Editing Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

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'''Spirits''' in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' are characters that have lost their physical forms, and act as collectible power-ups that can be equipped to fighters to grant them increased strength and special abilities in battle. They are featured prominently in the game's Adventure Mode, World of Light, in which most characters besides the playable fighters are reduced to this form through disintegration from [[Galeem]]'s attack. Spirits consist of characters, creatures, and objects from various [[Nintendo]] and third-party video games. They are similar to the [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]]s from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and the [[equipment]] from ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', and also replace [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophies]] from earlier installments.<ref name=Direct>Nintendo. (November 1, 2018). [https://youtu.be/fccgHnBQ0YM Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct 11.1.2018]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved November 7, 2018.</ref>

 

The main method to obtain spirits is through spirit battles, in which players fight a CPU-controlled puppet fighter containing a specific spirit. The conditions, [[stage]], and music track for each spirit battle, as well as the fighter(s) fought during the spirit battle, usually reflect the character of the spirit. Four categories of spirits can be obtained: primary, support, fighter, and master. Fighter spirits are spirits that cannot be equipped and lack corresponding spirit battles, but simply serve to represent the playable characters, and are obtained either by clearing Classic Mode with them or buying the spirits in the Vault Shop. A number of characters' alternate costumes (such as female [[Robin]]) also have separate fighter spirits, which can be obtained by purchasing them in the Vault Shop. Primary and support spirits are divided into four classes of power, each represented by a star rating: Novice (one star), Advanced (two stars), Ace (three stars), and Legend (four stars).

Primary spirits have one of four strength types which determine how powerful they are against other spirits: {{color|attack|red}}, {{color|grab|limegreen}}, {{color|shield|dodgerblue}}, and neutral, with attack being strong against grab, grab being strong against shield, shield being strong against attack, and neutral having no advantage or disadvantage against the other three.<ref name=Blog>[https://www.smashbros.com/en_GB/blog/index.html?category=cat04_how-to-play Super Smash Blog]</ref> Support spirits may be equipped in addition to primary spirits and each grant the fighter a special skill, such as increased jumping, powering up certain attacks, or equipping them with a specific item or status effect at the start of a battle, among others.<ref name=Website>[https://www.smashbros.com/en_US/howtoplay/spirits.html ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' official website &ndash; Spirits]</ref> Each primary spirit has a set number of support slots from zero to three, and each support spirit takes up a set number of these slots when equipped, with support spirits that grant more powerful abilities generally taking up more slots; no additional support spirits can be equipped if the primary spirit's support slots are already full, unless the support spirits that are already equipped are removed, and primary spirits that have no support slots cannot have any support spirits equipped to them. Certain primary spirits also give skills to the fighter like a support spirit, and equipping more than one spirit with the same skill will stack its effect, if applicable.

Primary spirits start at level 1 but can level up (causing their power to increase) by earning experience points, which they can obtain after participating in battles (earning more if they won than if they lost) or after being fed snacks, which are gained through various means including but not limited to winning a spirit battle or purchasing them through shops, though feeding spirits snacks does cost a small number of Spirit Points. Snacks come in three different sizes: small, medium, and large. Larger sizes grant more experience points than smaller sizes do, but cost more Spirit Points to use. Snacks can also be sold to gain Spirit Points. The maximum level for spirits is level 99. However, certain spirits can be enhanced after reaching level 99, causing them to transform into a stronger primary spirit with a higher rank and a special skill, but resetting the spirit's level to level 1. Spirits that can be enhanced have unique text disclosing this in a silver border where skills would normally be shown, which is replaced by a gold border surrounding the skill if the spirit is enhanced.

Master spirits are a category of spirit that cannot be equipped, appearing in World of Light. Their type in spirit battles is always neutral. After they are defeated, they either unlock one of three activities &ndash; Gym (of which there is only one, Doc Louis), Dojo, or Explore &ndash; or open a shop in Shopping. In the Gym, the player can leave up to four primary spirits to have them gain experience points and level up over time. In a Dojo, up to four primary spirits can be left to learn a special style that increase certain stats while weakening others; each Dojo requires a corresponding master spirit to be unlocked and teaches its own unique style (or, in the case of Slowpoke, allows spirits to forget styles they have already learned). This process can be accelerated by paying Spirit Points. In Explore, the player can send up to four primary and/or support spirits to the Ruins, Caves, or Jungle to search for treasure, with each location requiring a corresponding master spirit to be unlocked. The expedition lasts for multiple real-time hours (with the exact length depending on the location explored). Upon its completion, the player receives rewards (including Spirit Points, coins, and inventory items), with each location having a certain type of reward that is more likely to be earned, and any primary spirits sent on the expedition also gain experience points. The expedition can be canceled at any time prior to its completion, which yields fewer rewards than waiting for the expedition to be complete does, though more rewards are earned the closer the expedition was to completion at the time of its cancelation. Spirits left at any of the three activities are unusable until they are finished or removed from the activity. After returning from activities, spirits temporarily become exhausted, which prevents them from participating in any further activities until their exhaustion wears off. In Shopping, the player can use Spirit Points to purchase inventory items, Skill Spheres, and spirits. Each shop sells spirits that correspond to a particular theme; for example, Anna's shop, known as Anna's Emporium, sells spirits that use equipment. Certain spirits are only obtainable by purchasing them in Shopping. Spirits are also occasionally sold at a discount.

[[File:Spirit Afterbattle.png|200px|left|thumb|[[Mario]] ready to shoot at [[Pikachu]] to obtain the Mimikyu spirit]]

Some spirits can also be obtained by completing in-game challenges (these do not appear on the Spirit Board until they have been obtained from challenges) or bought in shops (either the Vault Shop or one of the five shops unlocked throughout the World of Light). Having already obtained a spirit does not prevent it from appearing on the Spirit Board or in any of the shops, though spirits the player does not currently have are more likely to appear.

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|'''{{color|Attack|red}}'''<br>Sword Attack ↑

|'''{{color|Attack|red}}'''<br>Fire Attack ↑

|'''{{color|Attack|red}}'''<br>Battering Items Power ↑

|'''{{color|Grab|limegreen}}'''<br>Speed ↑

|'''{{color|Shield|deepskyblue}}'''<br>Magic Attack ↑

*In version 1.0.0 of ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', the spirit list featured a number of differences from the other versions:<ref>BeardBear. (December 6, 2018). [https://youtu.be/CiK68gO5XQM Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - All 1297 Spirits]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 20, 2018.</ref>

**[[King Boo]], the 49th spirit, was listed as the 121st spirit, next to the rest of the ''[[Luigi's Mansion (series)|Luigi's Mansion]]''-series spirits.