Alternate costume (SSB4)

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Mario and Greninja with alternate colorations.

Super Smash Bros. 4 continues to include palette swaps - players can pick a different color for their character. This time around, all characters, with the exception of Little Mac, will have eight palette swaps, instead of having up to six. In addition, all palette swaps are available in both versions of the game.

Certain characters possess palette swaps with more drastic design differences than simple recolors, similar to Wario in Brawl; Wii Fit Trainer, for instance, has multiple palette swaps that replace her with a male Trainer. Two characters, Olimar and Bowser Jr., also have palette swaps that change them into new characters, complete with appropriate Announcer clips, though there are no gameplay differences between them.

Outlines used in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS's Team Battles.

Unique to the game is that team matches no longer require specific palette swaps, with team colors being indicated by colored outlines around characters instead; even if outlines are manually disabled in the game's settings, they will be forcibly displayed in team battles. As a result, it is no longer mandatory for all characters to have red, blue, and green options, though a majority of characters still have such options.

Bowser

• Default
• Black: Somewhat resembles Morton Koopa Jr.
• Yellow: Yellow body and dull yellow shell. Prior to the official release, it was shown with a purple shell, which resembled when Bowser is poisoned in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
• Green: Dark green body and dark red hair. Similar to Bowser's color in the DIC cartoons and Club Nintendo comics. It is also similar to the color of Bowser in Super Mario World. Also used as a palette swap in Mario Golf.
• Grey: Slightly resembles Dry Bowser and has a similar color scheme to Morton Koopa Jr.'s classic appearance.
• Orange
• Red: Based on a palette swap in Mario Golf.
• Blue: Based on a palette swap in Mario Golf.

Bowser Jr.

Bowser Jr.'s alternate designs replace him with each of the seven Koopalings.

• Default - Bowser Jr.
• Light Blue - Larry Koopa
• Red - Roy Koopa
• Pink - Wendy O. Koopa
• Chartreuse - Iggy Koopa
• Grey - Morton Koopa Jr.
• Yellow - Lemmy Koopa
• Blue - Ludwig von Koopa

Captain Falcon

• Indigo
• Black: Falcon's costume from the F-Zero X Expansion Kit, as well as the F-Zero X commercial in Japan.
• Red: Nearly identical to his rival Blood Falcon's outfit.
• Green: Resembles the coloration of Pico's F-Zero machine, Wild Goose.
• Blue: Resembles his original F-Zero series appearances, with a considerably more vibrant blue color.
• White: Resembles Jody Summer's outfit.
• Yellow: Reminiscent of Dr. Stewart's color scheme
• Cyan

Charizard

• Orange
• Red: Resembles the color scheme of its pre-evolution, Charmeleon.
• Green: Resembles the original monochrome green screen of the Game Boy.
• Pink: Taken from the Pokémon Trainer's blue costume from Brawl.
• Yellow
• White
• Blue
• Purple: Resembles Charizard's shiny coloration from Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal.

Dark Pit

• Black
• Green
• Brown
• Yellow
• Red
• Blue
• White: Resembles Pit's outfit, with black wings to differentiate the two.
• Purple

Diddy Kong

• Red
• White: Resembles the alternate outfit in the Two-Player Contest mode in Donkey Kong Country.
• Pink: Changes his color scheme to resemble that of fellow Donkey Kong character Dixie Kong in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. His fur resembles the color of Dixie's ponytail.
• Purple: Resembles one of Diddy Kong's alternate costumes in the multiplayer mode of Donkey Kong 64.
• Green
• Blue: Resembles the alternate outfit in the Two-Player Contest mode in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.
• Yellow
• Cyan

Donkey Kong

• Brown
• Black: Resembles the alternate outfit in the Two-Player Contest Mode from Donkey Kong Country.
• Red: Resembles the color scheme of the original Donkey Kong from the arcade game of the same name, who had reddish orange fur.
• Blue: One of the alternate colors in Donkey Kong 64.
• Green: One of the alternate colors in Donkey Kong 64.
• White: Resembles the Fire Mini Donkey Kong from the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series. This recolor also resembles "Super Kong" from Donkey Kong Country Returns, but with a red tie instead of blue.
• Yellow: Resembles Donkey Kong under the effects of Banana Juice from Donkey Kong Country Returns.
• Pink: Resembles Pink Donkey Kong Jr. from Donkey Kong Jr. Math.

Dr. Mario

• White: Based on Dr. Mario's appearance from Dr. Mario 64 onward, except with black jeans.
• Red
• Blue: Based on the scrubs that modern doctors wear.
• Green
• Black
• Yellow
• Purple
• Pink: Based on Nurse Toadstool's outfit.

Duck Hunt

Some of Duck Hunt's animals change to colors of actual real-life variants of the animal.

• Default: The dog is based on the colouration of most breeds of scent hounds, such as the Basset Hound. The duck's color scheme comes from one of the three possible ducks that appear in Duck Hunt.
• Black: The dog's colors resemble those of Rottweilers or Coonhounds, the latter of which is a noted scent hound.
• Blue: The dog's colors resemble those of American Pit Bull Terriers.
• Brown: The dog's colors resemble those of Chocolate Labrador Retrievers, a hunting dog commonly used for retrieving waterfowl. The duck's colors are similar to those of the American black duck.
• White: The dog's colors resemble those of a Dalmatian.
• Tan
• Yellow: The dog's color resemble that of Golden Retrievers, a hunting dog commonly used for retrieving waterfowl. The duck resembles a male Mallard, and it is one of the three possible ducks that appear in Duck Hunt.
• Red: The duck is one of the three possible ducks from Duck Hunt.

Falco

• White: Based on his design from Star Fox Command.
• Orange
• Blue
• Red: Resembles his default outfit from Star Fox: Assault.
• Green
• Black: His feathers are the same color as that of a raven
• White
• Pink

Fox

• Grey: Based on his design in Star Fox Command.
• Black
• Red
• Green: Resembles his clothes from Star Fox: Assault's multiplayer.
• Orange
• White: Resembles the color scheme of his default outfit from Star Fox Adventures and Star Fox: Assault.
• Yellow: His fur is a more orange color, based on a common fox.
• Purple: Resembles a gray fox, a species of fox, or a gray wolf, also known as a timber wolf.

Ganondorf

• Brown: Based on his character design in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
• White
• Purple
• Green
• Red
• Yellow: Bears a strong resemblance in coloration to his design in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
• Grey
• Blue

Greninja

• Blue
• Red
• Pink
• Black: Has black skin with an orange tongue, loosely resembling Greninja's shiny coloration.
• Lavender
• Green
• Grey
• Purple

Ike

• Tan: Based on his appearance in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
• Yellow: Resembles the outfit of his father, Greil, from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
• Red: Based on enemy units in the Fire Emblem games.
• Blue: Vaguely resembles the color scheme of Sigurd, the first protagonist of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
• Green: Based on allied units from the Fire Emblem games.
• Brown
• Black: Resembles the outfit of his rival, The Black Knight, from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
• White: Resembles Chrom, a protagonist from Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Jigglypuff

• Default
• Red: Resembles Elite Four Phoebe's flower from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald
• White: Leaf's hat from Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen.
• Blue: Straw hat worn by Bug Catcher trainers.
• Green: A hat that Kirby wears when he has the copy ability Sleep.
• Pink: References Jigglypuff's alternate colors in the first Smash Bros. game, where it wore bows.
• Nurse: Nurse Joy's hat from her official artwork in Pokémon X & Y
• Glasses: Serena's default hat and sunglasses from Pokémon X & Y.

King Dedede

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• Red
• Pink: Similar to an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride.
• Green: Similar to an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride.
• Purple: Features a very ornately decorated belt, similar to one on a formal Japanese kimono. This costume is also similar to an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride.
• Cyan: Features a belt that contains the same icons as one of the menu schemes from Kirby 64.
• Brown: Mirrors Kirby's white costume, making him appear like he did in Game Boy Color version of Kirby's Dream Land for the Game Boy.
• Blue
• Black

Kirby

• Pink
• Yellow: Shigeru Miyamoto originally wanted Kirby to be yellow, but Masahiro Sakurai was determined to make him pink. Sakurai won, but the yellow Kirby design later appeared as Keeby, the second player's character in Kirby's Dream Course and other Kirby games. The coloration also resembles Beam Kirby from Kirby Super Star, sans the hat, and the yellow Kirby that appeared in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror.
• Blue: The same as when Kirby is Ice Kirby in Kirby Super Star, sans the hat. Also used for Player 3 starting with Kirby's Return to Dream Land. It also resembles the "Ocean" palette swap that appeared in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad.
• Red: The same as when Kirby is Fire Kirby in Kirby Super Star, sans the hat.
• Green: The same as when Kirby is Plasma Kirby in Kirby Super Star, sans the hat. It also resembles the Green Kirby palette from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad.
• White: Based on Kirby's monochrome appearance from the original Kirby's Dream Land. It is also similar to Kirby's appearance on the North American box cover. Also appeared in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad as the "Chalk" Spray Paint.
• Orange: Based on the "Orange" Spray Paint from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad.
• Purple: Seemingly has different colors depending on version, with the artwork and Wii U version depicting it as a very dark blue close to Meta Knight's appearance in Kirby's Adventure (albeit with yellow eyes and no mask), while the 3DS version has it as a much lighter blue which is based on Meta Knight's recent appearances, without the mask.

Link

• Green: Based on his character design from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
• Red: Directly based on the Goron Tunic that featured in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, as well as the use of the Red Ring in the original The Legend of Zelda game.
• Blue: Can be traced back to the Zora Tunic used during The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
• Purple: Similar to Toon Link's purple Four Swords outfit in Brawl. Also bears a resemblance to Ravio.
• Yellow: Similar to the outfit that Pipit wears in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
• Black: Based on Dark Link, who originated from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link and appeared again in Ocarina of Time. His design is based on Dark Link's cameo appearance in Twilight Princess, where Lanayru used the character to symbolize the Dark Interlopers in his vision.
• White: Based on his pre-adventure outfit from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, but now with his hat and gauntlets.
• Grey: Based on Fierce Deity Link from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

Little Mac

Little Mac is the only character with 16 color changes, mirroring how Wario had double the palette swaps in Brawl. The wireframe design is based on the original arcade Punch-Out!! and shares the same range of color options.

• Green: Based on his appearance in Punch-Out!! for Wii.
• Yellow: Resembles his appearance in Title Defense Mode, in Punch-Out!! for Wii.
• White: Resembles Piston Hondo's appearance in Title Defense Mode, in Punch-Out!! for Wii.
• Red: Resembles his appearance in Contender Mode, when fighting in the World Circuit, in Punch-Out!! for Wii.
• Blue: Resembles his appearance when fighting in the Major Circuit in Punch-Out!! for Wii.
• Orange
• Green: Resembles the protagonist of Super Punch-Out!!; while the character is called "Little Mac" in the game, it is disputed over whether or not the two are the same character.
• Pink: Wears his pink hoodie from the various training montages in the Punch-Out!! series. The wireframe variant switches the colors of the hoodie and the gloves, making the hoodie green and the gloves pink. Unusually, if Little Mac enters a match with this palette swap, he will still strip off his hoodie, only to reveal another hoodie underneath.

Lucario

• Blue
• Red
• White
• Grey
• Teal
• Navy: This darker color scheme has been previously used in the anime.
• Green
• Purple

Lucina

• Blue
• Green: Resembles Nowi's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
• Black: Resembles Cherche's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
• White: Resembles Cordelia's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
• Red: Resembles Tiki's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
• Yellow: Resembles Lissa's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
• Navy: Resembles Tharja's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
• Purple: Resembles Sumia's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Luigi

• Green
• Orange: Similar to Mario's color scheme on the boxart of Pinball, but with an orange hat instead of a blue one.
• Pink: Based around Luigi's color scheme in Wrecking Crew, in which he wore pink.
• Cyan: Resembles Mario's color scheme on the American boxart for Mario Bros. This color-scheme was also more recently used in New Super Mario Bros. U whenever a Mii was selected as Player 4.
• White: Based on Fire Luigi. This costume replaces the white Luigi palette with yellow gloves and tan skin that appeared in Smash 64 and Melee.
• Purple: Changes Luigi's color scheme to Waluigi's, except without the yellow Γ.
• Blue: Similar to Luigi's color scheme in Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!, in which he wore a yellow shirt with blue overalls and hat.
• Yellow: Resembles an alternate costume from Mario Golf, but with the colors swapped.

Mario

• Red
• White: Based on Fire Mario's appearance dating back to Super Mario World onward.
• Blue: Similar to Wario's light blue and pink costume in Brawl, which is based on the Japanese cover for Mario Bros.
• Yellow: Based on Wario's color scheme just as in the previous Smash titles, but now has a green "M". Mario could wear these colors by equipping the "W" badge in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• Black: Based on Foreman Spike from Wrecking Crew '98, which was confirmed on the original Smash 64 Japanese site.
• Green: The color inverse of his traditional colors. Contrary to popular belief, it is not a reference to Luigi, although it does coincidentally resemble Luigi's colors from the arcade version of Mario Bros. Luigi also has a palette swap in Mario Golf that resembles this outfit.
• Striped: Based on the costume worn in NES Open Tournament Golf, as well as resembling the flag of the United States; in Japan, it appeared only in the U.S. Course version of the game.
• Purple: Resembles Waluigi's colors. Mario could wear these colors in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by equipping the L Emblem and W Emblem simultaneously.

Marth

• Navy: Based on his appearance in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow.
• Red: Resembles the "enemy unit" color scheme in the Fire Emblem games.
• Green: Resembles the standard color for NPC units in the Fire Emblem games.
• Black
• White: Resembles the color scheme of Leif Faris Claus, the protagonist of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.
• Blue: Closely based on his official artwork for Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo, which featured a more vibrant blue color for the character.
• Yellow: Resembles partner units from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
• Purple: Closely resembles Roy's color scheme.

Mega Man

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• Blue: Based around his design in the original Mega Man series.
• Red and White: Based on his original coloration when using Rush Coil beginning in Mega Man 3.
• Green and White: Resembles the Leaf Shield palette from Mega Man 2.
• Brown and Gold: Resembles the Metal Blade palette from Mega Man 2.
• Blue and White: Resembles the Air Shooter palette from Mega Man 2.
• Green and Yellow: Resembles the Slash Claw palette from Mega Man 7.
• Red and Yellow: Resembles the Flame Blast palette from Mega Man 6.
• Black and Yellow: Resembles the Top Spin palette from Mega Man 3.

Meta Knight

Many of Meta Knight's costumes are similar to alternate costumes from Kirby Air Ride.

• Blue Meta Knight's default scheme from the Kirby games. Most closely from "Kirby's Return to Dreamland" except with more armor pieces
• White
• Red: Resembles the color scheme of the original design for Meta Knight from Kirby's Adventure, with his skin, shoulder pads, and cape being mostly red, and his gloves & boots being a gold or yellow color.
• Green
• Navy: Resembles his official art from his first appearance in Kirby's Adventure, where his mask and shoes were depicted as a dark purple color, his body was close to black, and his cape was red. However, in this appearance, his eyes were not red and his gloves were white, unlike the palette swap.
• Pink: Changes his color scheme to resemble Kirby.
• Purple: Based on Galacta Knight, the final boss of Meta Knightmare Ultra.
• Grey: Based on Dark Meta Knight, the main antagonist from Kirby and the Amazing Mirror.

Mii Fighter

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A Famitsu scan showing various Mii Brawler costumes.

• Mii Fighters have various costume options distinct from how other characters' palette swaps work.

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Mr. Game & Watch

• Black: Based on the Game & Watch characters from the games Fire and Parachute.
• Red
• Yellow
• Blue
• Teal
• Cyan
• Green
• White

Ness

• Red
• White: Has a white T-shirt with red sleeves, the same as the shirt that Fuel wears in Mother 3.
• Yellow: References the striped, black and yellow uniforms of the Hanshin Tigers, a Japanese baseball team.
• Green
• Blue: Based on Ness's younger self that he encounters briefly in Magicant in EarthBound, who was wearing a blue hat.
• Black: Gives Ness a shirt with a Mr. Saturn sprite on it; may be based on the Good Kid's Shirt from Mother 3.
• Cyan: The pattern on Ness's T-shirt resembles Master Belch's sprite from EarthBound.
• Purple: Based on the tile pattern of EarthBound's file select and character naming screens.

Olimar

Four of Olimar's costumes change his appearance to that of Alph, the main character of Pikmin 3.

• Olimar - Tan
• Olimar - Red
• Olimar - Green
• Olimar - Blue
• Alph - Blue: Alph's standard design from Pikmin 3.
• Alph - Green: Based on Charlie from Pikmin 3.
• Alph - Pink: Based on Brittany from Pikmin 3.
• Alph - Red Based on Olimar's own appearance in the main series.

Pac-Man

• Default: Based on his design of Japanese Arcade cabinets, the Japanese version of Pac-Land, and the Pac-Man World games.
• Blue
• Yellow
• Black
• Purple
• White: Based on the wing shoes power-up from Pac Land.
• Red
• Plaid

Palutena

• White: Based on her character design in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
• Pink: Resembles the palette of her original sprite from Kid Icarus
• Cyan: Resembles the original concept art from Kid Icarus.
• Green
• Blue Resembles the color scheme of Pandora from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
• Red: Resembles the color scheme of Viridi from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
• Black: Resembles the color scheme of Hades from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
• Purple: Resembles the color scheme of Medusa from Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Peach

• Pink
• Yellow: Gives Peach the color scheme of Daisy.
• Red: Gives Peach a similar color scheme to Pauline, Mario's girlfriend from Donkey Kong.
• Blue: Resembles Daisy's outfit from NES Open Tournament Golf. Also gives her a crown similar to that of Rosalina.
• Green: Resembles Peach's outfit from NES Open Tournament Golf.
• White: Resembles her wedding dress from Super Paper Mario.
• White/Red: Resembles Fire Peach from Super Mario 3D World.
• Black

Pikachu

• Default
• Red: Includes Red's hat as it appeared in Pokémon Red and Blue. The hat also resembles that of the fisherman class of trainers in Generations I, III, and IV. Pikachu's fur color also changes to the coloration of shiny Pikachu in the Pokémon games.
• Green: Includes Brendan's headband as it appeared in Pokémon Emerald.
• Cyan: Has the goggles worn by Pichu in Melee, similar to those worn by the Swimmer class of trainers in the Pokémon series.
• Yellow: Includes Ethan's hat from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
• Blue: Based on Pikachu's blue party hat alternate costume in Super Smash Bros. and in Melee.
• White: Based on the Choice Band item from the Pokémon series.
• Purple: Includes Calem's default hat and sunglasses from Pokémon X and Y. Pikachu is also given a paler yellow color to resemble its appearance in the game.

Pit

• White
• Yellow: Similar to his outfit in the Captain N comic.
• Red: Similar to an outfit in Kid Icarus.
• Green: Similar to an outfit in Kid Icarus.
• Blue
• Black: Resembles Dark Pit, but with white wings to differentiate the two.
• Cyan
• Pink:

R.O.B.

• Tan: Based on R.O.B.'s Japanese color scheme for the Famicom. Used as R.O.B.'s default color scheme in Japanese release of the game.
• Grey: Based on R.O.B.'s North American color scheme for the NES. Words on his base change from "Family Computer Robot" to "R.O.B. - Robotic Operating Buddy", the same as the American design. Used as R.O.B.'s primary color scheme in the North American, European, and Australian releases of the game.
• Yellow: Has the color scheme of the glitch, Flipper, from Stack-Up.
• Purple: Has the color scheme of the glitch, Spike, from Stack-Up.
• Blue
• Green: Similar to the R.O.B. Launcher from the Subspace Emissary, though lacking the same bright blue cord and missile-launching face.
• White/Light Blue
• Red: Color scheme is similar to that of the Virtual Boy.

Robin

• Default (Male): Based on the default male avatar from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
• Default (Female): Based on the default female avatar from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
• Green (Male): Based on Abel's color scheme from Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi.
• Red (Female): Based on Anna's color scheme from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
• Blue (Male): Based on Virion from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
• Orange (Female): Based on Evayle from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.
• White (Male): Reminiscent of the White Mage design from Square Enix's Final Fantasy series.
• Pink (Female): Based on Serra's color scheme from Fire Emblem.

Rosalina & Luma

• Cyan
• Pink: Resembles Peach's dress.
• Yellow: Resembles the color of the yellow Luma.
• Green
• Red: Based on Fire Rosalina's design from Super Mario 3D World.
• Purple
• Black
• White: A red and white palette resembling Princess Peach's sprite from Super Mario Bros. and Fire Peach from Super Mario 3D World. The white dress with red trim also is also reminiscent of White Mages from the Final Fantasy 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 appearance of the Varia Suit of the original Metroid when missiles are selected, although Sakurai compares it to the Gravity Suit from Super Metroid.
• Brown: Based on the Dark Suit from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
• Purple: Based on the appearance of the Gravity Suit, stated to be specifically from Prime, although the Gravity Suit is purple in Super Metroid, rather than pink.
• Green: Considered a staple of Super Smash Bros. by Masahiro Sakurai. In Japan, the original Smash 64 website referred to this palette swap as "mass produced Samus".
• White: Based on the Light Suit from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
• Black: Based on Dark Samus from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

Sheik

• Blue: Based on unused concept art for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
• Red
• Purple
• Pink
• Green: The green color is reminiscent of Saria from Ocarina of Time
• Black
• Yellow
• White: Slightly resembles Impa in her appearance from Hyrule Warriors. It also has some resemblances to Tetra's outfit.

Shulk

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Many of Shulk's alternate color schemes are based on his party members from Xenoblade Chronicles.

• Red: Based on Shulk's official art for Xenoblade Chronicles in his default "Colony" armor set.
• White: Somewhat resembles Fiora's color scheme.
• Black: Somewhat resembles the color scheme of Dunban's outfit.
• Brown: Resembles Reyn's color scheme.
• Blue: Somewhat resembles Sharla's color scheme.
• Lavender: Resembles Melia's color scheme.
• Yellow: Resembles Riki's color scheme.
• Trunks: Based on Shulk's swimsuit armor set from Xenoblade Chronicles.

Sonic

• Blue: Based on Sonic's redesign used ever since Sonic Adventure.
• Purple: Resembles NiGHTS, a character from Sega's NiGHTS into Dreams.
• Cyan: The bracelets themselves are based around the Crystal Ring, a power-up from Sonic Adventure.
• White: Resembles Silver the Hedgehog's coloration.
• Black: Resembles Dark Sonic, a minor character from Sonic X .
• Yellow: Gives Sonic an indigo color and bracelets that resemble the ones worn by Silver the Hedgehog.
• Green: His wristbands resemble the ones attached to the gloves that appear in the special stages in Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
• Red: His wristbands resemble the ones attached to the gloves that appear in the special stages in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The more vibrant blue color also resembles the one of Classic Sonic on the Sega Genesis.

Toon Link

• Green: Based on the character design from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
• Red: Based on the red Link copy from the Four Swords saga.
• Blue: Based on the blue Link copy from the Four Swords saga.
• Purple: Based on the purple Link copy from the Four Swords saga.
• Brown: Based on the color scheme of Link in the original The Legend of Zelda. The brown hair and sleeves with the more traditional green tunic resembles some of the older iterations of Link in games such as The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link and would later reappear in A Link Between Worlds.
• Black: Based on a toon version of Dark Link, who appeared closer to this color scheme in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures.
• Grey: Based on the color scheme when Link wears the Blue Ring in The Legend of Zelda. In previous Smash games, Link had this palette swap.
• Teal: Resembles some of the artwork of Link from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, in which his tunic was a different shade of green than that of the first two Zelda games.

Villager

Villager's appearance varies greatly between costumes, with their eyes, hair, gender and clothing all changing. All of Villager's palette swaps, with the exception of the yellow palette swap, are based on how the player looks (including his/her eyes, hair style, and clothing) when starting a new game depending on how the player answers three questions asked by Kapp'n and Rover in the very beginning of the game in both Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk respectively. The shirts/dresses worn are named below:

• Red: Male villager wearing a shirt similar to the "No. 1 Shirt", but the 1 is more centered and bigger. This villager appears on the box art for City Folk.
• Pink: Female villager wearing a "Daisy Shirt". This is the only variant with a different hair color (pink instead of brown).
• Yellow: Male villager wearing a "Racer 6 Tee". The only palette swap not based on a villager appearance after the start of a new game. There are eyes that looks like this, but he has a different shirt on, "Paw Tee", and a different hairstyle. It is, however, possible to make him look like this later in the game if he starts with those eyes.
• Green: Female villager wearing a "Turnip Top".
• Cyan: Male villager wearing a "Blue Tie-Dye Tee".
• Blue: Female villager wearing a "Rugby Tee".
• Purple: Male villager wearing a "Four-Ball Tee".
• Chartreuse: Female villager wearing a "Yellow Bolero".

Wario

• Blue: Based on his biker costume from the WarioWare games.
• Red
• Yellow
• Cyan
• Classic
• Classic Red: Resembles various incarnations of Mario, where his overalls and shirt switch colors.
• Classic Cyan: Based on the Japanese boxart for Mario Bros.; shared with Mario.
• Classic Green: Based on Mario's green palette.

Wii Fit Trainer

Wii Fit Trainer has an alternate design based on the male trainer from Wii Fit.

• Blue (Female): Based on her design in Wii Fit Plus.
• Blue (Male): Based on his design in Wii Fit.
• Green (Female): Based on her design when doing Strength Training activities in Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus. She always wears green in Wii Fit U.
• Green (Male): Based on his design during Strength Training activities in Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus. He always wears green in Wii Fit U.
• Red (Female) The color that represents the Aerobics category of activities.
• Red (Male) Same as the female's red variant.
• Yellow (Female): The color that represents the Balance Games. Also loosely based on an alternate outfit from Wii Fit Plus. This one only appears when a Yoga or Strength Training activity is being done in "My Wii Fit Plus" mode.
• Yellow (Male): Same as the female's yellow variant.

Yoshi

• Green: Yoshi's main colors, shared with standard Green Yoshis.
• Red: Based on a Red Yoshi.
• Blue: Based on a Blue Yoshi.
• Yellow: Based on a Yellow Yoshi.
• Pink: Based on a Pink Yoshi.
• Light Blue: Based on a Light Blue Yoshi.
• Purple: Based on a Purple Yoshi.
• Black: Based on a Black Yoshi.

Zelda

• Default: Based on her character design in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
• Red: Based on Zelda's early appearances in The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, but now with a purple jewel on the crown and purple details.
• Blue: Official art for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past shows Zelda with a blue dress.
• Purple: Based on her appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
• Green: If The Legend of Zelda for NES is completed without collecting any rings, Zelda's dress will be green.
• Black: Appears to be based on the Zelda copy in Hyrule Warriors. Gives Zelda white hair.
• Pink: More closely resembles her appearance in Ocarina of Time. Additionally, her hair is similar to its appearance in Skyward Sword.
• White: Resembles her field sprite from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past which featured a white dress and silver crown.

Zero Suit Samus

• Cyan: Based on her Zero Suit in Metroid: Other M.
• Blue: Based on her outfit she wears upon completion of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, though the gray patches it had in the game are missing.
• Red: Based on her undersuit from the original Metroid.
• Black: Similar to the outfit she wore in a Japanese Super Metroid commercial, as well as her black undersuit from Super Metroid.
• Green
• White
• Shorts - Orange: Based on an outfit from the endings of Metroid: Zero Mission.
• Shorts - Blue: Based on an outfit from the endings of Metroid Fusion.