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.

Certain characters possess palette swaps with more drastic design differences than simple recolors, similar to Wario in Brawl.

Team matches, at least on the 3DS version, no longer require specific palette swaps, with team colors being indicated by colored outlines around characters instead. It is unknown how this feature will work if outlines are turned off.

All palette swaps are available in both versions of the game.

Some characters will change their names depending on the costume.

Bowser

• Default
• Black: Somewhat resembles Morton Koopa Jr.
• Yellow: Yellow body and purple shell. The purple shell may resemble 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.
• Grey
• Orange
• Red
• Blue

Bowser Jr.

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

• Green - Bowser Jr.
• Light Blue - Larry Koopa
• Red - Roy Koopa
• Pink - Wendy O. Koopa
• Light Green - 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
• Blue: Resembles his original F-Zero series appearances (his costume in the F-Zero games is more vibrant than his Super Smash Bros. outfits).
• White: Resembles Jody Summer's outfit.
• Yellow: May be based on Dr. Stewart's colors.
• 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: Charizard's blue costume from Brawl.
• Yellow: Resembles Dragonite's color scheme.
• White Resembles Aerodactyl's color scheme.
• Blue
• Purple

Dark Pit

• Black
• Green
• Brown
• Yellow
• Red
• Blue
• White
• 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!. Diddy also gains Dixie's light yellow fur color.
• 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: In Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong wears a yellow tie for his alternate color scheme in the Two-Player Contest Mode.
• 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 a yeti. A Fire Mini Donkey Kong from the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series also has a similar appearance. This recolor also resembles "Super Kong" from Donkey Kong Country Returns, but with a red tie instead of blue.
• Yellow: Makes Donkey Kong's fur resemble that of Kiddy Kong's, with his tie being the same color as Kiddy Kong's bodysuit.
• Pink

Dr. Mario

• White
• Red
• Blue
• Green
• Black
• Yellow
• Purple
• Pink- resembles the coloration of Nurse Peach

Duck Hunt

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

• Default: The dog is likely based off a breed of scent hounds. The duck's color scheme comes from one of the three possible ducks that appear in Duck Hunt.
• Black: The dog's colors resemble that of Rottweilers or Black and Tan Coonhounds.
• Blue: The dog's color resemble that of certain Pit Bull Terriers.
• Brown: Dog resembles a Chocolate Labrador Retriever. The duck somewhat resembles an American black duck.
• White: The dog resembles a Dalmatian.
• Tan
• Yellow: The dog's color resemble that of Golden Retrievers. The duck resembles a male mallard, and is one of the three possible ducks that appear in Duck Hunt.
• Red: The duck's color scheme comes from one of the three possible ducks that appear in Duck Hunt. The palette swap is also commonly compared to Banjo and Kazooie from the Banjo-Kazooie series.

Falco

• White: Based off his design in Star Fox Command.
• Orange:
• Blue
• Red
• Green
• Black
• White
• Pink

Fox

• Grey: Based off of his design in Star Fox Command.
• Black: Has a new outfit with a red scarf and a black and blue shirt.
• Red: Retains his red outfit.
• Green: Looks like clothes from Star Fox: Assault's multiplayer. Also resembles the outfit of his father, James McCloud.
• 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 off his character design in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• White
• Purple
• Green
• Red
• Yellow
• Grey: Resembles the color scheme of Yuga from The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
• Blue: Resembles Ganon's skin color in The Legend of Zelda for the NES.

Greninja

• Blue
• Red
• Pink: Has pink skin and still has a pink tongue, loosely resembling the color scheme of Lickitung.
• Black: Has black skin with an orange tongue, loosely resembling Greninja's shiny coloration.
• Lavender
• Green: Loosely resembles the color scheme of Snorlax and Munchlax.
• Grey: Slightly based on Mewtwo's colors.
• Purple: Slightly resembles its shiny color scheme.

Ike

• Tan: Based off his appearance in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
• Yellow: Resembles the outfit of his father, Greil, from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
• Red
• 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.
• White: Changes his color scheme to resemble Chrom 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: The Bow that represented Jigglypuff's alt colors in the first Smash Bros. game.
• Nurse: Nurse Joy's hat from her official artwork in Pokémon X & Y
• Glasses: Serena's default hat 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 character controlled by Player 2 in Kirby's Dream Course and the yellow Kirby controlled by Player 2 in recent Kirby games. Yellow Kirby also resembles Beam Kirby from Kirby Super Star, sans the hat.
• 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.
• Red: The same as when Kirby is Fire Kirby in Kirby Super Star, sans the hat. Also used for Player 3 in the past.
• 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 and the Amazing Mirror.
• 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.
• Orange: Based on the orange Spray Paint from Kirby and the Amazing Mirror.
• Purple: Based on Meta Knight's unmasked appearance. Also appeared in Kirby Fighters along with Kirby's other palettes.

Link

• Green: Based off 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, although red costumes for Link in general can be traced back to 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 off 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 colour options.

• Green: Based off his appearance in Punch-Out!! for the Wii.
• Yellow: Resembles his appearance in Title Defense Mode, in Punch-Out!! for the Wii.
• White: Resembles Piston Hondo's appearance in Title Defense Mode, in Punch-Out!! for the Wii.
• Red: Resembles his appearance in Contender Mode, when fighting in the World Circuit, in Punch-Out!! for the Wii.
• Blue Resembles his appearance when fighting in the Major Circuit in Punch-Out!! for the Wii.
• Orange
• Green: Resembles the protagonist of Super Punch-Out!!.
• Pink: An alternate costume where Little Mac wears his pink hoodie from the training montages in the Punch-Out!! series.

Lucario

• Blue
• Red
• White
• Grey
• Teal
• Navy: His recent colors in the Pokemon 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.
• 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

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".
• 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.
• 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 off 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 off his official artwork for Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo.
• Yellow
• 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
• White
• Red: Resembles the color scheme of the original design for Meta Knight, 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 off of Galacta Knight, the final boss of Meta Knightmare Ultra.
• Grey: Based off of Dark Meta Knight.

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: May be based on the Game Boy's Color Scheme
• 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: Is 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: T-shirt somewhat resembles Master Belch.
• 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
• 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 from Pokémon X and Y and Pikachu's X and Y color scheme as well.

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
• Cyan
• Pink

R.O.B.

Filename evidence from the Japanese release suggests that R.O.B.'s first two colours will be reversed outside Japan, meaning his first colour will match his colour in that region.

• Tan: Based on R.O.B.'s Japanese color scheme for the Famicom.
• 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.
• 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
• 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

• 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. Also makes Rosalina resemble White Mage 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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, for the Sega Saturn. The wristbands may also resemble the purple Chaos Emerald.
• Cyan: Outfit with cyan bracelets and light blue shoes. The bracelets themselves are based around the Crystal Ring, a power-up from Sonic Adventure, which Sonic wears on his right wrist to allow him to charge Light Speed moves quicker.
• White: Changes the blue on his body to look white, resembling Silver.
• Black: Resembles Dark Sonic from the Sonic X anime.
• 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 blue color also resembles the one of Classic Sonic on the SEGA Genesis.

Toon Link

• Green
• 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 where's 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 off 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 "No. 1 Shirt". 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 off 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 off of the Japanese boxart for Mario Bros. Shared with Mario.
• Classic Green Based off 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.
• Cyan: Based on a Light Blue Yoshi.
• Purple: Based on a Purple Yoshi.
• Black: Based on a Black Yoshi.

Zelda

• Default: Based around her appearance 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 of the Zelda copy in Hyrule Warriors.
• Pink: Also resembles her appearance in Ocarina of Time. The Brighter Blonde hair is similar to her hair in "Skyward Sword"
• White: Resembles her field sprite from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past which features 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 the Japanese Super Metroid commercial, and to her black undersuit from Super Metroid.
• Green
• Light Blue
• 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.