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In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', each character had at least four costumes, one for each of the costume-changing C buttons. Some characters had an extra costume (or two) to accommodate for Team Battles if their four costumes lacked a red, blue, or green variation; these costumes cannot be selected outside of Team Battle since there are only four C buttons.
  
In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', each character had at least four costumes, one for each of the costume-changing C buttons. Some characters had an extra costume (or two) to accommodate for Team Battles if their four costumes lacked a red, blue, or green variation; these costumes cannot be selected outside of Team Battle since there are only four C buttons.
   
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<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> Available through Team Battles only.</small><br>
  
 
==[[Captain Falcon (SSB)|Captain Falcon]]==
  
==[[Captain Falcon (SSB)|Captain Falcon]]==
 
[[Image:Alt-cfalcon.jpg|frame|center|400px|Captain Falcon's palette swaps in SSB]]
  
[[Image:Alt-cfalcon.jpg|frame|center|400px|Captain Falcon's palette swaps in SSB]]
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Captain Falcon is the only character to have six different playable color swaps, even though two of them (blue and green) can only be accessed during a Team Battle.
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Captain Falcon is the only character to have six different playable palette swaps, even though two of them (blue and green costumes) can only be accessed during [[Team Battle|Team Battles]].
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*'''Purple''' (default)
  
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*'''Grey (Black):''' Resembles Captain Falcon in the Japanese commercial for ''F-Zero X''.
  
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*'''Red:''' Based on the appearance of his rival, [[Blood Falcon]].
  
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!'''Purple'''
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*'''White (Fuchsia):''' The same colors as Jody Summers's outfit.
  
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*'''Green*:''' The same colors as Pico's vehicle, the Wild Goose. Used in [[Team battle|Team Battle]] only.
  
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*'''Blue*:'''An alternate, brighter version of his standard colors that resembles the original F-Zero SNES box art. Used in [[Team battle|Team Battle]] only.
  
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!'''Black'''
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|Resembles Captain Falcon in the Japanese commercial for ''F-Zero X''.
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!'''Red'''
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| style='background: #FB7C7C' |R
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|Based on the appearance of his clone and rival, [[Blood Falcon]].
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!'''White'''
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|Based on the colors of Jody Summer's outfit.
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!'''Green'''*
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| style='background: #7CDB7C' |G
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|Resembles the colors of Pico's F-Zero machine, ''Wild Goose'', in ''F-Zero''.
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!'''Blue'''*
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| style='background: #7C7CFB' |B
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|A brighter version of his standard colors that resembles the original ''F-Zero'' SNES boxart.
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|}
   
 
==[[Donkey Kong (SSB)|Donkey Kong]]==
  
==[[Donkey Kong (SSB)|Donkey Kong]]==
 
[[Image:Alt-dk.jpg|frame|center|400px|Donkey Kong's palette swaps in SSB]]
  
[[Image:Alt-dk.jpg|frame|center|400px|Donkey Kong's palette swaps in SSB]]
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*'''Brown''' (default) Based off his appearance in ''Donkey Kong Country'' and ''Donkey Kong 64''.
  
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*'''Black (Grey):''' Possibly based on the appearance of an actual gorilla and a SGB look for ''Donkey Kong '94''.
  
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!'''Brown'''
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*'''Red:''' Possibly based on his sprite in the original ''Donkey Kong''.
  
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*'''Blue (Navy)''' Similar to the 2P Mode in ''Mario Golf''.
  
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*'''Green (Forest Green)*:''' The only Donkey Kong costume to date to change the color of his face and a GB green background look for ''Donkey Kong '94'' and ''Donkey Kong Land''. Used in [[Team battle|Team Battle]] only.
  
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!'''Black'''
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|Possibly based on the appearance of an actual gorilla and a SGB look for ''Donkey Kong '94''.
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!'''Red'''
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| style='background: #FB7C7C' |R
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|Possibly based on his sprite in the original ''Donkey Kong''.
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!'''Blue'''
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| style='background: #7C7CFB' |B
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!'''Green'''*
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| style='background: #7CDB7C' |G
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|Resembles the green palette for ''Donkey Kong GB'' and ''Donkey Kong Land'', due to the Game Boy's native colour palette. This is the only Donkey Kong costume to date to change the color of his skin.
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|}
   
 
==[[Fox (SSB)|Fox]]==
  
==[[Fox (SSB)|Fox]]==
 
[[Image:Alt-fox.jpg|frame|center|400px|Fox's palette swaps in SSB]]
  
[[Image:Alt-fox.jpg|frame|center|400px|Fox's palette swaps in SSB]]
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*'''Tan (White)''' (default)
  
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*'''Orange (Red):''' Fox's ''Star Fox'' outfit on the Japanese box art.
  
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!'''Grey'''
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**Used when Fox is on the '''Red''' team.
  
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*'''Purple (Blue)''' Resembles the color of Slippy Toad's pants.
  
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**Used when Fox is on the '''Blue''' team.
  
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*'''Green:''' Similar to his father James McCloud's outfit. Resembles his color scheme from the original ''Star Fox'' concept art.
  
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!'''Red'''
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| style='background: #FB7C7C' |R
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|Resembles Fox's appearance in the original Japanese version of ''Star Fox''.
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!'''Blue'''
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| style='background: #7C7CFB' |B
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|Resembles the color of Slippy Toad's pants from ''Star Fox 64''.
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!'''Green'''
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| style='background: #7CDB7C' |G
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|Resembles his color scheme from the original ''Star Fox'' concept art.
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|}
   
 
==[[Jigglypuff (SSB)|Jigglypuff]]==
  
==[[Jigglypuff (SSB)|Jigglypuff]]==
 
[[Image:Alt-jigglypuff.jpg|frame|center|400px|Jigglypuff's palette swaps in SSB]]
  
[[Image:Alt-jigglypuff.jpg|frame|center|400px|Jigglypuff's palette swaps in SSB]]
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{| border="1" class="wikitable"
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*'''Pink''' (default)
  
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*'''Red'''
  
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!'''Pink'''
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*'''Blue''' Jigglypuff's Shiny Color
  
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*'''Green'''
  
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!'''Red'''
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| style='background: #FB7C7C' |R
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!'''Blue'''
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| style='background: #7C7CFB' |B
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|Nicknamed Jigglypuff in ''Pokémon Stadium'' could appear violet.
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!'''Green'''
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| style='background: #7CDB7C' |G
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|Nicknamed Jigglypuff in ''Pokémon Stadium'' could appear cream-colored.
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|}
   
 
==[[Kirby (SSB)|Kirby]]==
  
==[[Kirby (SSB)|Kirby]]==
 
[[File:Alt-kirby.jpg|frame|center|400px|Kirby's palette swaps in SSB]]
  
[[File:Alt-kirby.jpg|frame|center|400px|Kirby's palette swaps in SSB]]
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*'''Pink''' (default) Based off his appearance in ''Kirby 64''.
  
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*'''Yellow:''' The same as Keeby. It is also similar to his colors scheme when he is Beam Kirby, sans the hat. Also similar a multiplayer mode for ''Kirby 64''. Shigeru Miyamoto also reportedly wanted Kirby to be colored yellow in his debut, but Masahiro Sakurai wanted him to be pink.
  
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!'''Pink'''
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*'''Red:''' The same as when he is Fire Kirby from ''Kirby Super Star'', sans the hat. Also, this is Kirby's only color change in the original.
  
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*'''Blue:''' The same as when he is Ice Kirby from ''Kirby's Adventure'' and ''Kirby Super Star'', sans the hat. Also resembles a multiplayer mode for ''Kirby 64''.
  
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|Based off his appearance in ''Kirby 64''.
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*'''Green*:''' Homage to the days when Kirby was on the Game Boy screen, which was green. Also similar to [[w:c:kirby:Plasma|Plasma Kirby]] from ''Kirby Super Star'', sans the hat and multiplayer mode for ''Kirby 64''. Used in [[Team battle|Team Battle]] only.
  
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!'''Yellow'''
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|Based on Keeby, the yellow Kirby that the second player controls from ''Kirby's Dream Course'', known as ''Kirby Bowl'' in Japan. Resembles [[w:c:kirby:Beam|Beam]] and [[w:c:kirby:Needle|Needle Kirby]] from ''Kirby Super Star'' and ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land'', without the hat. Shigeru Miyamoto also reportedly wanted Kirby to be colored yellow in his debut, but Masahiro Sakurai wanted him to be pink.
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!'''Red'''
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| style='background: #FB7C7C' |R
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|Based on Kirby's appearance as [[w:c:kirby:Fire|Fire Kirby]] from ''Kirby Super Star'', without the hat.
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!'''Blue'''
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| style='background: #7C7CFB' |B
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|Based on Kirby's appearance as [[w:c:kirby:Ice|Ice]] and [[w:c:kirby:Freeze|Freeze Kirby]] Kirby from and ''Kirby Super Star'', without the hat.
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!'''Green'''*
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| style='background: #7CDB7C' |G
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|Homage to the days when Kirby was on the original Game Boy screen, which was green. Also similar to [[w:c:kirby:Plasma|Plasma Kirby]] from ''Kirby Super Star'', minus the hat.
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|}
   
 
==[[Link (SSB)|Link]]==
  
==[[Link (SSB)|Link]]==
 
[[Image:Alt-link.jpg|frame|center|400px|Link's palette swaps in SSB]]
  
[[Image:Alt-link.jpg|frame|center|400px|Link's palette swaps in SSB]]
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*'''Green''' (default) Based on Adult Link from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]].
  
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*'''Red:''' Based off the Red Ring from the original ''The Legend of Zelda'' and a Shield Spell from ''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''. Similar to the Goron Tunic from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' .
  
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!'''Green'''
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*'''Blue:''' Based off the Zora Tunic from ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''.
  
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| style='background: #7CDB7C' |G
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*'''Lavender:''' Based off the Blue Ring Tunic from the original ''The Legend of Zelda''.
  
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|Based on Adult Link from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''.
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!'''Red'''
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| style='background: #FB7C7C' |R
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|Based off the Red Ring from the original ''The Legend of Zelda'' and a Shield Spell from ''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''. Also similar to the Goron Tunic from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''.
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!'''Blue'''
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| style='background: #7C7CFB' |B
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|Based off the Zora Tunic from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''.
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!'''Lavender'''
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|Based on Link's appearance having obtained the Blue Ring in the original ''The Legend of Zelda''.
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|}
   
 
==[[Luigi (SSB)|Luigi]]==
  
==[[Luigi (SSB)|Luigi]]==
 
[[Image:Alt-luigi.jpg|frame|center|400px|Luigi's palette swaps in SSB]]
  
[[Image:Alt-luigi.jpg|frame|center|400px|Luigi's palette swaps in SSB]]
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*'''Green''' (default) Based on his appearance from the Mario series and is based off his sprite from Super Mario World and Mario is Missing.
  
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*'''White:''' Based off Luigi's appearance in the NES version of ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' as well as ''[[Super Mario Bros.]] ''Also bears a similar outfit to that of Fire Luigi.'''
  
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!'''Green'''
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*'''Cyan (Blue):''' Based on Mario's appearance on the cover of the NES version of ''Mario Bros''.
  
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| style='background: #7CDB7C' |G
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**Used when Luigi is on the '''Blue''' team.
  
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*'''Pink (Red):''' Luigi's ''Wrecking Crew'' costume, in which he wears pink.
  
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**Used when Luigi is on the '''Red''' team.
  
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!'''White'''
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|Based off Luigi's appearance in ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' for the NES. Also bears a similar outfit to that of Fire Luigi.
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!'''Blue'''
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| style='background: #7C7CFB' |B
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|Based on Mario's appearance on the cover of the NES version of ''[[Mario Bros.]]''
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!'''Pink'''
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| style='background: #FB7C7C' |R
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|Comes from the game ''Wrecking Crew'', in which Luigi wears pink.
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|}
   
 
==[[Mario (SSB)|Mario]]==
  
==[[Mario (SSB)|Mario]]==
 
[[Image:Alt-mario.jpg|frame|center|400px|Mario's palette swaps in SSB]]
  
[[Image:Alt-mario.jpg|frame|center|400px|Mario's palette swaps in SSB]]
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*'''Red''' (default) Based on his appearance from the Mario series as well as his outfit from Super Mario 64 and Mario Party.
  
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*'''Yellow:''' Based on the yellow-and-purple outfit of his rival, [[Wario]].
  
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!'''Red'''
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*'''Brown:''' A reference to Foreman Spike from ''Wrecking Crew '98''.
 
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| style='background: #FB7C7C' |R
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*'''Blue:''' A red/blue reversal of his traditional colors. This is seen as a partial reference to Mario's varying appearances in games prior to Nintendo's officially establishment of Mario's outfit of consisting of a red shirt, blue overalls and red hat. In various earlier games, Mario occasionally also appeared with sometimes a blue hat, red shirt with blue overalls or a red hat, blue shirt with red overalls. However, this particular combination of a blue hat, blue shirt, with red overalls was never used in any ''Mario'' game as of the release of all games in the "Smash Bros." series, but it does resemble the appearance of the [[Balloon Fighter]].
  
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*'''Green*:''' The color inverse of his traditional colors. Contrary to popular belief, it is not a reference to Luigi. However, it does coincidentally resemble Luigi's colors from the arcade version of ''Mario Bros'' box art. Also appears as part of the flashing animation from a Starman in ''Super Mario Bros.'' Used in [[Team battle|Team Battle]] only.
  
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!'''Yellow'''
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|Based on the traditional outfit of Mario's rival, [[Wario]]. The ''M'' on Mario's hat is colored yellow and the buttons are also colored yellow, compared to the ''W'' on Wario's hat which is colored blue and the buttons which are colored white.
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!'''Brown'''
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|A reference to Foreman Spike from ''Wrecking Crew '98''.
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|-
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!'''Blue'''
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| style='background: #7C7CFB' |B
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|A red/blue reversal of his traditional colors. This is seen as a partial reference to Mario's varying appearances in games prior to Nintendo's officially establishment of Mario's outfit of consisting of a red shirt, blue overalls and red hat. In various earlier games, Mario occasionally also appeared with sometimes a blue hat, red shirt with blue overalls or a red hat, blue shirt with red overalls. However, this particular combination of a blue hat, blue shirt, with red overalls was never used in any ''Mario'' game as of the release of all games in the "Smash Bros." series, but it does resemble the appearance of the [[Balloon Fighter]].
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!'''Green'''*
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| style='background: #7CDB7C' |G
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|The color inverse of his traditional colors. Resembles Mario's appearance on Japanese and European box arts for ''Wrecking Crew''. Also appears as part of the flashing animation from a Starman in ''Super Mario Bros.''
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==[[Ness (SSB)|Ness]]==
  
==[[Ness (SSB)|Ness]]==
 
[[Image:Alt-ness.jpg|frame|center|400px|Ness's palette swaps in SSB]]
  
[[Image:Alt-ness.jpg|frame|center|400px|Ness's palette swaps in SSB]]
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*'''Red:''' (default)
  
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*'''Yellow:''' The black and yellow stripes resemble the uniform of the Hanshin Tigers, a Japanese baseball team with a large following. The shirt also bears a very similar color scheme to the Gigantic Ant enemy from ''EarthBound''.
  
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!'''Red'''
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*'''Blue:''' Is based on Ness's younger self that he encounters briefly in ''EarthBound'', who was wearing a blue hat and overalls with white shirt. Some also consider this outfit to be a reference to ''EarthBound''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s final battle against Giygas, where a reflection of Ness's face wearing a blue/purple hat appeared in the Devil's Machine.
 
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| style='background: #FB7C7C' |R
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*'''Green'''
  
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!'''Yellow'''
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|The black and yellow stripes resemble the uniform of the Hanshin Tigers, a Japanese baseball team with a large following. The shirt also bears a very similar color scheme to the Gigantic Ant enemy from ''EarthBound''.
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!'''Blue'''
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| style='background: #7C7CFB' |B
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|Is based on Ness's younger self that he encounters briefly in ''EarthBound'', who was wearing a blue hat.
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!'''Green'''
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| style='background: #7CDB7C' |G
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==[[Pikachu (SSB)|Pikachu]]==
  
==[[Pikachu (SSB)|Pikachu]]==
 
[[Image:Alt-pikachu.jpg|frame|center|400px|Pikachu's palette swaps in SSB]]
  
[[Image:Alt-pikachu.jpg|frame|center|400px|Pikachu's palette swaps in SSB]]
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*'''Yellow''' (default)
  
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*'''Red:''' Pikachu's Shiny Coloration.
  
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*'''Blue'''
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!'''Yellow'''
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*'''Green'''
  
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!'''Red'''
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| style='background: #FB7C7C' |R
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|A Pikachu with a red hue is possible in ''Japanese Pokémon Stadium 1'' and ''2'' and International ''Pokémon Stadium'' (N64) as the game did change the colors of Pokémon if they were given nicknames. Shiny Pokémon did not exist in Generation I.
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!'''Blue'''
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| style='background: #7C7CFB' |B
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|As mentioned, ''Pokémon Stadium'' allowed for alternate colored Pokémon if they were given nicknames.
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!'''Green'''
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| style='background: #7CDB7C' |G
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|As mentioned, ''Pokémon Stadium'' allowed for alternate colored Pokémon if they were given nicknames. One of the Rental Pokémon, a Pikachu called Pikachikun, has a green hue.
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==[[Samus (SSB)|Samus Aran]]==
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==[[Samus (SSB)|Samus]]==
 
[[Image:Alt-samus.jpg|frame|center|400px|Samus's palette swaps in SSB]]
  
[[Image:Alt-samus.jpg|frame|center|400px|Samus's palette swaps in SSB]]
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*'''Orange''' (default) Based off the Varia Suit from ''Super Metroid'' and the Power Suit from the original ''Metroid''.
  
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**Used when Samus is on the '''Red''' team.
  
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!'''Orange'''
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*'''Pink:''' Based off the appearance of the Varia Suit when missiles are selected in the original NES ''Metroid'' game.
  
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| style='background: #FB7C7C' |R
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*'''Black'''
 
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*'''Green''' A reference to the mass-produced mechas from the Gundam series, which are almost always green.
  
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*'''Blue*:''' Based on the Gravity Suit from ''Super Metroid''. Used in [[Team battle|Team Battle]] only.
  
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!'''Pink'''
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|Based off the appearance of the Varia Suit when missiles are selected in the original NES ''Metroid'' game.
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!'''Black'''
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!'''Green'''
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| style='background: #7CDB7C' |G
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|A reference to the mass-produced mechas from the Gundam series, which are almost always green.
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!'''Blue'''*
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| style='background: #7C7CFB' |B
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|Bears similarity to Samus wearing her Gravity Suit in her official art from ''Super Metroid''.
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==[[Yoshi (SSB)|Yoshi]]==
  
==[[Yoshi (SSB)|Yoshi]]==
 
[[Image:Alt-yoshi.jpg|frame|center|Yoshi's palette swaps in SSB]]
  
[[Image:Alt-yoshi.jpg|frame|center|Yoshi's palette swaps in SSB]]
 
All of Yoshi's costumes are the different variations of the Yoshi species from the various ''Yoshi'' games including:
  
All of Yoshi's costumes are the different variations of the Yoshi species from the various ''Yoshi'' games including:
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*'''Green''' (default)
  
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*'''Red'''
  
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*'''Cyan'''
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!'''Green'''
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| style='background: #7CDB7C' |G
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**Used when Yoshi is on the '''Blue''' team.
  
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*'''Yellow'''
  
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*'''Pink**''' Used for the [[Yoshi Team]] in [[1P Game|1P Game Mode]] only.
  
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!'''Red'''
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*'''Dark Blue**''' Used for the [[Yoshi Team]] in [[1P Game|1P Game Mode]] only.
  
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| style='background: #FB7C7C' |R
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!'''Cyan'''
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| style='background: #7C7CFB' |B
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!'''Yellow'''
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!'''Pink'''**
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|Used for the [[Yoshi Team]] in [[1P Game|1P Game Mode]] only.
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!'''Blue'''**
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|Used for the [[Yoshi Team]] in [[1P Game|1P Game Mode]] only.
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<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> Available through Team Battles only.</small><br>
  
<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> Available through Team Battles only.</small><br>

Revision as of 04:02, 30 August 2015

In Super Smash Bros., each character had at least four costumes, one for each of the costume-changing C buttons. Some characters had an extra costume (or two) to accommodate for Team Battles if their four costumes lacked a red, blue, or green variation; these costumes cannot be selected outside of Team Battle since there are only four C buttons.

Captain Falcon

Alt-cfalcon

Captain Falcon's palette swaps in SSB

Captain Falcon is the only character to have six different playable palette swaps, even though two of them (blue and green costumes) can only be accessed during Team Battles.

Purple
Black Resembles Captain Falcon in the Japanese commercial for F-Zero X.
Red R Based on the appearance of his clone and rival, Blood Falcon.
White Based on the colors of Jody Summer's outfit.
Green* G Resembles the colors of Pico's F-Zero machine, Wild Goose, in F-Zero.
Blue* B A brighter version of his standard colors that resembles the original F-Zero SNES boxart.

Donkey Kong

Alt-dk

Donkey Kong's palette swaps in SSB

Brown
Black Possibly based on the appearance of an actual gorilla and a SGB look for Donkey Kong '94.
Red R Possibly based on his sprite in the original Donkey Kong.
Blue B
Green* G Resembles the green palette for Donkey Kong GB and Donkey Kong Land, due to the Game Boy's native colour palette. This is the only Donkey Kong costume to date to change the color of his skin.

Fox

Alt-fox

Fox's palette swaps in SSB

Grey
Red R Resembles Fox's appearance in the original Japanese version of Star Fox.
Blue B Resembles the color of Slippy Toad's pants from Star Fox 64.
Green G Resembles his color scheme from the original Star Fox concept art.

Jigglypuff

Alt-jigglypuff

Jigglypuff's palette swaps in SSB

Pink
Red R
Blue B Nicknamed Jigglypuff in Pokémon Stadium could appear violet.
Green G Nicknamed Jigglypuff in Pokémon Stadium could appear cream-colored.

Kirby

Alt-kirby

Kirby's palette swaps in SSB

Pink Based off his appearance in Kirby 64.
Yellow Based on Keeby, the yellow Kirby that the second player controls from Kirby's Dream Course, known as Kirby Bowl in Japan. Resembles Beam and Needle Kirby from Kirby Super Star and Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, without the hat. Shigeru Miyamoto also reportedly wanted Kirby to be colored yellow in his debut, but Masahiro Sakurai wanted him to be pink.
Red R Based on Kirby's appearance as Fire Kirby from Kirby Super Star, without the hat.
Blue B Based on Kirby's appearance as Ice and Freeze Kirby Kirby from and Kirby Super Star, without the hat.
Green* G Homage to the days when Kirby was on the original Game Boy screen, which was green. Also similar to Plasma Kirby from Kirby Super Star, minus the hat.

Link

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Link's palette swaps in SSB

Green G Based on Adult Link from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Red R Based off the Red Ring from the original The Legend of Zelda and a Shield Spell from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Also similar to the Goron Tunic from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Blue B Based off the Zora Tunic from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Lavender Based on Link's appearance having obtained the Blue Ring in the original The Legend of Zelda.

Luigi

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Luigi's palette swaps in SSB

Green G
White Based off Luigi's appearance in Mario Bros. for the NES. Also bears a similar outfit to that of Fire Luigi.
Blue B Based on Mario's appearance on the cover of the NES version of Mario Bros.
Pink R Comes from the game Wrecking Crew, in which Luigi wears pink.

Mario

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Mario's palette swaps in SSB

Red R
Yellow Based on the traditional outfit of Mario's rival, Wario. The M on Mario's hat is colored yellow and the buttons are also colored yellow, compared to the W on Wario's hat which is colored blue and the buttons which are colored white.
Brown A reference to Foreman Spike from Wrecking Crew '98.
Blue B A red/blue reversal of his traditional colors. This is seen as a partial reference to Mario's varying appearances in games prior to Nintendo's officially establishment of Mario's outfit of consisting of a red shirt, blue overalls and red hat. In various earlier games, Mario occasionally also appeared with sometimes a blue hat, red shirt with blue overalls or a red hat, blue shirt with red overalls. However, this particular combination of a blue hat, blue shirt, with red overalls was never used in any Mario game as of the release of all games in the "Smash Bros." series, but it does resemble the appearance of the Balloon Fighter.
Green* G The color inverse of his traditional colors. Resembles Mario's appearance on Japanese and European box arts for Wrecking Crew. Also appears as part of the flashing animation from a Starman in Super Mario Bros.

Ness

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Ness's palette swaps in SSB

Red R
Yellow The black and yellow stripes resemble the uniform of the Hanshin Tigers, a Japanese baseball team with a large following. The shirt also bears a very similar color scheme to the Gigantic Ant enemy from EarthBound.
Blue B Is based on Ness's younger self that he encounters briefly in EarthBound, who was wearing a blue hat.
Green G

Pikachu

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Pikachu's palette swaps in SSB

Yellow
Red R A Pikachu with a red hue is possible in Japanese Pokémon Stadium 1 and 2 and International Pokémon Stadium (N64) as the game did change the colors of Pokémon if they were given nicknames. Shiny Pokémon did not exist in Generation I.
Blue B As mentioned, Pokémon Stadium allowed for alternate colored Pokémon if they were given nicknames.
Green G As mentioned, Pokémon Stadium allowed for alternate colored Pokémon if they were given nicknames. One of the Rental Pokémon, a Pikachu called Pikachikun, has a green hue.

Samus

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Samus's palette swaps in SSB

Orange R
Pink Based off the appearance of the Varia Suit when missiles are selected in the original NES Metroid game.
Black
Green G A reference to the mass-produced mechas from the Gundam series, which are almost always green.
Blue* B Bears similarity to Samus wearing her Gravity Suit in her official art from Super Metroid.

Yoshi

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Yoshi's palette swaps in SSB

All of Yoshi's costumes are the different variations of the Yoshi species from the various Yoshi games including:

Green G
Red R
Cyan B
Yellow
Pink** Used for the Yoshi Team in 1P Game Mode only.
Blue** Used for the Yoshi Team in 1P Game Mode only.

* Available through Team Battles only.
** Color is exclusive to CPU opponents in Single Player mode.

Palette swaps
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