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 purchase 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), Cloud (Advent Children), and Inkling (Boy) 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 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
2 	 	 	 	Super Mario Maker Series 	 	
3 	 	 	 	Super Mario Series 	 	
4 	 	 	 	Super Mario Series 	 	
5 	 	 	 	Super Mario Series 	 	
6 	 	 	 	Super Mario Series 	 	
7 	 	 	 	Super Mario Series 	 	
8 	 	 	 	Dr. Mario Series 	 	
9 	 	 	 	Super Mario Series 	 	
10 	 	 	 	Super Mario Series 	 	
11 	 	 	Iggy 	Super Mario Series 	 	
12 	 	 	Wendy 	Super Mario Series 	 	
13 	 	 	Lemmy 	Super Mario Series 	 	
14 	 	 	Roy (Super Mario Bros.) 	Super Mario Series 	 	
15 	 	 	Larry 	Super Mario Series 	 	
16 	 	 	Ludwig 	Super Mario Series 	 	
17 	 	 	Morton 	Super Mario Series 	 	
134 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
135 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
136 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
172 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
173 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
174 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
175 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
176 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
177 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
264 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
265 	 	 	 	Metroid Prime Series 	 	
266 	 	 	 	Metroid Series 	 	
267 	 	 	 	Metroid Series 	 	
268 	 	 	Meta Ridley 	Metroid Prime Series 	 	
297 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
298 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
323 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
324 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
325 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
382 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
383 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
384 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
407 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
408 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
409 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
410 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
411 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
412 	 	 	(Male) 	Series 	 	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
413 	 	 	 	Series 	 	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
414 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
415 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
416 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
417 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
418 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
419 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
563 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
564 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
591 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
606 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
610 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
611 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
612 	 	 	(Fire Emblem) 	Series 	 	
613 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
614 	 	 	(Path of Radiance) 	Series 	 	
615 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
616 	 	 	(Male) 	Series 	 	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
617 	 	 	Robin (Female) 	Series 	 	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
618 	 	 	(Male) 	Series 	 	
619 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
689 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
703 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
704 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
705 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
729 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
730 	 	 	 	Wario Land Series 	 	
749 	 	 	 	Series 	Metal Gear 	Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection
775 	 	 	 	Series 	Sonic the Hedgehog 	Sonic Lost World
798 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
799 	 	 	Alph 	Series 	 	
822 	 	 	 	Series 	 	N/A
825 	 	 	(Boy) 	Series 	 	
826 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
827 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
864 	 	 	 	Series 	Mega Man 	Mega Man 10
921 	 	 	(Female) 	Series 	 	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
922 	 	 	Wii Fit Trainer (Male) 	Series 	 	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
932 	 	 	 	Series 	(Arcade) 	(Wii)
946 	 	 	 	Series 	PAC-MAN 	Bandai Namco 2010s Promotional Artwork
951 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
974 	 	 	 	Series 	 	
977 	 	 	 	Series 	Street Fighter 	Super Street Fighter II
978 	 	 	 	Series 	Street Fighter 	Super Street Fighter II
1,004	 	 	 	FINAL FANTASY SeriesFINAL FANTASY VII prior to Version 10.0.0.	Final Fantasy VII 	Final Fantasy VII
1,005	 	 	 	FINAL FANTASY SeriesFINAL FANTASY VII prior to Version 10.0.0.	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children 	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
1,006	 	 	(Bayonetta 2) 	Series 	Bayonetta 2 	Bayonetta 2
1,007	 	 	 	Series 	Bayonetta 	Anarchy Reigns
1,025	 	 	(Girl) 	Series 	 	
1,026	 	 	 	Series 	 	
1,050	 	 	 	Series 	Castlevania 	Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls
1,051	 	 	 	Series 	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood 	Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
1,090	 	 	 	Series 	(formal debut)Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U (as Mii Fighters)	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
1,091	 	 	 	Series 	(formal debut)Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U (as Mii Fighters)	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
1,092	 	 	 	Series 	(formal debut)Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U (as Mii Fighters)	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
1,303	 	 	 	Super Mario Series 	 	
1,304	 	 	(Phantom Thief) 	Series 	Persona 5 	Persona 5
1,305	 	 	 	Series 	Persona 5 	Persona 5
1,324	 	 	(DRAGON QUEST XI S) 	DRAGON QUEST Series 	 	
1,325	 	 	 	DRAGON QUEST Series 	(NES) 	Dragon Quest III (SFC)
1,326	 	 	 	DRAGON QUEST Series 	(NES) 	Dragon Quest IV (DS)
1,327	 	 	 	DRAGON QUEST Series 	 	
1,337	 	 	 	Series 	(Banjo)Banjo-Kazooie (Kazooie) 	Banjo-Tooie
1,356	 	 	 	FATAL FURY Series 	Fatal Fury: King of Fighters 	Fatal Fury Special
1,380	 	 	(Male) 	Fire Emblem Series 	 	
1,381	 	 	 	Fire Emblem Series 	 	
1,414	 	 	(Fighter) 	 	 	
1,428	 	 	 	Series 	 	Minecraft: Xbox One Edition
1,429	 	 	Alex 	Series 	 	Minecraft: Wii U Edition
1,439	 	 	 	FINAL FANTASY Series 	Final Fantasy VII 	Final Fantasy VII
1,458	 	 	(Fighter) 	Xenoblade Chronicles Series 	 	
1,459	 	 	(Fighter) 	Xenoblade Chronicles Series 	 	
1,474	 	 	 	Series 	 	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
1,475	 	 	Kazuya Mishima (Coat) 	Series 	 	
1,500	 	 	 	KINGDOM HEARTS Series 	 	
1,501	 	 	Sora (KINGDOM HEARTS II) 	KINGDOM HEARTS Series 	 	
1,502	 	 	Sora (KINGDOM HEARTS 3D [Dream Drop Distance])	KINGDOM HEARTS Series 	 	
1,503	 	 	Sora (KINGDOM HEARTS III) 	KINGDOM HEARTS Series 	 	
1,504	 	 	Sora (Timeless River) 	KINGDOM HEARTS Series 	 	
==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 , , , (in his Advent Children costume), (in his default costume) and the s.
**Both male and female Pokémon Trainer do have artwork from Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen (as and ), but they are most likely unused as all of the other Pokémon spirits from the game's launch (except for Detective Pikachu) use artwork from Pokémon Global Link, which they lack.
**Robin does not have any official artwork from Fire Emblem Awakening. Despite two other spirits from the Fire Emblem series, Tharja and Garon, using dialogue portraits as the basis for their spirits rather than official artwork, Robin, who also has them, does not follow suit. Additionally, Robin does have artwork in Fire Emblem Heroes and Fire Emblem Warriors, but the rights to those artworks are owned by Intelligent Systems and Koei Tecmo respectively, not Nintendo.
**Apart from their colorful silhouettes were seen in promotional material and box artwork, the Wii Fit Trainer does not have any official artwork in any of the Wii Fit games.
**While Cloud's default spirit has artwork, his Advent Children costume does not, possibly due to stricter licensing issues with Square Enix with using artwork from a movie rather than a video game. While his Advent Children costume has from Dissidia Final Fantasy NT the artwork is owned by Koei Tecmo.
***This distinction initially applied to the default costume as well, but version 10.1.0 retroactively gave it artwork from Final Fantasy VII, making Cloud the only fighter to have his fighter spirit changed through an update.
**While Miis have had plenty of artwork throughout various games, the Mii Fighters specifically, as characters original to the Super Smash Bros. series, do not have any outside sources to use for their fighter spirits.
**While Kazuya's Coat costume has alternate artwork, the reason for Kazuya's default costume not having artwork is unknown, as he has plenty of artwork from the Tekken series, but is likely unused as all other Tekken spirits (except for Nina Williams and Yoshimitsu) use artwork from Tekken 7, which lacks artwork of Kazuya in his Gi. Kazuya is the only DLC fighter with this distinction, as well as the only character whose alternate costume has artwork but the default does not.
*Excluding the ones who only use their Ultimate artwork, is the only fighter that uses artwork from a game outside of her own series, as her "Bayonetta (Bayonetta)" fighter spirit uses artwork from Anarchy Reigns.
*The Legend of Zelda is the only universe with multiple fighters whose fighter spirits are not organized by fighter number. If they were, would be placed before , and would be placed before .
**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.
*, , and all had spirits before becoming playable; as such, their fighter spirits are denoted with "(Fighter)".
* is the only character to have a unique Smash render in their fighter spirit, as he uses artwork of him without his mask on as well as Arsène appearing with a render exclusive to the spirit. He is also the only character to feature another character not mentioned by name in their home series spirit artwork, again being Arsène.
*Neither Luma nor the are present in the home series artwork for , , and Alph's fighter spirits, nor are they mentioned by name (except for Olimar and Alph in Japanese), despite being present in their Ultimate artwork. They instead have separate primary and support spirits.
*Much like her standard spirit in the base game, Mythra's fighter spirit was altered to avoid raising the game's age rating. This makes Mythra the only character whose design was explicitly edited in her fighter spirit artwork.
**Palutena, Bayonetta, female Corrin and Pyra's fighter spirits remain unchanged, even though their actual appearances were altered in a similar manner.
*Sora and Lemmy are the only characters whose fighter spirit artwork and Smash artwork share the same pose. Barring the Timeless River costume, Sora's default spirit more resembles his from the original Kingdom Hearts rather than his render for Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMix.
**Samus's fighter spirit also resembles the pose in one of her artworks in Metroid: Other M.
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