Fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is already making the start of 2021 an eventful one. Not long after announcing the first Smash tournament of the year, the development team is launching a new spirit event that features characters from Nintendo's recently released hack-and-slash title, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.
Spirits in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate have long been considered collectibles in the fighting game. Including iconic characters across all the titles featured in the game, SSBU already has over 1,400 spirits that players can collect on their Spirit Boards. Given the recent success of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, and being a home-grown Nintendo title to boot, it was only a matter of time until the development team included the characters in the all-star fighting game.
According to the Japanese Twitter post, the spirit event will start on January 8, 2021 and will continue on for five days. Though the spirits that will appear during the event were not named in the post, the key artwork featured three familiar characters from Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - Young Impa, Sooga, and Terrako. This has lead fans to believe that these three are the collectible spirits that will be the main feature of the event.
Right after the announcement, the official Twitter account shared two new posts highlighting the spirit cards of Terrako and Young Impa, confirming fan speculations. Each card provides the type, class, and skill of the spirit and also showcases which of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate playable character they are partnered with. Young Impa has been paired with Sheik and Terrako has been matched up with ROB.
Sooga's spirit card has yet to receive its own social media post. This may mean that the team is holding out on giving too much information, or the character may play a bigger role in the incoming Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity event for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is exclusively available on the Nintendo Switch.
Source: Official Super Smash JP Twitter