They have one of three types of special moves that include either an attack, grab, or shield move. Primary Spirits essentially act as a teammate when activated.
For instance, Cappy from Super Mario Odyssey is appropriately Mario’s primary Spirit, and Hal from Metal Gear Solid is Snake’s primary Spirit. Each fighter can have one primary Spirit assigned at a time. Spirits are essentially power-ups, all of which hail from the same series as the fighter. Spirits add even more characters to the fightĭuring the most recent Nintendo Direct, Nintendo outlined Spirits, a new feature in Ultimate.
So expect Daisy to play similarly to Peach, Dark Samus to have similar skills as Samus, etc. As you can see above, six characters are dubbed “echo fighters.” Essentially, these characters have very similar moves to the fighter they are based on.