Alternate costume (SSBU)

NOTE: Every claimed source needs a cross-reference link; claimed sources need to be plausible, not awfully obscure; default costumes usually don't need descriptions since they are not alternate costumes; returning costumes original to Smash do not need references to their appearances in previous Smash games.

Inkling male and female alternate costumes

Each character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a set of alternate costumes. Due to the presence of 8-Player Smash, all characters have eight costumes.

Mario wearing his Wedding and Builder alternate costumes

Some characters possess certain alternate costumes with more drastic design differences, and are not merely recolors of their standard outfits. Mario, Wario, Link, Zero Suit Samus, Ike, Little Mac, Shulk, Cloud, Bayonetta, and Ridley have different outfits available; Pokémon Trainer, Villager, Wii Fit Trainer, Robin, Corrin, and Inkling all have male and female variants; Olimar and Bowser Jr. have model swaps that change them into new characters, complete with corresponding voice and Announcer clips, though like all other alternate costumes, they bear no gameplay differences.

Fox


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Default	Based on his appearance in Star Fox Zero.
Blue	Referred to as the "Dark Fox" on the Brawl DOJO!!^[1] It resembles a black fox.
Red	Resembles Fox's Player 1 costume from Star Fox: Assault's Versus Mode and Falco's appearance in Assault.
Green
Orange
Black
Yellow	Resembles Fox's Player 3 costume from Star Fox: Assault's Versus Mode.
Purple	Resembles Wolf O'Donnell, Fox's rival.

Ganondorf


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Brown	Based on his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Red
Blue	Resembles his original appearance as the monster Ganon in The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past, and A Link Between Worlds.
Green
Purple
Brown #2	Resembles his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Blue #2
Black

Inkling


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Orange	Orange female Inkling wearing the Fake Contacts (effectively no headgear), White Tee and Pink Trainers
Blue	Blue male Inkling wearing the Fake Contacts, Zink Layered LS and Purple Hi-Horses
Yellow	Yellow female Inkling wearing the Hero Headset Replica, Hero Jacket Replica and Hero Runner Replicas
Green	Green male Inkling wearing the Skull Bandana, Armor Jacket Replica and Moto Boots
Pink	Pink female Inkling wearing the Takoroka Mesh, Black Squideye and White Kicks
Cyan	Cyan male Inkling wearing the Retro Specs, Baby-Jelly Shirt and Blue Slip-Ons
Purple	Purple female Inkling wearing the Squid Hairclip, School Uniform and School Shoes
Navy	Navy male Inkling wearing the Skate Helmet, Octo Tee and Octoling Boots

Kirby

Pink
Yellow	Based on and directly referred to as "Keeby" from Kirby's Dream Course.^[2] It also resembles Yellow Kirby from various Kirby titles and Beam Kirby in Kirby Super Star. The costume is brighter in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.
Blue	Based on Ice Kirby in Kirby Super Star.^[2] It also resembles Blue Kirby from various Kirby titles.
Red	Based on Fire Kirby in Kirby Super Star.^[2] It also resembles Red Kirby from various Kirby titles.
Green	Resembles Green Kirby from various Kirby titles and Plasma Kirby in Kirby Super Star Ultra.
White	Resembles Kirby's monochromatic in-game sprite from Kirby's Dream Land.
Orange	Resembles Kirby's appearance after using Orange Spray Paint in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad.
Purple	Resembles Meta Knight unmasked. The costume is brighter in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. Comment: This costume does not reference the Kirby from Kirby Fighters. The purple Kirby in Kirby Fighters is supposed to be Super Star Ninja.

Link


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Blue	Based on his appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Green	Based on his Hero of the Wild Armor from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Green #2	Based on his appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
White	Based on his appearance as a resident of Skyloft from the beginning of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.^[3]
Red	Based on the Goron Tunic from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.^[2] It also resembles his tunic with the Red Ring equipped in The Legend of Zelda and Red Link from the Four Swords titles.
Gray	Resembles Fierce Deity Link from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Blue #2	Based on the Zora Tunic from Ocarina of Time.^[2] It also resembles Blue Link from the Four Swords titles.
Black	Based on Dark Link.^[1] Resembles the Dark Interlopers from Twilight Princess.

Little Mac


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Default	Based on his appearance in Punch-Out!! (2009).
Yellow	Resembles his appearance in Punch-Out!! (2009)'s Title Defense Mode.
White	Resembles his in-game sprite after defeating opposing boxers in Punch-Out!! (1987) and Piston Hondo's appearance in Punch-Out!! (2009).
Blue	Resembles his appearance when fighting in the Major Circuit in Punch-Out!! on the Wii.
Green	Resembles the protagonist of Super Punch-Out!!.
Pink	His pink, hooded sweatshirt is reminiscent of the training montages in the Punch-Out!! series.
Wire	The wireframe design based on the original arcade Punch-Out!!^[4]
Wire Green	Based on his pink, hooded sweatshirt from the training montages in the Punch-Out!! series, but with the colors inverted

Mario


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Red
Striped	Based on Mario's appearances from Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course and NES Open Tournament Golf.^[5] This costume can also be worn by Mario in Super Mario Odyssey.
Blue	Resembles Mario's appearance on the Japanese boxart for Mario Bros.
Black	Originally based on Foreman Spike from Wrecking Crew,^[2] though the palette has become more monochromatic with each new Smash title.
Green	Resembles Mario's appearance on the Japanese boxart for Wrecking Crew, but with the overalls being more brown. Resembles Luigi's appearance from the arcade version of Mario Bros., with the colors of the overalls and shirt swapped.
Purple	Resembles Waluigi. This costume can also be worn by Mario in Super Mario Odyssey.
Builder	Based on the builder helmet and outfit Mario wears in artwork for Super Mario Maker. This costume can also be worn by Mario in Super Mario Odyssey.
White Tuxedo	Based on Mario's white top hat and white tuxedo he can wear in Super Mario Odyssey.

Marth

Navy	Based on his appearance as a Lord in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow.^[6]^[7] The Falchion retains its design from Mystery of the Emblem.
Red	Resembles the overworld sprites of enemy units in the Fire Emblem games.
Green	Resembles the overworld sprites of allied units in the Fire Emblem games.
Black	Resembles the overworld sprites of partner units in Fire Emblem: Geneology of the Holy War.
White	Resembles Leif, the protagonist of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.
Blue	Resembles his appearance in Mystery of the Emblem.
Yellow	Resembles Roy's yellow costume in Melee, but with black pants instead of white.
Purple	Resembles Roy's appearance in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

Mewtwo

Default
Orange	Resembles one of the possible colors for Mewtwo in the Pokémon Stadium titles.
Blue	Resembles one of the possible colors for Mewtwo in the Pokémon Stadium titles.
Brown
Pink
Yellow
Cyan	Comment: Does not resemble its nor Mew's Shiny colorations. Any edits to this effect will result in a one-day block.
Purple	Resembles Shadow Lugia from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

Ness

Red
White	Resembles Fuel from Mother 3, but with a cap.
Yellow	Based on the uniforms of the Hanshin Tigers, a Japanese baseball team.^[2] The shirt's pattern is reminiscent of the Gigantic Ant enemy from EarthBound.
Green
Blue	Resembles his younger self that he encounters briefly in Magicant.
Black	The shirt features a sprite of Mr. Saturn on the front.
Cyan	The shirt's pattern is reminiscent of Master Belch from EarthBound.
Purple	The shirt's pattern is reminiscent of the tile pattern on the file select and character naming screens in EarthBound.

Pikachu


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Default
Red	Resembles one of the possible colors for a nicknamed Pikachu in Pokémon Stadium and its Shiny coloration. Its cap is reminiscent of Red's appearance in Pokémon Red and Blue.
Green	Resembles one of the possible colors for a nicknamed Pikachu in Pokémon Stadium. Its headband is reminiscent of Brendan's appearance in Pokémon Emerald.
Yellow	Its cap is reminiscent of Ethan's appearance in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Blue	Resembles its Blue Team costume from the original Super Smash Bros.
Purple	Resembles its appearance in Pokémon X and Y and its official artwork for the Pokémon series. Its cap and glasses resemble the Red Outdoors Cap and Wide-frame Sunglasses, respectively, from X and Y. They are part of the default outfit of the titles' male protagonist, Calem
White	Its cap resembles the Casual Cap from Pokémon Sun and Moon. It is part of the default outfit of the titles' female protagonist, Moon. This Pikachu has a notched tail, indicating it is female.
Libre	Pikachu Libre, one of the costumes available for Cosplay Pikachu in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Pit


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White	Based on his appearance in Kid Icarus: Uprising.^[8]
Yellow
Red	Resembles his chiton after obtaining the Gold Arrow and reaching Level 4 strength in the original Kid Icarus.
Green	Resembles his chiton after obtaining the Bronze Arrow and reaching Level 2 strength in Kid Icarus. The wings are tinted red.
Blue	Resembles his chiton after obtaining the Sacred Arrow and reaching Level 5 strength in Kid Icarus.
Black	Referred to as a "fallen angel" on the Brawl DOJO!!.^[1] Unlike in Brawl, Pit gains a purple scarf, likely to better differentiate him from Dark Pit.
Gray	Has blond hair, and white robes, with a gray scarf.
Pink	Has purple wings.

Ridley


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Purple	Based off of both his in game sprite from Super Metroid and his appearance in Metroid: Other M
Red	Based off of his artwork in Super Metroid. Due to the white spikes, it may also draw inspiration to his depiction on the North American cover for Super Metroid
Blue	Based off of Ridley-X in Metroid Fusion or their artwork from Metroid
Green	Based off of his appearance in Metroid: Zero Mission
Violet	Based off of his sprite in Metroid
Golden	Based off of the Gold Statue from Super Metroid
White	Based off of Mecha Ridley in Metroid: Zero Mission
Black	Based off of Meta Ridley. Possible placeholder

Samus

Orange	Based on the Varia Suit^[9] as it appears in Metroid: Other M.^[8]
Blue	Based on the Fusion Suit^[9] from Metroid Fusion.
Pink	Based on the Gravity Suit's in-game sprite from Super Metroid,^[2]^[9] but more closely resembles the color scheme of the Varia Suit of the original Metroid when missiles are selected.
Brown	Based on the Dark Suit^[9] from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
Purple	Based on the Gravity Suit's appearance in Metroid Prime.^[10]
Green	The original Super Smash Bros. website referred to this alternate costume as "mass-produced Samus",^[2] a reference to Gundam. Referred to as "Green Samus" by Masahiro Sakurai.^[10] While the artwork depicts the suit with an orange helmet and breastplate, they are red in-game.
White	Based on the Light Suit^[10] from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
Black

Sheik


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Blue	Based on the Stealth Armor and Sheik's Mask from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Red
Purple	Resembles her appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Purple #2
Green
Black
Yellow
White

Snake


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Most of Snake's costumes seem to be based on different camouflage uniforms worn by Naked Snake in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

Gray	Based on the sneaking suit worn by Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.
Black	Resembles the Black camouflage.
Red	Resembles the Fire camouflage.
Blue	Resembles the Splitter camouflage.
Green	Resembles the Tiger Stripe camouflage.
White	Resembles the Snow Camouflage.
Light Green	Resembles the Leaf camouflage.
Brown	Resembles the Animal camouflage.

Zelda


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Pink	Based on her appearance in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.
Red	Resembles her in-game sprite when Link rescues her with the Red Ring equipped in The Legend of Zelda.
Blue	Resembles her in-game sprite when Link rescues her with the Blue Ring equipped in The Legend of Zelda.
Purple	Based on Adult Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.^[1]
Green	Resembles her in-game sprite when Link rescues her with no ring equipped in The Legend of Zelda.
Black	Resembles Princess Hilda from The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.
Purple #2
White	Resembles a wedding gown. It also resembles her overworld sprite from A Link to the Past and her appearance as the goddess Hylia in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

References

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^ Masahiro Sakurai (2014-06-24). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2016-02-05. “Pic of the day. Here's Link in an outfit based on his ordinary clothes in Skyward Sword! The art style looks a little different, but the actual clothing model is still his usual tunic.”
^ Masahiro Sakurai (2014-05-12). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2016-02-05. “Pic of the day. Here's wire frame Little Mac--re-envisioned from the original Punch-Out!! game. The man that actually drew the pixel art wire frame in the original was none other than Shigeru Miyamoto. He said he drew the pixels for the wire frame on graph paper.”
^ Masahiro Sakurai (2014-07-10). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2016-02-05. “Pic of the day. The character farther in the back isn't from the Imperial forces, and the character in the front is not the infamous drum-playing puppet in Osaka. No, Mario is actually wearing an outfit from Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course! NES Open Tournament Golf might be a more familiar title.”
^ Masahiro Sakurai (2014-09-03). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2018-04-28. “We gave Marth a full makeover, giving him design elements from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and newer games.”
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^ ^a ^b Wii U & Nintendo 3DS Developer Direct. Official Nintendo YouTube channel (2014-07-11). Retrieved on 2016-02-06. “Until now Samus was based off the design from Super Metroid, but she's been given a major makeover. Her design is now closer to that of Metroid: Other M.”
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Masahiro Sakurai (2014-09-03). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2016-02-05. “Pic of the day. Until now, you were only able to choose from four, or sometimes five or six colors for each character. This time, though, all characters have eight colors to choose from! The first four color schemes for Samus are based off her Varia Suit, Fusion Suit, Gravity Suit from Super Metroid, and the Dark Suit.”
^ ^a ^b ^c Masahiro Sakurai (2014-09-03). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2016-02-05. “…And here she is in the color schemes of the Gravity Suit from Metroid Prime, Green Samus (a regular in the Smash series), the Light Suit, and Dark Samus. A total of eight colors.”

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[3] Masahiro Sakurai (2014-06-24). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2016-02-05. “Pic of the day. Here's Link in an outfit based on his ordinary clothes in Skyward Sword! The art style looks a little different, but the actual clothing model is still his usual tunic.”

[4] Masahiro Sakurai (2014-05-12). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2016-02-05. “Pic of the day. Here's wire frame Little Mac--re-envisioned from the original Punch-Out!! game. The man that actually drew the pixel art wire frame in the original was none other than Shigeru Miyamoto. He said he drew the pixels for the wire frame on graph paper.”

[5] Masahiro Sakurai (2014-07-10). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2016-02-05. “Pic of the day. The character farther in the back isn't from the Imperial forces, and the character in the front is not the infamous drum-playing puppet in Osaka. No, Mario is actually wearing an outfit from Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course! NES Open Tournament Golf might be a more familiar title.”

[marth-miiverse-6] Masahiro Sakurai (2014-09-03). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2018-04-28. “We gave Marth a full makeover, giving him design elements from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and newer games.”

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[DeveloperDirect-8] Wii U & Nintendo 3DS Developer Direct. Official Nintendo YouTube channel (2014-07-11). Retrieved on 2016-02-06. “Until now Samus was based off the design from Super Metroid, but she's been given a major makeover. Her design is now closer to that of Metroid: Other M.”

[samus-miiverse-9] Masahiro Sakurai (2014-09-03). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2016-02-05. “Pic of the day. Until now, you were only able to choose from four, or sometimes five or six colors for each character. This time, though, all characters have eight colors to choose from! The first four color schemes for Samus are based off her Varia Suit, Fusion Suit, Gravity Suit from Super Metroid, and the Dark Suit.”

[samus-miiverse-2-10] Masahiro Sakurai (2014-09-03). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2016-02-05. “…And here she is in the color schemes of the Gravity Suit from Metroid Prime, Green Samus (a regular in the Smash series), the Light Suit, and Dark Samus. A total of eight colors.”

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Alternate costume (SSBU)

Contents

Fox