Editing Spirit Board

[[File:SpiritBoard.JPG|300px|thumb|The Spirit Board with 6 out of 10 unlocked spots. It also has the spirits: Dr. Lobe, Slash Man, Hammer Bro, Purple Pikmin, Rosemary, and Silver the Hedgehog.]]

The '''Spirit Board''' ({{ja|スピリッツボード|Supirittsu bōdo}}, ''Spirit Board'') is a sub-menu within the {{b|Spirits|menu}} single-player [[mode]] of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. It contains a random, periodically refreshed collection of Spirit Battles, which pit the player against [[Spirits (characters)|Spirit]]-possessed [[fighter]]s under special conditions. Spirits ranked Novice, Advance, and Ace will remain on the spirit board for five minutes, but Legend spirits will stay for fifteen minutes. Should the timer expire, the timer for the next spirit won't start until the next time the player accesses the Spirit Board. The board starts off with six available choices, but more slots are unlocked as the mode is played, up to a maximum of ten. Many of these Spirits can also be obtained through [[World of Light]].

After completing the Spirit Battle, a scene ensues where the player must shoot the possessed fighter (who is shown with one frame of their [[stun]] animation) with a special gun to obtain the Spirit. The shot must be correctly timed to avoid hitting a rotating shield protecting the enemy fighter; the higher the rank, the faster the shield will rotate and the smaller the gap. If the player hits the shield, they can spend Spirit Points (proportional to the Spirit's rank) to take a second shot; if they fail this shot as well, don’t have enough Spirit Points or decline to pay, they will be returned to the Spirit Board without obtaining the Spirit. However, hitting the shield will destroy part of it, and this damage will be retained when the player finds the Spirit again. There are [[Support Item|items]] that can make the timing of the shot easier by enlarging the gap in the shield or slowing its rotation.

Aside from Fighter Spirits, Master Spirits, and Spirits of Bosses, all Spirits can be obtained from the Spirit Board, including those found in World of Light; however, Spirits can be found via summoning will not appear unless they have been previously summoned. Spirits that are obtained from a [[List of challenges (SSBU)|challenge]] will not appear on the Spirit Board until their challenges are completed. Additionally, spirits that must be summoned via the evolution of another spirit do not have a spirit battle. Numerous Spirits can only be obtained exclusively from the Spirit Board. Spirits that the player does not have are more common.

As of Ver. 2.0.0, up to four players can participate in Spirit Battles offline. The number of players can be changed after selecting a challenge from the Spirit Board. However, if any of the players are KO'd, it counts as a defeat. Opponents will also have limited [[super armor]].

 

==List of Spirit Board events==

Occasionally (each week or so), special events involving [[Spirits]] fitting a specific theme will occur. When this happens, certain spirits who fit the theme will spawn with the word "Event" displaying on their cards and defeating spirits that match the theme will grant bonus rewards. Most spirit board events have periodically appearing spirits where certain spirits, generally Legend class spirits, or in rare occasions, newly released spirits appear at certain time intervals and stays on the board for one hour unlike other spirits. These spirits have unlimited tries whenever the player loses and will only disappear when the player wins the battle or the given hour expires. Legend-class spirits which are part of an event will stay up on the Spirit Board for up to one hour, rather than the standard fifteen minutes. Hourly spirits will fill up or replace the spirit at the bottom right slot at the top of an hour regardless of how much time remains for that slot.

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*Due to being composed of two active characters, the {{SSBU|Ice Climbers}}' models behave strangely on the spirit freeing screen. When the player-controlled Ice Climbers enter the minigame, the partner climber's model will slide upon landing and touching the leader. On the other hand, beating a spirit battle against an Ice Climbers puppet fighter will seemingly show the lead climber only, but close observation shows that the partner is behind the leader with the same pose, and both Ice Climbers will separate upon being shot.

*The character's falling speed affects how long the player has to wait before they can shoot the spirit in the minigame.

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