Spirit: Difference between revisions

**Alter egos and other versions of playable characters, such as Kaptain K. Rool, Mario and Luigi in their ''Mario Tennis Aces'' outfits, and various yoga poses being performed by Wii Fit Trainer, also appear as spirits, despite not being separate characters.

**There are also spirits based on groups of characters, such as Piantas and the Tiki Tak Tribe, although, by definition, each spirit should represent one individual character.

***There are also spirits such as Zelda (Breath of the Wild) and Hero's Comrades, whose spirit battles feature several fighters that represent different characters.

*The first spirit to be added in 2019 was the {{SSBU|Piranha Plant}} fighter spirit, while the first spirits to be added in 2020 were the ''ASTRAL CHAIN'' spirits, in addition, the first to be added in 2021 were the ''Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity'' spirits, and the first spirit to be added in 2022 is the ''Evil'' [[Ryu]] primary spirit.

*Lip and Tockles are the only support spirits that share the same effect as other spirits, but are in different ranks (Lip is Ace-class while other Lip's Stick Equipped spirits are Novice-class, and Tockles is Ace-class while other Fog Immunity spirits are Advanced-class).

*The highest value for a single stat is possessed by the Absolutely Safe Capsule, which has a defense stat of 10,000, but an attack stat of 0.

*If not counting the Partner Eevee and Partner Pikachu spirits, ''Ultimate'' contains a total of 1,297 spirits at launch, which starts from {{SSBU|Mario}} and ends with Risky Boots from the ''Shantae'' series. With this amount of spirits contained within the base game of ''Ultimate'', it surpasses the amount of Stickers in ''Brawl'' by 597, as there were only 700; it even surpasses the number by 53 when combined with the Trophies from ''Brawl'', as there were 544 Trophies, for a total of 1244 in ''Brawl''.

**The first spirits to be added to the game as DLC were Partner Eevee and Partner Pikachu, while the first spirits to be added via the Spirit Board were Dice Block, River Survival and Golden Dash Mushroom.

*Timmy and Tommy is the only master spirit that can be obtained via amiibo.

*Out of all of the fighter spirits, 11 of them do not use artwork from their original games to swap out with their ''Ultimate'' artwork, with them solely using their ''Ultimate'' artwork instead. These spirits are the respective male and female versions of {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}}, {{SSBU|Robin}} and {{SSBU|Wii Fit Trainer}} (though the latter's order is female and male, not the other way around), the ''Advent Children'' version of {{SSBU|Cloud}}, the 3 types of {{SSBU|Mii Fighter}}s, and the default version of {{SSBU|Kazuya}}.

**Previously, Cloud's fighter spirit for his default appearance was also represented by his ''Ultimate'' artwork. From version 10.1.0 onwards, his fighter spirit uses his original artwork from ''Final Fantasy VII''.

*[[Sheriff]] is the oldest character represented by a spirit, while the most recent are the E.M.M.I. and Chozo Soldiers from ''Metroid Dread''.

**Dimitri (The Legend of Zelda) and Hilda (The Legend of Zelda), both of whom share names with characters on {{SSBU|Byleth}}'s Spirit Board.

**Riki (Xenoblade Chronicles), who shares a name with a character added in the [[River City Smash]] spirit event.

**Slime (Dragon Quest), who shares a name with an enemy on {{SSBU|Steve}}'s Spirit Board.

**Impa (Ocarina of Time), who shares a name with multiple similar characters in the ''Legend of Zelda'' series, one of which was added in the [[Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity]] spirit event.

*Three spirits have had adjustments to their image since launch, being the Masked Man, Fire Attack, and Cloud spirits: Due to controversy on Mr. Game & Watch's appearance when using his side smash negatively portraying Native Americans, his model was changed to remove a feather, and the same change was made to the Fire Attack spirit in the version 1.1.0 update. The Masked Man sprite was changed in version 2.0.0 to match its actual sprite from ''Mother 3'' instead of a fan-image. In version 10.1.0, Cloud's fighter spirit was given artwork from ''Final Fantasy VII'' alongside his ''Ultimate'' artwork, rather than just the latter.

*Six spirits have had the ability to unlock them by having save data of a specific game, being Partner Pikachu, Partner Eevee, Tockles, Sophia, Arthur, and Razewing Ratha which could be obtained with save data from ''Pokémon: Let's Go Pikachu'', ''Pokémon: Let's Go Eevee'', ''Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition'', ''Persona 5 Strikers'', ''Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection'', and ''Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin'', respectively.

***Rex (Master Driver) and Devil Jin are the DLC Shield-type spirits and they are the only ones that are enhancable.

***Fury Bowser and Heihachi Mishima are the DLC Attack-type spirits.

***Zacian & Zamazenta and Malos are the DLC Neutral-type spirits.

**All Spirit Board event spirits after Peachette are affected. This is because Peachette was the last event spirit made obtainable outside of its event via an update. All event spirits after Peachette were made obtainable on a set date using the same method as the events themselves are added without needing a proper update &mdash; having no internet connection prevents the game from connecting to the service in charge of the events and related spirits. Spirits associated with a fighter from a [[Fighters Pass]] are not affected, as they are bundled with an update.<ref>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/520312822962323456/800190046925881394/odd.jpg Stitched screenshot of event spirits replaced with placeholders] (from 10.1.0)</ref>