Adventure Mode — Super Smash Bros. Ultimate eGuide

This is all new to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The sinister force Galeem assaults the heroes in horrifying fashion, decimating not just the battlefield but the world! And that’s just the beginning. The only survivor of Galeem’s attack is Kirby. He sets off across a jumbled and ruined world, uncertain of what he’ll find in the cataclysm’s wake.

Allies extinguished by Galeem at the outset were kidnapped and are now having their essences copied, made into hordes of soulless puppets. Bystanders to the battle, engulfed in the expanding aftermath, were rendered into ghostly spirits and forced to control these puppets, giving Galeem a shadow army to spread across the world.

As Kirby makes his way in the world, he’ll encounter these spirit-driven puppets, forced into mortal combat. Victories uncover more of the map, along with earning usable items and currencies. Defeating puppets also releases the spirits within, who will join Kirby!

Spirit Teams

Acquired spirits can be equipped almost like gear, having bonus effects on a fighter’s combat or exploration abilities. A primary spirit must be set first, then support spirits can be equipped as well to enhance it. Primary spirits can be trained in the Gym and Dojo, almost like Pokémon in daycare, raising the spirit’s abilities as you continue exploring and defeating Galeem’s puppets.

If you’re not sure which spirits to equip, the Y button can be used to auto-select a team, optimizing for current encounters. A recommended build for each fighter is also compiled here, straight from the testers at Nintendo!

Nintendo’s Recommended Spirit Teams

Fighter	Primary	Support 1	Support 2	Support 3	Details
Bayonetta	Chun-Li	Rock Mario	Revali	Shine Sprite	Improves overall physical strength, projectiles, and all special move power.
Bowser	Chun-Li	Weezing	Shine Sprite	Victini	Improves overall physical strength, fire attacks, all special move power, and smash attacks become faster and stronger.
Bowser Jr.	Dark Daroach	Shine Sprite	Victini	Revali	Improves fire and explosion attacks, all special move power, projectiles, and smash attacks become faster and stronger.
Captain Falcon	Dark Daroach	Weezing	Rathalos	Rock Mario	Improves fire and explosion moves, air attacks, and overall physical strength.
Chrom	Alucard	Hard Man	Reaper & Reapette	Ezlo	Improves sword and weapon attacks, side special power, and vertical launch power.
Cloud	Alucard	Hard Man	Rathalos	Shine Sprite	Improves sword and weapon attacks, air attacks, and all special move power.
Corrin	Alucard	Hard Man	Reaper & Reapette	Wooper	Improves sword and weapon attacks, side special power, and water and ice attacks.
Daisy	Dixie Kong & Kiddy Kong	Mona	Rathalos	Beat	Improves the power of throwing Items, down special power, and air attacks.
Dark Pit	Sirius	Rathalos	Reaper & Reapette	Zapfish	Improves weapon attacks, air attacks, side special power, and electric attacks.
Dark Samus	Isaac (Dark Dawn)	Chozo Statue	Fi	Weezing	Improves energy attacks and defense, fire attacks, and neutral special power.
Diddy Kong	Chun-Li	Rock Mario	Cappy	Rathalos	Improves overall physical strength, grab and throw power, and air attacks.
Donkey Kong	Hoopa (Unbound)	Ricky	Piston Hodo	Ezlo	Improves overall punching power and vertical launch power.
Dr. Mario	Giga Mac	Ricky	Rock Mario	Victini	Improves overall punching power, physical strength, and smash attacks become faster and stronger.
Duck Hunt	Dark Daroach	Shine Sprite	Rock Mario	Revali	Improves fire and explosion attacks, all special movepower, overall physical strength, and projectiles.
Falco	Chun-Li	Mimicutie	Rathalos	Beat	Improves overall kicking power and air attacks.
Fox	Waluigi	Mimicutie	Rathalos	Beat	Improves overall kicking power and air attacks.
Ganondorf	Chun-Li	Wolfen	Rock Mario	Victini	Improves overall physical strength, has increased shield damage, and smash attacks become faster and stronger.
Greninja	Ruto	Reaper & Reapette	Wooper	Fi	Improves water and ice attacks, side special power, and neutral special power.
Ice Climbers	Sirius	Wooper	Shine Sprite	Rock Mario	Improves weapon attacks, water and ice attacks, all special move power, and overall physical strength.
Ike	Alucard	Hard Man	Shine Sprite	Victini	Improves sword and weapon attacks, all special move power, and smash attacks become faster and stronger.
Incineroar	Donkey Kong & Lady	Rock Mario	Weezing	Reaper & Reapette	Improves grab and throw power, fire and explosion moves, overall physical strength, and side special power.
Inkling	Ruto	Wooper	Rock Mario	Revali	Improves water and ice attacks, overall physical strength, and projectiles.
Isabelle	Wolf Link & Midna	Shine Sprite	Fi	Reaper & Reapette	Improves dash attack power, side special power, neutral special and all special move power.
Jigglypuff	Waluigi	Rathalos	Beat	Mimicutie	Improves overall kicking power and air attacks.
Ken	Waluigi	Mimicutie	Weezing	Shine Sprite	Improves overall kicking moves, fire and explosion attacks, and all special move power.
King Dedede	Sirius	Shine Sprite	Wind Fish	Hard Man	Improves weapon attacks and all special move power.
King K. Rool	Hoopa (Unbound)	Ezlo	Revali	Shine Sprite	Improves vertical launch power, projectiles, and all special move power.
Kirby	Chun-Li	Weezing	Fi	Reaper & Reapette	Improves physical strength, fire attacks, and an increase in standard and side special power.
Link	Sirius	Shine Sprite	Wind Fish	Hard Man	Improves weapon attacks and all special move power.
Little Mac	Giga Mac	Piston Hodo	Victini	Balrog	Improves overall punching power, neutral special power, and smash attacks become faster and stronger.
Lucario	Rodin, the Infinite One	Merric	Yama	Pyukumuku	Improves all moves at high damage percentage and Aura Attack power.
Lucas	Tabuu	Shine Sprite	Psyduck	The Skull	Improves the power of PSI attacks and all special move power.
Lucina	Alucard	Hard Man	Reaper & Reapette	Wolfen	Improves sword and weapon attacks, side special power, and has increased shield damage.
Luigi	Donkey Kong & Lady	Shine Sprite	Rock Mario	Rathalos	Improves the power of grabs and throws, overall physical strength, and air attacks.
Mario	Chun-Li	Ricky	Rock Mario	Weezing	Improves physical strength, overall punching power, and fire attacks.
Marth	Alucard	Hard Man	Reaper & Reapette	Wolfen	Improves sword and weapon attacks, side special power, and has increased shield damage.
Mega Man	Dark Daroach	Chozo Statue	Shine Sprite	Revali	Improves fire and explosion attacks, projectiles, and all special attack power.
Meta Knight	Alucard	Hard Man	Rathalos	Beat	Improves sword attacks, weapon attacks, and air attacks.
Mewtwo	Tabuu	Psyduck	The Skull	Fi	Improves the power of PSI attacks and neutral special power.
Mr. Game & Watch	Sirius	Hard Man	Rathalos	Reaper & Reapette	Improves weapon attacks, air attacks, and side special power.
Ness	Tabuu	Shine Sprite	Psyduck	The Skull	Improves the power of PSI attacks and all special move power.
Olimar	Chun-Li	Rathalos	Julius Belmont	Reaper & Reapette	Improves overall physical strength, air attack power, and side special power.
PAC-MAN	Dixie Kong & Kiddy Kong	Rock Mario	Shine Sprite	Cappy	Improves throwing item power, overall physical strength, grab and throw power, and all special move power.
Palutena	Marx (True Form)	Revali	Shine Sprite	Victini	Improves all magic attacks, projectiles, all special move power, and smash attacks become faster and stronger.
Peach	Dixie Kong & Kiddy Kong	Mona	Rathalos	Beat	Improves the power of throwing Items, down special power, and air attacks.
Pichu	Fawful	Zapfish	Rock Mario	Shine Sprite	Improves all electric attacks, overall physical strength, and all special move power.
Pikachu	Fawful	Zapfish	Rock Mario	Shine Sprite	Improves all electric attacks, overall physical strength, and all special move power.
Pit	Sirius	Rathalos	Reaper & Reapette	Shine Sprite	Improves weapon attacks, air attacks, and all special move power.
Pokémon Trainer	Chun-Li	Shine Sprite	Rathalos	Reaper & Reapette	Improves overall physical strength, all special move power, and air attacks.
R.O.B.	Dark Daroach	Rock Mario	Rathalos	Shine Sprite	Improves fire and explosion moves, overall physical strength, air attacks, and all special move power.
Richter	Sirius	Shine Sprite	Weezing	Reaper & Reapette	Improves weapon attacks, fire and explosion moves, and all special move power.
Ridley	Chun-Li	Weezing	Rathalos	Shine Sprite	Improves overall physical strength, fire and explosion attacks, air attacks, and all special move power.
Robin	Marx (True Form)	Wanda	Shine Sprite	Zapfish	Improves all magic attacks, all special move power, and electric attacks.
Rosalina & Luma	Chun-Li	Shine Sprite	Fi	Rock Mario	Improves overall physical strength and all special move power.
Roy	Alucard	Hard Man	Reaper & Reapette	Weezing	Improves sword and weapon attacks, side special power, and fire attacks.
Ryu	Giga Mac	Ricky	Weezing	Shine Sprite	Improves overall punching power, fire and explosion attacks, and all special move power.
Samus	Isaac (Dark Dawn)	Chozo Statue	Fi	Weezing	Improves energy attacks and defense, fire attacks, and neutral special power.
Sheik	Chun-Li	Rathalos	Beat	Mona	Improves overall physical strength, air attacks, and down special power.
Shulk	Alucard	Victini	Rathalos	Shine Sprite	Improves sword attacks, air attacks, all special move power, and smash attacks become faster and stronger.
Simon	Sirius	Shine Sprite	Weezing	Reaper & Reapette	Improves weapon attacks, fire and explosion moves, and all special move power.
Snake	Dark Daroach	Weezing	Chozo Statue	Shine Sprite	Improves fire and explosion atacks, projectiles, and all special attack power.
Sonic	Beast Ganon	Rock Mario	Rathalos	Mona	Improves overall physical strength, air attacks, down special power, and turns Dashing into an attack.
Toon Link	Sirius	Shine Sprite	Wind Fish	Hard Man	Improves weapon attacks and all special move power.
Villager	Chun-Li	Fi	Shine Sprite	Revali	Improves overall physical strength, neutral special strength, overall special attack strength and Shooting Attack strength.
Wario	Giga Mac	Ricky	Rock Mario	Mona	Improves overall punching power, physical strength, and down special power.
Wii Fit Trainer	Chun-Li	Fi	Rock Mario	Rathalos	Improves overall physical strength, neutral special power, and air attacks.
Wolf	Chun-Li	Ricky	Rathalos	Reaper & Reapette	Improves overall physical strength, punching power, air attacks, and side special power.
Yoshi	Waluigi	Mimicutie	Rathalos	Beat	Improves overall kicking power and air attacks.
Young Link	Sirius	Shine Sprite	Wind Fish	Hard Man	Improves weapon attacks and all special move power.
Zelda	Marx (True Form)	Wanda	Reaper & Reapette	Victini	Improves all magic attacks, side special power, and smash attacks become faster and stronger.
Zero Suit Samus	Chun-Li	Mimicutie	Rathalos	Tails	Improves overall physical strength, kicking power, and air attacks.

Unlocking New Fighters

While navigating overland maps between battles, you may realize you’re about to encounter one of Kirby’s old friends, a captured brawler now shackled to produce puppets in their likeness. Victory in these fights releases the ally from Galeem’s grasp, getting them to Kirby’s side and unlocking them in all game modes!

By playing through Adventure Mode, you’ll eventually unlock access to every fighter available. Fighters can also be unlocked by completing Classic Mode.

Skill Tree

On top of boosting abilities through equipped spirits, a fighter’s power can also be enhanced via the Skill Tree. A currency known as skill spheres is used here to unlock tiles on the tree, earning uncovered boosts. A combination of solid, leveled-up spirit teams with skill tree unlocks helps prep the growing team of allies for the long road and challenging fights ahead.

Maps and Paths

Each of the three main over worlds shown here contains multiple sub-maps.