A Family Reunion That Didn't Go So Well...

Between November 12th and November 13th, a certain family came to post about their bad familial experience on GameFAQs. The uncle, also known as Doomboy, was the first one to share his side of the story.

## The Uncle's Story

"So I was over at my sister's house yesterday, and her son asked me if I wanted to play any video games. He really wanted to play Smash, and since I hadn't played the game in over a month, that seemed pretty fun to me. It turns out though, he really, really likes Steve.
Every single match we played he picked Enderman and the Minecraft World stage. After a few matches, I asked him why he didn't want to play any of the other characters like King K. Rool or Banjo, but he just said he wasn't sure. I told him he should give some of the other characters a try since it's a shame to only play 1 character out of 80. He gave Greninja and Shulk a try, but I don't think he liked them. He wanted to play Steve again, but I told him he should try playing Ridley. He didn't seem to like the idea, so I suggested we just play Mario Kart instead.
I guess I underestimated how much appeal Steve has to kids. Nintendo seems to have crafted the perfect moveset that kids enjoy. I'm happy for the kids who like Steve and everything, but it makes the game really unenjoyable for us adults. I really hope the next character is someone like Doom Slayer, otherwise I think Smash is in danger of losing its adult audience."

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-ultimate/79105582

The Uncle's story was met by fierce criticism by SmashFAQ's locals, but that's not all. Various others related to this event came to GameFAQs to tell their own side.

## The Nephew/Son

"so my uncle decided to pay a visit yesterday, and I invited him to play some videogames. He lost his copy of Smash in a bet or something, so out of pity I suggested we played some Smash.
I main Steve and I had a blast comboing him with Enderman, but then he got angry over the fact that I wasn't playing with Banjo, K Rool and those old characters from his childhood that I don't really like. I tried playing with Greninja and Shulk for a change (I'm a big fan of Pokémon and Xenoblade Chronicles) but that wasn't enough for him, he wanted me to play as Ridley for some reason. I refused, so he closed the game out of anger and said we would play Mario Kart instead.
I'm so done with that old ass piece of shit, first he comes to our house in the middle of a pandemic knowing damn well that my mother (his sister) has bad health, then throws a tantrum when I gave him some hospitality. I hope he dies or gets a job, whatever happens first.

## The Mother

The Mother's side of the story is not available at this moment. Let's hope that it isn't lost to time.

## The Father

"Not too long ago, my wife’s brother came down to visit and give some hospitality to her (who currently has COVID) and my son, who has to be the man of the house because I’m out at work most of the day. I couldn’t actually meet my in-law because, again, I had to work, and he was only stopping by. When I came back, my son wasn’t in a great mood and told me about the argument he and his uncle had over some games. He told me that his uncle got irrationally mad over him playing Steve, which got me a little mad too because I bought that character for him after he stood up to his bullies in class. Then he told me about him trying to play as someone different like Greninja or Shulk (I know he’s a Pokémon and Xenoblade fan too) but that still wasn’t enough. He went on about him not playing characters like Banjo and K. Rool, whom my son hadn’t heard about prior to Smash, and soon demanded they play something else. That didn’t help very much, either, as they went on to Mario Kart. My son told me his uncle hadn’t played since Double Dash on the GameCube, and he was shocked when he found out that Geno from Super Mario RPG still hadn’t been added. They didn’t talk to each other for the rest of the day, which broke my heart because I know my wife wanted the two of them to bond more often.
I don’t know what’s up with her brother. I played a lot of Dizzy the Adventurer in my youth, but that wouldn’t anger me if my son didn’t know him. I grew out of those games, anyway. I’m really worried about him."

## The Grandfather

"My grandson is disrespecting his uncle with this "Smash" thing.

Yesterday, my grandson was visited by his kind uncle, my son, and I heard they were playing some "vidya" games. Some fighting game called "Smash Brothers", like the ones my son used to play on the N-Something back in the day. Sounds like a good time, but apparently it didn't go so well as my Son ended up callin' me on the telephone. I didn't understand too much, but apparently the brat was insulting my son's heritage by refusing to try characters from the games he grew up with. 'Got so bad they had to choose another game on the machine.

Back in my day, you honored your elder's heritage. You didn't refuse to try something like you were a brat who refused to eat their greens. That'd get you 'whipped nice 'n good. It seems too many kids these days don't learn that no more.

I've darned had it with my grandson's disrespect towards my son. This ain't no first time neither. I ended up calling him on the thingamajig to give him a proper scolding. As I should have expected, my son acted all angry with me. Told me that my son was in the wrong for hating "Steve" so much. I calmly told the devil that he should listen to his elders no matter what they say, but he called me a "Boomer". Absolutely disrespectful. He even told me to go choke on a porkchop. It took every ounce of will in my body to stop me from hobbling over there myself and start teaching him a less'in.

I ain't played that game in my life, but this "Steve" thing seemed to turn my pillock grandson against me, making him just like every other disrespecting kid these days. I'm tired of this malarky. I've half a mind to call up the authors of Smash and tell 'em to take out Steve. But I got other things to worry bout, 'Covid and all. But if my grandson's behavior doesn't shape up soon, I may have to take drastic measures."

## The Neighbor

"What is wrong with my neighbors?

So The brother of my neighbour across the street came to visit his family (despite his sister being in a bad condition.) and after a few minutes I heard screams and it got worse with any minute so I went to check if everything is ok and saw through the window that the brother and his nephew fight over a stupid video game. What is wrong with this game that a grown up fights with a little kid? Games that do this to people should be forbidden"

## The Cat

"So I was enjoying my relaxing nap when some purrson - they called him an uncle - related to my meowster came in. My meowster and him started playing some Smeowsh Brothers thing on the big screen and I watched them. Then the uncle got angry because the kid was using this Steve guy. He had steak, I was fine with him. He insisted that my meowster should use guys like some King guy and a Banjo. The kid got angry and it purr-ned into a fight. I would’ve stayed and watched but I needed purr-lease and quiet to nap."

## The Mailman

"Had to deliver an 'amiibo(?)' to a nutjob family.

So im a mailman right, and yesterday afternoon I had to deliver a package to this nutjob family. As soon as I approach the door this brat runs open to the door and snatches the box out of my hand whining about it being late and that he ordered this weeks ago (does he not know about the pandemic?)

It wasnt even addressed to him so I ask what I assumed to be his dad (it later turned out to be his uncle) something along the lines of "does (redacted) live here" since the package was addressed to a womans name. He confirms its her household and just as im about to leave he starts yelling at the kid for no reason.

I thought he was yelling because hed stolen his moms credit card or something, but actually it was because the toy he ordered was "a lame animay swordsman" and that he should "play better games"

Then the mother of the brat comes downstairs to see whats going on since at this point theyre screaming at each other, and shes coughing and sneezing the entire time without a face mask. At this point I walked back to the delivery truck fearing the obvious.

TLDR: Brat and neckbeard start arguing over some toy, now have to get tested for covid, dont get paid enough for this shit."

## The Boyfriend

"You see, my girlfriend's husband was at work and he doesn't like creepy Uncle Ted. However, Ted barged in on my (COVID-positive, mind you) girlfriend and I while I was helping little Jimmy with homework. Ted grabbed Jimmy's wrist and brought him over to the couch and asked him to Smash. I politely pointed at the Switch and said "There's Smash" before going back to finish up before her husband came home.
I wasn't around for the rest but from what I've heard, Ted just kept talking about the good old days and tried to make him play these games from when we were kids. Apparently when my girlfriend and Ted were kids, he'd never shut up about this "Rare" company or "Ridley". I thought Gladiator was good, but geez. Anyway, Jimmy just wanted to play Steve but tried Greninja and Shulk to shut Ted up. You see, we give Jimmy a healthy diet of a variety of games and if he doesn't like them, we don't force him to or buy more of it. He tried Donkey Kong Country Returns and just wasn't a huge fan.
Anyway, Jimmy beat Ted repeatedly in Smash until Ted threw a nuclear meltdown of a fit on the floor until Jimmy went over and put in Mario Kart. Ted was going to play but then he didn't see this stupid puppet (I think his name was Gene? Billie Jean? Deano? Steve-O? Whatever.) on the racing screen so he ran away.
Man, I can see why Jeff doesn't like Uncle Ted. Too bad my girlfriend's getting a divorce from Jeff ;P"

## Steve Minecraft

"So, I'm just having a blast comboing characters in my Enderman alt, this kid on the other side of the screen seems to be having fun, so all is good

then this old geezer comes in to play with him, and everything seems fine at first, until i can see they boy get mildly uncomfortable

so I'm just comboing this dudes fat crocodile like i usually do, when he takes the controller from my kid and ends the match? then when im back on the CSS, he doesn't let him pick me?

instead he has to choose that weird lookin frog and that one aussie dude that can see into the future, but apparently thats not good enough, so he takes the kid all close up to the screen and starts slamming his finger on my pal banjo

now i know banjo is popular with the old folk, but man is he really going at it, and at this point im gettin' a real good look at this guy's face, lookin' at his weird beady eyes when he looks at ridley, k rool, or banjo.

"what the heck is going on," I'm thinking, why is he obsessed with banjo and kazooie? does he have a crush on kazooie or something? i can tell you that that isn't a good idea, that one space bird tried it and failed

anyways, he starts to slam his controller into the tv, now in shambles, and then he gets really mad and shuts off the game!

now im sittin' here dumbfounded while this random guy is yelling at this kid while I'm watching them play mario kart through a broken screen, and I can't believe this, what is going on? i just wanna build for gods sake!"