Alternate costume (SSBU)

NOTE: Every claimed source needs a cross-reference link; claimed sources need to be plausible, not awfully obscure; default costumes usually don't need descriptions since they are not alternate costumes; returning costumes original to Smash do not need references to their appearances in previous Smash games.

Inkling male and female alternate costumes

Each character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a set of alternate costumes. Due to the presence of 8-Player Smash, all characters have eight costumes.

Mario wearing his Wedding and Builder alternate costumes

Some characters possess certain alternate costumes with more drastic design differences, and are not merely recolors of their standard outfits. Mario, Wario, Link, Zero Suit Samus, Ike, Little Mac, Shulk, Cloud, Bayonetta, and Ridley have different outfits available; Pokémon Trainer, Villager, Wii Fit Trainer, Robin, Corrin, and Inkling all have male and female variants; and Olimar and Bowser Jr. have model swaps that change them into new characters, complete with corresponding voice and Announcer clips, though like all other alternate costumes, they bear no gameplay differences.

Bayonetta

Half of Bayonetta's costumes are based on her design from Bayonetta 2, while the other half are based on her design from Bayonetta. For the former half, she wields Love is Blue, which has blue attack trails. For the latter half, she wields Scarborough Fair, which has red attack trails.

Black	Based on her appearance in Bayonetta 2.
Original	Based on her appearance in Bayonetta. It is known as "A Witch With No Memories" in Bayonetta 2.
Yellow
Green	Resembles one of her alternate colors in Anarchy Reigns.
Red	Based on Jeanne, Bayonetta's friendly rival. Her hair is white when executing Wicked Weaves and Infernal Climax.
Pink
White	Resemblers her white gown from Bayonetta 2's prologue.
Blue	Resembles one of her alternate colors in Anarchy Reigns.

Bowser

Default
Black
Yellow
Green	Resembles one of his alternate colors in Mario Golf and his in-game sprite from Super Mario World. It also resembles his appearance in all three cartoon shows produced by DIC Entertainment and the Nintendo Comics System series.
Grey	Resembles Morton's original design from Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World.
Orange	Resembles Bowletta
Red	Resembles one of his alternate colors in Mario Golf and his in-game sprite from Mario is Missing! on the NES.
Blue	Based on the Bowser Impostor from Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. It also resembles one of his alternate colors from Mario Golf.

Cloud

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Half of Cloud's costumes are based on his appearance in Final Fantasy VII, while the other half are based on his "Cloudy Wolf" design from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. He wields the Buster Sword in the former outfits and the Fusion Swords in the latter outfits.

Purple	Based on his appearance in Final Fantasy VII.
Advent Black	Based on his appearance in the movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. It is referred to as his "Advent Children costume".
Blue	Resembles Zack Fair, Cloud's best friend, in his 2nd-Class SOLDIER uniform from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.
Advent Blue	Resembles the 3rd-Class SOLDIER uniform from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.
Red	Resembles the 2nd-Class SOLDIER uniform from Final Fantasy VII.
Advent Teal	Based on his appearance in Advent Children after his fight with Bahamut SIN, during which his sleeve is torn off. His Geostigma-infected arm is exposed, as is the red ribbon he wrapped around it in memory of Aerith Gainsborough.
Black	Resembles his appearance in Final Fantasy VII Remake and Zack Fair's 1st-Class SOLDIER uniform in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.
Advent Purple

Corrin

Half of Corrin's costumes are male, while the other half are female.

Default	Based on the default customization settings for the Nohr Prince in Fire Emblem Fates.
Female	Based on the default customization settings for the Nohr Princess in Fire Emblem Fates.
Red
Orange
Blue
Pink
Green
Black	Resembles her appearance as a Nohr Noble in Fire Emblem Fates.

Donkey Kong

Brown
Black	Resembles a gorilla. The tie is reminiscent of Donkey Kong's appearance in Donkey Kong Country's Two-Player Contest Mode.
Red	Resembles the original D.K. from Donkey Kong.
Blue	Resembles one of his alternate costumes from Donkey Kong 64's Multiplayer Mode. It also resembles one of his alternate colors from Mario Golf.
Green	Resembles one of his alternate costumes from DK: King of Swing.
White	Referred to as "Yeti DK" on the Brawl DOJO!!. Resembles the mythical yeti. It also resembles the Fire Mini Donkey Kongs from the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series and Eddie the Yeti from the Donkey Kong Country TV series.
Yellow	Resembles one of his alternate colors from Mario Golf.
Pink	Resembles Junior (II) from Donkey Kong Jr. Math.

Fox

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Default	Based on his appearance in Star Fox Zero.
Blue	Referred to as the "Dark Fox" on the Brawl DOJO!! It resembles a black fox.
Red	Resembles Fox's Player 1 costume from Star Fox: Assault's Versus Mode and Falco's appearance in Assault.
Green
Orange
Black
Yellow	Resembles Fox's Player 3 costume from Star Fox: Assault's Versus Mode.
Purple	Resembles Wolf.

Ganondorf

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Brown	Based on his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Red
Blue	Resembles his original appearance as the monster Ganon in The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past, and A Link Between Worlds.
Green	Resembles his in-game appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Purple
Maroon
Cerulean
Black	Resembles his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Ice Climbers

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Purple
Blue
Green
Blue
Red	Nana resembles her appearance on the American boxart for Ice Climber.
Brown
White
Light Purple	Resembles their in-game sprites from Ice Climber.

Ike

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Ranger	Based on his appearance as a Ranger in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
Lord	Based on his appearance as a Hero in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
Purple
Red
Yellow	Resembles Greil, Ike's father.
Green	Resembles Geoffrey, one of Ike's comrades, as he appears in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
Blue	Resembles Sigurd, one of the protagonists in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
Black	Resembles the Black Knight, Ike's rival, as he appears in Radiant Dawn.

Inkling

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Inkling alternates between a female and male version, each with their respective default haircut from the first Splatoon.

Orange	Female Inkling wearing Fake Contacts, a White Tee, and Pink Trainers, as she appears in artwork for Splatoon.
Blue	Male Inkling wearing Fake Contacts, a Zink Layered LS, and Purple Hi-Horses, as he appears in artwork for Splatoon.
Yellow	Female Inkling wearing the Hero Headset Replica, Hero Jacket Replica, and Hero Runner Replicas, as she appears in artwork for Splatoon, but with yellow tentacles and ink instead of green. She resembles Agent 3.
Green	Male Inkling wearing the Skull Bandana, Armor Jacket Replica, and Moto Boots, as he appears in on the boxart for Sheldon's Picks.
Pink	Female Inkling wearing the Takoroka Mesh, Black Squideye, and White Kicks, as she appears in artwork for Splatoon.
Cyan	Male Inkling wearing the Retro Specs, Baby-Jelly Shirt, and Blue Slip-Ons, as he appears in artwork for Splatoon, but with cyan tentacles and ink instead of purple.
Purple	Female Inkling wearing the Squid Hairclip, School Uniform, and School Shoes, as she appears in promotional artwork from the Squid Research Lab.
Navy	Male Inkling wearing the Skate Helmet, Octo Tee, and Octoling Boots.

Kirby

Pink
Yellow	Based on and directly referred to as "Keeby" from Kirby's Dream Course. It also resembles Yellow Kirby from various Kirby titles and Beam Kirby in Kirby Super Star.
Blue	Based on Ice Kirby in Kirby Super Star. It also resembles Blue Kirby from various Kirby titles.
Red	Based on Fire Kirby in Kirby Super Star. It also resembles Red Kirby from various Kirby titles.
Green	Resembles Green Kirby from various Kirby titles and Plasma Kirby in Kirby Super Star Ultra.
White	Resembles Kirby's monochromatic in-game sprite from Kirby's Dream Land.
Orange	Resembles Kirby's appearance after using Orange Spray Paint in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad.
Purple	Resembles Meta Knight unmasked.

Link

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Link wears his Champion's Tunic for half of his costumes, while he wears the Hero of the Wild Set for the other half. Both are from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Blue	Based on his appearance from Breath of the Wild.
Green	Wears the Hero of the Wild Set from Breath of the Wild.
Red	Resembles the Hylian Tunic from Breath of the Wild.
Gray	Resembles Fierce Deity Link from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
Navy Blue	Resembles the Royal Guard Uniform from Breath of the Wild. The colors of the Hylian Shield resembles the Royal Guard's Shield.
Viridian	Resembles his appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
White	Based on his appearance as a resident of Skyloft from the beginning of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. He no longer wears his cap in this costume, furthering its resemblance.
Black	Based on Dark Link. Resembles the Dark Interlopers from Twilight Princess.

Little Mac

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Default	Based on his appearance in Punch-Out!! (2009).
Yellow	Resembles his appearance in Punch-Out!! (2009)'s Title Defense Mode.
White	Resembles his in-game sprite after defeating opposing boxers in Punch-Out!! (1987) and Piston Hondo's appearance in Punch-Out!! (2009).
Blue	Resembles his appearance when fighting in the World Circuit in Punch-Out!! on the Wii.
Green	Resembles the protagonist of Super Punch-Out!!.
Pink	Wears his pink, hooded sweatshirt from the training montages in the Punch-Out!! series.
Wire	The wireframe design based on the original arcade Punch-Out!!
Wire Green	Based on his pink, hooded sweatshirt from the training montages in the Punch-Out!! series, but with the colors inverted.

Mario

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Red
Striped	Based on Mario's appearances from Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course and NES Open Tournament Golf.
Blue	Resembles Mario's appearance on the Japanese boxart for Mario Bros.
Black	Originally based on Foreman Spike from Wrecking Crew, though the palette has become more monochromatic with each new Smash title.
Green	Resembles Mario's appearance on the Japanese boxart for Wrecking Crew, but with the overalls being more brown. Resembles Luigi's appearance from the arcade version of Mario Bros., with the colors of the overalls and shirt swapped.
Purple	Resembles Waluigi.
Builder	Wears the Builder Helmet and Outfit from Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Odyssey.
White Tuxedo	Wears his marital Top Hat and Tuxedo from Super Mario Odyssey.

Marth

Navy	Based on his appearance as a Lord in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow. The Falchion retains its design from Mystery of the Emblem.
Red	Resembles the overworld sprites of enemy units in the Fire Emblem games.
Green	Resembles the overworld sprites of allied units in the Fire Emblem games.
Black	Resembles the overworld sprites of partner units in Fire Emblem: Geneology of the Holy War.
White	Resembles Leif, the protagonist of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.
Blue	Resembles his appearance in Mystery of the Emblem.
Yellow	Resembles Roy's yellow costume in Melee, but with black pants instead of white.
Purple	Resembles Roy's appearance in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

Mega Man

Blue
Red	Resembles his appearance when using Items 1, 2, and 3 in Mega Man 2.
Green	Resembles his appearance when using the Leaf Shield in Mega Man 2 and the Gyro Attack in Mega Man 5.
Brown	Resembles his appearance when using the Metal Blade in Mega Man 2 and the Ring Boomerang in Mega Man 4.
Cyan	Resembles his Air Shooter appearance when using the Air Shooter in Mega Man 2 and the Jewel Satellite in Mega Man 9.
Chartreuse	Resembles his appearance when using the Slash Claw in Mega Man 7.
Orange	Resembles his appearance when using the Flame Blast in Mega Man 6.
Grey	Resembles his appearance when using the Thunder Beam in the original Mega Man, the Top Spin in Mega Man 3, and the Thunder Wool in Mega Man 10.

Mewtwo

Default
Orange	Resembles one of the possible colors for Mewtwo in the Pokémon Stadium titles.
Blue	Resembles one of the possible colors for Mewtwo in the Pokémon Stadium titles.
Brown
Pink
Yellow
Cyan
Purple	Resembles Shadow Lugia from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

Ness

Red
White	Resembles Fuel from Mother 3, but with a cap.
Yellow	Based on the uniforms of the Hanshin Tigers, a Japanese baseball team. The shirt's pattern is reminiscent of the Gigantic Ant enemy from EarthBound.
Green
Blue	Resembles his younger self that he encounters briefly in Magicant.
Black	The shirt features a sprite of Mr. Saturn on the front.
Cyan	The shirt's pattern is reminiscent of Master Belch from EarthBound.
Purple	The shirt's pattern is reminiscent of the tile pattern on the file select and character naming screens in EarthBound.

Pac-Man

Default	Based on his design in the Japanese version of Pac-Land, the Pac-Man World titles, and the Japanese arcade cabinets.
Blue	Resembles his in-game sprite with the Wing Shoes power-up from Pac-Land.
Yellow
Black
Purple
White	Resembles his appearance with the Wing Shoes power-up from Pac-Land.
Red
Plaid	His gloves and boots are reminiscent of oven mitts.

Pikachu

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Default
Red	Resembles one of the possible colors for a nicknamed Pikachu in Pokémon Stadium and its Shiny coloration. Its cap is reminiscent of Red's appearance in Pokémon Red and Blue.
Green	Resembles one of the possible colors for a nicknamed Pikachu in Pokémon Stadium. Its headband is reminiscent of Brendan's appearance in Pokémon Emerald.
Yellow	Its cap is reminiscent of Ethan's appearance in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Blue	Resembles its Blue Team costume from the original Super Smash Bros.
Purple	Resembles its appearance in Pokémon X and Y and its official artwork for the Pokémon series. Its cap and glasses respectively are reminiscent of Calem's Red Outdoors Cap and Wide-Frame Glasses from X and Y.
Female Red	Female Pikachu. Its hat is reminiscent of Moon's Casual Cap from Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Female Libre	Female Pikachu. It wears the Libre costume from Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Pit

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White	Based on his appearance in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Yellow
Red	Resembles his chiton after obtaining the Gold Arrow and reaching Level 4 strength in the original Kid Icarus.
Green	Resembles his chiton after obtaining the Bronze Arrow and reaching Level 2 strength in Kid Icarus. The wings are now red.
Blue	Resembles his chiton after obtaining the Sacred Arrow and reaching Level 5 strength in Kid Icarus.
Black	Referred to as a "fallen angel" on the Brawl DOJO!!. Unlike in Brawl, Pit retains his brown hair and his laurel wreath becomes purple, likely to better differentiate him from Dark Pit.
Gray	Resembles a cherub.
Pink	Combines elements of his cyan and pink costumes from SSB4.

Pokémon Trainer

Only the starting Pokémon is shown on the character selection screen; it can be changed by hovering the cursor over it and selecting it. All of Pokémon Trainer's alternate costumes reference a protagonist from each generation of the Pokémon games.

Default	Male Pokémon Trainer based on Red in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
Red	Female Pokémon Trainer based on Leaf in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Squirtle resembles the Pokémon Wartortle, its evolved form. Charizard resembles the Pokémon Charmeleon, its pre-evolved form.
Green	Male Pokémon Trainer resembling Ethan, the male protagonist of the Johto-focused games, based on his appearance in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal. Squirtle resembles its Shiny coloration.
Pink	Female Pokémon Trainer resembling May, the female protagonist of the Hoenn-focused games, based on her appearance in Pokémon Emerald.
Yellow	Male Pokémon Trainer resembling Lucas, the male protagonist of the Sinnoh-focused games, based on his appearance in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
White	Female Pokémon Trainer resembling Hilda, the female protagonist of Pokémon Black and White. Charizard resembles the Pokémon Aerodactyl.
Blue	Male Pokémon Trainer resembling Calem, the male protagonist of Pokémon X and Y.
Purple	Female Pokémon Trainer resembling Moon, the female protagonist of the Alola-focused games, based on her appearance in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. She has tanned skin. Charizard resembles its original Shiny coloration from Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal.

Ridley

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Default	Ridley seems to be an amalgamation of his in-game sprite from Super Metroid and his appearance in Metroid: Other M.
Red	Resembles artwork of him for Super Metroid and his appearance on the American boxart.
Blue	Resembles Ridley-X from Metroid Fusion.
Green	Resembles his appearance in Metroid: Zero Mission.
Purple	Resembles his in-game sprite from Metroid.
Yellow
White	Resembles Mecha Ridley from Zero Mission.
Black	Resembles Meta Ridley. It potentially is a placeholder exclusive to the demo for Ultimate.

Ryu

All of Ryu's costumes seem to be based on his alternate costumes from Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.

White
Grey	Resembles his appearance as the second player in Street Fighter II: Champion Edition.
Cyan	Resembles his appearance as the first player in Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting and his appearance in the Street Fighter Alpha titles.
Black	Resembles his default "Low Punch" color from Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
Orange	Resembles Ryo Sakazaki, a fighter from SNK's Art of Fighting series.
Blue	Resembles an outfit available to Ryu in Super Street Fighter II.
Green	Resembles his default "Start + Kick" palette from Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
Purple	Resembles Dan Hibiki, another fighter from the Street Fighter series.

Samus

Orange	Based on the Varia Suit as it appears in Metroid: Other M.
Blue	Based on the Fusion Suit from Metroid Fusion.
Pink	Based on the Gravity Suit's in-game sprite from Super Metroid, but more closely resembles the color scheme of the Varia Suit of the original Metroid when missiles are selected.
Brown	Based on the Dark Suit from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
Purple	Based on the Gravity Suit's appearance in Metroid Prime.
Green	The original Super Smash Bros. website referred to this alternate costume as "mass-produced Samus", a reference to Gundam. Referred to as "Green Samus" by Masahiro Sakurai. While the artwork depicts the suit with an orange helmet and breastplate, they are red in-game.
White	Based on the Light Suit from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
Black

Sheik

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Default	Wears the Sheikah Set from Breath of the Wild, including the long white scarf of the Stealth Mask.
Red	Resembles the Stealth Set after being dyed red in Breath of the Wild.
Blue	Resembles her appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Purple	Resembles the Stealth Set after being dyed purple in Breath of the Wild.
Green	Resembles the Stealth Set after being dyed green in Breath of the Wild.
Black	Resembles the Stealth Set after being dyed black in Breath of the Wild.
Yellow	Resembles the Stealth Set after being dyed light yellow in Breath of the Wild.
White

Snake

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Most of Snake's costumes seem to be based on different camouflage uniforms worn by Naked Snake in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

Gray	Based on the sneaking suit worn by Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.
Black	Resembles the Black camouflage.
Red	Resembles the Fire camouflage.
Blue	Resembles the Splitter camouflage.
Green	Resembles the Tiger Stripe camouflage.
White	Resembles the Snow camouflage.
Light Green	Resembles the Leaf camouflage.
Brown	Resembles the Animal camouflage.

Sonic

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Blue
Purple	Resembles NiGHTS, a character from Sega's NiGHTS into Dreams series. The cuffs are reminiscent of the purple Chaos Emerald.
Cyan	Resembles Classic Sonic from Sonic Generations. The cuffs are reminiscent of his Crystal Ring power-up from Sonic Adventure.
White	Resembles Silver the Hedgehog. The cuffs are reminiscent of the Ark of the Cosmos from Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
Black	Resembles Dark Sonic, a transformation from the Sonic X anime series.
Yellow	The cuffs are reminiscent of Silver's gloves.
Red	The cuffs are reminiscent of the thumps-up that appears in Sonic the Hedgehog 2's Special Stage.
Green	The cuffs are reminiscent of the thumbs-up that appears in Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2's Special Stage.

Villager

Villager's appearance varies greatly between costumes, with differing eyes, hair, gender and clothing. All of Villager's alternate costumes, with the exception of the yellow costume, are based on how the player may look at the start of a new game depending on how they answer questions asked by Kapp'n or Rover in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk respectively.

Red	Male villager wearing a "No. 1 Shirt" as he appears in artwork for City Folk.
Pink	Female villager wearing a "Daisy Shirt" as she appears in artwork for Wild World.
Yellow	Male villager wearing a "Racer 6 Tee". The corresponding starting appearance in Wild World and City Folk instead sports the "Paw Tee" and a different hairstyle.
Green	Female villager wearing a "Turnip Top".
Cyan	Male villager wearing a "Blue Tie-Dye Tee" as he appears in artwork for City Folk.
Blue	Female villager wearing a "Rugby Tee".
Purple	Male villager wearing a "Four-Ball Tee".
Chartreuse	Female villager wearing a "Yellow Bolero".

Zelda

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Pink	Based on her appearance in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.
Red	Resembles her in-game sprite when Link rescues her with the Red Ring equipped in The Legend of Zelda. Furthering the resemblance, her hair is brunette.
Blue	Resembles her in-game sprite when Link rescues her with the Blue Ring equipped in The Legend of Zelda.
Purple	Based on Adult Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Green	Resembles her in-game sprite when Link rescues her with no ring equipped in The Legend of Zelda.
Black
Lavender	Resembles her appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
Cyan	Resembles a wedding gown. It also resembles her overworld sprite from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.