off against Sephiroth

*Marth 2 marth 2!* "Hears the song of The Fallen one winged angel" *SEPHIROTH!!!*

I swear if I was watching this without Tom's reaction I would not be smiling as much as Tom was.

girth or length. now the true final fantasy question

OK. The second I get enough money to buy this dlc, after it's came out, I'm getting it.

Tom was exactly right. It is Marth 2. He has double the blade length.

I love that transition from 2:30

I can't believe they're actually putting Marth 2 in Smash!

I can't believe Marth 2 is the final boss of "Final Fantasy VII".

That mario stab im chest is about to be my fucking desktop

That was such a great surprise! I’m hyped as hell

When you said “Let’s go Marth 2” I was like “Nah dude, I think you’re in for a huge surprise”. 🤘🙂🤘Pretty sick, huh ?

Marth gave birth. We named the newborn Marthtwo.

So anyone wondering what the names of some of those moves were let me detail it. So that dark attack is shadow flare, that moment where he slashed the midgar stage in half was heavens light, that counter ability is scintilla. That downward attack is hells gate. And I believe that the long hitting forward attack is octaslash. His dash attack which has not been shown might be an attack called oblivion if I were to guess. Excited to see the rest of his move set.

Now the rest of the fighters shall be filled with villains Lesgo

Is this the closest Tom has gone to going full hyena since Sans?

Imagine if they'd continued the "Hero vs Villain" montage. Just DK, Diddy, K Rool, and Banjo all asleep in the cabin, a shadow walks up that looks like Sephiroth :P

Now the BITES ZA DUSTO fight can be reenacted since Cloud & Sephiroth’s Japanese VAs are Rohan & Kira

*puts in Sephiroth* Square: oh yeah, work the shaft. Seriously? There’s no other character they could have brought in from recent Square titles? None at all?

Love Tom’s reactions to new Smash Characters!

Wonderful to see another frame-1 reaction. :)

Why do I keep getting the feeling that the Smash fighters re completely controlled by every one's fan art? In a world that gives us Pac-Man, Sonic, Steve and Sephiroth all in one game I feel like ANY idea people slap a fan art edited character select screen will at some point happen.

LOL! Tom our reactions were almost identical beat for beat. Too funny.

I’m Japanese！！ I'm glad you're happy