Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's spirit list comes incredibly close to serving as a comprehensive list of all Nintendo IPs as of 2018, but is mostly lacking content from three specific categories:

• Games that did not receive Japanese releases, such as Tin Star, Magnetic Soccer, and StarTropics (it should be noted that characters introduced in localized versions of Japanese releases, such as Rusty Slugger from Rusty's Real Deal Baseball and the Elite Beat Agents, are featured).
• Arcade games that did not receive ports to Nintendo consoles, such as Monkey Magic, Arm Wrestling, and Sky Skipper. The only exception is Sheriff, likely due to his role as an Assist Trophy.
• Games released exclusively through the WiiWare service. Although there is a spirit from the Fluidity series (which originally released as a WiiWare title), the character in question depicted is Eddy, the main protagonist of the Nintendo 3DS sequel, Fluidity: Spin Cycle.