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Sephiroth's eighth alt

I think it's supposed to be Aerith. The pants match the color of her jacket, the belts look the same as the ones on her sleeves in FF7 Remake, and the hilt of Masamune is the same color as the Guard Stick. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ender78 (talk • contribs) 09:29, 2021 February 3 

It could be, yes, but you know how we feel about 'could bes' here. Black Vulpine of the 🦊Furry Nation🐺. Furries make the internets go! :3 04:40, February 3, 2021 (EST)

A vast majority of the page is based on "could be"s, to be fair, and so having one more reasonable assumption on the page isn't unreasonable. Grapevine (talk) 01:02, February 10, 2021 (EST)

Robin's alts

Robin's Pink might be a reference to Mae, who has a more pink'ish outfit, which fits better Also Robin's White heavily resembles Leif, who has brown hair and a white/red outfit, and happens to use a magic sword (Light Brand) Blue/Red/Green/Yellow might reference all the types of units in Fire Emblem (Playable, Enemy, Other/NPC, Other Enemy (FE4, FE16)/Partner (FE9)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eizzah (talk • contribs) 09:26, February 9, 2021 (EST)

Corrin's 5th alt

If Corrin and Marth have alts listed as resembling the overworld sprites allied and enemy units, is it not just as fitting to describe Corrin's 5th alt as resembling a player unit sprite? Grapevine (talk) 01:05, February 10, 2021 (EST)

Chrom's 8th alt

The color schemes resemble this piece of concept art I found of the FE wiki here. Should we include it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AgedofallStrings (talk • contribs) 17:52, February 26, 2021 (EST)

Pyra/Mythra's alts

Alt 5 is very likely not based on Poppi at all, notably due to Sakurai not listing her as an inspiration despite doing so for all other alts based on specific Xenoblade 2 characters, as well as details in the alt not accurately matching Poppi's design such as the wrongly colored core crystal. I think the note about the alt possibly being based on Poppi should be removed.

Their 6th alt, particularly Pyra's, could be a reference to Xenogears (the "gear" or mech that the game is named after), so "Possibly based on Xenogears from Xenogears" could be added for it. Mythra's coloration here might also be referencing Deus from Xenogears, which would match Pyra's theoretical Xenogears scheme.

Pyra's coloration in alt 7 is possibly based on the Monado, though Mythra's seems to have no connection to that. Either of Mythra's 6th or 7th colors could possibly be based on KOS-MOS from Xenosaga, i'm leaning a bit more towards 6 but I can see an argument for either or even neither. Lastly, it's a bit of a stretch but Mythra's 7th alt could potentially be based on Elly from Xenogears, but I can't say so with any certainty.

In alt 8, Pyra's gold coloration might be based on the Zohar as it appears in Xenosaga, while Mythra's silver could likewise reference the replica Zohar seen in the opening of Xenosaga 1.

Dorotheabestgirl666 (talk) 20:21, March 4, 2021 (EST)

Small correction to the description of Mythra's default alt - the "Massive Melee Mythra" costume is not obtained from the Challenge mode in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - it can be acquired once Mythra joins the party by visiting Argentum and talking to an NPC as per https://xenoblade.fandom.com/wiki/Massive_Melee_Mythra

Doofinc (talk) 16:36, March 8, 2021 (EST)

Shulk's 3rd alt

The Torso Resembles the Colony Type IV torso. AgedofallStrings (talk) 15:48, March 22, 2021 (EDT)

Dead image links

Some of the linked images are dead, like the original Peach sprite in Rosalina's section and Simon's modern appearances in Sound Voltex Booth and Kingdom Dragonion. Can someone with the permission to edit fix them? M-Tails-P (talk) 05:17, March 25, 2021 (EDT)

Ken's 8th alt

I've seen this go back and forth on this alt being inspired by evil ryu, akuma, and violent ken. I personally believe violent ken is the most direct reference, but a consensus needs to be made on that.The Other Jared (talk) 14:50, April 5, 2021 (EDT)

Incineroar alts

I've heard arguments that some incineroar alt costumes are based on real wrestlers. Alt 2 is Mitsuharu Misawa, Alt 4 is Ultimo Dragon, Alt 6 is Rey Mysterio, Alt 7 is Black Tiger, and Alt 8 is Jushin Liger. What do you think?The Other Jared (talk) 14:25, April 6, 2021 (EDT)

Donkey Kong's Yellow Alt

Currently, Donkey Kong's yellow alt is listed as being inspired by his yellow alt in Mario Golf. This is probably completely untrue, and it bears basically an identical resemblance to one of his alternates from DK: King of Swing. --ProtoMania (talk) 00:04, April 12, 2021 (EDT)

Just in case you haven't noticed yet, I went ahead and updated the SSB4 and SSBU pages accordingly. Thanks for pointing this out. --PeabodySam (talk) 20:19, April 20, 2021 (EDT)

Some color names are innaccurate or should change

Something that actually annoys me so much about this article is that despite being a protected page, there are certain characters with their list of colors who look more Pink than Purple and/or vice versa, are Cyan but says Blue, and finally there are some characters who unnecessarily have the word "Default", despite their palette swaps having a noticeably considerable different name for it's skin. I'm gonna list out all character colors which in my point of view, should really change, or at the very least have a slight improvement, since cases such as Bowser aren't that terrible even if it could be better. Without further ado, here is my huge list of SUGGESTIONS that should rename some of the character colors:

Default Bowser: Amber

Pink Corrin: Purple

White Falco: Cyan

Default Fox: White

White Fox: Gray

Green Inkling: Lime or Chatreuse

Blue Isabelle: Cyan

Default Jigglypuff: Pink

Pink Jigglypuff: Magenta or Fuchsia

Gray King Dedede: Brown

Blue Kirby: Cyan (even though Nintendo officially treats it Blue)

White Kirby: Silver or Grey

Default Little Mac: Green

Green Little Mac: Wire-Hoodie

White Lucario: Cyan

Purple Lucas: Pink

Blue Mario: Cyan

Purple Meta Knight: Magenta

Default Mewtwo: Purple

Purple Mewtwo: Slate

Cyan Palutena: Purple

Purple Palutena: Maroon

Default Pikachu: Yellow

Yellow Pikachu: Black

Blue Piranha Plant: Cyan

Default Pit: White

White Pit: Blonde

Default Ridley: Purple

Purple Ridley: Violet

Purple ROB: Pink

Green Ryu: Chatreuse

Blue Samus: Cyan

Purple Sonic: Magenta

Please know that I promise I will be polite upon all users on this wiki even if these suggestions end up getting declined. I just don't get the inconsistency of some characters who look pink (such as ROB) say purple, whereas others that look purple (such as Corrin) say pink. The two colors are not that similar, and even if they are, well I feel really confused about that inconsistency of naming a character's palette swaps from these two look-alike colors. Rosalina is the only playable character in SSBU to lack a Blue outfit whom it accurately says Cyan in their closest-to-blue skin. Pretty sure the Grey-White separations that some characters (such as Ryu and Terry Bogard) have, works well on Fox McCloud, and Pikachu's yellow-ish accessory has black sides on it, removing the necessity to make his normal yellow alt say "Default". Zelda and Roy have two purple skins, and one of them is named "Violet", so I don't see why not do the same thing with Ridley. White Lucario looks very noticeably Cyan in my book, and Mewtwo's deeper skin tone with a much lighter tail could be considered Slate, thus removing the necessity for Mewtwo's default color name. I don't wanna go into too much detail, but I do hope that admins could at least understand why I feel like some things need to change in most lists of SSBU's alternate costume article. Thanks, and have a nice day! Best regards. --NinTOONdo (talk) 17:13 April 17, 2021 (EDT)

Unfortunately with how things are structured, changing the color name would break things because the template uses those names to show the head icons which have the color name in the file name. So changing the color name would mean changing the file name, and that would require a lot of cleanup (thanks spirits) unless a redirect is used. That being said I don't see why we still couple the icons to a color name when they could just be numbered like they are in presentations. --CanvasK (talk) 18:42, April 17, 2021 (EDT)

Because of how this sort of thing is rather subjective (as this and the following section demonstrate), it is generally accepted that once the colours are first named, they should not be renamed unless it can be shown that the original name is blatantly misleading (as opposed to the sorts of smaller changes suggested here). In addition, as the person who names most of them, I make an effort to prefer simpler colour names even if a more complicated one may (subjectively) fit better (e.g. preferring Green over Chartreuse in most cases unless there are two greens). Toomai Glittershine The Aurum 21:32, April 20, 2021 (EDT)

Color Name Changes

Every "Grey" should be changed to "Gray".

Black Bowser: Brown

Green Byleth: Purple

Blue Captain Falcon: Teal

Cyan Captain Falcon: Blue

Cyan Chrom: Teal

Original Cloud: Indigo

Advent Blue Cloud: Advent Teal

Blue Donkey Kong: Purple

Blue Duck Hunt: Green

Default Fox: White

Red Fox: Pink

White Fox: Gray

Indigo Ice Climbers: Navy

Default Ike: Indigo

Default Jigglypuff: Pink

Pink Jigglypuff: Violet

Blue Ken: Indigo

Cyan Ken: Teal

Gray King Dedede: Monochrome

Brown King K. Rool: Maroon

Indigo Link: Navy

Default Little Mac: Green

Green Little Mac: Wire-Hoodie

White Lucario: Cyan

White Lucina: Pink

Navy Lucina: Indigo

Navy Marth: Blue

Black Marth: Gray

Blue Marth: Indigo

Purple Meta Knight: Galacta

Default Mewtwo: Lavender

Pink Mewtwo: Red

Yellow Min Min: Brown

Blue Olimar: White

Alph Red: Alph Tan

Cyan Palutena: Purple

Purple Palutena: Maroon

Default Pikachu: Yellow

Yellow Pikachu: Black

Default Pit: White

White Pit: Blonde

Default Pyra/Mythra: Red/White

Gormotti Pyra/Mythra: Orange/Yellow

Default Ridley: Purple

Purple Ridley: Violet

Purple R.O.B.: Pink

Blue Samus: Cyan

White Sephiroth: Gray

Black Simon: Maroon

Blue Snake: Cyan

Purple Sonic: Pink

Brown Toon Link: Chartreuse

Blue Wario: Biker

Classic Wario: Overalls

Red Wario: Biker Red

Classic Red Wario: Overalls Red

Yellow Wario: Biker Green

Classic Cyan Wario: Overalls Cyan

Green Wario: Biker Pink

Classic Green Wario: Overalls Green

White Young Link: Lavender

Violet Zelda: Dark Pink

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Karson05 (talk • contribs) 16:54, April 20, 2021 (EDT)

As I mentioned above, color names are coupled with the head icon names. As such changing the color names would require renaming the head icon files, and then every usage of the head icons would need to be changed to the new names which would be a massive task. --CanvasK (talk) 17:11, April 20, 2021 (EDT)

I'll add that the grey vs gray (English vs American) debate was addressed in SW:MoS. If every instance of a word is consistent within the page, it doesn't matter if said word uses English or American spelling. This means that grey will remain grey on this page. Hitbox Enthusiast Zeck (talk) 17:15, April 20, 2021 (EDT)