I'm not an FF7 fan, but the very SECOND the music kicked in my heart stopped. It's like gamers are just trained to fear that song, that's how iconic and terrifying Sephiroth is
Knowing Nintendo, they won't be able to top another trailer like that for another 5 years... or until Metroid Prime 4 comes out, which ever comes first.
@@Draffut2003 Well, what you say is what most people that didn't wanted sora say, being honest I wanted different characters, for example a new Kirby rep, but knowing how important is that sora is in smash made me change my point of view
the only thing thats disappointing about the Sephiroth reveal is that covid prevented us from getting any live crowd reactions, which would have been fucking beautiful
Welp maybe its a good thing, since they're be a massive influx of people going to hospital for heart attacks and aneurysms after this 🤣🤣🤣 - when those beds should be for covid 19 patients and the vulnerable
@@quinny98 True, it would have looked like a Michael Jackson concert if it was revealed live! (Google it if you're not familiar, people would regularly faint at his concerts, to the point where medical tents were set up each time he performed.)
One of the only character reveals that I noticed the girls freak out as hard, if not harder, than the guys. What can I say, we'd recognize our husband anywhere
Sephiroth is rather pathetic when ya put it that way. Self-entitled momma boy who wants to burn the planet cause his momma said so and has nothing better to do than to send clones and himself after cloud and his Family and always comes back... Like dude get a life.
His mother didn't tell him anything. He has no friends, no family, created to be a SOLDIER for an evil corporation, his whole life is one big lie. Pathetic? I would say so. I want a redemption arc for this tragic hero. I'm hoping Genesis saves him lmao
@@WindyREDPanda you dislike him and thought it would be a good idea to watch an over 2 hour reaction to the reveal of sephiroth xDDDDDDDDD or you just go from reaction to reaction to say you hate him?
"Wait, is an Angel?" "Did they kill Galeem in one hit?" "Who is that strong?" "Who could just slice Galeem in half?" "Only a god could have..." "Who just cut reality in half?"
You know you've done your job as a composer when people can recognise a theme (and therefore the meaning) within 2 seconds of it starting. All hail the mighty Nobuo Uematsu.
"You think that this Sephiroth character is popular enough ?" *Looks at the internet loosing their collective shit at the 3 first notes of One Winged Angel* "I'm pretty sure he is..."
Joker and Sephiroth both arguably created the most surprise and hype of Smash character reveals with people's reactions... It helps both occurred during the Game Awards to boot. A shame last year's Awards couldn't do a reveal.
It also helps for those 2 that NOBODY was expecting them. For Joker, they didn’t even say whether or not they were doing a Smash reveal that night and even if they did, not a single soul would have expected Joker. Same with Sephiroth. People were thinking maybe Dante or Crash (both would still be unbelievably hype) but nobody ever considered Sephiroth save for a couple people
@@paulmoore5392 Also with Joker, the dancing game and Persona Q2 had just comed out so when joker showed up, everyone thought at first it was a port to switch, not smash, then boom, the letter showed up.
Alternate Title: People Freak Out After The First Two Notes Of A Song I always knew that Sephiroth was extremely popular but after his Smash reveal I realized how much I truly underestimated his actual level of popularity. Aw man I don't think the guy who called it was Sephiroth based solely on the sword slash sound when Galeem got cut in half was in this. That guy easily had the earliest realization.
@@NoHandle44 You know a character is popular when people are excited about them being added despite them being the kind of character they have yelled about not wanting (Sword character)
@@NoHandle44 Very true but Byleth has three other weapons and one of them is a bow but people still got mad at them. I mean Byleth is no Sephiroth of course but still.
2:22 - Everyone is here? 3:17 - I thought they would save this for the end 6:53 - First glimpse of the battlefield 8:16 - Getting blown back 11:52 - Sora / fortnite / dante / goku !!! 13:23 - Please dont be Fortnite 14:05 - BANJO 15:18 - IT'S SEPHIROTHHHHHHH 1:07:45 - Gameplay starts 1:12:25 - The toppest top-tier 1:16:48 - Dude... Sephiroth? 1:18:46 - Stage reveal 1:20:49 - Zelda starts getting Aerith'd but people are already too surprised to care 1:24:12 - NO NOT AERIS 1:25:41 - random stuff 1:26:49 - Thirsty for the one-winged angel 1:28:41 - I'm a sephiroth main now 1:31:24 - The Bayonet attack 1:33:50 - They killed Mario 1:42:19 - Cloud vs Sephiroth 1:46:39 - Omnislash v 5.0 1:51:20 - Song ends 1:55:27 - I will never be a memory LET'S GOOO 1:56:26 - His final smash 2:00:10 - December 2020 2:07:06 - Post-climax
The fact that you went and made his theme WITH everyone's reactions on top of your regular compilations which are only increasing in size and scale just reaffirms that you really are one of the underrated youtubers who deserves way more cred than you get.
The best part about this trailer is, the drums start and EVERYONE just immediately knows who it is. You don't even need to know ANYTHING about FF7, you hear the drums at the start of One-Winged Angel and you just KNOW.
Plus him saying no way a dozen times even after you could see him. Hes one of the biggest ff7 fans to ever exist. Watching his playthrough of ff7 remake was really nice. Then when he listened to the music that was added to smash with sephiroth and to see him absolutely gushing about it was also nice
The best part Sephiroth being announced was that a almost nobody saw it coming. And the fact that it was able to be kept a secret up till to the reveal is a feat in of itself cause you'd think news of such a well known villain of gaming would draw some attention.
Sakurai is just using every new announcement to further assert his dominance over all of gaming. The man is in a league of his own for breaking the internet. Honestly Nintendo just keep adding to this game till the end of time we don't need a new game, just port it to every new system and keep adding new characters so Sakuri can continue to one up himself.
The mad man finally did it. He killed the final development joke about lacking content: The Final Fantasy drought. For year it was "only 2 songs/Spirits" after the initial Smash 4 hype. And he did it. It might ONLY be FF7 content, but he bumped up 7's songs to literally 11 and got FOUR NEW REMIXES out of the deal. We got Spirits of the entire main party. Sephiroth got an early bird bonus for fighting him, something LITERALLY ONLY MAX SAID AND THEY DID IT *JUST FOR HIM* BECAUSE WHY NOT. I'd be half convinced as a joke Sakurai did that last minute just because Max is a legitimate inspiration to the FF7 Remake dev team. If the online of Smash didn't always suck, Ultimate would be unquestionably perfect.
You know when a Villian is so well-loved and widely known? It's when people know who it is JUST by their theme music and the reaction he gets from people who wanted Sora and realize he is way better XD
The "Sephiroth?" from IntroSpecktive is still the funniest shit ever, the fact that he unintentionally lip-synced PERFECTLY with Cloud is the funniest shit. 10/10
Bro you missed the best reaction, that one guy that knew it was Sephiroth from the sword slash sound, he literally recognized Masamune slash sound from Advent Children
Tbh I didn’t even recognize Sephiroth until I saw Masamune. Partly because me and my friends (boyfriend included) were screeching over the opening strains of OWA
The one big takeaway I have from this, aside from the sheer joy people had. Was how many people with different languages and from all over the world that are likely around my age, all showing love for Sephiroth and what FF7 meant to them. Its awesome.
exactly! Sephiroth is one of the most well known and well written characters in all of gaming. We've been on this journey with him for decades. He means alot. Sephiroth is everything
When im feeling lonely i always come back to these compilations and remember i have brothers and sisters all over the world who share the same joys and excitment as me
Same. They’re all so fucking good though! It’s a beautiful thing to see how excited people got over Sephiroth, probably more than any smash character reveal. Every single reaction makes me smile like a doofus and it warms my heart.
Well, Daddy Sakurai broke the internet, AGAIN. The second that legendary song kicked in, the internet collectively creamed their pants and utterly lost their minds. Just like back when Banjo, Sans, and Minecraft got revealed. 😅 There is no stopping this absolute madman 🤣 EDIT: Quick side note, what is with Daddy Sakurai ACTUALLY trying to kill off the Mario brothers? This is like the 3rd time he's done this. Technically 4th if we count Mario getting bitch-slapped by Piranha Plant 😅 lol
I especially love the reactions to his Final Smash. New Fans, probably AC/KH/FF7R: "What the hell is that!?" Old fans from FF7 original: "Oh f%%%ing hell!!"
Fanbase before the reveal: Whatever it is, it better not be another FUCKING anime swordsman After reveal: Step back and stand down, he's gaming royalty
We in the thumbnail let's gooooo! I just wish they didn't make this reveal so late for Europeans. I totally wanted to react more but had to tone it down because of humans sleeping nearby x_X
I love how the majority of the reactions are "Come on Sora" or "Come on Dante" followed by ".... SEPHIROTH?!" Hype level goes from a 7/10 max, to an 11/10 in a flash. Wholesome content xD
I love how nearly everyone reacting in this vid hears the first few notes of One Winged Angel and INSTANTLY knows who it is. That's just how iconic the song is, not to mention Sephiroth himself.
When I saw this live, at the part where galeem got cut in half, even before it zoomed in on him, my mind was thinking sephiroth and I was like "NO NO THIS NOT SEPHIROTH, THIS IS NOT SEPHIROTH," shows sephiroth descends to battle. "ITS SEPHIROTH!!!!"
I remember this day. I was lucky enough to have just gotten an X Box Series X, my copy of Cyberpunk 2077 just came in the mail, I turned on the Game Awards, Cyberpunk was downloading and then I saw the Sephiroth reveal. It was a good day.
I imagine the conversation going like this: Nintendo: Hey square enix, we are both nominated for game of the year Square: meh... Nintendo: Yeah, we both know who is gonna win :/ Square: yeah, we do... Nintendo: We have an idea to out shine the GOTY announcement :) Square: Oh yeah, what that? Nintendo: You up to help, cause we need it... Square: Dunno, lets hear it first. Nintendo: Sephiroth in smash! Square: xD Square: Ok, that would work :)
I would have to say Sephiroth is the best reveal so far. I seen the other reaction movies but it’s only half as long as this one. The fact that everyone if not a majority of people knows Sephiroth, let alone his theme, means that he really left an impact in the gaming community.
I know I'm 6 months late, but thanks for including me in the compilation. I still remember the massive amounts of excitement I felt when I saw this character for the first time. One of the hypest moments in Smash.
After the numbness of how unreal this reveal was worn off, it got me thinking, that Sakurai is either purposely making a pattern, or we're seeing more of what type of villains he wants in this game. Think about it, much like Ridley, (which personally I don't think the hype then doesn't come close to this) is very much like Sephiroth. Evil, badass, powerful, and most of all not knowing how to stay dead, because one way or another, they always come back, like a phoenix or a cockroach. This debut shows no matter what spin-off or cross over a hero goes to, their archnemesis, who should by all accounts be dead, always finds them, making it their life mission to make the hero's a living hell. Now I don't argue that fan service also plays a huge role in, if not the entire reason for them being on here, but the way this trailer was presented to me, was Sakurai's way of saying, "I brought them back from the dead, so you can never EVER escape them." Not Just Ridley, Bowser, Ganondorf, King K Rool, in a small way Meta Knight and sort of kinda Wolf. Now Sephiroth has pretty much joined the club.
I can’t wait tbh. “As the year’s turbulent story nears its end , Sakurai presents a reveal that shakes your core. frozen within is the very essence of 2020, fear and trials, and leaves you saying holy shit for the thousandth time this year.” #holyshitchapter
That malevolent smile on Sephiroth's face as he looks straight at cloud and it almost looks like he mouthes the words "Hey Cloud did you miss me?" seriously spine-chilling intro.
Palutena, Otakon, Peppy Hare and every other advisor character starts broadcasting to the fighters frantically. "NEGATIVE, ABORT. THIS IS GAME OVER LEVEL 9.9. EVAC NOW!"
Hades: Oh...Well this is bad news for you Pit, I hope you enjoyed your time in here cause it will be over soon. Pit: Uhhh, is it that bad?? Palutena: Wait. Pit, you don't know Sephiroth?! Dark Pit: Sephiroth? Is that him? Viridi: You two really are clueless are you? How come you didn't knew about the most handsome angel soldier in the planet? Hades, Pit/Dark Pit, Palutena: ... Viridi: What?! Am I lying? Palutena: He is good looking but don't let that fool you Pit, Sephiroth is extremely dangerous. The One-Winged Angel... Pit: Wait, ONE WING? AND HE CAN FLY?!?!?! Dark Pit: Alright, this is personal now! Pit, let's go! Pit: You got it! Hades, Palutena and Viridi: They're dead...
We’re finally getting more than two Final Fantasy songs (and this pear 🍐) in Smash at the expense of Cloud’s misery due to him not being able to avoid Sephiroth in anything he’s in. I’m okay with this necessary sacrifice.
I was researching Nobuo Uematsu and any influence he has in gaming and this just proves it. These streamers just heard the faint drums/percusion in the beginning of the One-winged Angel and they instantly knew the new character - its is MF Sephiroth!!! Also with Aerith's theme. Some hear the first three notes of the theme and they burst into tears/instantly get the feels.
1:20:04 This cut gets me every time! You've got great comedic timing, placing it nearly in the middle with a cut that works both ways. If you know what's about to happen, its hilarious, and even if you don't you still kinda know because it's Sephiroth. He will likely indeed 'catch a body'.
Man, the care and dedication you put into these reaction compilations is so impressive. The intro here alone is masterful and its own little beautiful piece of UA-camry. Great job, as always I'm blown away by how much humor and personality you put into what could easily be just a rote sequence of clips.
I'm not an FF7 fan, but the very SECOND the music kicked in my heart stopped. It's like gamers are just trained to fear that song, that's how iconic and terrifying Sephiroth is
Dude I've never touched an ff game in my life... As soon as that music played, all I could do was just instinctively scream sephiroth🤣
Anyone who has played Final Fantasy VII or faced him off in Kingdom Hearts has PTSD every time they hear this song.
It is the literal definition of boss music.
100 times i faced him in ff7 100 times i died. this guy give me big trauma
Not for me. I got a notification for Alpharad's video, and the thumbnail already spoiled it.
The game awards peaked here. There's a reason most left after this.
When they followed this up with Brie Larson I was all NOPE I am outta here.
Perfect Dark tho
I thought "TLOU2" winning killed the hype...
Agreed
Knowing Nintendo, they won't be able to top another trailer like that for another 5 years... or until Metroid Prime 4 comes out, which ever comes first.
I love how Sora even made people cry of joy
And Sephiroth made them scream in pure terror
Na, I just straight cried from Sora reveal. So much missed potential for a fun character.
@@Draffut2003 Let's not forget he was the winner of the smash ballot, and imo is one of the most fun characters to with and against as
@@NothingButASpider I was with ya in the first half.
@@Draffut2003 Well, what you say is what most people that didn't wanted sora say, being honest I wanted different characters, for example a new Kirby rep, but knowing how important is that sora is in smash made me change my point of view
.
We can all agree he is canonically not invited...
He invited himself
To torture Cloud once again? Yeah
@@kelmirosue3251then sora came back because sephiroth left and sora said “hey wait up”
Bro really said “I aint need to damn invitation”
So he’s basically the Maleficent of Smash?
@@JayStack5 no but… well… I-
Huh.
Maleficent Invites Herself
Streamers: Can it please be Sora?
Sephiroth: Appears
Steamers: Friendship with Sora ENDED
* "It's been real, Sora" *
Its gonna happen one day ...
Eventually.
@@generalkinobi6215 Hello there
(Sorry I had to)
@@thelastporpoise4854 we see general grievous we say hello there those are the rules
@@generalkinobi6215 You could say it was.... "inevitable"😏
the only thing thats disappointing about the Sephiroth reveal is that covid prevented us from getting any live crowd reactions, which would have been fucking beautiful
Welp maybe its a good thing, since they're be a massive influx of people going to hospital for heart attacks and aneurysms after this 🤣🤣🤣
- when those beds should be for covid 19 patients and the vulnerable
@@quinny98 true we would have had casualties lmao
@@quinny98 True, it would have looked like a Michael Jackson concert if it was revealed live! (Google it if you're not familiar, people would regularly faint at his concerts, to the point where medical tents were set up each time he performed.)
One of the only character reveals that I noticed the girls freak out as hard, if not harder, than the guys. What can I say, we'd recognize our husband anywhere
He is THE anime husbando!
He'd kill you before you could say I Love You.
@@chaoscontroller316 and they love that lol
Yo ass would catch the aerith treatment 💀💀💀
chicks dig the long sword
Sephiroth ruins cloud's life as a hobby at this point. He's that one ex boyfriend/girlfriend we all know.
Well, i mean cloud has been in smash for a bit now so...
Sephiroth to Cloud: “Oh you thought you’d get away from me, didn’t you?!”
Sephiroth to Cloud in a high pitched annoying voice: "CLOOOOUUUUUDDDD!!! WHY DO YOU KEEP LEAVING ME!!!!????"
Cloud to himself: 'Oh god DAMN IT!!!"
Sephiroth is rather pathetic when ya put it that way.
Self-entitled momma boy who wants to burn the planet cause his momma said so and has nothing better to do than to send clones and himself after cloud and his Family and always comes back... Like dude get a life.
His mother didn't tell him anything. He has no friends, no family, created to be a SOLDIER for an evil corporation, his whole life is one big lie. Pathetic? I would say so. I want a redemption arc for this tragic hero. I'm hoping Genesis saves him lmao
Sephiroth: appears.
The whole Internet: reverts to monke.
As someone who dislikes Sephiroth. Meh. He's not Interesting.
@@WindyREDPanda you dislike him and thought it would be a good idea to watch an over 2 hour reaction to the reveal of sephiroth xDDDDDDDDD or you just go from reaction to reaction to say you hate him?
@@sabrinas.79 Lmao ikr i love sephiroth
Return to Lifestream
@@UltimaKeyMaster - _The Promised Land awaits..._
"Wait, is an Angel?"
"Did they kill Galeem in one hit?"
"Who is that strong?"
"Who could just slice Galeem in half?"
"Only a god could have..."
"Who just cut reality in half?"
Those were my favorites
Answer:
*Realization kicks in*
"OH MY GOD IT'S SEPHIROTH"
@@sdmffuentebella9002 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Goddamnit! That answers perfectly to those questions
You know you've done your job as a composer when people can recognise a theme (and therefore the meaning) within 2 seconds of it starting.
All hail the mighty Nobuo Uematsu.
Fucking legend
Just like how people recognize the FIRST NOTE of Megalovania.
@@NoHandle44 who do you think Toby Fox got inspiration from?
@@matthewmcmahon1541 well, Mettaton's musical scene IS based off the opera on FFVI...
@@matthewmcmahon1541 i'm late to the party, but it's ZUN lol
I love the power Sephiroth carries... he's able to make grown men scream like girls and piss themselves... he carries his hype with him
Hahahaha
And that is just his song!
This is such a true statement
Fans: We want sora
Sakurai: Disney’s a bitch so how about I give you sephiroth
Fans:....I love you so much right now
Sephiroth: Now I shall give smash despair
*Kills smash tournaments*
@@tatarsauce6314 What's up with that by the way?
If we can’t have Sora, give me Dante, Tracer, or Teemo.
@@TRONgirl_EXE Preferably Dante.
He and Doom can have a trailer together.
Me as a Kingdom Hearts fanatic: YOU KNOW WHAT, SEPHIROTH IS A BETTER CHOICE, YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD AND FULFILL MY TRUE DISSIDIA 3 FANTASIES.
"You think that this Sephiroth character is popular enough ?"
*Looks at the internet loosing their collective shit at the 3 first notes of One Winged Angel*
"I'm pretty sure he is..."
It’s pretty great how iconic he, as well as the music, is that you can pick it up immediately.
Etika would have love this reveal trailer. Rest In Peace, Etika.
Don't remind me of him...😢😭 rest in peace...
Rip Etika min min was his baby.
These guys are too extra all the time. They practice these reactions.
Plus who tf is sephiroth
@@tonybologna9071 you're a kid so you wouldn't understand. That or extremely uncultured. Probably both
@@tonybologna9071 "who TF is Sephiroth" dude seriously? What have you played in your life? Fortnite?
Joker and Sephiroth both arguably created the most surprise and hype of Smash character reveals with people's reactions... It helps both occurred during the Game Awards to boot. A shame last year's Awards couldn't do a reveal.
Never saw it coming, not at all
Considering who the 5th DLC character was, they made the right choice not to show him there.
It also helps for those 2 that NOBODY was expecting them. For Joker, they didn’t even say whether or not they were doing a Smash reveal that night and even if they did, not a single soul would have expected Joker. Same with Sephiroth. People were thinking maybe Dante or Crash (both would still be unbelievably hype) but nobody ever considered Sephiroth save for a couple people
@@paulmoore5392 Also with Joker, the dancing game and Persona Q2 had just comed out so when joker showed up, everyone thought at first it was a port to switch, not smash, then boom, the letter showed up.
I remember that internet broke too when Steve and Sans came in.
"Well, Cloud. Aren't you going to introduce me to your new friends?" (Brandishes sword with malicious, calm, sadistic expectation)
Cloud: “WHY DO YOU KEEP FOLLOWING ME?!”
Sonic: "Great, another edgelord." 😒
@@Phanthief95 cuz bitch, I will never be a memory
😂😂 *loads Nodachi with malicious intent*
@@RyanBrown2K5 Mario: Sonic! You are a talkin' hedgehog who made out with a human girl. You don't have room to talk. Mamma Mia!
Alternate Title: People Freak Out After The First Two Notes Of A Song
I always knew that Sephiroth was extremely popular but after his Smash reveal I realized how much I truly underestimated his actual level of popularity.
Aw man I don't think the guy who called it was Sephiroth based solely on the sword slash sound when Galeem got cut in half was in this. That guy easily had the earliest realization.
You know a character is popular when he can kill the final boss in one hit,
And everyone is ok with it.
@@NoHandle44 You know a character is popular when people are excited about them being added despite them being the kind of character they have yelled about not wanting (Sword character)
@@TheSpiritOfTheHero Truuuuuue!
@@TheSpiritOfTheHero To be fair, he's got a bunch if projectiles.
@@NoHandle44 Very true but Byleth has three other weapons and one of them is a bow but people still got mad at them. I mean Byleth is no Sephiroth of course but still.
2:22 - Everyone is here?
3:17 - I thought they would save this for the end
6:53 - First glimpse of the battlefield
8:16 - Getting blown back
11:52 - Sora / fortnite / dante / goku !!!
13:23 - Please dont be Fortnite
14:05 - BANJO
15:18 - IT'S SEPHIROTHHHHHHH
1:07:45 - Gameplay starts
1:12:25 - The toppest top-tier
1:16:48 - Dude... Sephiroth?
1:18:46 - Stage reveal
1:20:49 - Zelda starts getting Aerith'd but people are already too surprised to care
1:24:12 - NO NOT AERIS
1:25:41 - random stuff
1:26:49 - Thirsty for the one-winged angel
1:28:41 - I'm a sephiroth main now
1:31:24 - The Bayonet attack
1:33:50 - They killed Mario
1:42:19 - Cloud vs Sephiroth
1:46:39 - Omnislash v 5.0
1:51:20 - Song ends
1:55:27 - I will never be a memory LET'S GOOO
1:56:26 - His final smash
2:00:10 - December 2020
2:07:06 - Post-climax
This is really helpful. Your hard work is appreciated. 👍
Thank you for this.
On the part where they're guessing who it is... if only they knew that on October 5th 2021, Sora would be the final character in ultimate.
This should be pinned
Thanks for you hard work
If you look at the thumbnail carefully, I put someone who is salty that Sephiroth is in Smash. Can you find them? :3
Poor Cloud-san
Cloud gets an F
To be fair, he has every right to be that salty.
It might be the chat. I’m pretty sure.
and here I'm about to ask if their is such a person and then i read the comment .................... oh.................well.
Sephiroth killed Mario is not a sentence I expected to her in 2020, but here we are
The Advent Child reference went over my head when Mario was stabbed. I only got the reference afterwards.
The fact that you went and made his theme WITH everyone's reactions on top of your regular compilations which are only increasing in size and scale just reaffirms that you really are one of the underrated youtubers who deserves way more cred than you get.
Everybody gangsta til the One Winged Angel arrives.
“Is it sora?”
“NO ITS BETTER!”
“Sora, it’s Sephiroth!”
“I don’t need Sora anymore”!- HNK😂😂😂💀💀💀
Well guess what
W
Oh, reeeeally??😂
The best part about this trailer is, the drums start and EVERYONE just immediately knows who it is. You don't even need to know ANYTHING about FF7, you hear the drums at the start of One-Winged Angel and you just KNOW.
Those were drums?
I honestly don't know music that we'll.
@@NoHandle44 sounds like timpanis and cellos/violins. So yes, drums are included.
Ok@@shadowdemon1375
Exactly
I never heard of the song until after the reveal. I did recognize Sephiroth himself, though.
Seeing Max yell like a child will never fail to make me smile
haven't heard his voice go that high since panzer dragoon was announced lol
Biggest smile and saying “fuck you’” is such therapy
Plus him saying no way a dozen times even after you could see him. Hes one of the biggest ff7 fans to ever exist. Watching his playthrough of ff7 remake was really nice. Then when he listened to the music that was added to smash with sephiroth and to see him absolutely gushing about it was also nice
@@darknesswave100 Watching him play the remake was such a treat. I got emotional pretty much in all the same spots he did so it was just nice.
Max lost it like everyone else HAHAHA! I did too! This is still hype!😂😂
Reactions like this is part of why I hate leaks. When it's a complete and utter shock like this, the reactions are so much better
Nintendo should make a deal with the fans,
"We will release a new fighter. But if anyone leaks it, it'll be revoked".
Reactions are ALWAYS best live....off the cuff makes it special. =)
yes!!
The best part Sephiroth being announced was that a almost nobody saw it coming. And the fact that it was able to be kept a secret up till to the reveal is a feat in of itself cause you'd think news of such a well known villain of gaming would draw some attention.
13:33 “It’s an Angel!”
A one-winged one to be specific
A how fitting for a Half-ass he's gets half a wing.
Pit has 2 yet can't fly on his own XD
32:28 Get you someone who loves you as this raptor loves Sephiroth.
Sakurai is just using every new announcement to further assert his dominance over all of gaming. The man is in a league of his own for breaking the internet. Honestly Nintendo just keep adding to this game till the end of time we don't need a new game, just port it to every new system and keep adding new characters so Sakuri can continue to one up himself.
The mad man finally did it. He killed the final development joke about lacking content: The Final Fantasy drought.
For year it was "only 2 songs/Spirits" after the initial Smash 4 hype.
And he did it. It might ONLY be FF7 content, but he bumped up 7's songs to literally 11 and got FOUR NEW REMIXES out of the deal. We got Spirits of the entire main party. Sephiroth got an early bird bonus for fighting him, something LITERALLY ONLY MAX SAID AND THEY DID IT *JUST FOR HIM* BECAUSE WHY NOT. I'd be half convinced as a joke Sakurai did that last minute just because Max is a legitimate inspiration to the FF7 Remake dev team.
If the online of Smash didn't always suck, Ultimate would be unquestionably perfect.
49:47 - "Who cut it? Only a god can do that"
Two seconds later: "SEPHIROTH!?"
Well he wasn't wrong!
Amazing how many obey the secret rule: It's not real until you see the Battle Card.
You know when a Villian is so well-loved and widely known? It's when people know who it is JUST by their theme music and the reaction he gets from people who wanted Sora and realize he is way better XD
Same with Darth Vader's breathing
Facts
Just like Dedede’s theme music.
The "Sephiroth?" from IntroSpecktive is still the funniest shit ever, the fact that he unintentionally lip-synced PERFECTLY with Cloud is the funniest shit. 10/10
Timestamp.
Bro you missed the best reaction, that one guy that knew it was Sephiroth from the sword slash sound, he literally recognized Masamune slash sound from Advent Children
It was Easynow's reaction right? That one was great.
Pretty sure he’s in the Advent Children dlc video I have. Check that out too :)
Tbh I didn’t even recognize Sephiroth until I saw Masamune. Partly because me and my friends (boyfriend included) were screeching over the opening strains of OWA
fucking love how hungrybox's reaction plays out almost like it could mirror clouds internal ptsd with sephiroth.
Cloud's face is the aww shit here we go again meme brought to life lol
I mean, how many times he's killed Sephiroth by now? And the fucker still refuses to learn his lesson
35:03 Cloud is like “NOT AGAIN”😂😂
@@RoseOfNight only one time, technically
I feel blessed that my reaction made the cut and there are more fans of FFVII Advent Children than I thought
Advent Children is literally the only reason I know and love these characters 😆
@@emofoxkitten You should give Final Fantasy 7 Remake a go. It's even better than Advent Children.
@@GrahamChapman I've seen some of it, it looks great, I just can't play it
@@emofoxkitten Ah, don't have a PS?
@@GrahamChapman nope
The one big takeaway I have from this, aside from the sheer joy people had. Was how many people with different languages and from all over the world that are likely around my age, all showing love for Sephiroth and what FF7 meant to them. Its awesome.
The love his mother never gave him shall be gifted my his fans.
He shall give his fans despair and the fans shall rejoice.
exactly! Sephiroth is one of the most well known and well written characters in all of gaming. We've been on this journey with him for decades. He means alot. Sephiroth is everything
I just noticed that when the camera focuses on Pit, you can mostly only see his left wing. A one winged angel.
And you can also see Pikachu and K. Rool corpse behind Pit as well.
Kinda cool how they subtly foreshadowed who the newcomer was
Everyone: "who is it"
Music * dun DUN dun DUN dun DUN*
Everyone "oh god,"
only Sephiroth can kill the big bad, then BECOME the big bad.
He said "get this Christmas decoration the fuck out of my way... sup cloud"
@@thelurker5950😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 best comment sorry I'm 2yrs late lol
When im feeling lonely i always come back to these compilations and remember i have brothers and sisters all over the world who share the same joys and excitment as me
I'm pretty embarrassed that I've already seen about 90% of these reactions individually.
Same. They’re all so fucking good though! It’s a beautiful thing to see how excited people got over Sephiroth, probably more than any smash character reveal. Every single reaction makes me smile like a doofus and it warms my heart.
I'm not. Reactions are life
15:18 music start
1:21:40 Aerith
1:33:09 he killed mario!!!!!!!!!!!!
1:46:40 Ver.5
1:56:26 FS
thankyou
Doing Jenova's work.
God bless fam
I guess everyone has turned gay for sephiroth now. XDDDDDDD
Oh what does this button do?
*Clicks Sephiroth's Reveal Trailer*
Oh I'm gay now. Huh.
Been doing it since like 2005. Or whenever Advent Children came out.
I think. Maybe Kingdom Hearts 1.
It's only natural
Maybe they turned straight because you don't fuck with Sephiroth.
me too.
Well, Daddy Sakurai broke the internet, AGAIN. The second that legendary song kicked in, the internet collectively creamed their pants and utterly lost their minds. Just like back when Banjo, Sans, and Minecraft got revealed. 😅
There is no stopping this absolute madman 🤣
EDIT: Quick side note, what is with Daddy Sakurai ACTUALLY trying to kill off the Mario brothers? This is like the 3rd time he's done this. Technically 4th if we count Mario getting bitch-slapped by Piranha Plant 😅 lol
Not at all
@@hammbonethegamer4505 it's true
@@Killer_Kris7 I know, i was saying "not at all" to "there's no stopping the mad Master Sakurai"
@@hammbonethegamer4505 ah ok my bad.
@@Killer_Kris7
No problem, it takes time to understand me
When one winged angel start playing
Everyone : SEPHIROTH
28:50 she straight up became a humming bird
Lmao that's what I thought
I especially love the reactions to his Final Smash.
New Fans, probably AC/KH/FF7R: "What the hell is that!?"
Old fans from FF7 original: "Oh f%%%ing hell!!"
we beat it once
@@tygerkid But can you do it twice?
I love how most of the screams sound legitimately terrified to see Sephiroth. With good reason.
Fanbase before the reveal: Whatever it is, it better not be another FUCKING anime swordsman
After reveal: Step back and stand down, he's gaming royalty
Who
We in the thumbnail let's gooooo! I just wish they didn't make this reveal so late for Europeans. I totally wanted to react more but had to tone it down because of humans sleeping nearby x_X
Humans are nothing but a myth
@@jadenquest9544 yes
humans are false beings
Sephiroth theme is BY FAR the best boss theme EVER.
You know it means FINAL BOSS on the first second hearing it.
Sakurai: Only Max reacted to the FF7 music the first time. *I'm gonna make sure all of them get it this time.*
Wow. Sephiroth transcends all consoles, all cultures, all origins...
Love him or hate him, you just know who he is.
I love how the majority of the reactions are "Come on Sora" or "Come on Dante" followed by ".... SEPHIROTH?!" Hype level goes from a 7/10 max, to an 11/10 in a flash. Wholesome content xD
I love how nearly everyone reacting in this vid hears the first few notes of One Winged Angel and INSTANTLY knows who it is. That's just how iconic the song is, not to mention Sephiroth himself.
Also clouds face when the music starts is so funny you can tell he’s like “FUCKKKKKKKKK THIS MOTHERFUCKER AGAINNNNNNNNN!!!” 😂
@kelvinwoo3134 ff6
I wish Etika was here to see sephiroth in smash bros ultimate 😞
It really hurts that he's not here with us.
@@8-BitHero As long as we remember him he lives on through us
@@LIONPRINCE2001 I agree
😢
@@intelligentpoot6617 He committed suicide two years ago
Everyone: We're saved...!
Cloud: ...
Mario’s “death” was one of the more jarring scene of that trailer... it still gets me in all the repeats...
When I saw this live, at the part where galeem got cut in half, even before it zoomed in on him, my mind was thinking sephiroth and I was like "NO NO THIS NOT SEPHIROTH, THIS IS NOT SEPHIROTH," shows sephiroth descends to battle. "ITS SEPHIROTH!!!!"
I remember this day. I was lucky enough to have just gotten an X Box Series X, my copy of Cyberpunk 2077 just came in the mail, I turned on the Game Awards, Cyberpunk was downloading and then I saw the Sephiroth reveal. It was a good day.
I swear everyone was channeling Etika's Energy for this with this reveal
the best part about these reveals is knowing ragged knowledge will make the quality compilation vids. thanks bro.
Bro, you're a legend for cutting all that together.
I imagine the conversation going like this:
Nintendo: Hey square enix, we are both nominated for game of the year
Square: meh...
Nintendo: Yeah, we both know who is gonna win :/
Square: yeah, we do...
Nintendo: We have an idea to out shine the GOTY announcement :)
Square: Oh yeah, what that?
Nintendo: You up to help, cause we need it...
Square: Dunno, lets hear it first.
Nintendo: Sephiroth in smash!
Square: xD
Square: Ok, that would work :)
You're missing the part of the conversation when Nintendo asked for 450% more music time around. 🤣
That xD killed me
Lmaoo good job syncing when they yell “Sephiroth” with the music
Ikr it’s the best thing about this 😂
Some of these people may only know Sepiroth from Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2.. But us gamers from the 90s only know true horror.
Instant ptsd😂
I would have to say Sephiroth is the best reveal so far. I seen the other reaction movies but it’s only half as long as this one. The fact that everyone if not a majority of people knows Sephiroth, let alone his theme, means that he really left an impact in the gaming community.
It's nice how, even though most people didn't get the Kingdom Hearts character they wanted, nobody seemed Sora-ly disappointed.
They got two Kingdom Hearts characters: they should not be complaining.
Oh yeah? Uhh... October 5th 2021 happened... Sora is the Final character in Ultimate.
I love how no one complained “another anime sword fighter”, they just lost it
Never did I think I'd enjoy everyone's reaction individually despite the clip repeating itself many times over.
I know I'm 6 months late, but thanks for including me in the compilation. I still remember the massive amounts of excitement I felt when I saw this character for the first time. One of the hypest moments in Smash.
How do you feel about Kazuya?
All it took to break them into tears of joy or cries of happiness?
Those imposing cello and psycho violin strings of _One Winged Angel._
After the numbness of how unreal this reveal was worn off, it got me thinking, that Sakurai is either purposely making a pattern, or we're seeing more of what type of villains he wants in this game. Think about it, much like Ridley, (which personally I don't think the hype then doesn't come close to this) is very much like Sephiroth. Evil, badass, powerful, and most of all not knowing how to stay dead, because one way or another, they always come back, like a phoenix or a cockroach. This debut shows no matter what spin-off or cross over a hero goes to, their archnemesis, who should by all accounts be dead, always finds them, making it their life mission to make the hero's a living hell. Now I don't argue that fan service also plays a huge role in, if not the entire reason for them being on here, but the way this trailer was presented to me, was Sakurai's way of saying, "I brought them back from the dead, so you can never EVER escape them." Not Just Ridley, Bowser, Ganondorf, King K Rool, in a small way Meta Knight and sort of kinda Wolf. Now Sephiroth has pretty much joined the club.
I can’t wait tbh.
“As the year’s turbulent story nears its end , Sakurai presents a reveal that shakes your core. frozen within is the very essence of 2020, fear and trials, and leaves you saying holy shit for the thousandth time this year.” #holyshitchapter
"Who's that strong?"
Sephiroth appears
Understandable no further questioning
I like how most still had to wait until they saw "Sephiroth descends to battle" to believe it was real.
That malevolent smile on Sephiroth's face as he looks straight at cloud and it almost looks like he mouthes the words "Hey Cloud did you miss me?" seriously spine-chilling intro.
my favorite of the reactions are the people who say "But who is strong enough to do that??" and then immediately recognize the music and freak out
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I’M IN A REACTION COMP. FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Yoooooo Im in thus too woop 🙌
@Dynamite Martini Mh gaming
Palutena, Otakon, Peppy Hare and every other advisor character starts broadcasting to the fighters frantically.
"NEGATIVE, ABORT. THIS IS GAME OVER LEVEL 9.9. EVAC NOW!"
Otacon: "SNAKE I AM SENDING AN EMERGENCY CHOPPER THROUGH HYPERSPACE RIGHT NOW!!!"
Palutena: "BACK TO SKYWORLD BACK TO SKYWORLD PIT NOW!!!"
Hades: Oh...Well this is bad news for you Pit, I hope you enjoyed your time in here cause it will be over soon.
Pit: Uhhh, is it that bad??
Palutena: Wait. Pit, you don't know Sephiroth?!
Dark Pit: Sephiroth? Is that him?
Viridi: You two really are clueless are you? How come you didn't knew about the most handsome angel soldier in the planet?
Hades, Pit/Dark Pit, Palutena: ...
Viridi: What?! Am I lying?
Palutena: He is good looking but don't let that fool you Pit, Sephiroth is extremely dangerous. The One-Winged Angel...
Pit: Wait, ONE WING? AND HE CAN FLY?!?!?!
Dark Pit: Alright, this is personal now! Pit, let's go!
Pit: You got it!
Hades, Palutena and Viridi: They're dead...
@@monsterhiddenfromthesun210
The other spirits: NOPE
Sephiroth theme : BUM BUM BUM
FF 7 fans : “SEPHIROTH! “
This beats out Steve and Banjo, in terms of length and reactions.
Ultimate Steve is no more...
The only reason it's length I'd do Ling cuz everyone watches game awards and only the smash and Nintendo community watched Steve's and banjos reveal
Sora: SUP BITCHES
Sephiroth reveal was literally "PTSD has descended from the heavens".
We’re finally getting more than two Final Fantasy songs (and this pear 🍐) in Smash at the expense of Cloud’s misery due to him not being able to avoid Sephiroth in anything he’s in.
I’m okay with this necessary sacrifice.
What I love the most is that they recognize Sephiroth the moment the music starts sounding, they know shit is going to get real now.
Some people didn't even need to hear the music. They guessed it right away after galeem was cut in half. That's how popular sephiroth is.
I love how with a handful of the streamers you can pinpoint the EXACT SECOND the music registers and they realize what's coming
I was researching Nobuo Uematsu and any influence he has in gaming and this just proves it. These streamers just heard the faint drums/percusion in the beginning of the One-winged Angel and they instantly knew the new character - its is MF Sephiroth!!! Also with Aerith's theme. Some hear the first three notes of the theme and they burst into tears/instantly get the feels.
1:20:04 This cut gets me every time! You've got great comedic timing, placing it nearly in the middle with a cut that works both ways. If you know what's about to happen, its hilarious, and even if you don't you still kinda know because it's Sephiroth. He will likely indeed 'catch a body'.
I’m searching for the same guy’s reaction rn to seeing it unfold lol
21:56 this guy: there's no f***ing way it's Sephiroth.
*Sephitoth's theme starts*
This guy: *confused screaming*
Man, the care and dedication you put into these reaction compilations is so impressive. The intro here alone is masterful and its own little beautiful piece of UA-camry. Great job, as always I'm blown away by how much humor and personality you put into what could easily be just a rote sequence of clips.
18:58 I can tell this guy is a huge fan
And that ladies and gentleman is how the beat of some drums can hype anyone
Everybody gangsta until the orchestra starts banging the drums.
God I remember hearing the first few notes and I immediately recognized who it was despite not playing FF7
Sephiroth is fucking scary man
12:38 Who is causing that much Strife?
Ok, that got me off guard lmao
The hungrybox scream and the fact he does it twice identically is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard in my life I swear down
sephiroth drop uninvited to the party, like he did all the time!
sephiroth: AM BACK BABY!
cloud: AAAAAAA COME ON!
I love how on 0:35 the sephiroth in the song lines up with the spoken sephiroth
Best editing ever