The Secrets Behind Smash Bros. Renders 

And then there’s Steve, who’s just... there. He’s not in some flashy pose or getting ready to attack, he’s just awkwardly standing there like someone who just forgot why they walked into a room. And it’s beautiful.

"Wario was made for WWE." WarioWare Entertainment.

“Corrin looks like he’s setting a timer on his watch to whoop your ass.” Oh boy, looks like my pizza bagels are ready. *loads glock*

Terry’s render just screams “You wanna take this outside?”

Ganondorf's melee render looks like he's waiting for me to get out of the bathroom

"Chrom and Robin look like they're friends." I mean, that's because they are exactly that.

Some more things I noticed in the banner: - Daisy and Corrin eyeballing each other - Duck Hunt duck terrified as Toon Link aims his bow directly at his face - Lucina sneaking up behind Captain Falcon to get her revenge (a reference to her reveal trailer)

Rob in Brawl: " Oh wow! I'm in a smash game! I'm so happy to be here!" Rob in 4: "Haha. My second smash game! This is great!" Rob in Ultimate: "YEEEAAHHH BOIII LETS WHOOP SOME ASS!"

"i still don't know what luigi is doing" he's doing his best

It's surprisingly harder than you'd expect. 1 -Cat. 2 -Wildcat. 3- Leopard. 4- Snow Leopard. (Echo fighter) 5- Cheetah. 6- Lion. 7- Tiger. 8- Lynx. 9- Puma. 10- Fossa. 11- Grizzly Bear. 12- Raccoon. 13- Badger. 15- Wolverine. 16- Weasel. 17- Ferret. 18- Donkey. 19- Horse. 20- Zebra. 21- Dog/Wolf. (Thechnically the same species.) 22- Fox. 23- Tazmanian Tiger. 24- Tazmanian Devil. 25- Koala. 26- Echidna. 27- Hedgehog. 28- Porcupine. 29- Urchin. 30- Dodo. 31- Kiwi. 32- Woodpecker. 33- Chipmunk. 34- Squirrel. 35- Flying Squirrel. (Echo fighter) 36- Mouse. 37- Rat. 38- Capibara. 39- Tapir. 40- Coati. 41- Spider Monkey. 42- Gorilla. 43- Orangutan. 44- Mandrill. 45- Cow. 46- Pig. 47- Goat. 48- Boar. 49- Meerkat. 50- Antelope. 51- Moose. 52- Deer. 53- Bison. 54- Wildebeest. 55- Turtle. 56- Salamander. 57- Lizzard. 58- Chicken. 59- Duck. 60- Canary. 61- Komodo dragon. 62- Alligator. 63- Crocodile. (Echo fighter) 64- Eagle. 65- Flamingo. 66- Vulture. 67- Ladybug. 68- Dolphin. 69- Cockroach. 70- Tanuki.

“Everyone looks so pissed!” **shows Yoshi smiling right after**

11:20 to go on about Sonic's in a bit more detail, I'd like to add on the fact that Sonic has one foot in the air similar to Mario, but throwing more style into it. It shows that Sonic was supposed to be a cooler Mario back in the 90's. Everything that Mario can do, Sonic can do cooler. You put Sonic's key art right next to Mario's, it will look as if they were meeting each other's attack head on, like they have some sort of rivalry going on. Mario with a stern look of confidence on his face and Sonic smiling, looking directly towards with a face that just screams "I got this". It's referential, it shows history, and shows personality all in one.

This video wasn't long enough, I could've watched you talk about literally every character

I love how Byleth's pic on the mural has him holding his weapons confused all like "where the hell am I gonna put this stuff?"

Some small notes about Joker's pose: -Despite nearly having been hit, Joker clearly isn't taking his attacker seriously as shown by his smile. This helps to show his confident and somewhat cocky nature in battle -To further that he's being cocky, Joker has his dagger out behind him, showing that he's possibly playing with his food. If he was taking the fight seriously, he would already be counterattacking -Joker's left hand (the empty one next to his head) looks as though it should be holding a gun due to the position of his fingers. This is furthered by the fact that in Smash, Joker fires his gun with his left hand instead of his right since he carries his dagger in his right hand

Omg, the renders literally tell you the intended playstyle of the character. How did I not notice!?

7:06, Luigi is just flexing his absolute CHAD energy

3:43 "Let's make Mario pissed." He gets more angrier in every new Smash game, and that's what I love about him.

9:06 Honestly, I think Young Link's stance is simply just coming out of a spin attack, as that's literally his stance at that moment.

Ultimate's renders look like animations even though they are just "pictures". That's what's so great about 'em.

13:30 Chrom: "There are better places to read than on the ground, you know."

0:44 don’t ask the rule34 artists that

Imagine if SSBU’s Mario render was him doing forward aerial

13:39 oh I get it, “FLAT LINE”

This is literally just 15 minutes of Alax talking about hands and feet and how they are posed

12:16 Sakurai: *laughs in Fire Emblem*

14:11 More like, everyone’s always saying Doriyah, but never “How are ya?” Except Terry of course

If you put Mario and Luigi’s render next to each other in ultimate it looks like luigis getting his ass kicked.

11:58 nah it’s more like k rool is saying “yo look at that virgin lol”

fun fact: corrin’s actually is the idle stance in a battle in fates as a nohr prince!

"I still don't know what Luigi is doing" he be listenin' to Smooth Criminal

1:03 I do the same kind of thing. When I was watching the "fantastic mr. Fox" movie, I noticed one of the splash sounds was a splash sound from minecraft

the "posing and expresion" thing have a technical name, its called "gesture" or "gesture drawing" and is actually the most important part in modeling, drawing, sculping, etc. because it is what makes an image communicate.

6:53 9:41 10:56 Sonic: Ha ha, ha! O N E! Wario: T H R E E Yoshi: F O U R Diddy Kong: F I V E.

11:25 fun fact, sonic actually jumps and does this pose mid-air in the sonic movie.

"I still dont know what luigi's doing" He's just... there... menacingly...

"Persona soundtrack I manually added to my Spotify" Alax, I'm waiting for the link to that playlist, please

I love how the Smash Bros Ultimate models have a slight claymation asthetic to them

Nostalgia hit me like a truck when you played the brawl theme, it was my first smash game and got me into Nintendo altogether.

“everyone looks so pissed” yoshi in smash 4: 👀

Alax: does a detailed analysis on character renders and what they mean Me: They look cool.

Why do ice climbers at 3:11 look like they’re taking a selfie

I se you with that zoom in and circle around Zelda's feet. You know what the people want

"Terry, Ness, and Pokemon Trainer, three parts of the same evolutionary chain." that killed me instantly

On Robin's pose - I love it! He's closed his book, he knows his plan and the turning motion from the book to the sword shows him reading for battle. Study is over, now he fights. Finally the extended finger presents his role as a Tactician commanding allies on who to fight and where to go. I really want Ultimate posed Amiibo's now all these renders are sick.

I'm going to need a ten-hour loop of Rosalina headbanging.

Fox and Falco: "yeah we gay keep scrolling"

“A character’s render represents them” Roy: Are you _challenging_ me?

12:02 Me when I tell my friends that I'm not talking about Joker from DC

Smash Dojo announced Sonic for Brawl on my birthday. For context, this was _the_ first third-party announcement for a Smash game. I thought it was the coolest accidental gift ever. Still do.

Incineroar is my favourite pokemon, so I was super hyped when I saw his reveal trailer. I think how he looks in the game is absolutely amazing, just how I expected him to look in realistic graphics. This goes for Lucario as well.

4:38 "i appreciate your takin notice of my knack for CLOBBERIN dat dere kirbeh"

1:00 I'm glad I'm not the only one who does stuff like this, I remember hearing a rap song in my sister's car and hearing the "Woah" form Crash Bandicoot

He had a “cats” hat

9:35 Hey, hey, hey! Put my music library back where you found it! It’s secret...

8:06 How can i tell this patient that he has stage four cancer?...

in smash Bro’s for Wii, Luigi is just asserting his dominance

"I'm like a cat, if you hate it I'll do it more-" *the cat is angry, alax.*

Zelda's toes made me click before even reading what this was about, you clever little sneak....

Regarding Ganondorf's renders, I actually love his renders for both Brawl and Ultimate, because I think they both look badass. They're both staring straight at you, looking like they are ready to kill you. I do agree however that his Smash 4 render is hot trash, where he looks like he's not even paying attention.

“It’s like they’re friends” well they are

You notice the same things I've been noticing all these years! I used to try to explain this to people about different renders and how they looked but no one really cared. I kept it all inside and here you are able to explain it easier than making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. My props to you good sir and thank you for all the hard work you do and these videos because man I love render comparisons. I'm glad someone feels the same way. Not only do you compare them, you trace it back to the history of the character. Excellent excellent work

Also Sonic's render is somewhat similar to Mario's which represent that they are both very popular video game characters

12:59 "Only the biggest crossover piece of....a thing ever" Alax- 2020

13:17 incineroar is using his hidden ability intimidate(lowers the foe's attack stat). It made him the best doubles support in pokemon sun and moon.

Second comment: You know...now that you mention it if I was to judge each character from Smash Bros based on their render and assuming I've never played their games...I think I could take a good stab at what they're about. And just based on the DLC Characters: Piranha Plant: Uses a lot of unconventional techniques, and bites A LOT Joker: So much style, but skill to balance, and tools to help him. Also masks are mysterious, so he's hiding something... Hero (strictly Eleven): Seems to be calculating the fight, and ready to attack or defend if he needs to. Banjo And Kazooie: They are ready for anything and are just happy to be here! Terry: He looks cocky in way that makes you wonder if he has the skill to back up his smug face. Alex, you're videos have awakened some sort of detail obsessive side of me that I didn't know I had, and I want to thank you for that cause now it's making me absorb my experiences with a game in much MUCH more detail than I did before! Never stop being you!!

12:07 me when i saw joker in smash

I really like Diddy's Ultimate render. The way that his right hand and foot are in such similar poses really shows how versatile he is as a monkey, using both interchangeably. He also looks like he's in some kind of energetic motion while still playing with his hat. Perfect monkey energy.

7:05 This is Luigi at full power. He got drastically nerfed in Ultimate because the world couldn't handle his godly poses.

I just realized Ridley's Ultimate pose is the same as Bowser's Smash 4 pose

11:29 Robin: They made a small mistake when i was invited to smash *I AM CHOSEN TO LEEEAD, NOT TO REEEAD* i really wanna know how many people git the refference

8:43 DOES NO ONE NOTICE HOW THESE ARE ALL PART OF 1 ATTACK MOTION!?

“Wait, there’s more!”

FEET CLICKBAIT MMMMMH

What Alex thinks sakurai was thinking: “He wanted to show how they were elegant, but ready to fight” What sakurai was actually thinking: “haha funny battle pose go brrrrrrr”

7:06 hes getting ready to lay down that taunt when he combos you off a stock

I noticed something semi interesting, Wolf's render looks like he is about to use the "Wolf fang fist" from Dragon ball.

3:27 Me trying to be a perfectionist during piano class

3:35 This is the game that got me into smash right here

13:08 Piranha Plant is actually watering a red pikmin. In Pikmin, the red ones drown and die in water. Piranha is a murderer.

Hot take: Joker looks like a weeb cosplayer trying to look cool and failing. Another hot take: corrin looks resolved to follow the path they've chosen.

Ok this was a surprise. I was not expecting this on stream but oh my, this sure was unexpected. No one really expected this. Alax you sneaky sly!

Thumbnail: yo did ya know Zelda has feet?

Corrin's render reflects how refined, sophisticated, and well mannered and I think he's a prince. (I don't know much about Fire Emblem Fates but I do know that he has family in Hoshido and Nohr and that Garon is a king.)

I lost it when I saw "Over 70 Idiots"

The thumbnail has Zeldas feet. GG Wonderful video!

When he said “Maybe I don’t listen to the p5 soundtrack for once” I felt that

And the theres steve. He's just standing there. MENANCINGLY!

can’t wait for the “just came from the stream” comments

“An aerial you can do in the air” -Alax

Steve's render is so personality filled

"Everyone looks so angry" Yoshi:🙁

When you said “Roy looks like he’s ready to say “HYRAAHHH” I died

My brain when I heard, "Hit IT!": 😂 Stardust Speedway!

"I do not know what they put in the Wii U juice, but everyone looks so pissed!" Yoshi, Pac-Man, Peach, Kirby, etc: *oh*

Anyone else notice how at 1:55 his foot shuffling goes with the song in the back 🥷

No RelaxAlax, I haven't of Persona 5. Please can you enlighten me about this wonderful videogame people have been talking about that also has a character named Joker in it.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed and loved these the design of the renders, especially the ones from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

I WOULD question whether Mr. G&W would bend or not, but he is like a sheet of metal. 13:35

Something I just realized: Put Captain Falcon and Ganon’s Ultimate renders side by side and they’re doing the same pose but switched sides. This makes sense because they have similar moves!