User:CanvasK/Spirit changelog

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This page documents the update history of spirits in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. (The list may be incomplete. If anyone finds an error tell me or edit it)

=1.1.0= Hard difficulty added to Adventure Mode.

The following minor changes have been made to spirits:

Save-data spirits

 * Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! (Non-event availability after Ver. 2.0.0)
 * Partner Pikachu
 * Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! (Non-event availability after Ver. 2.0.0)
 * Partner Eevee

bcat-event spirits

 * Oh Yeah! Mario Time! (28 December 2018 - 2 January 2019)(Non-event availability after Ver. 2.0.0)
 * Golden Dash Mushroom
 * River Survival
 * Dice Block

=2.0.0= Up to four players can now play on the Spirit Board.

The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop:
 * Piranha Plant; fighter spirit
 * Partner Pikachu
 * Partner Eevee
 * Golden Dash Mushroom
 * River Survival
 * Dice Block

The following major changes have been made to spirits:
 * Baby Mario (Superstar Mario)
 * Slots 2 → 3
 * Attack
 * Base 2185 → 2076
 * Max 5464 → 5190
 * Defense
 * Base 2058 → 1955
 * Max 5145 → 4888


 * Tiki (Naga's Voice)
 * Slots 2 → 3
 * Attack
 * Base 1568 → 1473
 * Max 4716 → 4421
 * Defense
 * Base 1363 → 1281
 * Max 4099 → 3843


 * K.K. Slider
 * Slots 2 → 3
 * Attack
 * Base 1384 → 1301
 * Max 4164 → 3903
 * Defense
 * Base 1658 → 1558
 * Max 4987 → 4676


 * Soma Cruz
 * Slots 2 → 3
 * Attack
 * Base 2635 → 2510
 * Max 6589 → 6275
 * Defense
 * Base 1988 → 1893
 * Max 4971 → 4734


 * Dr. Kawashima (Concentration Training)
 * Slots 1 → 2
 * Attack
 * Base 2152 → 2050
 * Max 5381 → 5125
 * Defense
 * Base 2152 → 2050
 * Max 5381 → 5125

Bug: A spirit's max experience is based on their stats, slots, enhance-ability, and type and are then hard-coded for that spirit. The changes to the above spirit's stats/slots were made without changing their max experience, resulting in them requiring less experience than normal.

=3.0.0= New menu option for DLC Spirits added to the spirits section.

DLC Spirits menu option leads to a new DLC Spirit Board containing only Persona non-fighter spirits.

The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop:
 * Persona spirits
 * Joker (Phantom Thief); fighter spirit
 * Joker (Student); fighter spirit
 * Phantom Thieves of Hearts
 * Igor
 * Caroline & Justine
 * Morgana
 * Ryuji Sakamoto
 * Ann Takamaki
 * Yusuke Kitagawa
 * Makoto Niijima
 * Futaba Sakura
 * Haru Okumura
 * Goro Akechi

bcat-event spirits

 * Nintendo Labo SMASH KIT (26 April 2019 - 01 May 2019)(Non-event availability after Ver. 4.0.0)
 * Toy-Con Robot
 * Toy-Con Car
 * Professor Riggs & Plaise & Lerna
 * Toy-Con VR Goggles
 * Super Smash Sisters (31 May 2019 - 5 June 2019)(Non-event availability after Ver. 4.0.0)
 * Peachette
 * Return to Koholint (14 June 2019 - 19 June 2019)(Non-event availability after 11 August 2019)
 * Link (Link's Awakening)
 * Owl

=4.0.0= Very Easy difficulty added to Adventure Mode.

The DLC Spirits option now displays a menu for current and future DLC Spirit Boards.

DLC Spirit Board added for DRAGON QUEST spirits.

The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop and Spirit Board: Note: The above spirits were not mentioned to have been made available in the patch notes
 * Toy-Con Robot
 * Toy-Con Car
 * Professor Riggs & Plaise & Lerna
 * Toy-Con VR Goggles
 * Peachette

The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop:
 * DRAGON QUEST spirits
 * Hero (DRAGON QUEST XI S); fighter spirit
 * Hero (DRAGON QUEST III); fighter spirit
 * Hero (DRAGON QUEST IV); fighter spirit
 * Hero (DRAGON QUEST VIII); fighter spirit
 * Hero's Comrades
 * Cetacea
 * Slime
 * Dracky
 * Golem
 * Great Sabrecub
 * Liquid Metal Slime

=5.0.0= DLC Spirit Board added for Banjo-Kazooie spirits.

The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop:
 * Banjo-Kazooie spirits
 * Banjo & Kazooie
 * Tooty
 * Bottles
 * Mumbo Jumbo
 * Jinjos
 * Jiggy
 * Gruntilda
 * Buzzbomb

Save-data spirits

 * DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition (Demo or full version)(Non-event availability after Ver. 6.0.0)
 * Tockles

bcat-event spirits

 * Arsenals at the Ready! DAEMON X MACHINA (27 September 2019 - 2 October 2019)(Non-event availability after 29 January 2020)
 * Radiant Gleam
 * Kloster (Grief)
 * Bullet Walker (Brigadier General)
 * High Line (Guns Empress)
 * Attack of the Tetriminos! (25 October 2019 - 30 October 2019)(Non-event availability after 29 January 2020)
 * I-Tetrimino
 * T-Tetrimino
 * S-Tetrimino & Z-Tetrimino
 * L-Tettimino & J-Tetrimino
 * O-Tetrimino

=6.0.0= Tockles spirit will now appear on the DRAGON QUEST DLC Spirit Board.

DLC Spirit Board added for SNK spirits.

The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop:
 * Tockles
 * SNK spirits
 * Terry Bogard; fighter spirit
 * Andy Bogard
 * Joe Higashi
 * Kim Kaphwan
 * Geese Howard
 * Ryo Sakazaki
 * Kyo Kusanagi
 * Iori Yagami
 * Haohmaru
 * Nakoruru
 * Athena Asamiya
 * Ralf & Clark

bcat-event spirits

 * New Galar Region Pokémon Discovered! (22 November 2019 - 27 November 2019)(Non-event availability after 25 February 2020)
 * Zacian & Zamazenta
 * Grookey, Scorbunny, & Sobble
 * Corviknight
 * Morpeko
 * Oust Resident Evil! (29 November 2019 - 4 December 2019)(Non-event availability after 25 February 2020)
 * Wesker
 * Leon
 * Chris
 * Jill
 * Chain the Future to Spirits! (17 January 2020 - 22 January 2020)(Non-event availability after 20 April 2020)
 * ASTRAL CHAIN Hero (Female)
 * ASTRAL CHAIN Hero (Male)
 * Kyle
 * Lappy
 * River City Smash (24 January 2020 - 29 January 2020)(Non-event availability after 20 April 2020)
 * Kunio
 * Riki (River City)
 * Goda
 * Ryuichi & Ryuji

=7.0.0= DLC Spirit Board added for Fire Emblem: Three Houses spirits.

The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop and Spirit Board:
 * Radiant Gleam
 * Kloster (Grief)
 * Bullet Walker (Brigadier General)
 * High Line (Guns Empress)
 * I-Tetrimino
 * T-Tetrimino
 * S-Tetrimino & Z-Tetrimino
 * L-Tettimino & J-Tetrimino
 * O-Tetrimino

The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop:
 * Fire Emblem: Three Houses spirits
 * Byleth (Male); fighter spirit
 * Byleth (Female); fighter spirit
 * Edelgard
 * Dimitri (Fire Emblem)
 * Claude
 * Sothis
 * Rhea
 * Seteth
 * Dorothea
 * Ingrid
 * Hilda (Fire Emblem)

The following minor changes have been made to spirits:
 * Hilda changed to Hilda (The Legend of Zelda)
 * Dimitri changed to Dimitri (The Legend of Zelda)
 * Riki changed to Riki (Xenoblade Chronicles)

bcat-event spirits

 * Ready? Wallop! (14 February 2020 - 19 February 2020)(Non-event availability after 09 June 2020)
 * Cuphead
 * Mugman
 * The Devil (Cuphead)
 * King Dice
 * Spirits in Black (28 February 2020 - 4 March 2020)(Non-event availability after 09 June 2020)
 * Lotus
 * Spirits Fit for a Fight (13 March 2020 - 18 March 2020)(Non-event availability after 21 July 2020)
 * Ring Fit Trainees
 * Dragaux
 * Ring
 * Animal Crossing Spirits! Yes, Yes! (3 April 2020 - 8 April 2020)(Non-event availability after 21 July 2020)
 * Orville & Wilbur
 * C.J.
 * Flick
 * Daisy Mae
 * The Spirits of Mana (24 April 2020 - 29 April 2020)(Non-event availability after 04 August 2020)
 * Duran & Angela
 * Kevin & Charlotte
 * Hawkeye & Riesz

=8.0.0= A rematch option has been added to the Spirit Inventory menu.

The DLC Spirits page has been adjusted to accommodate 6 more entries

DLC Spirit Board added for ARMS spirits.

The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop:
 * ARMS spirits
 * Min Min (Fighter); fighter spirit
 * Master Mummy
 * Mechanica
 * Byte & Barq
 * Kid Cobra
 * Helix
 * Max Brass

bcat-event spirits

 * Second Anniversary of OCTOPATH TRAVELER (10 July 2020 - 15 July 2020)(Non-event availability after 24 November 2020)
 * Alfyn & Therion
 * Tressa & Cyrus
 * H'aanit & Ophilia
 * Olberic & Primrose
 * Paper Mario: The Origami King (28 August 2020 - 2 September 2020)(Non-event availability after 24 November 2020)
 * Peach (Paper Mario: The Origami King)
 * Olivia
 * King Olly

=9.0.0= DLC Spirit Board added for Minecraft spirits.

The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop:
 * Minecraft spirits
 * Steve; fighter spirit
 * Alex; fighter spirit
 * Zombie
 * Creeper
 * Skeleton
 * Slime (Minecraft)
 * Enderman
 * Villager & Iron Golem
 * Ghast
 * Piglin
 * Ender Dragon

The following minor changes have been made to spirits:
 * Slime changed to Slime (Dragon Quest)

=10.0.0= The following minor changes have been made to spirits:
 * "FINAL FANTASY VII" changed to "FINAL FANTASY Series"

=10.1.0= The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop:
 * FINAL FANTASY spirits
 * Sephiroth; fighter spirit
 * Tifa
 * Barret
 * Aerith
 * Red XIII
 * Cait Sith
 * Cid
 * Vincent
 * Yuffie
 * Chocobo & Moogle
 * Ifrit
 * Shiva
 * Bahamut ZERO
 * The Turks & Rufus Shinra

The following minor changes have been made to spirits:
 * The Cloud fighter spirit now has alternate artwork along with its render

bcat-event spirits

 * Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (8 January 2021 - 13 January 2021)(Non-event availability after 25 May 2021)
 * Diminutive Guardian
 * Impa (Age of Calamity)
 * Master Kohga
 * BRAVELY DEFAULT II (26 February 2021 - 3 March 2021)(Non-event availability after 25 May 2021)
 * Seth & Gloria
 * Elvis & Adelle

=11.0.0= The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop:
 * Xenoblade Chronicles 2 spirits
 * Pyra (Fighter); fighter spirit
 * Mythra (Fighter); fighter spirit
 * Lora
 * Amalthus
 * Jin
 * Malos
 * Pneuma

The following changes have been made to spirits:
 * Rex
 * Ability changed from [none] to Can Be Enhanced at Lv. 99
 * Enhances to Rex (Master Driver)
 * Impa changed to Impa (Ocarina of Time)

Save-data spirits

 * Persona 5 Strikers (Non-event availability after Ver. 12.0.0)
 * Sophia
 * Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection (Non-event availability after Ver. 12.0.0)
 * Arthur

bcat-event spirits

 * MONSTER HUNTER RISE (2 April 2021 - 7 April 2021) (Non-event availability after 13 July 2021 )
 * Palico
 * Palamute
 * Magnamalo
 * Bowser's Fury (9 April 2021 - 14 April 2021) (Non-event availability after 13 July 2021 )
 * Fury Bowser
 * Giga Cat Mario
 * Kittens

=12.0.0= The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop:
 * Tekken spirits
 * Heihachi Mishima; fighter spirit
 * Heihachi Mishima (Coat); fighter spirit
 * Jin Kazama
 * Kuma & Panda
 * Nina Williams
 * King & Armor King
 * Ling Xiaoyu
 * Paul Phoenix & Marshall Law
 * Yoshimitsu
 * Jack-7
 * Asuka Kazama
 * Sophia
 * Arthur

The following minor changes have been made to spirits:
 * Zacian & Zamazenta now appear on the Spirit Board for 15 minutes instead of 5 minutes, making them consistent with other Legend-class spirits. (date of change unknown. Occurred between 29 June, 2021 and 15 October, 2021)

Save-data spirits

 * Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
 * Razewing Ratha (Non-event availability after Ver. 13.0.0)

bcat-event spirits

 * Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (16 July 2021 - 21 July 2021) (Non-event availability after 26 October 2021 )
 * Sakuna
 * Kokorowa
 * Tama
 * Mario Golf: Super Rush (6 August 2021 - 11 August 2021) (Non-event availability after 30 November 2021 )
 * Mario (Mario Golf: Super Rush)
 * Luigi (Mario Golf: Super Rush)
 * Peach (Mario Golf: Super Rush)
 * No More Heroes 3 (27 August 2021 - 1 September 2021) (Non-event availability after 30 November 2021 )
 * Travis Touchdown
 * FU (Jess-Baptiste VI)
 * Spirits of Dread (8 October 2021 - 13 October 2021) (amiibo obtainability and unofficial non-event availability for Samus (Metroid Dread) and E.M.M.I with their respective amiibo after Ver. 13.0.1 )(Official non-event availability after 11 January 2022 )
 * Samus (Metroid Dread)
 * E.M.M.I.
 * Chozo Soldier

=13.0.0= The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop:
 * KINGDOM HEARTS spirits
 * Riku
 * Kairi
 * Roxas
 * Axel
 * Xion
 * Terra
 * Ventus
 * Aqua

The following spirits can now appear in the Vault Shop and Spirit Board:
 * Razewing Ratha

bcat-event spirits

 * Street Fighter 35th Anniversary (14 January 2022 - 19 January 2022)(non-event availability after 05 April 2022 )
 * Evil Ryu

=References= 