Fighter spirit

Fighter spirits are a type of spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. As the name suggests, they are spirits that are based on the playable roster in the game. Like master spirits, fighter spirits do not have any stats, as they are not used in gameplay in any way, though unlike master spirits, they are not used to assist the player at all, only being used for display purposes.

A character's fighter spirit is unlocked either when the player completes Classic Mode as that character, or they unlock it in the Vault shop for 300G. When the player views the fighter spirit in the Collection, the default artwork will be artwork from their home series, but the player can switch it with their artwork from Ultimate instead. Characters that have other characters as alternate costumes (such as gender swaps, the Koopalings, Alph, and the Dragon Quest III, IV, and VIII Heroes) or significant alternate costumes (such as Mario's Building and Wedding Outfits or Pikachu Libre) have separate fighter spirits from the base fighter than can only be unlocked in the Vault Shop. The Mario (Wedding), Meta Ridley, Ike (Path of Radiance), and Cloud (Advent Children) spirits can also be unlocked via challenges, and the Mario (Wedding) spirit can also be unlocked via the Wedding Mario amiibo.

List of Fighter Spirits

No.	Spirit	Alternate Artwork	Name	Series	Character Origin	Spirit Artwork Origin
1			Mario	Super Mario Series	Donkey Kong	Mario Party 10
2			Builder Mario	Super Mario Maker Series	Super Mario Maker
3			Mario (Wedding)	Super Mario Series	Super Mario Odyssey
4			Luigi		Mario Bros.	Mario Party 8
5			Peach		Super Mario Bros.	New Super Mario Bros. Wii
6	File:Daisy Fighter Spirit.png		Daisy		Super Mario Land	Mario Party 8
7	File:Bowser Fighter Spirit.png		Bowser		Super Mario Bros.	New Super Mario Bros. Wii
8	File:Dr. Mario Fighter Spirit.png		Dr. Mario	Dr. Mario Series	Dr. Mario	Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure
9			Rosalina	Super Mario Series	Super Mario Galaxy	Mario Party 10
10	File:Bowser Jr Fighter Spirit.png		Bowser Jr.		Super Mario Sunshine	Mario Party: Star Rush
11	File:Iggy Koopa Spirit.png		Iggy		Super Mario Bros. 3	New Super Mario Bros. U
12			Wendy
13			Lemmy
14			Roy (Super Mario Bros.)
15			Larry
16			Ludwig
17			Morton
134			Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong Series	Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
135			Diddy Kong		Donkey Kong Country
136			King K. Rool			DK: Jungle Climber
172			Link	The Legend of Zelda Series	The Legend of Zelda	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
173			Zelda			The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
174			Sheik		The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
175			Ganondorf		The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
176			Young Link		The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
177			Toon Link		The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
264			Samus	Metroid Series	Metroid	Metroid: Samus Returns
265	File:Dark Samus Spirit.png		Dark Samus	Metroid Prime Series	Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
266			Zero Suit Samus	Metroid Series	Metroid: Zero Mission	Metroid: Other M
267			Ridley		Metroid	Metroid: Zero Mission
268			Meta Ridley	Metroid Prime Series	Metroid Prime
297			Yoshi	Yoshi Series	Super Mario World	'Mario Party 10
298			Yoshi (Yoshi's Crafted World)		Yoshi's Crafted World
323			Kirby	Kirby Series	Kirby's Dream Land	Kirby Super Star Ultra
324			Meta Knight		Kirby's Adventure	Kirby: Planet Robobot
325			King Dedede		Kirby's Dream Land	Kirby's Return to Dream Land
382	File:Fox Spirit.png		Fox McCloud	Star Fox Series	Star Fox	Star Fox Zero
383	File:Falco Spirit.png		Falco Lombardi
384			Wolf O'Donnell		Star Fox 64	Star Fox: Assault
407			Pikachu	Pokémon Series	Pokémon Red Version & Pokémon Green Version	Pokémon Global Link
408			Pikachu Libre		Pokémon Omega Ruby & Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
409			Jigglypuff		Pokémon Red Version & Pokémon Green Version
410			Pichu		Pokémon Gold Version & Pokémon Silver Version
411			Mewtwo		Pokémon Red Version & Pokémon Green Version
412			Pokémon Trainer (Male)			Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
413			Pokémon Trainer (Female)		Pokémon FireRed Version & Pokémon LeafGreen Version
414			Squirtle		Pokémon Red Version & Pokémon Green Version	Pokémon Global Link
415	File:Ivysaur Spirit.png		Ivysaur
416	File:Charizard Spirit.png		Charizard
417			Lucario		Pokémon Diamond Version & Pokémon Pearl Version
418	File:Greninja Spirit.png		Greninja		Pokémon X & Pokémon Y
419	File:Incineroar Spirit.png		Incineroar		Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon
563			Ness	EarthBound Series	EarthBound
564			Lucas		Mother 3
591	File:Captain Falcon Spirit.png		Captain Falcon	F-Zero Series	F-Zero	F-Zero GX
606			Ice Climbers	Ice Climber Series	Ice Climber
610			Marth	Fire Emblem Series	Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light	Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
611			Lucina		Fire Emblem Awakening
612	File:Binding Blade Roy.png		Roy (Fire Emblem)		Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
613	File:Chrom Spirit.png		Chrom		Fire Emblem Awakening
614			Ike (Path of Radiance)		Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
615			Ike (Radiant Dawn)		Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
616			Robin (Male)		Fire Emblem Awakening	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
617			Robin (Female)
618			Corrin (Male)		Fire Emblem Fates
619	File:Female Corrin Spirit.png		Corrin (Female)
689	File:GW Spirit.png		Mr. Game & Watch	Game & Watch Series	Ball	Manhole
703			Pit	Kid Icarus Series	Kid Icarus	Kid Icarus: Uprising
704	File:Dark Pit Spirit.png		Dark Pit		Kid Icarus: Uprising
705			Palutena		Kid Icarus	Kid Icarus: Uprising
729			Wario	WarioWare Series	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!	WarioWare Gold
730			Wario (Overalls)	Wario Land Series	Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins	Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
749			Solid Snake	Metal Gear Solid Series	Metal Gear	Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection
775			Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog Series	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic Lost World
798	File:Captain Olimar spirit.png		Olimar	Pikmin Series	Pikmin	Hey! Pikmin
799	File:Captain Alph spirit.png		Alph		Pikmin 3
822			R.O.B.	R.O.B. Series	Stack-Up	N/A
825			Villager (Boy)	Animal Crossing Series	Doubutsu no Mori	Animal Crossing: City Folk
826	File:Female Villager Spirit.png		Villager (Girl)
827	File:Isabelle Spirit.png		Isabelle		Animal Crossing: New Leaf
864			Mega Man	Mega Man Series	Mega Man	Mega Man 10
921			Wii Fit Trainer (Female)	Wii Fit Series	Wii Fit	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
922			Wii Fit Trainer (Male)
932			Little Mac	Punch-Out!! Series	Punch-Out!! (Arcade)	Punch-Out!! (Wii)
946			PAC-MAN	PAC-MAN Series	PAC-MAN	Sonic Dash
951			Shulk	Xenoblade Chronicles Series	Xenoblade Chronicles
974			Duck Hunt	Duck Hunt Series	Duck Hunt
977			Ryu	Street Fighter Series	Street Fighter	Super Street Fighter II
978			Ken
1,004			Cloud	FINAL FANTASY VII	Final Fantasy VII	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
1,005			Cloud (Advent Children)		Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
1,006			Bayonetta (Bayonetta 2)	Bayonetta Series	Bayonetta 2
1,007			Bayonetta (Bayonetta)		Bayonetta	Anarchy Reigns
1,025	File:Inkling Girl Spirit.png		Inkling (Girl)	Splatoon Series	Splatoon
1,026	File:Inkling Boy Spirit.png		Inkling (Boy)
1,050			Simon Belmont	Castlevania Series	Castlevania	Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls
1,051			Richter Belmont		Castlevania: Rondo of Blood	Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
1,090			Mii Brawler	Super Smash Bros. Series	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
1,091			Mii Swordfighter
1,092			Mii Gunner
1,303			Piranha Plant	Super Mario Series	Super Mario Bros.	Mario Party DS
1,304	File:Jack Thief Spirit.png		Joker (Phantom Thief)	Persona Series	Persona 5
1,305	File:Jack Student Spirit.png		Joker (Student)
1,324	File:HeroDQXIS.png		Hero (DRAGON QUEST XI S)	DRAGON QUEST Series	Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
1,325	File:ErdrickTrans.png		Hero (DRAGON QUEST III)		Dragon Quest III (NES)	Dragon Quest III (SFC)
1,326	File:HeroDQIV.png		Hero (DRAGON QUEST IV)		Dragon Quest IV (NES)	Dragon Quest IV (DS)
1,327			Hero (DRAGON QUEST VIII)		Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
1,337	File:Banjo and Kazooie.png		Banjo & Kazooie	Banjo-Kazooie Series	Diddy Kong Racing (Banjo) Banjo-Kazooie (Kazooie)	Banjo-Tooie
1,356			Terry Bogard	FATAL FURY Series	Fatal Fury: King of Fighters	Fatal Fury Special
1,380			Byleth (Male)	Fire Emblem Series	Fire Emblem: Three Houses
1,381	File:Female Byleth Spirit.png		Byleth (Female)
1,414			Min Min (Fighter)	ARMS	ARMS	Promotional artwork for ARMS
1,428			Steve	Minecraft Series	Minecraft	Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
1,429	File:Alex Spirit.png		Alex			Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Trivia

• Several fighter spirits do not have artwork from their home series to swap with their Ultimate artwork, instead solely using their Ultimate artwork. These characters are Pokémon Trainer, Robin, Wii Fit Trainer, Cloud, and the Mii Fighters.
  • Cloud is the only third-party fighter with this distinction.
• There are several significant alternate costumes which do not have their own fighter spirit, including:
  • Link's Tunic of the Wild costume.
  • Spiky-eared Pichu.
  • R.O.B.'s Famicom costume (including the Japanese version where the spirit image still uses a photograph of R.O.B.'s international colors).
  • Little Mac's wireframe alternate costume.
  • Isabelle's winter coat.
  • Zombie and Enderman, though they are represented as primary spirits.
    • This makes Zombie and Enderman the only alternate characters to not have Fighter Spirits.
• Excluding the ones who only use their Ultimate artwork, PAC-MAN and Bayonetta (Bayonetta), are the only fighter spirits that use artwork from a game outside of their own series, specifically from the Sonic and Anarchy Reigns series respectively.
• Super Mario has the most fighter spirits out of any series including the spin-off universes as well.
• The Legend of Zelda is the only universe with multiple fighters whose fighter spirits are not organized by Fighter number.
  • If it was organized by Fighter number, Sheik would be placed before Zelda and Young Link would be placed before Ganondorf.
  • Similarly, the Koopalings are not ordered the same way as they are on the character selection screen when selecting Bowser Jr.'s alternate costumes.
• Meta Ridley and Ike (Path of Radiance) are the only fighter spirits that cannot be unlocked via the Vault Shop.
• Lucas, Mr. Game and Watch, and the Ice Climbers are the only fighters to use sprites for their fighter spirits.
• Ness and R.O.B. are the only fighters to use real-life photographs for their fighter spirits.
• In the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean versions, R.O.B.’s default costume is with his Famicom Robot colors, but his fighter spirit still uses the Robotic Operating Buddy.
• Min Min is currently the only character who had a spirit before becoming playable; as such, her fighter spirit is denoted with "(Fighter)".
  • She, Piranha Plant and Byleth are also the only fighter spirits that are not listed before their series' primary and support spirits (if not counting the former and latter's DLC Spirits), as the respective ARMS, Super Mario and Fire Emblem spirits that are part of the base game precede them.
• Although Luma is one half of a duo fighter alongside Rosalina, it is not acknowledged by name or artwork in Rosalina's fighter spirit (aside from their Ultimate artwork). Luma instead appears as a separate support spirit.