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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.[1] 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

 
               

Bowser Jr.

 
               

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

Captain Falcon

 
               

Charizard

 
               

Dark Pit

 
               
  • Black
  • Green
  • Brown: Resembles the color scheme of Hades from Uprising.
  • Yellow
  • Red
  • Blue
  • White: Resembles Pit's outfit, with black wings and hair to differentiate the two.
  • Purple

Diddy Kong

 
               

Donkey Kong

 
               

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

 
               

Fox

 
               

Ganondorf

 
               

Greninja

 
               
  • Blue: Based on Greninja's default appearance in Pokémon X and Y.
  • Red
  • Pink: Color scheme resembles Lickilicky, another Pokémon with a large tongue.
  • Black: Resembles Greninja's Shiny coloration, but with brighter colors on its tongue, face, and stomach.
  • Lavender
  • Green
  • Grey
  • Purple: Resembles Greninja's Shiny coloration, but with purple skin and a pink tongue.

Ike

 
               

Jigglypuff

 
               

Unlike previous games, none of Jigglypuff's palette swaps change it to its Shiny coloration.

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: Resembles the colors of a real-life penguin, with a black coat and black plumage.

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 when his mask is broken, revealing his face. It appears that it is different between versions, as the portrait and Wii U versions show it as a darker blue than the in-game model in the 3DS version.

Link

 
               

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!![4] 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. Also resembles Piston Hondo's attire.
  • 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.

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

 
               

Lucina's alternate costumes are based on the color schemes of female characters from Fire Emblem: Awakening.[5]

  • Blue: Based on her default appearance as a Lord in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
  • Green: Based on Nowi's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
  • Black: Based on Cherche's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
  • White: Based on Cordelia's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
  • Red: Based on Tiki's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
  • Yellow: Based on Lissa's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
  • Navy: Based on Tharja's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
  • Purple: Based on Sumia's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Luigi

 
               

Mario

 
               

Marth

 
               

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.

Mewtwo

 
 
  • Purple:Matches Mewtwo's in-game colors more than his Melee counterpart.

Mii Fighter

File:SSB4 Mii Brawler Famitsu Scan Alts.png
A Famitsu scan showing various Mii Brawler costumes.
  • Mii Fighters have various costume options distinct from how other characters' palette swaps work.

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. Her staff gets a similar color scheme to Dark Pit's Silver Bow as well as her brooch, which also resembles that of Dark Pit.
  • Purple: Resembles the color scheme of Medusa from Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Peach

 
               

Pikachu

 
               

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: Resembles NAV-COM from Star Tropics.
  • 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

 
               

Rosalina & Luma

 
               

Samus

 
               

Sheik

 
               

Shulk

 
      File:ShulkHeadBrownSSB4-3.png        

All but one of Shulk's alternate costumes are based on the color schemes of his travelling companions.[5]

  • Red: Based on Shulk's official art for Xenoblade Chronicles in his default "Colony" armor set.
  • White: Based on Fiora's color scheme.
  • Black: Based on Dunban's color scheme.
  • Brown: Based on Reyn's color scheme.
  • Blue: Based on Sharla's color scheme.
  • Lavender: Based on Melia's color scheme.
  • Yellow: Based on 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: His brighter coloration resembles Classic Sonic from Sonic Generations, who was made brighter than Modern Sonic to differentiate the two. 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

 
               

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: Wario's appearance in the Mario and Wario Land series.
  • 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. Resembles Mario's appearance on the Spanish box art for Wrecking Crew (although his overalls are brown instead of orange, and his hat is green instead of red) and Luigi's colors from the arcade version of Mario Bros (although the color of the overalls and shirt are swapped). Shared with Mario.

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

 
               

Zelda

 
               

Zero Suit Samus

 
               

References

  1. ^ Sakurai's post on Miiverse
  2. ^ Smash Bros. DOJO!! - Color Changes
  3. ^ Super Smash Bros. Miiverse
  4. ^ Super Smash Bros. Miiverse
  5. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Miiverse
  6. ^ a b 色ちがいのひみつ
  7. ^ Super Smash Bros. Miiverse
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h Super Smash Bros. Miiverse
  9. ^ Wii U & Nintendo 3DS Developer Direct
  10. ^ Super Smash Bros. Miiverse


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