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, 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.

Pac-Man, Peach, and Pikachu using outlines 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
• 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: Based on a palette swap in Mario Golf. Similar to Bowser's color in Super Mario World, in the DIC Entertainment cartoons and in the Nintendo Comics System series.
• Grey: Slightly resembles Dry Bowser and has a similar color scheme to Morton Koopa Jr.'s classic appearance.
• Orange: Resembles the color scheme of Bowletta. Although her hair is actually red, she has pink horns matching the hair color.
• 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: Based on his standard appearance from F-Zero GX, albeit with his scarf untucked.
• Black: Resembles his costume from the F-Zero X Expansion Kit, as well as a Japanese commercial for F-Zero X .
• Red: Nearly identical to his rival Blood Falcon's outfit.
• Green
• Blue: Resembles his appearance in F-Zero: GP Legend and its associated anime series.
• White: Resembles Jody Summer's outfit from F-Zero X.
• Yellow
• Cyan: Loosely based on the color scheme of Rick Wheeler, the protagonist of F-Zero: GP Legend.

Charizard

• Orange
• Red: Resembles the color scheme of its pre-evolution, Charmeleon.
• Green
• Pink: Taken from the Pokémon Trainer's blue costume from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
• Yellow Based off of Charmander and Charmeleon's shiny colour scheme.
• White Resembles the color scheme of Aerodactyl
• Blue: Resembles the color scheme of Golbat
• Purple: Resembles Charizard's Shiny coloration from Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal.

Dark Pit

• Black
• Green
• Brown
• Yellow
• Red
• Blue
• White: Resembles Pit's outfit, with black wings and hair 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 the alternate outfit in the Two-Player Contest mode in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
• Green: Resembles one of Diddy Kong's alternate costumes in the multiplayer mode of Donkey Kong 64. The reddish fur also matches Donkey Kong's red swap.
• Blue: Resembles Kiddy Kong's outfit in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!.
• Yellow
• Cyan

Donkey Kong

• Brown
• Black: Resembles a rainforest gorilla. His tie is yellow, resembling 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: Resembles alternate color schemes in both Donkey Kong 64 and Mario Golf.
• Green
• White: Based on the Fire Mini Donkey Kong from the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, and a recolor from Mario Golf. This recolor predates but also resembles "Super Kong" from Donkey Kong Country Returns, but with a red tie instead of blue. The Brawl Dojo referred to it as Yeti DK.
• Yellow: Resembles Donkey Kong under the effects of Banana Juice from Donkey Kong Country Returns, and a recolor from Mario Golf.
• 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: Based on the scrubs that modern surgeons wear.
• Black
• Yellow
• Purple
• Pink: Resembles his red outfit from Melee, which resembles Nurse Toadstool's outfit.

Duck Hunt

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

• Default: Based on their default appearances in Duck Hunt.
• Black: The dog's colors resemble those of Rottweilers or Coonhounds, the latter of which is a noted scent hound. The duck's colors are similar to the Blue duck.
• 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: Gives Falco his "Dark Falco" costume from Brawl.
• 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
• Purple: Resembles a gray fox, a species of fox, or a gray wolf, also known as a timber wolf.

Ganondorf

• Brown: Based on his design in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
• White
• Purple
• Green
• Red: Resembles his color scheme from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
• Yellow: Color scheme resembles his design in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which was also the basis of his appearance in Melee.
• Grey
• Blue: Resembles the skin color of bestial appearances of Ganondorf in early Zelda games.

Greninja

• Blue: Based on Greninja's default appearance in Pokémon X and Y.
• Red
• Pink
• Black: Resembles Greninja's Shiny coloration, albeit with an orange tongue instead of red.
• 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: Resembles 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 Black Knight, an antagonist from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
• White: Resembles Chrom, a protagonist from Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Jigglypuff

• Default: Based on its default appearance in the Pokémon series. Unlike previous games, none of Jigglypuff's palette swaps change it to its Shiny coloration.
• Red: Resembles Elite Four Phoebe's flower from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald
• White: Leaf's hat from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
• Blue: Wears a straw hat associated with Bug Catcher Trainers.
• Green: Wears the hat that Kirby wears when he has the Sleep copy ability.
• Pink: Based on Jigglypuff's red ribbon alternate costume in Super Smash Bros..
• Nurse: Wears Nurse Joy's hat from the XY series of the Pokémon anime.
• Glasses: Wears Serena's default hat and sunglasses from Pokémon X and Y.

King Dedede

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• Red
• Pink: Resembles an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride.
• Green: Resembles an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride. The belt also has Yarn Waddle Dees from "Kirby's Epic Yarn" on it.
• Purple: Features a very ornately decorated belt, similar to those on formal Japanese kimonos. The 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: Resembles his appearance on the monochromatic Game Boy screen in Kirby's Dream Land.
• Blue
• Black

Kirby

• Pink
• Yellow: Yellow Kirby from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Kirby's Air Ride, Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, Kirby Super Star Ultra, Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby: Triple Deluxe. Resembles Keeby (the second player's character in Kirby's Dream Course), Beam Kirby from Kirby Super Star (sans the hat), and the "Yellow" Spray Paint that appeared in Kirby: Squeak Squad. Shigeru Miyamoto originally wanted Kirby to be yellow, but Masahiro Sakurai was determined to make him pink; Miyamoto's intention for a yellow Kirby was likely the inspiration for these instances of yellow Kirby.
• Blue: Blue Kirby from Kirby's Air Ride, Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby: Triple Deluxe. Resembles Ice Kirby from Kirby Super Star (sans the hat), and the "Ocean" Spray Paint that appeared in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad.
• Red: Red Kirby from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Kirby's Air Ride, Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, Kirby Super Star Ultra and Kirby: Triple Deluxe. Fire Kirby from Kirby Super Star (sans the hat), and the "Red" Spray Paint that appeared in Kirby: Squeak Squad.
• Green: Green Kirby from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Kirby's Air Ride, Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, Kirby Super Star Ultra, Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby: Triple Deluxe. Resembles Plasma Kirby (sans the hat), and the "Green" Spray Paint that appeared in 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. Resembles "Chalk" Spray Paint that appeared in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad.
• Orange: Based on the "Orange" Spray Paint from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad.
• Purple: Resembles Meta Knight's colors with his 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.
• Blue: Based on the Zora Tunic used during The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
• Purple: Resembles Toon Link's purple The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords outfit in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Also bears a resemblance to the violet tunic worn by Ravio, a character from The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.
• Yellow: Resembles Pipit's yellow tunic in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Also resembles Link's colour scheme when using the Great Fairy Tears in Twilight Princess.
• 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 with his standard 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 his appearance after defeating opposing boxers in Punch-Out!! for NES.
• 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 Resembles his appearance as Player 2 in Punch-Out!!'s multiplayer mode for Wii.
• Green: Resembles the protagonist of Super Punch-Out!!; while the character is called "Little Mac" in some of the game's later promotional materials, it is disputed over whether or not the two are the same character.
• Pink: Wears his pink hooded sweatshirt 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: Based on its default appearance in the Pokémon games from its debut in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
• Red
• White: Resembles the paler coloration of its pre-evolved form, Riolu.
• Grey
• Teal
• Navy
• Green
• Purple

Lucina

• Blue: Based on her default appearance as a Lord in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
• 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 on Luigi's color scheme in Wrecking Crew, in which he wore pink.
• Cyan: Resembles Mario's color scheme on the American boxart of Mario Bros., as well as a costume for Mii characters New Super Mario Bros. U.
• White: Based on Fire Luigi's appearance.
• Purple: Resembles Waluigi, though the design on his cap does not change to the yellow Γ.
• Blue: Resembles his color scheme in the animated film Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!, where he wore a yellow shirt with blue overalls and hat.
• Yellow: Resembles an alternate costume from Mario Golf, but with the colors of his overalls and shirt swapped.

Mario

• Red
• White: Based on Fire Mario's appearance from Super Mario World onward.
• Blue: Similar to Wario's light blue and pink costume in Brawl, which is based on the Japanese cover of 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 the costume from Super Smash Bros., which was based on Foreman Spike from Wrecking Crew '98.
• Green: The color inverse of his traditional colors. Resembles Luigi's colors from the arcade version of Mario Bros and one of Luigi's palette swaps in Mario Golf.
• Striped: Based on the costume worn in NES Open Tournament Golf, which resembles the flag of the United States; in the Japanese version of NES Open Tournament Golf, it was only worn while playing on the U.S. Course.
• Purple: Resembles Waluigi's colors. Mario could wear these colors in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by having both the L Emblem and W Emblem equipped.

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 on 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: Based on his regular appearance in the Kirby series, particularly Kirby's Return to Dreamland, though with more pieces of armor.
• 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 and 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, an antagonist from Kirby & 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: Based on his default appearance from EarthBound.
• White: Resembles Fuel from Mother 3, though with a cap.
• Yellow: Intended to reference 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 Gives Ness a shirt based on Master Belch, an enemy that Ness battles in EarthBound.
• Purple: Based on the tile pattern of the file select and character naming screens in EarthBound.

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: Based on her appearance in the Super Mario series, specifically the newer installments.
• Yellow: Gives Peach the color scheme of Daisy.
• Red: Gives Peach a similar color scheme to Pauline, Mario's original love interest from Donkey Kong.
• Blue: Based on a palette swap in Mario Golf, with a crown resembling Rosalina's. Also resembles Daisy's outfit from NES Open Tournament Golf.
• Green: Based on a palette swap in Mario Golf and her outfit from NES Open Tournament Golf.
• White: Resembles her wedding dress from Super Paper Mario.
• White/Red: Based on Fire Peach's appearance in Super Mario 3D World. Also resembles her sprite in Super Mario Bros. and her sprite in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.
• Black

Pikachu

• Default: Based on its appearance in the Pokémon series, with its more slender build being in line with its more recent appearances in the series.
• Red: Includes Red's hat as it appeared in Pokémon Red and Blue. The hat also resembles that of the Fisherman Trainer class 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 Trainer class 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: Based on his appearance in Kid Icarus: Uprising, which was based on his redesign from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
• Yellow: Similar to his outfit in the Captain N: The Game Master 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 and purple scarf 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 default color scheme in the North American and PAL region 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: Based on her default appearance from Super Mario Galaxy.
• Pink: Resembles Peach's dress.
• Yellow: Resembles the color of the yellow Luma.
• Green
• Red: Based on Fire Rosalina's appearance in 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.

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's in-game sprite from Super Metroid.
• Brown: Based on the Dark Suit from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
• Purple: Based on the appearance of the Gravity Suit's ingame appearances, especially from Metroid Prime.
• 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: Colors resemble Sheik's original appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
• Pink
• Green: The green color is reminiscent of Saria from The Legend of Zelda: 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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• 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 since Sonic Adventure.
• Purple: Resembles NiGHTS, a character from Sega's NiGHTS into Dreams.
• Cyan: The bracelets themselves are based on 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 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.

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 Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and Four Swords Adventure saga.
• Blue: Based on the blue Link copy from the The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and Four Swords Adventure.
• Purple: Based on the purple Link copy from the The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and Four Swords Adventure.
• 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 The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.
• Black: Based on a toon version of Dark Link. Shadow Link appeared in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, but did not closely resemble this color scheme.
• 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 of 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

Wario loses four of his color schemes from Brawl in the transition to Super Smash Bros 4.

• Blue Biker: Based on his biker costume from the WarioWare games.
• Red Biker
• Yellow Biker
• Cyan Biker
• Classic
• Classic Red: Resembles various incarnations of Mario, where his overalls and shirt switch colors.
• Classic Cyan: Based on the the Japanese cover of Mario Bros.; shared with Mario.
• Classic Green: The color inverse of Mario's traditional colors; shared with Mario. Resembles Luigi's colors from the arcade version of Mario Bros and one of Luigi's palette swaps in Mario Golf.

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 her appearance in The Legend of Zelda if Link has the Red Ring and her appearance in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
• Blue: Based on her appearance in the original The Legend of Zelda if Link has the Blue Ring but not the Red Ring, and her casual clothes from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
• Purple: Based on her adult appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. Also resembles her appearance in the TV series The Legend of Zelda.
• Green: Based on her appearance in the original The Legend of Zelda if Link has neither the Red Ring nor the Blue Ring.
• Black: Resembles the Zelda copy in Hyrule Warriors, but with white hair.
• Pink: Resembles her appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and in Hyrule Warriors.
• 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 the 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: Based on her black undersuit from Super Metroid, which was also seen in a Japanese Super Metroid commercial.
• Green
• White: Resembles an outfit from one of the endings of Metroid Fusion.
• 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.