Palette Swap (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U)

The palette swaps return for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, with a total of 8 palette swaps for each character, but this time, unlike the previous games, some of the palette swaps are actual costumes. (Like Wario in Brawl)

Bowser

 * Green: (Default) Based on his appearance from the Mario series.
 * Brown: An inverse version of the Green Default, but also resembles Boom Boom from Super Mario Bros. 3.
 * Yellow: Yellow body and purple shell. The purple shell may resemble when Bowser is poisoned in Super Mario RPG: Legend of Seven Stars
 * Dark Green: Possibly based on his original design from Super Mario Bros. and the TV Show series.
 * White: This costume turns Bowser's hair red and his shell and spiked collars to white, somewhat resembling Dry Bowser from New Super Mario Bros. and Mario Kart Wii. It also resembles Morton Koopa Jr.'s white and gold shell and darker skin.
 * Pink: Same as his default one, but with pink hair. The color scheme resembles to Bowletta (from Mario & Luigi SS)
 * Red: Resembles a Red Koopa Troopa or a Spiny.
 * Blue: Resembles Bowser's appearance on the international covers of Super Mario Bros. This palette swap also resembles the spiny shell from Mario Kart DS, Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 7.

Bowser Jr./Koopalings



 * Default
 * Larry Koopa
 * Roy Koopa
 * Wendy O. Koopa
 * Iggy Koopa
 * Morton Koopa Jr.
 * Lemmy Koopa
 * Ludwig von Koopa

Captain Falcon

 * Default
 * Dark Blue and Silver
 * Red: Nearly identical to his rival Blood Falcon's outfit.
 * Green: Resembles the color scheme of the Wild Goose, Pico's F-Zero vehicle.
 * Blue: This is a reference to his original F-Zero appearances (his costume in the F-Zero games is more vibrant than his Super Smash Bros. outfits).
 * Pink (White): Resembles Jody Summers' outfit, also known as Captain Fabulous.
 * Gold: May be based on Dr. Stewart's colors.
 * Light Blue

Charizard

 * Default
 * Red: Resembles its pre-evolution, Charmeleon.
 * Green
 * Blue: Charizard's purple color is similar to that of his shiny color from Generation II.
 * Yellow: Charizard's yellow tint resembles the shiny colors of its pre-evolutions, Charmander and Charmeleon.
 * White
 * Grey: Resembles his current shiny color.
 * Purple

Diddy Kong

 * Red (Default) based on his appearance from the Mario series and the Donkey Kong series.
 * Yellow: Resembles the alternate outfit when the second player also played as Diddy Kong in the original Donkey Kong Country series. Also, resembles Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong when he was a child.
 * Pink: Resembles the outfit worn by fellow DK character Dixie Kong in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie's Double Trouble. Diddy also gains Dixie's light yellow fur color.
 * Purple: Resembles the alternate costume worn by Diddy when the second player used him in Donkey Kong Country 2.
 * Green: The color inverse of his default colors.
 * Blue: Resembles the outfit worn by fellow DK character Lanky Kong in Donkey Kong 64.
 * Black with Yellow Clothes
 * Yellow with White Clothes

Donkey Kong

 * Brown: (Default) based on his appearance from the Mario series and the Donkey Kong series.
 * Black: A possible reference to Chunky Kong. Donkey Kong has a yellow necktie.
 * Red: May represent the original Donkey Kong from the arcade game with the same name who had reddish orange fur. Donkey Kong has a navy necktie.
 * Blue: Donkey Kong has a purple necktie and blue fur.
 * Green: Donkey Kong has a brownish necktie and green fur.
 * White: This can possibly be a reference to the White DK that Rambi turns into after a glitch you can perform in the first Donkey Kong Country. It may also be a reference to Eddie the Mean Old Yeti from the Donkey Kong County animated series. Also like the Super Kong in Donkey Kong Country Returns.
 * Light Brown: Appears to be based on his gold appearance when he drinks banana juice in Donkey Kong Country Returns.
 * Pink: Appears to be based on Pink Donkey Kong Jr. from Donkey Kong Jr. Math.

Dark Pit

 * Default
 * Green
 * Blue-greyed and Red
 * Brown
 * Red
 * Blue
 * White and Red
 * Purple

Dr. Mario

 * Default
 * Red
 * Blue
 * Green
 * Black
 * Yellow
 * Purple
 * Pink

Duck Hunt

 * Orange: (Default) Based on Duck Hunt's appearance in Duck Hunt.
 * White: Based on a dalmatian.
 * Black and White: Based on a beagle.
 * Grey: Based on Banjo from the Banjo-Kazooie series.
 * Yellow: Based on a golden retriever. The duck appears to be a male mallard duck in this pallet swap.

Falco

 * Default
 * Black: Based off of concept art for Star Fox.
 * Purple: Based off of Falco's appearance in Star Fox Command.
 * Red Based off of Falco's appearance in Star Fox Assault.
 * Green: Based off of his clothing in Star Fox Assault's multiplayer mode.

Fox

 * Default
 * Black: Named the "Dark Fox" on the DOJO!!.
 * Red: Resembles the original Star Fox in the Japanese box art. Looks like clothes from Star Fox: Assault ' s multiplayer.
 * Green: Looks like clothes from Star Fox: Assault ' s multiplayer. Also resembles the original Star Fox concept art.
 * Orange
 * White: Resembles the outfit of his father, James McCloud.
 * Yellow
 * Purple: Resembles Wolf O'Donnell.

Ganondorf

 * Default
 * Grey
 * Grey and Red

Greninja

 * Blue (Default)
 * 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
 * Shiny
 * Gray
 * Light Purple
 * Dark Purple: Loosely resembling the color scheme of Sableye.

Ike

 * Default
 * Greil
 * Red: Based on the "enemy" unit color in the Fire Emblem series.
 * Sigurd
 * Green: Based on the "ally" unit color in the Fire Emblem series.
 * Fuchsia
 * Black Knight
 * Silver: Changes his color scheme to resemble Chrom from Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Jigglypuff

 * Pink (without hats): Default
 * Leaf: Leaf's hat from pokemon Firered and Leafgreen.
 * Joy: Nurse Joy's hat
 * Serena: Serena's default hat from Pokémon X and Y.
 * Flower
 * Loop

King Dedede

 * Red (Default)
 * 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.
 * White: 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 Kirby's Dream Land for the Game Boy.
 * Dark Purple
 * Black

Kirby

 * Pink (Default)
 * Yellow: Shigeru Miyamoto originally wanted Kirby to be yellow, but 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. Yellow Kirby also resembles Beam Kirby from Kirby Super Star, but without the hat.
 * Blue: The same as when Kirby is Ice Kirby in Kirby Super Star, sans the hat.
 * Red: The same as when Kirby is Fire Kirby in Kirby Super Star, sans the hat. Also used for Player 3 in recent multiplayer games.
 * Green Resembles Player 4 in recent multiplayer games. Also resembles Kirby's Plasma ability in Kirby Super Star.
 * White/Gray: 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. It also resembles Shadow Kirby from Kirby & the Amazing Mirror. It is most similar in appearance to the alternate "Chalk" palette in Kirby: Squeak Squad.
 * Orange: Resembles the orange spray paint from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad.
 * Black: Resembles Meta Knight without his armor and mask.

Link

 * Default
 * Goron Tunic/Red Link
 * Zora Tunic/Blue Link
 * Purple Link
 * Yellow: A reference to an instance in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; when he drinks either Rare Chu Jelly or Great Fairy Tears, it would give him a golden appearance. Also a reference to Pipit from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
 * Dark Link
 * Skyward Sword Tunic
 * Fierce Deity

Little Mac

 * Green: (Default) Resembles his Minor Circuit appearance.
 * Yellow: Resembles his Title Defense appearance.
 * White: Resembles a glitch from the NES Punch-Out!! where the green color on Little Mac's sprite would turn white after winning a match.
 * Red:
 * Blue: Resembles his World Circuit appearance.
 * Black and orange:
 * Blonde: Resembles his version as in SNES version of Super Punch-Out!!
 * Pink sweatshirt: Little Mac's sweatshirt for training.
 * Wire Frame Green: Wire Frame version of Little Mac resembling the original arcade Punch-Out!!
 * Wire Frame Yellow:
 * Wire Frame White:
 * Wire Frame Red:
 * Wire Frame Blue: Wire Frame version of Little Mac in his World Circuit appearance.
 * Wire Frame Orange:
 * Wire Frame Blonde: Wire Frame version of Little Mac from his appearance on the SNES Super Punch-Out!!
 * Wire Frame Green sweatshirt: Wire Frame version of Little Mac's sweatshirt for training.

Lucario

 * Default
 * Dark Purple
 * Light Blue
 * Silver
 * Blue
 * Dark Blue - Resembles his color scheme from the Pokémon anime.
 * Green
 * Purple

Luigi

 * Green (Default) based on his outfit from the Mario series.
 * Orange Based on Mario's color scheme from Pinball, but his hat is blue, not orange.
 * Pink (Red): Based around what Luigi wore from Wrecking Crew, in which he wore pink.
 * Light Blue: Probably resembles Mario on the American cartridge art for Mario Bros. It is also one of the 'flashing colors' when
 * White: Based on Fire Luigi. This new version of the white costume replaced the old version of the white costume that appeared in SSB and SSBM, where his overalls are darker and his skin and gloves are tan, which was based off Luigi's colors in Mario Bros on the NES.
 * Purple: Makes Luigi resemble Waluigi, his arch-rival from the Mario series.
 * Dark Blue Based on his appearence in the anime movie, Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!.
 * Yellow

Lucina

 * Default
 * Nowi
 * Cherche
 * Cordelia
 * Tiki
 * Lissa
 * Tharja
 * Sumia

Mario

 * Red (Default) based on his appearance from the Mario series.
 * White: Based on Fire Mario's appearance dating back to Super Mario Bros. onward.
 * Blue and Pink This new version of the costume replaced the old version of blue costume that appeared in the last three Smash games, where he had a blue hat, blue shirt, and red overalls.
 * Yellow: Based on Wario from the Mario series and the Wario Land series just as in the previous Smash titles, except the "M" is green instead of blue or yellow.
 * Brown: Based on Foreman Spike from Wrecking Crew '98, which was confirmed on the original SSB Japanese site. It also makes him resemble from older black-and-white games, i.e. Super Mario Land for the Game Boy.
 * Green: Resembles Luigi's color scheme in the arcade version of Mario Bros. It also appeared as part of the "flashing" animation from a Starman in the original Super Mario Bros.
 * NES Open Tournament Golf outfit
 * Purple: Based on Waluigi and the L Emblem and W Emblem combined outfit from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

Marth

 * Default
 * Red Based on the "enemy" unit color in the Fire Emblem series.
 * Green Based on the "ally" unit color in the Fire Emblem series.
 * Black
 * White: Based on Leif, the protagonist of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.
 * Eliwood
 * Yellow (Gold): Based on the "partner" unit color in the Fire Emblem series. Which was first in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance which was released after SSBM, but was in the making since the N64. Also one of Roy's old palettes.
 * Roy

Mega Man

 * Blue and light blue: Default color.
 * Red and white with red joints: The color Mega Man has when equipped with transport items, such as Rush Coil, Rush Jet, Rush Marine, Item 1, Item 2, ...
 * Green and white with yellow joints: Mega Man's color when equipped with the Leaf Shield. It is also similar to the colors of Hyper Bomb, Search Snake, and Gyro Attack.
 * Dark yellow and yellow with green joints: The color of Metal Blade. Also resembles the Ring Boomerang.
 * Light blue and white: Air Shooter, Ice Slasher, Water Shield, Gemini Laser, Dive Missile, Water Wave, Crystal Eye, Blizzard Attack.
 * Green and yellow: Slash Claw and Electric Shock.
 * Red and yellow: Flame Sword, Fire Storm, Atomic Fire, Magma Bazooka, Solar Blaze and Wave Burner.
 * Dark gray and yellow: Top Spin, Thunder Beam and Thunder Wool

Meta Knight

 * Blue (Default)
 * White: Resembles a Paladin, a Holy Knight. Taken from the alternate color seen in Kirby Air Ride.
 * Red
 * Green
 * Black: Although believed by some fans to be inspired by Kirby and the Amazing Mirror ' s Dark Meta Knight, it actually 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: Meta Knight without his mask resembles a Dark Blue Kirby, this skin is most likely to portray being Kirby.
 * Dark Pink: Resembles Galacta Knight from Kirby Super Star Ultra.
 * Grey: Resembles Dark Meta Knight from Kirby and the Amazing Mirror.

Mii Fighter

 * Brawler
 * Swordfighter
 * Gunner

Mr. Game & Watch

 * Default
 * Red
 * Yellow: The inverse of his blue palette swap. Also looks like when he is holding a fully charged Super Scope.
 * Blue
 * Turquoise
 * Cyan: The inverse of his red palette swap. Also one of the colors of the character from Crab Grab.
 * Green
 * White: Inversed color.

Ness

 * White
 * Yellow and Black
 * Yellow and Orange
 * Lavander and Purple
 * Black
 * Light Blue and Cyan
 * Blue and Cyan

Pikmin & Olimar/Pikmin & Alph

 * Default
 * Red
 * Green
 * White
 * Alph Blue
 * Alph Green: Resembles Charlie from Pikmin 3.
 * Alph Pink: Resembles Brittany from Pikmin 3.
 * Alph Red

Pac-Man

 * Default
 * Blue Pac-Man's shoes in this costume (and in the other pallet swaps) are a reference to the Magic Boots from Pac-Land.
 * Yellow
 * Black
 * Purple
 * White
 * Red
 * Polka Dot

Palutena

 * Default
 * Pink
 * White
 * Green
 * Blue
 * Viridi
 * Medusa
 * Hades

Peach

 * Pink: (Default)
 * Yellow: References Daisy.
 * Red: References Mario's old girlfriend, Pauline.
 * Blue
 * Green
 * White
 * Fire Peach: Based on Fire Peach from Super Mario 3D World minus the ponytail and based on Peach's sprite from the original Super Mario Bros. minus the red hair.
 * Black

Pikachu

 * Yellow (Default)
 * Red: Includes Red's hat, the protagonist of Pokémon Red and Blue. Pikachu's fur color also changes to look akin to a shiny Pikachu. It also references Ashachu, Ash Ketchum having turned into a Pikachu in an anime episode.
 * Green: Includes Brendan's headband as it appeared in Pokémon Emerald.
 * Blue: Has the goggles worn by Pichu in Melee, which are possibly a reference to those worn by the "Swimmer" class of trainer in the Pokémon series. Because the goggles are the same as Pichu's, it is widely believed by fans that this Pikachu is in fact the same Pichu from Melee that happened to evolve. This theory is further proven by the fact that his Final Smash is Volt Tackle, a move only learned by a Pichu.
 * Yellow: Based in the Trainer from Pokémon Gold and Silver's cap.
 * Light Blue: A party hat similar to the one from the original Super Smash Bros.
 * Orange: Choice Band.
 * Brown: Calem's default hat from Pokemon X and Y.

Pit

 * White (Default)
 * Yellow
 * Red
 * Green
 * Blue
 * Black: Similar to Dark Pit but with white wings.
 * Purple
 * Pink

R.O.B.

 * Red (Default): Based on R.O.B.'s Japanese colour scheme for the Famicom. This design also was the source for the R.O.B. Sentry.
 * Red and Black: Resembles colors from the Virtual Boy.
 * White and Grey
 * Yellow
 * White and Purple

Robin

 * Default (Male)
 * Female Robin
 * Green (Male) Based on the "ally" unit color in the Fire Emblem series.
 * Red (Female) Based on the "enemy" unit color in the Fire Emblem series.
 * Blue: (Male) Based on the "player" unit color in the Fire Emblem series.
 * Yellow: (Female) Based on the "partner" unit color in the Fire Emblem series.
 * White (Male) Seems to be based on a White Mage from the Final Fantasy series.
 * Pink (Female) Based on Serra, a Cleric from Fire Emblem.

Rosalina & Luma

 * Default
 * Pink: Possibly a reference to Princess Peach
 * Yellow: Possibly a reference to Daisy
 * Green
 * Red: Fire Peach/NES Peach
 * Purple
 * Black
 * Fire Rosalina

Samus

 * Varia Suit
 * Fusion Suit
 * Gravity Suit (Super Metroid)
 * Dark Suit
 * Gravity Suit (Metroid Prime)
 * Green Samus
 * Light Suit
 * Dark Samus

Sheik

 * Default
 * Red
 * Blue
 * Purple
 * Green
 * Black
 * Yellow
 * White: Appears to be inspired by Tetra.

Shulk

 * Red: (Default)
 * White: References Fiora.
 * Black: References Dunban.
 * Orange: References Reyn.
 * Blue: References Sharla.
 * Pink: References Melia.
 * Yellow: References Riki.
 * Armorless: Shulk's appearance when he removes all his gear in Xenoblade Chronicles.

Sonic

 * Blue: (Default)
 * Purple Color resembles NiGHTS, another SEGA series. The wristbands reference Chaos Emeralds.
 * Cyan Wristbands resemble the Crystal Ring, an upgrade from Sonic Adventure, an item which helped the player perform a Light Dash quicker.
 * White: References Silver the Hedgehog
 * Black: Looks like Dark Sonic from the Sonic X anime, also slightly resembles Mephiles the Dark from Sonic '06.
 * Yellow Wristbands resemble Silver the Hedgehog's from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), and that Sonic collects gold rings
 * Green
 * Orange

Toon Link

 * Green (Default)
 * Red: One of the Links in Four Swords.
 * Blue: One of the Links in Four Swords.
 * Purple: One of the Links in Four Swords.
 * Brown: Based on Link's appearance in the NES Legend of Zelda.
 * Black: Dark Link.
 * Blue and Green
 * Dark Green: Based on Link's appearance in A Link Between Worlds.

Villager

 * Boy #1 - Zig-zag hair, No. 1 Shirt.
 * Girl #1 - Pink-hair, Daisy Tee.
 * Boy #2 - Wavy-hair boy, Racer 6 Tee.
 * Girl #2 - Brown hair, Turnip Dress.
 * Boy #3 - Blue Tie-Dye Tee.
 * Girl #3 - Rugby Tee.
 * Boy #4 - Four-Ball Tee.
 * Girl #4 - Lime Dress.

Wario

 * Yellow: (Default) Based on his outfit from the WarioWare series.
 * Red: Resembles Fire Mario with the white helmet and red jacket.
 * Orange: Loosely resembles the color scheme for Wario's default overalls costume.
 * Blue: References the colors of an actual biker, with the denim jeans and jacket combo and the white undershirt.
 * Yellow (Default) based on his classic outfit from the Mario series and the Wario Land series.
 * Red: Resembles how Mario looked like in the early Mario games where he had red overalls and a blue shirt instead of the blue overalls and red shirt he wears today. This somewhat mirrors the way that Wario's "classic" outfit appears as one of Mario's alternate costumes.
 * Blue: Resembles Mario's appearance on the cover of the e-Reader game Mario Bros.-e.
 * Green: Similar to Mario's green costume. It also resembles Luigi's debut in Mario Bros.

Wii Fit Trainer

 * Wii Fit Trainer (Female)
 * Wii Fit Trainer (Male)
 * Wii Fit Plus/U Trainer (Female)
 * Wii Fit Plus/U Trainer (Male)
 * Red (Female)
 * Red (Male)
 * Yellow (Female)
 * Yellow (Male)

Yoshi

 * Green: (Default) based on his appearance from the Mario series and the Yoshi series.
 * Red: One Color of the Yoshi Species.
 * Blue: One Color of the Yoshi Species.
 * Yellow: One Color of the Yoshi Species.
 * Pink: One Color of the Yoshi Species.
 * Cyan: One Color of the Yoshi Species.
 * Purple: One Color of the Yoshi Species.
 * Black: One Color of the Yoshi Species.

Zelda

 * Purple (Default): Based on her character model from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
 * Red: Based off Zelda's early appearances in The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: Adventure of Link.
 * Blue: Official art for A Link to the Past shows Zelda with a blue dress. Also, if the original Zelda is beaten with the Blue Ring but not the Red Ring, Zelda's dress will be blue.
 * Pink: Based off Zelda's appearance in [[Super Smash Bros. Melee|Melee]] as well as Ocarina of Time.
 * Green: If the original Zelda is beaten without a ring, Zelda's dress will be green.
 * Black: Based off Zelda's mourning outfit from Twilight Princess.
 * Light Purple: Based off of Zelda's royal outfit from A Link to the Past.
 * White

Zero Suit Samus

 * Blue: (Default)
 * Blue and Black: Based on her outfit she wears upon completion of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
 * Pink: A reference to her first appearance in the original Metroid after clearing it 100% or by entering JUSTIN BAILEY into the password screen.
 * Black: May be a reference to her bailey in Super Metroid.
 * Purple and White:
 * Green: May be a reference to her suitless appearance in the Captain N comic.
 * Light Blue
 * Orange Shorts: Outfit from the ending of Metroid: Zero Mission.
 * Blue Shorts: Outfit from the ending of Metroid Fusion.

Trivia

 * Little Mac's Battle Entrance is to jog into the stage while in his pink clothes and then takes them off. If he is in his pink clothes form, it's does the same animation, but obviously the hoodie doesn't fly off.
 * Little Mac is the only character so far to have more than eight palette swaps (excluding Wario, that had twelve in Smash Bros. Brawl).
 * Bowser Jr. is the only character to not be able to change his color, since his palette swaps are the Koopalings.