Score Exclusive Spirits In The New Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Event

Only a 3 star, nothing special.

@JayJ Thanks.

Oh come oooon wasn't 1297 enough?! Lol

I love this! I have beaten world of light and have nearly all of the existing spirits as of now (sitting at around 1,100. I was just thinking that after I collected them all I would be a bit sad, but this will keep me coming back to single player if they keep offering various events. Hope we get some cool third part events down the line!

I just really hope they will be available to everyone again maybe like a week later. Cause this can be a real pain for a completionist like me

This is kinda lame, I’m not gonna have the game by then. I hope they plan to bring these back eventually.

weird event, but ok

Damn, River Survival won't be a fighter

Will come for the exclusive spirits, but stay to rev up an army of Waluigi!

I'm struggling with this game. It's just not clicking yet. I really like it but I could really do with sitting down with someone with experience giving me the low down on what the heck I'm doing wrong....apart from losing alot 😂

Is this even worth attempting if you've done nothing in WoL? Never tried anything in Spirits 'cuz despite how epic the reveal cutscene was, I got super deflated and never bothered after learning it wasn't as much of a story mode and basically just Special Smashes with increasing amounts of BS handicaps.

Do you need to go online for these events?

@shoeses you do not need to do WoL to be able to use the other modes in Spirits menu, the Spirit Board is its separated own thing.

@Matroska you need to be connected to the Internet in order to receive the update, but you do not need to be online to participate in the event once you've received the update for it.

@Kidfunkadelic83 in regular battles or in Spirit Mode? Because they’re two different beasts entirely. Regular battles are more about learning the characters while spirit mode puts you at extreme disadvantages at times where you’re expected to exploit the spirits. If you need help just training in regular battles though, I’d be happy to spar, I’m trying to get good this time around!

@ShadJV that will be great. I don't have online yet but plan to get it within the next week or so. Add me anyway
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@KingBowser86 1299 now, with the new Pikachu and Eevee ones.

@Kidfunkadelic83 sure thing, wrote it down, I’ll add you when I get a chance. There’s really nothing like straight up experience for games like this. Helps to focus on one or two characters too, rather than jumping around the roster. Do you have anyone you’re gravitating towards?

Fingers crossed for next year reprise, then. XD

@ShadJV well I've done a fair bit of world of light but only seem to have about 12 characters despite having alot more in normal battle. I was using Kirby for a long time but I've now switched to Lucario and Mario to see if any of those click better. It's just learning how to set up and follow up I'm struggling with a bit. I can launch no problem but I'm missing out on opportunities to follow up etc.

@Kidfunkadelic83 Just gonna jump in here, give my two cents. I’ve played a lot of Mario and Lucario, so I can give some advice. Lucario is starting to be consistently ranked high in tier lists, and for good reason. His Neutral B is a solid projectile, and he generally deals solid blows. However, his combat is predominantly close range, so it’s important to see if that meets your play style. Mario has such a large variety of moves that he’s always a solid pick, and abusing his Up B is always fun. I’m general, my main recommendation is to ensure that you’re equally attacking, dodging and grabbing. It’s something I struggled with when I started, and getting used to it really helped.

Appreciate the advice. I liked Kirby as it was press easy to get back on to the stage when knocked off but I didn't like his move set. I think I need to go in to the practice arena and learn the button prompts for Lucario.

@Dayton311 Wow, that's impressive. I wish I wasn't such a completionist sometimes. I think I've collected 800 so far, and that's been an absolute slog. I've been dreading the next 500, so I've taken a break from spirit collecting for a while.

@KingBowser86 No, it wasn't.

I hope they also consider adding new Assist Trophies.

Having now obtained over a 1,000 spirits, I think I'm done with that side of the game.

@Dayton311 Goodness, have you turned off your Switch even once since the game launched?! What is you playtime?!

What time would this be in UK time??

Dont like the way you can only get them during those times. Really hope they make them unlockable later in the year or something. Just imagine your on holiday and not near your switch to do this.
Just not fair to people who have a life.

Limited-time collectables are a stain on the industry - it’s gamebuilding through threatening the consumer. “Buy and play our game now, now, NOW, or we’re going to lock this content away and you’ll NEVER be able to get it again!”

Maybe you could call it an evolutionary adaptation to compete for people’s dwindling time in a world where games are seen as a service, and players seen as cattle to be kept captivated and milked as a renewable resource, but if so, this is an evolutionary arms race gone terribly worng. Like Australia, where all the plants and animals evolved toxic venoms to compete with one another, and now the whole continent’s just one big deathtrap.

@Kidfunkadelic83 There's things that the game won't exactly tell you about unless you go looking for them as well. For example, Bowser's up air special lets you tap special (B button) a few more times for a little more air (and damage if you're juggling an enemy). When he does his down special, anyone that gets hit by his horns when he goes up gets damaged.

Be sure to go through the move lists when in Training and the Tips section as well out in the menu. Lots of great info in there.

@Kidfunkadelic83 yeah unfortunately World of Light won’t do much to help you learn a character, other than the handful of battles that are one-on-one with no gimmicks. And even then it’s not the same as a human opponent because the AI can be exploited, even in high difficulties - half the time, I could trick them off the stage with a flying character or get their damage high with spam.

Each character has different launch and high damaging moves though, which is why sticking with only a couple helps. Learning then takes awhile. Training mode is help because you can try every attack and so how much damage each do and which launch opponents more. As well as hitboxes and vulnerability time after each attack. Timing shields, possibly counters, dodging... training mode is a good way to practice that before doing so with real humans!

@Iacobus seconding this, the Tips section is important but easy to overlook! And keep in mind there are things it doesn’t tell you, like which of K Rool’s attacks have superarmor, or that his downward throw buries opoonents (it does mention his downward smash attack does). You gotta experiment!

Everyone’s saying exclusive spirits are dumb but don’t realize this means they are adding more spirits so these events can go on for a long time like how splatfests still happen

@fox_mattcloud 27th December 10pm PT = 28th December 6am GMT, and the golden mushroom spirit will appear at every 6am/6pm after that.

@Chibi_Manny I know this... what I meant was is it worth even attempting if you don't have any powered up Spirits from WoL to help you in these matches.

@Kidfunkadelic83 it didn’t click for me until I changed the controls. Might not do the trick for you but thought I’d share. I made jumping trigger buttons and put shields as main buttons (X/Y). Jumping with the thumbstick really held me back.

Any advice on beating the golden Mii for a first-time player (not new to Smash, but I don’t exactly have powerful spirits at my disposal)?

So the golden mushroom popped up and Jigglypuff CLOBBERED me. How the heck do we beat that dude? Used up all my rematches

Not gonna lie, if playing online as a requirement for 100% completion wasn't a big enough reason for me to not complete SSBU, timed events with exclusive spirits (some of which appearing while I'm either working or sleeping) would be the final nail in that coffin. As a casual party game, I love this one much more than for Wii U/3DS, but as a game for completion, this one is obnoxious in all the wrong ways, to the point where I think I can feel content with just completing World of Light on hard mode. Its predecessor loved throwing challenges at the player that were so brutal, they outright demanded the use of Equipment to make god-tier custom fighters, but at least I could take my time with them. I can only hope that these Spirits will start appearing outside of events after the game stops hosting them.

I’m not very good at smash, so it took me a couple of times, but got the golden mushroom in the end.

@Euler captain falcon did the trick for me. Especially his down b in air was helpful.

That golden mushroom battle was intense. Just barely got it on first attempt.

@sleepinglion same for me the first few times but I was using a spirit that could be upgraded at LVL 99 so I just fed it from 85 to 99 then it turned it to a much more powerful spirit which starts back at 0. I'm currently LVL 53 with a team power of nearly 9000. It's still tricky as the mii I was facing just ran in to me and bowled me over all the time and couldn't be launched but I nailed it in the end. I'm loving found link. He's really clicked with me.

@Kidfunkadelic83 Interesting how the opponent changes from time to time. After that 1st experience, the golden mushroom appeared with Mii Brawler, and when I lost the battle, it didn't vanish from the list of spirits on the board as it had before. I was able to just keep going. Olimar wound up being the trick for me with side specials, but some of these other fights are absolutely brutal

@sleepinglion yeah I'm struggling to beat some of the ace and legendary ones. Usually when there is multiple opponents on screen. I've been watching zero's tips on YouTube which have helped. I don't want to get in to too many bad habits.

@Kidfunkadelic83 Tried to the Wind Fish 10 times last night... got wiped out majorly every time. Some are just super mega ultra hard

@Kidfunkadelic83 Tried to get the Wind Fish 10 times last night... no dice

@JayJ also fairly easy to beat for a 3 star, just jump around wait for a blue shell of death

@MSTRDM Yeah, I beat it yesterday. It’s not that hard, since you get an unlimited number of attempts. Pro-tip though: make sure you don’t miss when you get to the shooting part, otherwise you have to wait 12 hours for another crack at it.

@Fath Did you really have to shun my country like that?

@TheAwesomeBowser Yessir, mate, yes I did. I'll grant you that koalas are pretty cute at least, but the rest of your fauna? Born killers, all of 'em, I'm pretty sure.

@Fath Yeah, no.

@TheAwesomeBowser Ok, and apparently you guys have absolutely no sense of humor either, which is weird, because everyone seemed very laid-back and good-natured when I visited a few decades ago. Kind of like Hawaii, except, again, y'know, super ultra mega deadly and all.

@Fath Sydney's pretty safe for now. At least, until WW3 starts.

Not a fan of this since you can't get them after the event. Luckily I have all 3 now, the Golden mushroom was super hard!

I also have Companion Pikachu, since I have let's go pikachu. I wonder when we get the opportunity to get the other one (in my case Companion Eevee).