Super Smash Bros. 4 continues to include palette swaps - players can pick a different color for their character. This time around, all characters will have eight palette swaps, instead of having up to six.[1]
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.
Bowser
- Green
- Black: Somewhat resembles Morton Koopa Jr.
- Dark 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 early Mario games like Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World.
- Yellow: Yellow body and purple shell. The purple shell may resemble when Bowser is poisoned in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
- Gray
- Pink
- Red
- Blue
- Bowser green palette SSB4.png
- Bowser yellow palette SSB4.png
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.
- Gold: May be based on Dr. Stewart's colors.
- Alternate Blue
Charizard
- Orange
- Red
- Green
- Purple
- Gold
- White
- Blue
- Black
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
- Light Blue
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.
- Yellow
- Pink
- Donkey Kong black palette SSB4.png
- Donkey Kong red palette SSB4.png
- Donkey Kong blue palette SSB4.png
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
- Purple Changes his color scheme to resemble Wolf O'Donnell.
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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.
- Indigo
- Gray: Loosely resembles the color scheme of Snorlax and Munchlax.
- Light Purple
- Dark Purple
- Greninja pink palette SSB4.png
- Greninja black palette SSB4.png
Ike
- Brown
- 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 GBA Fire Emblem games.
- Alternate Brown
- Purple
- Silver
King Dedede
- 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.
- Light Blue: 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.
- Dark Blue
- Black
Kirby
- Pink
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Green: The same as when Kirby is Plasma Kirby in Kirby Super Star, sans the hat.
- Orange
- Dark Blue: Based on Meta Knight's unmasked appearance. Also appeared in Kirby Fighters along with Kirby's other palettes.
- Kirby red palette SSB4.png
- Kirby yellow palette SSB4.png
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.
- Tan: Based on his pre-adventure outfit from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, but now with his hat and gauntlets.
- 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.
- Gold
- Gray: Based on Fierce Deity Link from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
- Link red palette SSB4.png
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- Link purple palette SSB4.png
Little Mac
- 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.
- Blue: Resembles his appearance in Contender Mode, when fighting in the World Circuit, in Punch-Out!! for the Wii.
- Pink: An alternate costume where Little Mac wears his pink hoodie from the training montages in the Punch-Out!! series.
- Wireframe 1: Little Mac possesses a wireframe alternate design, based on the original arcade Punch-Out!!
- Wireframe 2: The same wireframe alternate design, but wearing the gloves and shorts of the World Circuit design.
- Wireframe 3: The same wireframe alternate design, but with the hair and shorts adjusted to match the protagonist of Super Punch-Out!!
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Lucario
- Blue
- Red
- White
- Gray
- Light Blue
- Dark Blue
- Green
- Purple
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Lucina
- Default Blue
- Green: Resembles Nowi's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
- Black: Resembles Cherche's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
- Red: Resembles Cordelia's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
- Pink: Resembles Tiki's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
- White: Resembles Lissa's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
- Dark Blue: 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.
- Light Blue: Resembles Mario's color scheme on the American boxart for Mario Bros.
- Pink: Based around Luigi's color scheme in Wrecking Crew, in which he wore pink.
- 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.
- Dark 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.
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- Blueluigi.png
- Pinkluigi.png
Mario
- Red
- Blue: Similar to Wario's light blue and pink costume in Brawl, which is based on the Japanese cover for Mario Bros. Also resembles Ice Mario with a pink shirt.
- Yellow: Based on Wario's color scheme just as in the previous Smash titles, but now has a green "M".
- White: Based on Fire Mario's appearance dating back to Super Mario World onward.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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- Mario yellow palette SSB4.png
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Marth
- Navy
- 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.
- Orange
- Purple: Closely resembles Roy's color scheme.
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- Marth green palette SSB4.png
- Marth black palette SSB4.png
Mega Man
- 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 Gemini Laser palette from Mega Man 3.
- Green and Yellow: Resembles the Slash Claw palette from Mega Man 7.
- Red and Yellow: Resembles the Atomic Fire palette from Mega Man 2.
- Black and Yellow: Resembles the Thunder Beam palette from Mega Man.
- Mega Man red palette SSB4.png
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- Mega Man brown palette SSB4.png
Meta Knight
Many of Meta Knight's costumes are similar to alternate costumes from Kirby Air Ride.
- Purple
- 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
- Blue: 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.
- Light Pink: Changes his color scheme to resemble Kirby.
- Dark Pink: Changes his color scheme to resemble Galacta Knight.
- Gray
Mii Fighter
- Mii Fighters have various costume options distinct from how other characters' palette swaps work.
Olimar
Four of Olimar's costumes change his model to that of Alph, the main character of Pikmin 3.
- Olimar - Tan
- Olimar - Red
- Olimar - Green
- Olimar - White
- 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
- Olimar red palette SSB4.png
- Olimar green palette SSB4.png
- Olimar gray palette SSB4.png
Pac-Man
- Default Yellow: Based on his design of Japanese Arcade cabinets, the Japanese version of Pac-Land, and the Pac-Man World games.
- Blue
- Alternate Yellow
- Black
- Purple
- White
- Red
- Polkadot
Palutena
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.
- Alternate White: Resembles Fire Peach from Super 3D World.
- Black
Pikachu
- Yellow
- Blue: Has the goggles worn by Pichu in Melee, similar to those worn by the Swimmer class of trainers in the Pokémon series.
- 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.
- Black: Includes Ethan's hat from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
- Party Hat: Based on Pikachu's blue party hat alternate costume in Super Smash Bros. and in Melee.
- Choice Band:
- Sunglasses Hat: Includes Calem's default hat from Pokémon X and Y.
- Pikachu blue palette SSB4.png
- Pikachu red palette SSB4.png
- Pikachu green palette SSB4.png
Pit
- White
- Yellow: Similar to his outfit in the Captain N comic.
- Red: Similar to an outfit in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
- Green: Similar to an outfit in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
- Blue
- Black
- Cyan
- Pink
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Robin
- Male - Black Robe: Based on the default male Avatar from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
- Female - Black Robe: Based on the default female Avatar from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
- Male - Green Robe
- Female - Red Robe: Based on Anna's color scheme from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
- Male - Blue Robe
- Female - Orange Robe
- Male - White Robe: Reminiscent of the White Mage design from Square Enix's Final Fantasy series.
- Female - Pink Robe
Rosalina
- Blue
- Pink: Resembles Peach's dress.
- Green
- Yellow: Resembles the color of the yellow Luma.
- 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.
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- Rosalina green palette SSB4.png
- Rosalina yellow palette SSB4.png
Samus
- Orange: Based on the Varia Suit as it appears in Metroid: Other M.
- 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.
- Blue: Based on the Fusion Suit from Metroid Fusion.
- Brown: Based on the Dark Suit from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
- White: Based on the Light Suit from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
- Purple: Based on the appearance of the Gravity Suit, specifically in Metroid Prime.
- Green: Considered a staple of Super Smash Bros. by Masahiro Sakurai.
- Black: Based on Dark Samus from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
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- Samus blue palette SSB4.png
- Samus brown palette SSB4.png
Sheik
- Light Blue: Based on unused concept art for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
- Red
- Purple
- Pink
- Green
- Black
- Gold
- White
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- Purplesheik.png
- Pinksheik.png
Shulk
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
- Black: Somewhat resembles the color scheme of Dunban's outfit.
- Gold: 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.
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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. The blue color also is akin to when Sonic goes underwater in the Labyrinth Zone.
- 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.
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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.
- Alternate Purple
- Turquoise
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Villager
Villager's appearance varies greatly between costumes, with their face, hair, gender and clothing all changing. All of these looks are possible for players in Animal Crossing: City Folk; 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.
- Yellow: Male villager wearing a "Racer 6 Tee".
- Pink: Female villager wearing a "Daisy Shirt". This is the only variant with a different hair color (pink instead of brown).
- Green: Female villager wearing a "Turnip Top".
- Light Green: Female villager wearing a "yellow bolero".
- Purple: Male villager wearing a "four ball tee".
- Light Blue: Male villager wearing a "blue tie-dye tee".
- Striped: Female villager wearing a "rugby shirt".
Wii Fit Trainer
Wii Fit Trainer has an alternate design based on the male trainer from Wii Fit.
- Female - Blue: Based on her design in Wii Fit.
- Male - Blue: Based on his design in Wii Fit.
- Female - Green: Based on her design in Wii Fit Plus and Wii Fit U.
- Male - Green: Based on his design in Wii Fit Plus and Wii Fit U.
- Female - Red
- Male - Red
- Female - Yellow
- Male - Yellow
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Yoshi
- Green: A standard Green Yoshi.
- Red: A Red Yoshi.
- Blue: A Blue Yoshi.
- Yellow: A Yellow Yoshi.
- Pink: A Pink Yoshi.
- Cyan: A Light Blue Yoshi.
- Purple: A Purple Yoshi.
- Black: A Black Yoshi.
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Zelda
- Light Purple: Based around her appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
- Dark Purple: Based on her appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
- Blue: Official art for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past shows Zelda with a blue dress.
- 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.
- Black
- Green: If The Legend of Zelda for NES is completed without collecting any rings, Zelda's dress will be green.
- Pink: Also resembles her appearance in Ocarina of Time.
- White: Resembles her field sprite design from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past which features a white dress and silver crown.
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Zero Suit Samus
- Cyan: Based on her Zero Suit in Metroid: Other M.
- Red
- Blue: Based on her outfit she wears upon completion of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
- 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 - Blue: Based on an outfit from the endings of Metroid Fusion.
- Shorts - Orange: Based on an outfit from the endings of Metroid: Zero Mission.
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References
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