Palette Swap (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

Palette Swaps in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate remain the same for the majority of the cast returning from the previous title, with each character receiving eight total. However, characters such as Mario and Cloud possess different outfits; while characters such as Robin, Corrin, and Byleth have male and female variants; and characters such as Bowser Jr., Olimar, Hero, and Steve swap them into different characters that change their voice lines and name, though gameplay-wise they remain the same.

Unlike previous installments, palette swaps are now notated by Color Number. In addition, by selecting the character on the character slot, an additional menu can be brought up to display all the colors immediately, though the traditional method of selecting a palette swap via the left and right shoulder buttons is still retained.

For this page, palette swaps are ordered by their placement in the Character Select Screen.

N/A: Color that is original to Super Smash Bros. and doesn't have any particular reference.

Characters

Mario

Red	Based on his appearance in Super Mario Odyssey.
Striped	Based on his Golf Cap and Golf Outfit from Super Mario Odyssey, itself based on his outfit in Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course, and NES Open Tournament Golf.
Blue	Based on his appearance on the Japanese box art for Mario Bros. on the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Black	Based on Foreman Spike from Wrecking Crew.
Green	Resembles Mario's appearance on Japanese box art for Wrecking Crew. It also resembles Luigi's appearance on the arcade version of Mario Bros., especially bearing a resemblance to Jinbe from Mole Mania (another game produced by Shigeru Miyamoto).
Purple	Based on Waluigi. It also resembles Mario's appearance with the L and W Emblems equipped in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, including Mario's "Waluigi" outfit in Super Mario Odyssey.
Yellow	Based on Builder Mario from Super Mario Maker, and Super Mario Odyssey.
White	Based on Wedding Mario from Super Mario Odyssey, wearing the Top Hat and Tuxedo amiibo set.

Donkey Kong

Brown	Based on his modern design first seen in Donkey Kong Country.
Black	Resembles a real-life rainforest gorilla. He wears the Player 2 tie used in Contest Mode from Donkey Kong Country.
Red	Resembles the original Donkey Kong from the original arcade game.
Blue	Resembles one of his alternate costumes from Donkey Kong 64's Multiplayer Mode. It also resembles one of his alternate colors from Mario Golf.
Green	N/A
White	Referred to as "Yeti DK" on the Brawl DOJO!!. Also resembles the Fire Mini Donkey Kong from the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series and Super Kong from Donkey Kong Country Returns (minus the blue tie), and Eddie the Mean Old Yeti from the Donkey Kong Country TV series.
Yellow	N/A
Pink	Based on Junior (II) from Donkey Kong Jr. Math.

Link

Link's clothing design is based on his Champion's Tunic for half of his costumes, and based on the Hero of the Wild set for the other half. Both are from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Blue	Based on his Champion of the Wild incarnation from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, wearing the Champion's Tunic.
Green	Wears the Hero of the Wild set from Breath of the Wild, giving Link his more traditional appearance.
Red	Resembles the Hylian Tunic from Breath of the Wild.
Grey	Based on Fierce Deity Link from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
Indigo	Based on the Royal Guard Uniform from Breath of the Wild. The colors of the Hylian Shield resembles the Royal Guard's Shield.
Teal	Based on the Hero of Twilight's clothes from Twilight Princess.
White	Based on his pre-adventure outfit from Skyward Sword.
Black	Based on Dark Link, specifically using the design of the Dark Armor set from Breath of the Wild. Also resembles the Interlopers from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Samus

Orange	Based on the Varia Suit as it appears in Metroid: Other M.
Blue	Resembles the Fusion Suit from Metroid Fusion.
Pink	Based on the Gravity Suit's in-game sprite from Super Metroid, 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 from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
Purple	Based on the Gravity Suit as it appears in Metroid Prime.
Green	Referred to as "Mass Produced Samus" in the original Super Smash Bros. website, a reference to the MS-06 Zaku II from the Gundam franchise.
White	Based on the Light Suit from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
Black	Resembles a Power Trooper from Metroid Prime.

Dark Samus

Blue	The design is a combination of her organic features and color scheme from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and her redesigned Phazon Suit from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
Green	N/A
Purple	Resembles Gandrayda from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and Noxus from Metroid Prime Hunters.
Red	N/A
Yellow	Resembles the Golden Torizo from Super Metroid.
Grey	Resembles her concept art from Echoes.
Black	Resembles Orange Phazon from Metroid Prime, or Spire from Hunters.
Pink	Resembles Zazabi from Metroid Fusion.

Yoshi

Green	Yoshi as he has appeared since the GameCube games.
Red	The Red, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Cyan, and Purple colors are taken from the various color variations of the species from the Yoshi games and Mario spin-offs. The spots on the Yoshi Egg will match accordingly.
Blue
Yellow
Pink
Cyan
Purple
Chartreuse	Based on his appearance in Yoshi's Crafted World. While the render has a unique "fuzzy" coating, the in-game model simply uses material shaders to the same effect. His shoes and saddle also have a glossier appearance.

Kirby

Kirby's palette swaps are based on his alternate colors that regularly appear in his own series.

Pink	Kirby in his design since Kirby Air Ride.
Yellow	Based on Keeby from Kirby's Dream Course, including Beam Kirby from Kirby Super Star.
Blue	Uses the Ocean Spray Paint color from Kirby & the Amazing Mirror, and Kirby: Squeak Squad. It is also based on Ice Kirby pre-Return to Dream Land.
Red	Uses the Red Spray Paint from The Amazing Mirror, and Squeak Squad. It is also based on Fire Kirby from Super Star.
Green	Uses the Green Spray Paint from The Amazing Mirror, and Squeak Squad. It is also based on Plasma Kirby. Officially referred to as "kusa mochi Kirby" in Japanese.
White	Based on Kirby's monochrome appearance from the original Kirby's Dream Land, including its North American box art. Also uses the Chalk Spray Paint from The Amazing Mirror, and Squeak Squad.
Orange	Uses the Orange Spray Paint from The Amazing Mirror, and Squeak Squad.
Purple	Resembles an unmasked Meta Knight, with glowing yellow eyes and no blush marks. This design was originally unique to 3DS/Wii U, as previous Kirby games depicted him with white eyes and blush marks, but it has been integrated into the main Kirby series starting with Kirby: Planet Robobot.

Fox

Grey	Based on his appearance in Star Fox Zero.
Black	Based on his "Dark Fox" costume, as named on the Brawl DOJO!!. Also resembles a Cross fox.
Red	Based on Fox's Player 1 costume from the Versus Mode of Star Fox: Assault, including Falco's appearance in that game.
Green	Based on Fox's Player 4 costume from the Versus Mode of Star Fox: Assault.
Orange	Resembles Falco's appearance in Star Fox 64, and Star Fox 64 3D.
White	N/A
Yellow	Resembles Fox's Player 3 costume from the Versus Mode of Star Fox: Assault.
Purple	Resembles Wolf O'Donnell. Also resembles a silver fox.

Pikachu

Default	Based on its appearance from recent Pokémon games.
Red	Includes Red's hat. Pikachu's fur color also changes to look like a Shiny Pikachu and a nicknamed Pikachu in Pokémon Stadium.
Green	Includes Brenden's headband as he appeared in Pokémon Emerald. Pikachu's fur is one of the possible colors of a nicknamed Pikachu in Pokémon Stadium.
Yellow	Based on the hat the male protagonist Ethan wears in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Blue	Pikachu wears the blue party hat from the first Super Smash Bros. and Melee.
Purple	Based on the default hat of the male protagonist Calem from Pokémon X and Y.
Female	A female Pikachu, as identified by her heart-shaped tail, wearing Selene's Casual Cap from Sun and Moon.
Libre	Based on Pikachu Libre from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and Pokkén Tournament.

Luigi

Green	Based on his appearance in Super Mario Odyssey without a bowtie.
Orange	Resembles Mario's color scheme from Pinball, although Luigi's cap is orange instead of the matching blue.
Pink	Referred to as "Strawberry Luigi" in the original Super Smash Bros. website. Resembles Luigi's outfit from Wrecking Crew.
Cyan	Based on Ice Luigi, with his overalls purple instead of green. Also resembles Mario's appearance on the Mario Bros. cartridge art.
White	Based on Fire Luigi.
Purple	Based on Waluigi, though the "L" on his cap is purple instead of yellow.
Blue	Resembles his Player 2 appearance from Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon multiplayer mode the ScareScraper.
Yellow	The artwork for this alternate costume shows the "L" on his cap as yellow instead of its actual light blue color in-game. Resembles the appearance of a boy on the box art for the New Wide Screen rerelease of the Game & Watch game Manhole, but with brown shoes instead of red ones. Also resembles his appearance in the Atari XE port of Mario Bros., although Luigi's cap is yellow rather than green.

Ness

Red	As he appears in EarthBound.
White	Resembles Fuel from Mother 3.
Yellow	Based on the uniforms of the Hanshin Tigers, a Japanese baseball team that has previously done sponsorships with Nintendo. The shirt's pattern is reminiscent of the Gigantic Ant enemy from EarthBound.
Green	Resembles Everdred from EarthBound.
Blue	Resembles his younger self that he encounters in Magicant, as well as the color scheme of the Happy Happyism cult in EarthBound.
Black	The shirt features a sprite of Mr. Saturn on the front.
Cyan	The patterns and eyes on his shirt are based on Master Belch.
Purple	The shirt represents the checkered backgrounds of some of the menu screens in EarthBound.

Captain Falcon

Indigo	Based on his standard appearance in F-Zero GX.
Black	Resembles his appearance in the Japanese F-Zero X commercial.
Red	Based on Blood Falcon, Captain Falcon's evil clone and rival. It is his only costume with a unique logo on the back: a skull with "Blood Hawk" (the name of Blood Falcon's vehicle) written underneath. Exclusively in the Japanese version, this instead reads "Hell Hawk".
Green	Reminiscent of Wild Goose's color scheme.
Blue	Resembles his appearances in the original F-Zero, and F-Zero: GP Legend.
White	Based on Jody Summer as she appeared in F-Zero X.
Yellow	Based on Dr. Stewart and the Golden Fox's color scheme.
Cyan	Resembles Rick Wheeler from F-Zero: GP Legend.

Jigglypuff

Default	Based on its appearance from recent Pokémon games.
Red	Wears the flower worn by Phoebe of the Elite Four in the Generation III Pokémon games, most noticeably in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
White	Its hat is reminiscent of Leaf, the female protagonist from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
Blue	Wears a straw hat that's commonly associated with Bug Catcher Trainers. Its skin is one of the possible colors a nicknamed Jigglypuff can have in Pokémon Stadium.
Green	Wears Kirby's Sleep hat. Its skin is one of the possible colors a nicknamed Jigglypuff can have in Pokémon Stadium.
Pink	Resembles its Red Team costume from the original Super Smash Bros., including its blue costume from Melee.
Nurse	Its hat is reminiscent of the Pokémon Center Nurse from Pokémon X and Y.
Glasses	Its cap and glasses respectively are reminiscent of Serena's Red Felt Hat and White Wide-Frame Glasses from Pokémon X and Y.

Peach

Pink	Based on her appearance in Super Mario Odyssey.
Yellow	N/A
Red	Resembles Pauline's appearance from Donkey Kong.
Blue	Based on an alternate costume in Mario Golf, including Daisy's outfit from the title screen for NES Open Tournament Golf.
Green	Based on another alternate costume in Mario Golf. Also resembles her outfit from the title screen of NES Open Tournament Golf.
White	Inspired by her Wedding Dresses from Super Paper Mario, and Super Mario Odyssey.
Fire	Resembles her in-game sprite from the original Super Mario Bros. and Fire Peach from Super Mario 3D World.
Black	N/A

Daisy

Orange	Based on her current appearance in Mario Party 4 onwards.
Green	Based on Peach's appearance on the title screen of NES Open Tournament Golf.
Pink	Resembles Princess Peach's sprite in Super Mario Bros. 2, and Super Mario Bros. 3, where her sprite had brunette hair.
Blue	Based on her appearance on the title screen of NES Open Tournament Golf. Also resembles one of Peach's alternate costumes in Mario Golf.
Red	N/A
Purple	Resembles her dress in the Short Game mode from Mario Tennis.
White	Resembles a wedding gown. It is complementary to Princess Peach's wedding costume. The artwork for this alternate costume displays Daisy's crown colored gold while its actually colored white in-game.
Black	N/A

Bowser

Default	Based on his appearance in Super Mario Odyssey.
Black	Combines elements of his Black and Brown costumes from Brawl.
Yellow	Resembles Ludwig Von Koopa's and Lemmy Koopa's appearance in Super Mario World.
Green	Resembles Bowser's in-game sprite from Super Mario World, and his green alternate costume in Mario Golf.
Grey	Based on Morton Koopa Jr.'s original design in Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World.
Orange	Resembles Giga Bowser from Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Red	Resembles one of his alternate colors in Mario Golf.
Blue	Based on Bowser's Brother from Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, and Dark Bowser from Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. It also resembles one of his alternate colors in Mario Golf.

Ice Climbers

The Ice Climbers switch positions and the player controls Nana when the second half (the red, brown, white and orange) of their costumes are equipped. The stock icons and character selection portraits change to reflect this.

Purple	Based on their original sprites in Ice Climber.
Blue	Their parkas resemble Popo's immediately after touching an antagonist, but before turning completely white.
Green	Popo's parka color is reminiscent of the cucumber and the cabbage, collectable vegetables in Ice Climber. Nana's parka color references her blond hair color from the PAL and Japanese artworks of Ice Climber for Famicom. It is also reminiscent of the potato, one of the collectable vegetables in Ice Climber.
Indigo	Popo's parka color is reminiscent of the condor's sprite in VS. Ice Climber for the Famicom Disk System. Nana's parka color is reminiscent of the seal.
Red	Nana resembles her appearance on the North American box art for Ice Climber. Popo's outfit resembles his appearance on the official banner for VS. Ice Climber.
Brown	Nana's parka is reminiscent of the mushroom, one of the collectable vegetables in Ice Climber. Popo's parka is reminiscent of their sprite when turning completely white after touching an antagonist. However, the specific colorations of his mittens and boots also make his appearance reminiscent of a Topi.
White	The colors of their mittens and boots match those of their default colorations: blue (Popo) and pink (Nana). The colors of their parka outfits resemble their sprite after touching an antagonist. The color of their parkas, mittens and boots are also collectively reminiscent of the Polar Bears.
Orange	Nana's parka color is reminiscent of the Condor, and Popo's parka color is reminiscent of the eggplant.

Sheik

Blue	An amalgam of her Twilight Princess inspired design in Brawl and the Stealth Set from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Red	Resembles the Stealth Set after being dyed red in Breath of the Wild.
Indigo	Resembles Sheik's original appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Purple	Resembles the Stealth Set after being dyed purple in Breath of the Wild.
Green	Resembles the Stealth Set after being dyed green in Breath of the Wild.
Black	Resembles the Stealth Set after being dyed black in Breath of the Wild. Also based on a traditional ninja outfit. It is complementary to Link's "Dark Link" costume.
Yellow	Resembles the Stealth Set after being dyed light yellow in Breath of the Wild.
White	N/A

Zelda

Pink	A combination of her appearances from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.
Red	Based on Zelda's appearance in The Legend of Zelda when Link rescues her with the Red Ring equipped. Could also be a reference to Din, the Goddess of Power.
Blue	Based on her casual clothes in A Link to the Past. Could also be a reference to Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom.
Violet	Based on adult Zelda from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Green	Based on Zelda's appearance in The Legend of Zelda when Link rescues her with no Magic Ring equipped. Could also be a reference to Farore, the Goddess of Courage.
Black	Complementary to Link's "Dark Link" costume.
Purple	Resembles her appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
White	Resembles her in-game sprite when Link rescues her with the Blue Ring equipped in The Legend of Zelda. Also resembles her overworld sprite from A Link to the Past and her white dress from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

Dr. Mario

White	Resembles his appearance in Dr. Mario 64, but with navy jeans instead of white trousers.
Red	Resembles Fever the Red Virus from Dr. Mario.
Blue	Resembles Chill the Blue Virus from Dr. Mario.
Green	Resembles his appearance in Dr. Mario for the original Game Boy.
Black	Referred to as the "Unlicensed Doctor" on the Melee website. Also invokes the coats worn by earlier doctors before the shift to white coats.
Yellow	Resembles Weird the Yellow Virus from Dr. Mario.
Purple	N/A
Pink	Resembles Nurse Toadstool's scrubs.

Pichu

Yellow	Based on its appearance from recent Pokémon games.
Cyan	Wears blue goggles used by the Swimmer Trainer class.
Red	N/A
Grey	Wears a white beanie used by Team Skull Grunts in Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Blue	Wears a blue bandana used by Team Aqua Grunts in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
Black	A spikey-eared Pichu, a special event Pokémon from HeartGold and SoulSilver.
White	Wears the Flower Barrette accessory from Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Orange	Wears the Focus Band, an item known for giving any Pokémon that wears it a 10% chance of preventing fainting. Could potentially be a joke about how Pichu damages itself and wears it to prevent itself from unintentionally fainting.

Falco

Grey	Based on his appearance in Star Fox Zero.
Orange	Resembles his appearance in Star Fox 64 and Star Fox 64 3D.
Blue	Resembles the color scheme of Krystal in Star Fox: Assault.
Red	Resembles his appearance in Star Fox: Assault.
Green	N/A
Black	Resembles a black pheasant, a Red-throated caracara, a Crow, or a Raven. Complimentary to Fox's "Dark Fox" costume.
White	N/A
Pink	Resembles Katt Monroe, Falco's love interest, as she appears in Star Fox 64 and Star Fox 64 3D.

Marth

Navy	Based on his appearance as a Lord in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, and New Mystery of the Emblem.
Red	Based on the "enemy unit" color in the Fire Emblem series. Also possibly based on Cain, a cavalier in Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light.
Green	Based on the "ally unit" and "NPC unit" colors in the Fire Emblem series. Also possibly based on Abel, another cavalier in Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light.
Black	Resembles the overworld sprites of partner units in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. Also resembles Camus from New Mystery of the Emblem.
White	Based on Leif, the protagonist of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, though the color has become more monochromatic since 3DS/Wii U.
Blue	Resembles his appearance in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem.
Yellow	N/A
Purple	Resembles his original artwork from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light.

Lucina

Lucina's alternate costumes are based on female characters from Fire Emblem Awakening.

Blue	As she appears in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Green	Based on the Manakete Nowi.
Black	Based on the wyvern rider Cherche.
White	Based on the Pegasus Knight Cordelia, and also bears similarity to Severa.
Red	Based on Tiki. Her cape changes to bear the Divine Dragon Crest of Tiki's mother, Naga.
Yellow	Based on Lissa, Lucina's aunt.
Navy	Based on the dark mage Tharja. The back of her cape features the Brand of the Fell Dragon, a prominent symbol in Tharja's home country.
Purple	Resembles Sumia.

Young Link

Green	Based on his appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, complete with the Kokiri Sword and Deku Shield.
Red	Resembles the Goron Tunic from Ocarina of Time.
Blue	Resembles the Zora Tunic from Ocarina of Time.
White	Resembles Link's tunic with the Blue Ring equipped in The Legend of Zelda.
Pink	Based on the color scheme of most Fairies, a recurring race of creatures with healing powers, from The Legend of Zelda series.
Cyan	Resembles Link's appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In reference to this design, the costume uniquely changes the color of his legs to brown to resemble Link's tan pants with his Hylian Suit.
Orange	Reminiscent of the Spirit Medallion from Ocarina of Time.
Black	Resembles Dark Link and the Dark Interlopers from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Ganondorf

Red	Based on his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Violet	N/A
Blue	Based on his original beast-boar form, Ganon, in The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past, and A Link Between Worlds.
Green	N/A
Purple	N/A
Brown	Resembles his appearance from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
White	Complementary to Link's "Dark Link" costume, though now with blue skin instead of grey. Also based on his white-haired costume from Brawl and 3DS/Wii U.
Grey	Based on his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, which was the basis of his Brawl and 3DS/Wii U appearances.

Mewtwo

Default	Based on its appearance from the most recent Pokémon games.
Orange	Resembles one of Mewtwo's possible alternate colors in the Pokémon Stadium games.
Blue	Resembles another one of Mewtwo's possible alternate colors in the Pokémon Stadium games.
Brown	N/A
Pink	Resembles Mewtwo's original artwork from Pokémon Red and Green, which was presented as pink rather than purple later on.
Yellow	Resembles its original Shiny coloration from Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal.
Cyan	Based on the current Shiny Mewtwo since Ruby and Sapphire.
Purple	Resembles both Shadow Lugia from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, and Shadow Mewtwo from Pokkén Tournament.

Roy

Blue	An amalgam of his designs from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, and Fire Emblem Awakening.
Red	Resembles both his Player 3 costume in The Binding Blade's Link Arena mode, and the cavalier Alen.
Green	Resembles both his Player 2 costume in The Binding Blade's Link Arena mode, and the cavalier Lance.
Violet	Resembles Marcus, a paladin and Roy's guardian in The Binding Blade.
Cyan	Resembles Roy's father, Eliwood.
Purple	Resembles Zephiel, the main antagonist from The Binding Blade.
Pink	Resembles both his Player 4 costume in The Binding Blade's Link Arena mode, and Roy's tutor Celica.
Yellow	Resembles Bors, an armor knight from The Binding Blade.

Chrom

Blue	As he appears in Fire Emblem Awakening.
Red	Based on Walhart, an antagonist in Awakening.
Green	Based on Stahl, one of Chrom's shepherds.
Yellow	Based on Owain, Chrom's nephew.
Black	Resembles Chrom's concept art and portrait in-game in Awakening.
Purple	Resembles Sumia, one of Chrom's potential wives from Awakening, or alternatively Yen'fay, a minor antagonist also from Awakening.
White	Based on Kellam, another one of Chrom's shepherds.
Cyan	N/A

Mr. Game & Watch

Black	The general color of the LCD frames in most Game & Watch handhelds.
Red	Inspired by the colors in Virtual Boy games.
Yellow	Reminiscent of the monochrome screen of the original Game Boy.
Blue	N/A
Teal	Reminiscent of the two shades commonly used by the Game Boy for the background and foreground.
Cyan	Resembles the backlit display of the Game Boy Light.
Green	Reminiscent on the green dot-matrix display of the Game Boy.
White	Reminiscent of the monochromatic LCD screen of the Game & Watch titles.

Meta Knight

Blue	Resembles his design that debuted in Kirby: Right Back at Ya! and in artwork from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.
White	Based on an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride, including a Paladin and a Holy Knight.
Red	Based on another alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride, including Morpho Knight.
Green	N/A
Navy	Resembles his original appearance in Kirby's Adventure, but with red eyes.
Pink	Based on another alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride, which references Kirby's color scheme.
Purple	Based on Galacta Knight, complete with the 4-stared mask. In addition, Galaxia turns pink to resemble Galacta Knight's lance.
Grey	Based on Dark Meta Knight, complete with a scar on his mask. In addition, Galaxia turns silver with a blue gem.

Pit

Default	Based on his design from Kid Icarus: Uprising, which was based on his redesign from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Yellow	N/A
Red	Wears his chiton from the original Kid Icarus when he is equipped with the Gold Arrow upgrade along with Level 4 strength.
Green	Wears his chiton from the original Kid Icarus when he is equipped with the Bronze Arrow upgrade along with Level 2 strength, although his wings are now red instead of green.
Blue	Wears his chiton from the original Kid Icarus when he is equipped with the Sacred Arrow upgrade along with Level 5 strength.
Black	Resembles Dark Pit, who in turn was based on Pit's "Fallen Angel" costume from Brawl. However, his laurel wreath is purple and his hair remains brown, likely to better differentiate the two.
White	Resembles a putto.
Pink	Combines elements of his cyan and pink costumes from 3DS/Wii U.

Dark Pit

Black	As he appeared in Kid Icarus: Uprising, which in turn is based on Pit's "Fallen Angel" costume from Brawl.
Green	Resembles Thanatos as he appears in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Brown	Resembles Magnus.
Yellow	N/A
Red	Resembles Twinbellows as it appears in Kid Icarus: Uprising. The wings are a much lighter shade of grey to represent its exposed spine.
Blue	N/A
White	Resembles Pit. Dark Pit retains his black wings and gains a red scarf, likely to better differentiate the two. It is complementary to Pit's "fallen angel" costume.
Purple	Inspired by the Eggplant Wizard enemies.

Zero Suit Samus

Cyan	Based on her design from Metroid: Other M.
Blue	Based on her Zero Suit after completing Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
Red	Resembles her leotard at the end of the original Metroid.
Black	Resembles her outfit at the end of Super Metroid.
Green	Complementary to Samus' "Green Samus" costume.
White	Resembles an outfit from one of the endings of Metroid Fusion, including the Gunship Mii's Zero Suit from Nintendo Land, albeit with pink Chozo marks instead of green.
Orange	Wears her Casual Outfit from the ending of Metroid: Zero Mission.
Navy	Wears her Casual Outfit from one of the endings to Metroid Fusion.

Wario

Wario alternates between wearing his biker outfit from WarioWare and his overalls from the Mario and Wario Land games.

Blue	Based on his appearance in the WarioWare series.
Classic	Based on his classic overalls from the Mario, and the Wario Land series, using his design since Wario Land 4.
Red	Combines elements of his red and black costumes from Brawl, which makes it resembles his Player 1 appearance in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!, albeit with blue gloves, grey pants, and a red belt.
Classic Red	Resembles Mario's appearance in Donkey Kong and one of Wario's alternate colors in Mario Golf.
Yellow	Combines his yellow and green costumes from Brawl.
Classic Cyan	Based on Mario's appearance on the Japanese box art of Mario Bros. on the Famicom.
Green	N/A
Classic Green	Resembles Luigi's appearance on the arcade version of Mario Bros., and Mario's appearance on Japanese box art for Wrecking Crew.

Snake

Grey	Wears the default standard sneaking suit from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.
Black	Wears the Metal camouflage from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
Red	Wears the Fire camouflage from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
Blue	Wears the Water camouflage from Snake Eater.
Green	Wears the Tiger Stripe camouflage from Snake Eater.
White	Wears the Splitter camouflage from Snake Eater.
Chartreuse	Wears the Leaf camouflage from Snake Eater.
Brown	Wears the Animal camouflage from Snake Eater.

Ike

Ike uses his Ranger design from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for half of his costumes, and his Hero design from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U for the other half.

Default	Uses his Ranger appearance from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
Brown	Uses his Hero appearance from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
Purple	N/A
Red	Resembles the color scheme of an armored enemy unit in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
Yellow	Resembles Ike's father, Greil.
Green	Resembles the general Geoffrey from Path of Radiance.
Blue	Resembles Sigurd, one of the main protagonists of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
Black	Resembles the Black Knight.

Pokémon Trainer

Only the starting Pokémon is shown on the character selection screen; it can be changed by hovering the cursor over it and selecting it. All of Pokémon Trainer's alternate costumes reference a protagonist from each generation of the Pokémon games. The colors below correspond to Squirtle's shell, Ivysaur's bud and Charizard's skin.

Default	Red as he appears in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
Red	Changes the trainer to Leaf from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Squirtle resembles its evolution, Wartortle. Ivysaur resembles its in-battle sprite from Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. Charizard resembles its pre-evolution, Charmeleon.
Green	The trainer is based on Ethan, the male protagonist from Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. Squirtle is in its shiny colors. Ivysaur resembles its unevolved form Bulbasaur, including its in-game sprite from Generation I.
Pink	The trainer is based on May, the female protagonist from Pokémon Emerald.
Yellow	The trainer is based on Lucas, the male protagonist from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Squirtle resembles its in-battle sprite from Gold, Silver, and Crystal. Ivysaur is in its shiny colors. Charizard resembles both Shiny Charmander and Shiny Charmeleon.
White	The trainer is based on Hilda, the female protagonist from Pokémon Black and White. Her bracelets also resemble an Xtransceiver. Ivysaur is based on its in-battle sprite from Red and Green. Charizard resembles Aerodactyl and Reshiram.
Blue	The trainer is based on Calem, the male protagonist of Pokémon X and Y. Charizard resembles both Zubat and Golbat.
Purple	The trainer is based on Selene, the female protagonist as she appears in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. Charizard in in its original shiny colors from Gold, Silver, and Crystal.

Diddy Kong

Red	As he has appeared since Donkey Kong Country.
White	Based on his alternate outfit in the Two-Player Contest mode from Donkey Kong Country.
Pink	Based on Dixie Kong, Diddy Kong's girlfriend, with her blonde ponytail represented by his yellow fur.
Purple	Resembles the alternate outfit in the Two-Player Contest mode from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.
Green	Resembles one of Diddy Kong's alternate costumes in the multiplayer mode of Donkey Kong 64.
Blue	Based on Kiddy Kong, Dixie Kong's partner in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Yellow	Resembles a real-life chimpanzee.
Cyan	Resembles Donkey Kong Jr. as he appears in Donkey Kong Jr. Math.

Lucas

Yellow	As he appears in Mother 3.
Orange	Resembles his twin brother Claus.
Blue	N/A
Red	N/A
Grey	Based on the Masked Man. The shirt's design includes a sprite of the Masked Man's head. The pale skin could be a reference to Porky as he appears in Mother 3.
Cyan	Based on Duster.
Green	Based on Boney's human disguise. The shirt's design includes a sprite of Boney's head.
Purple	The shirt's design includes a sprite of a baby Drago from Mother 3.

Sonic

Blue	Based on his modern design first seen in Sonic Adventure.
Purple	Resembles NiGHTS from NiGHTS into Dreams. The cuffs and shoes resemble the Purple Chaos Emerald.
Cyan	Resembles Classic Sonic. The cuffs resemble the Crystal Ring from Sonic Adventure, and the shoes are reminiscent of the Cyan Chaos Emerald.
White	Resembles Silver the Hedgehog. The cuffs are based on the blue Ark of the Cosmos from Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, and the shoes are reminiscent of the White Chaos Emerald.
Black	Resembles his 2P costume from Sonic the Fighters. Also based on Dark Sonic from the anime series Sonic X, and Shadow the Hedgehog.
Yellow	N/A
Orange	His wristbands resemble the hand sprite that appears in the Special Stages in Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
Green	His wristbands resemble the hand sprite that appears in the Special Stages in Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The shoes are reminiscent of the Green Chaos Emerald.

King Dedede

Red	Uses his design first used in Kirby Super Star.
Pink	Resembles his Player 2 color in the Multiplayer mode from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
Green	Similar to an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride. His obi features a pattern of Waddle Dees as they appear in Kirby Super Star Ultra.
Purple	Similar to another alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride. The obi is similar to those on formal Japanese kimonos.
Cyan	N/A
Grey	Based on his monochrome appearance from the original Kirby's Dream Land.
Blue	Resembles his Player 4 color in the Multiplayer mode from The Crystal Shards. The obi features a traditional Japanese seigaiha pattern.
Black	Resembles one of his alternate costumes in Kirby Air Ride, with his skin resembling real-life great penguins. The artwork shows King Dedede's beak colored orange, while it is actually colored yellow in-game.

Olimar

Four of Olimar's costumes replace him with Alph, one of the protagonists of Pikmin 3.

Tan	Based on his appearance in Pikmin 3.
Red	N/A
Green	N/A
Blue	Resembles the design of real life space suits, specifically the Navy Mark IV Mercury spacesuit. Also combines his white and blue costumes from Brawl.
Alph	Alph as he appears in Pikmin 3.
Alph Green	Based on Captain Charlie.
Alph Pink	Based on Brittany, Alph's co-worker.
Alph Red	Resembles Olimar.

Lucario

Blue	As he appears in the Pokémon series.
Purple	N/A
White	Resembles its pre-evolution, Riolu.
Grey	N/A
Teal	N/A
Navy	Resembles Lucario's appearance in the Pokémon Diamond & Pearl anime adaptation.
Green	N/A
Pink	N/A

R.O.B.

R.O.B.'s default costume switches between the first and second ones listed depending on the game's language.

Tan	R.O.B.'s Japanese color scheme for the Famicom. Used as his default costume in Asian languages. The base reads "Family Computer Robot".
Grey	R.O.B.'s American color scheme for the NES, with the text on the base reading "R.O.B. - Robotic Operating Buddy". Used as R.O.B.'s default costume in English languages.
Yellow	Resembles Spike, an enemy from Stack-Up.
Purple	Resembles Flipper, another enemy from Stack-Up. Also resembles the North American color scheme for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Blue	Resembles the Indigo GameCube model and the Cobalt Blue Game Boy Advance SP.
Green	Resembles the R.O.B. Launcher from The Subspace Emissary, though lacking the bright blue cord.
Cyan	Resembles the Pearl Blue Game Boy Advance SP.
Red	Based on the Virtual Boy.

Toon Link

Green	The Hero of the Winds incarnation that debuted in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
Red	Red Link from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, and Four Swords Adventure.
Blue	Blue Link from Four Swords, and Four Swords Adventure.
Purple	Purple Link from Four Swords, and Four Swords Adventure.
Brown	Resembles Link's appearance from The Legend of Zelda.
Black	Resembles Dark Link's appearance in Twilight Princess, complimentary to other Links' dark costumes. Also resembles Shadow Link from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures.
Grey	Resembles Link's Blue Ring tunic in The Legend of Zelda.
Teal	Resembles Link's appearance in A Link to the Past, and A Link Between Worlds.

Wolf

Purple	Resembles his design in Star Fox Zero.
Brown	Resembles his color scheme in Star Fox Zero and Starlink: Battle for Atlas.
Red	Resembles Andrew Oikonny from Star Fox: Assault.
Blue	Resembles Wolf's Player 2 costume from the Versus Mode of Star Fox: Assault, as well as being the colors of his design in Brawl.
Green	Resembles Wolf's Player 4 costume from the Versus Mode of Star Fox: Assault.
Orange	N/A
Black	Resembles his appearance from Star Fox 2. The artwork shows the lining around his gloves and the collar of his jacket colored red while they're actually colored grey in-game. Compliments both Fox's and Falco's "dark" costumes.
Pink	Resembles Pigma Dengar, one of Wolf's former teammates, as he appears in Star Fox: Assault.

Villager

To reflect the Villager's customizable appearance in the Animal Crossing series, each costume features different clothes and facial features, all of which come from Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk when starting a new file.

Red	Male villager wearing a "No. 1 Shirt" as he appears in artwork for City Folk.
Pink	Female villager wearing a "Daisy Shirt" as she appears in artwork for Wild World.
Yellow	Male villager wearing a "Racer 6 Tee". The corresponding starting appearance in Wild World and City Folk instead sports the "Paw Tee" and a different hairstyle.
Green	Female villager wearing a "Turnip Top".
Cyan	Male villager wearing a "Blue Tie-Dye Tee" as he appears in artwork for City Folk.
Blue	Female villager wearing a "Rugby Tee".
Purple	Male villager wearing a "Four-Ball Tee".
Chartreuse	Female villager wearing a "Yellow Bolero".

Mega Man

Blue	Based on his appearance first seen in the original Mega Man.
Red	Based on the colors when using Items 1, 2, and 3 in Mega Man 2, especially when using the Rush Coil and the other Rush adapters in the series starting from Mega Man 3 and onward.
Green	Based on the colors when using Hyper Bomb in Mega Man, Leaf Shield in Mega Man 2, Gyro Attack in Mega Man 5, and Tornado Blow in Mega Man 9. May also reference Gyro Man and Commando Man.
Brown	Based on the colors when using Metal Blade in Mega Man 2, Ring Boomerang in Mega Man 4, and Silver Tomahawk in Mega Man 6.
Cyan	Based on the colors when using Air Shooter in Mega Man 2, Skull Barrier in Mega Man 4, and Crystal Eye in Mega Man 5.
Chartreuse	Based on the colors when using Slash Claw in Mega Man 7 and Astro Crush in Mega Man 8.
Orange	Based on the colors when using Fire Storm in Mega Man, Atomic Fire in Mega Man 2, Flame Blast in Mega Man 6, the Magma Bazooka in Mega Man 9, and the Solar Blaze in Mega Man 10.
Grey	Based on the colors when using Thunder Beam in Mega Man, the Top Spin in Mega Man 3, and the Thunder Wool in Mega Man 10.

Wii Fit Trainer

Wii Fit Trainer alternates between the female trainer and the male trainer. Both of them are characters from the original Wii Fit.

Female	As they appear in Wii Fit, their hair is one of many potential hairstyles a player's trainer can have.
Male
Green	Based on their design from Wii Fit Plus and Wii Fit U. Also the color that represents the Strength training mode in the Wii Fit series.
Male Green
Red	The color that represents the Aerobics category of activities in the Wii Fit series.
Male Red
Yellow	The color that represents the Balance Games in the Wii Fit series. Also based on an alternate outfit from Wii Fit Plus which only appears when a Yoga or Strength Training activity is being done in "My Wii Fit Plus" mode.
Male Yellow

Rosalina & Luma

With the exception of the purple costume, Rosalina's costumes are complementary to Peach's and transitively may share some sources of inspiration. Additionally, while not traditional alternate costumes, there are six different-colored Lumas outlined here.

Cyan	As she has appeared since Super Mario Galaxy, but with added details to her dress.
Pink	Based on Princess Peach. Also resembles a Hungry Luma from Super Mario Galaxy.
Yellow	Based on the Power Stars and Yellow Lumas from Super Mario Galaxy.
Green	Based on the Green Power Stars and Green Lumas from Super Mario Galaxy.
Red	Resembles Fire Rosalina in Super Mario 3D World.
Purple	Based on Lubba from Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Black	N/A
White	Resembles Peach's sprite from Super Mario Bros., and Fire Peach from Super Mario 3D World.

Little Mac

Little Mac is the only character to have their number of costumes decrease from 3DS/Wii U, going from 16 to 8 in Ultimate.

Default	Uses his updated design from Punch-Out!! for Wii.
Yellow	Wears his clothes from Title Defense Mode in Punch-Out!! for Wii.
White	Resembles his sprite from the NES Punch-Out!! after winning a match.
Blue	Wears his World Circuit outfit in Punch-Out!! for Wii.
Black	Resembles the protagonist of Super Punch-Out!!.
Pink	Wears his hooded sweatshirt from the training montages in the Punch-Out!! series.
Wireframe	The wireframe design from the original Punch-Out!! arcade game.
Green	Based on his pink, hooded sweatshirt from the training montages in the Punch-Out!! series, but with the colors of the suit and gloves inverted.

Greninja

Blue	As it appears in Pokémon X and Y.
Red	Resembles Crawdaunt.
Pink	Resembles Lickitung and Lickilicky, two other Pokémon with large tongues.
Black	Based on Shiny Greninja, but with an orange tongue rather than a red tongue and white skin in certain areas instead of black skin.
Violet	N/A
Green	Resembles Politoed, another frog-based Pokémon.
Grey	N/A
Purple	Resembles Shellder, another Water-type Pokémon with a large tongue.

Palutena

White	Based on her appearance from Kid Icarus: Uprising, which itself is based on her updated design that debuted in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Pink	Resembles her in-game sprite from the first Kid Icarus.
Cyan	Resembles Amazon Pandora from Uprising.
Green	Resembles artwork of Palutena in the instruction manual and Medusa's original sprite artwork from the first Kid Icarus.
Blue	N/A
Red	Based on Viridi.
Black	Based on Dark Pit.
Purple	Based on Medusa as she appears in Uprising.

Pac-Man

Pac-Man's stock icons are the only ones that do not alter its colors directly to represent each palette swap; instead, a colored neon bar (appearing similar to the wall sections from the original Pac-Man) is used under the stock icon. Most of his alternate costumes change his model to give him colored armbands and/or the Wing Shoes power-up from Pac-Land.

Default	Based on his bipedal design first seen on the side of Japanese arcade cabinets of the original Pac-Man. Takes particular inspiration from his appearance in Pac-Man World.
Blue	Based on his in-game sprite with the Wing Shoes power-up from Pac-Land.
Yellow	N/A
Black	N/A
Purple	N/A
White	Based on the official artwork of him wearing the Wing Shoes power-up from Pac-Land.
Red	The armbands are noticeably thinner, which makes them resemble compression sleeves, and he wears red leggings instead of Wing Shoes. Also resembles Blinky.
Plaid	His gloves and boots are reminiscent of oven mitts.

Robin

Half of Robin's costumes are male, while the other half are female.

Male	As they appear in Fire Emblem Awakening.
Female
Green	Resembles Mark, the tactician from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
Red	Resembles Anna the shopkeeper.
Blue	Resembles Inigo from Awakening.
Yellow	Resembles Eyvel from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.
White	Resembles the White Mage class from Square Enix's Final Fantasy series. Robin's hair color has been changed to dark brown, as opposed to the pitch black from 3DS/Wii U.
Pink	Resembles Serra from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.

Shulk

With the exception of his first and last palettes, all of Shulk's costumes are based on his party members from Xenoblade Chronicles. His hair now also changes colors to match these characters.

Red	Based on the "Casual" armor set. Officially dubbed "Colony Type I" as of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.
White	Based on Mecha-Fiora.
Black	Based on Dunban.
Orange	Based on Reyn.
Blue	Based on Sharla.
Lavender	Based on Melia.
Yellow	Based on Riki.
Trunks	Based on Shulk's "Swimsuit" armor set and his appearance with armor unequipped in Xenoblade Chronicles. Officially dubbed "Ecru Type" as of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.

Bowser Jr.

Instead of alternate color schemes, Bowser Jr.'s alternate costumes consist of the Koopalings. Bowser Jr.'s Junior Clown Car is the only one with black eyes and horizontal orange "eye paint", while the Koopalings' mass-produced Clown Cars have yellow mechanical eyes with vertical black "eye paint". Aside from Roy and Morton, whose positions are swapped, the Koopalings are listed by the order they are fought in Super Mario Bros. 3.

Bowser Jr.	Bowser Jr. is piloting his Junior Clown Car first seen in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Larry	All of Bowser Jr.'s alternate costumes replace him with the seven Koopalings; all of them pilot their own mass-produced Clown Car and all of them use their updated designs since New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Roy
Wendy
Iggy
Morton
Lemmy
Ludwig

Duck Hunt

Default	The dog is in its updated Duck Hunt design. The duck is one of the three possible ducks from the original game.
Black	The dog resembles a Bernese Mountain Dog. The duck resembles a male Saxony duck.
Blue	The dog is likely based on a bicolor Border Collie. The duck resembles an American black duck.
Brown	The dog is likely based on a Chocolate Labrador Retriever. The duck is likely based on a female Orpington Duck.
White	The dog is based on a Dalmatian dog. The duck is likely based on a Ruddy shelduck.
Tan	The dog is likely based on either a Japanese Akita or a Beagle. The duck resembles a male blue-headed mallard, an uncommon variant.
Yellow	The dog's coat resembles either a German Shepherd or Golden Retriever, including its official artwork from the original NES box-art. The duck appears to be a male Mallard and also one of the three possible ducks that appears in Duck Hunt.
Red	The dog's coat is likely based on a Black Labrador Retriever or a Great Dane. The duck is one of the three possible ducks from Duck Hunt. It also bears a resemblance to Banjo & Kazooie.

Ryu

Most of Ryu's costumes appear to derive from his alternate colors in Super Street Fighter II Turbo.

White	Based on his appearances in Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter V.
Grey	Uses his "Medium Punch" color. Also based on his alternate Mirror Match color in Street Fighter II: Championship Edition.
Cyan	Uses his "Heavy Punch" color, including his default appearance in Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, and in the Street Fighter Alpha series.
Black	Uses his "Light Punch" color.
Orange	Uses his "Light Kick" color. Also resembles SNK's Ryo Sakazaki.
Blue	Uses his "Medium Kick" color.
Green	Uses his "Heavy Kick" color. Also resembles Blanka.
Purple	Resembles Ryu's tenth color from Street Fighter V.

Ken

Most of Ken's costumes seem to largely derive from his alternate costumes from Super Street Fighter II Turbo. The attributed references below come from that game unless otherwise specified.

Red	Based on his appearance in Street Fighter II with elements lifted from Street Fighter IV.
Grey	Resembles his "Medium Punch" color. Also resembles his Mirror Match color in Street Fighter II: Champion Edition.
Blue	Uses his "Heavy Punch" color. Also resembles his default color in Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting.
White	Uses his "Light Punch" color.
Green	Uses his "Light Kick" color.
Yellow	Uses his "Start button" color. Also resembles Sean Matsuda.
Cyan	Uses his "Medium Kick" color.
Black	Resembles Violent Ken from SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos, his EX color in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, and his fifth color in Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers.

Cloud

Half of Cloud's costumes are based on his original design from Final Fantasy VII, while the other half are based on his appearance from the film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children; for the former, he wields the Buster Sword; while for the latter half, he wields the Fusion Sword, especially changing his Final Smash to Omnislash Ver. 5 as of v10.1.0 (though it is only a cosmetic change).

Purple	Based on his appearance in Dissidia Final Fantasy.
Advent	Based on his appearance in the film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. It is referred to as either his "Advent Children costume" or his "Cloudy Wolf" design.
Blue	Based on the default SOLDIER 3rd Class uniform in Final Fantasy VII.
Advent Navy	Resembles the default SOLDIER 3rd Class uniform and the Shinra infantryman uniform from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.
Red	Based on the default SOLDIER 2nd Class uniform from Final Fantasy VII. Also based on his alternate recolor from Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring.
Advent Black	Based on his appearance in Final Famtasy VII: Advent Children after his fight with Bahamut SIN where his sleeve is torn off, revealing the pink ribbon commemorating Aerith.
Brown	N/A
Advent Indigo	Resembles the SOLIDER 2nd Class uniform from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, including an alternate costume from Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.

Corrin

Half of Corrin's costumes are male, while the other half are female.

Male	The default avatar as a Nohr Prince or Princess in Fire Emblem Fates.
Female
Red	Based on Saizo and Arthur from Fates. Also based on the "enemy unit" color in the Fire Emblem series.
Orange	Based on Oboro from Fates.
Blue	N/A
Pink	Resembles the overworld sprites of Valla-aligned units from Fates as well as the flames emitted by Omega Yato.
Green	Resembles the overworld sprites of allied units in the Fire Emblem games.
Black	Resembles her appearance as a Nohr Noble.

Bayonetta

Half of Bayonetta's costumes are based on her design from Bayonetta 2, while the other half are based on her design from Bayonetta. For the former half, she wields Love is Blue, which has blue attack trails. For the latter half, she wields Scarborough Fair, which has red attack trails, and speaks English even in the Japanese version (referencing how the original release of Bayonetta for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 did not have a Japanese dub). Her Bullet Climax has slightly different sound effects for the two different costume types.

Black	Based on her appearance in Bayonetta 2.
Original	Based on her appearance in Bayonetta.
Yellow	Resembles her Daisy outfit from the Wii U and Nintendo Switch versions of Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2, including her yellow alternate color in Anarchy Reigns.
Green	Resembles her green alternate color in Anarchy Reigns.
Red	Based on Jeanne, Bayonetta's friendly rival. Her hair, Wicked Weaves, and Gammorah will be white to match.
Pink	Based on Cereza, her time-displaced, younger self whom she watches over in Bayonetta.
White	Resembles the platinum and pure platinum trophies in Bayonetta 2.
Blue	Resembles her blue alternate color in Anarchy Reigns.

Inkling

Inkling alternates between the female and male versions from the original Splatoon. To reflect the series' customizable aspect, each Inkling is equipped with different clothes found in the games.

Orange	Female Inkling wearing Fake Contacts, a White Tee, and Pink Trainers. Based on her default appearance in artwork and marketing from the original Splatoon.
Blue	Male Inkling wearing Fake Contacts, a Zink Layered LS, and Purple Hi-Horses. Based on his default appearance in artwork and marketing from the original Splatoon.
Yellow	Female Inkling wearing the Hero Headset Replica, Hero Jacket Replica, and Hero Runner Replicas. Based on how she appears in artwork from the original Splatoon, but with yellow tentacles and ink instead of green. She also resembles Agent 3.
Green	Male Inkling wearing the Skull Bandana, Armor Jacket Replica, and Moto Boots. Based on how he appears on the box art for Volume 2 of Sheldon's Picks.
Pink	Female Inkling wearing the Takoroka Mesh, Black Squideye, and White Kicks. Based on artwork from the original Splatoon.
Cyan	Male Inkling wearing the Retro Specs, Baby-Jelly Shirt, and Blue Slip-Ons. Based on artwork from the original Splatoon, but with cyan tentacles and ink instead of purple.
Purple	Female Inkling wearing the Squid Hairclip, School Uniform, and School Shoes, as she appears in promotional artwork from the Squid Research Lab.
Indigo	Male Inkling wearing the Skate Helmet, Octo Tee, and Octoling Boots.

Ridley

Default	Ridley is primarily based on his Super Metroid appearance, with some embellishments and elements that his clone had in Metroid: Other M.
Meta	Meta Ridley, resembling his original design from Metroid Prime and Brawl's Subspace Emissary.
Red	Resembles artwork of him for Super Metroid and his appearance on the American box art.
Blue	Based on Neo-Ridley from Metroid Fusion.
Green	Resembles his official artwork in Metroid: Zero Mission.
Purple	Resembles his in-game sprite from the original Metroid.
Yellow	Based on the Golden Statue from Super Metroid.
Grey	Based on Mecha Ridley from Metroid: Zero Mission.

Simon

Brown	Uses his design from the 1993 Sharp X68000 version of Castlevania Chronicles, with elements of his appearance from Super Castlevania IV.
Red	Resembles his appearance from Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.
Yellow	Based on his artwork for the Western box art of Super Castlevania IV, and his in-game appearance in Haunted Castle. Also resembles Fake Trevor, a boss from Symphony of the Night.
Black	Based on his in-game appearance in Vampire Killer, the MSX2 version of the original Castlevania. Also resembles his appearance from Castlevania Chronicles and Christopher Belmont from Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge on Game Boy.
Blue	Resembles his appearance on the Japanese box art for Super Castlevania IV.
Purple	Based on both Cornell from Legacy of Darkness and Joachim Armster from Lament of Innocence.
Orange	Resembles his in-game appearance from the original Castlevania.
Indigo	Resembles both Hector from Curse of Darkness and Trevor Belmont's doppelganger from Dracula's Curse.

Richter

Navy	Based on his design from Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.
Red	Resembles Christopher Belmont as he appears in Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, and Juste Belmont from Harmony of Dissonance.
Purple	Resembles the Dark Priest Shaft as he appears in-game in both Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
Green	Based on his girlfriend Annette as she appears in Dracula X Chronicles. It also resembles the "Curse" status-effect from Rondo of Blood and the color scheme of Nathan Graves from Castlevania: Circle of the Moon.
Yellow	Based on artwork of John Morris from Castlevania: Bloodlines, including Julius Belmont as he appears in Dawn of Sorrow.
Blue	Resembles his designs in Symphony of the Night, and The Dracula X Chronicles.
Black	Resembles Alucard as he appears in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
White	Based on Leon Belmont from Lament of Innocence.

King K. Rool

Green	An amalgam of his designs from both Rare Ltd. and Paon.
Orange	Based on Re-Koil from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Kerozene from the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.
Blue	Resembles Krusha, Kludge, and a Klaptrap.
Yellow	Based on Kutlass and Kopter from Donkey Kong Country 2.
Pink	Resembles Skidda from Donkey Kong Country 3, and Klump from Donkey Kong 64.
Black	Resembles Black Kritters from Donkey Kong Country.
Brown	Based on Rock Kroc from Donkey Kong Country, and Klump in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast. Also partially resembles an inversion of his normal colors.
White	Resembles the primary color motifs of the Snowmads, the primary antagonists of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and their leader, Lord Fredrik.

Isabelle

Half of Isabelle's costumes is her wearing the Summer Outfit, while for the other half she wears the Winter Outfit.

Green	Wears her Summer Outfit from Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
Yellow	Wears her Winter Outfit from New Leaf.
Pink	Resembles her casual outfit from Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer.
Red	Resembles the uniform worn by Happy Home Academy employees, one of which is notably Isabelle's brother Digby.
Purple	N/A
Teal	Resembles Tom Nook's appearance from New Leaf.
Grey	Resembles her Labor Day outfit in New Leaf.
Blue	N/A

Incineroar

Red	As it appears in Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Green	N/A
Black	A reversal of its normal color scheme. Also resembles its pre-evolution, Litten, but with a grey torso instead of a black one.
Blue	N/A
Orange	Resembles Infernape.
Purple	Resembles Big the Cat from the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Grey	Resembles the Japanese wrestler Black Tiger.
White	Resembles its shiny coloration, with a darker colored chest and white markings. Also resembles Jushin Liger, another Japanese wrestler.

Piranha Plant

Half of Piranha Plant's costumes have it planted in a pot, while the other half its in a Warp Pipe.

Red	It sits in the brown pot from Super Mario 3D World.
Green	Resembles its original design from Super Mario Bros., The pot is replaced with a green Warp Pipe.
Yellow	Based on the Wild Ptooie Piranha from Yoshi's Island after being struck once, and the Glad Piranha Plant from Super Princess Peach. It sits in a magenta pot.
Pink	Based on Peewee Piranha from Super Mario Galaxy 2, and the Piranha Creeper from Super Mario 3D World. It sits in a black pipe.
Black	Based on the Inky Piranha Plant from Super Mario 3D Land, and the Pale Piranha from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It sits in a red pot.
White	Based on the Bone Piranha Plant from New Super Mario Bros. 2. It sits in a yellow pipe.
Purple	Based on the Bungee Piranhas from Yoshi's Island DS, and the Spiny Piranha Plant from Super Mario Galaxy. It sits in a yellow pot.
Blue	Based on its sprite during Underground levels from Super Mario Bros., The pot is replaced with a brown pipe.

Joker

Two of Joker's alternate costumes place him in his Shujin Academy uniform from Persona 5. When wearing his school uniform, Joker takes off his glasses when summoning Arsène instead of his mask.

Black	Wears his Phantom Thief disguise when in the Metaverse.
Purple	Resembles the main color motif of Revelations: Persona.
Blue	Resembles the main color motif of Persona 3, including the Velvet Room attendants' uniforms.
Yellow	Resembles the main color motif of Persona 4.
Red	Based on the main color of Persona 5. A partial reversal of his regular color scheme. Also resembles Joker's Persona Arsène, the thematic color of Persona 2, and Tatsuya Suou's outfit from Persona 2: Eternal Punishment.
White	Resembles Goro Akechi, a temporary member of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, in his Crow outfit.
School	Wears his Shujin Academy school uniform.
School Summer	Resembles his summer uniform, as well as Yusuke Kitagawa's Kosei High School uniform. The buttons resemble those on the coat of Goro Akechi.

Hero

The first half of Hero's costumes are four of the many different protagonists from Dragon Quest. The other half are recolors of the first four.

Luminary	The Luminary from Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age.
Erdrick	Erdrick from Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation.
Solo	Solo from Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen.
Eight	Eight from Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King.
Luminary Red	Resembles Angelo, a party member from Journey of the Cursed King.
Erdrick White	Resembles Abel, the Hero from Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride.
Solo Orange	Resembles The Scion of Erdrick, the Hero from Dragon Quest. His Slime earring turns metal, in reference to the Metal Slimes.
Eight Blue	Resembles Terry, a party member from Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation.

Banjo & Kazooie

Brown	Based on their appearances in Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie.
Pink	Banjo resembles Mumbo Jumbo. Kazooie resembles her color scheme in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.
Black	Banjo resembles Bottles, while Kazooie resembles both Heggy and one of her multiplayer colors in Banjo-Tooie's Squawkmatch.
Red	Banjo resembles his sister Tooty, with her blonde hair represented by his yellow backpack. The red fur and blue clothing also cause him to bear a resemblance to Conker from Conker's Pocket Tales, another Rare Ltd. character. Kazooie resembles one of her four possible colors in Banjo-Tooie's Squawkmatch. She also resembles a chained breegull from Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge.
White	Banjo resembles Boggy the polar bear, while Kazooie resembles a real-life gentoo penguin.
Yellow	Banjo resembles one of his possible colors in Banjo-Tooie's Squawkmatch. Kazooie resembles Terry the pterodactyl, the boss of Terrydactyland in Banjo-Tooie.
Blue	Resembles the respective colors of their names in the Banjo-Kazooie series logo, and by extension, Split-Up Pads from Banjo-Tooie. Banjo also resembles one of his four possible colors in Banjo-Tooie's Squawkmatch.
Green	Resembles Gruntilda. Also resembles Yooka and Laylee, the titular protagonists from Yooka-Laylee, a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie developed by several former Rare Ltd. developers.

Terry

Terry's palettes are based on designs from his own games, and the design on his cap changes for each one.

Red	Uses his design from The King of Fighters series. The cap reads "FATAL FURY".
Blue	Resembles his standard alternate color throughout the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series. The logo on his cap reads "FATAL FURY".
Brown	In one of his alternate colors from The King of Fighters 2002.
Green	In another of his alternate colors from The King of Fighters 2002. Also resembles Eri Kasamoto from the Metal Slug series.
Orange	Based on his original appearance used from Fatal Fury: King of Fighters to Real Bout Fatal Fury Special. The cap reads "NEO GEO".
Grey	In one of his alternate colors from The King of Fighters '98. The cap reads "THE KING OF FIGHTERS" much like in Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory.
Black	In one of his alternate colors in Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition. The cap features a metal plate on the front similar to the Fatal Fury anime films.
Yellow	Based on his C+D color from The King of Fighters 2000. The cap reads "SOUTH TOWN - HUNGRY WOLF", which in itself is based on his design in The King of Fighters XIV.

Byleth

Half of Byleth's costumes are male, while the other half are female.

Male	As they appear in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
Female
Blue	Based on Dimitri. The dagger's color scheme is changed to match the one he gave Edelgard.
Red	Based on Edelgard. She wears white gloves, and the tights are made opaque red rather than patterned lace.
Yellow	Based on Claude.
Green	Based on Sothis. The tights are colored to appear bare. Also resembles the Sothis Regalia, a DLC outfit from the Three Houses Expansion Pass.
Black	Resembles Male and Female Byleth after fusing with Sothis.
Grey

Min Min

Min Min's first four costumes are based on the color schemes that could be selected either randomly or by clicking, holding, then tilting the left control stick in ARMS.

Orange	Her costume from ARMS when the control stick is tilted up.
Cyan	In her "right" control stick costume.
Red	In her "down" control stick costume.
Yellow	In her "left" control stick costume.
Blue	Resembles Ninjara's default costume and Spring Man's "down" control stick costume.
Green	Resembles the Dragon ARM and Twintelle's "left" control stick costume.
Pink	Resembles Ribbon Girl's "down" control stick costume.
Black	Resembles the Phoenix ARM and Byte and Barq's "left" control stick costume.

Steve

Three of Steve's alternate costumes replace him with Alex, one replaces him with a Zombie, and one replaces him with an Enderman. The two alternate costumes of both Steve and Alex are based on downloadable skins.

Steve	The first default player skin, with the beard from the early "Classic" builds of Minecraft.
Alex	The second default player skin from the 1.8 update in 2014 and onwards, with a slightly thinner build.
Steve White	Tennis Steve and Tennis Alex taken from the Default Skin pack added in the first version of the Legacy Console Edition.
Alex Grey
Steve Black	Scottish Steve and Swedish Alex taken from the Default Skin pack added in the first version of the Legacy Console Edition.
Alex Blue
Zombie	Replaces Steve with a Zombie. This skin is also available on the Bedrock Edition's Marketplace under Skin Pack 1 - Classic.
Enderman	Replaces Alex with an Enderman, though made to be much shorter to match the other characters' builds while still retaining its thin limbs. This skin is also available on the Bedrock Edition's Marketplace under Skin Pack 2 - Classic.

Sephiroth

Black	Based on his design from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.
Purple	Resembles 1st Class SOLDIERs from Final Fantasy VII.
Green	Resembles the giant snake Midgar Zolom from Final Fantasy VII. Also resembles Heidegger, Rufus Shinra's right-hand man, though slightly more muted in color.
Red	Resembles Genesis Rhapsodos, another subject of the Jenova Project. Also used in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT as the second alternate color for his default outfit "Operative of Legend".
White	N/A
Blue	Based on his Manikin in the Dissidia series. Also resembles 3rd Class SOLDIERs from Final Fantasy VII.
Coatless	Based on his appearance in Final Fantasy VII's final boss fight. Also appears in Dissidia Final Fantasy as his "Executioner" outfit.
Coatless Violet	N/A

Pyra/Mythra

Masahiro Sakurai overviewed the palettes for both Pyra and Mythra in the Mr. Sakurai Presents "Pyra/Mythra" video, giving his comments on each.

Default	Both have minor alterations made to their original designs to suit the game's lower age rating than Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Mythra's design is based on her unlockable "Massive Melee Mythra" costume that can be obtained after completing Chapter 3, which was initially designed for her spirit in Ultimate.
Green	Based on Pneuma, the true form of the Aegis (known as their Ascended State).
Swapped	Their color schemes are reversed, referencing an unlockable costume option both have in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 through the Challenge Mode.
Gormotti	Pyra's is inspired by the Gormotti cloak she wears during Chapter 2, which is also another outfit she can acquire (named "Disguised Pyra"). Mythra's colors are based on Nia.
Black	Resembles Poppi QTπ, Poppi's third form. Described by Masahiro Sakurai as a "villainous look".
Blue	Resembles KOS-MOS' appearance in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Also resembles Rex.
Saturated	A much more bright and vibrant version of their default color scheme.
Metal	Turns Pyra's color scheme to gold, while Mythra's becomes silver.

Kazuya

Kazuya wears his Gi bottom with no top for half of his costumes, and wears the business suit from Tekken 7 for the other half.

Default	Kazuya's default appearance in Tekken 5 and Tekken 6.
Suit	Kazuya's business suit that he wears as CEO of the G Corporation. It is also his default outfit in Tekken 7.
Red	In his Player 1 outfit from Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.
White	Based on his Player 2 outfit, also from Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.
Blue	Resembles Kazuya's Player 2 outfit from both Tekken and Tekken 2.
Purple	Based on his tuxedo costume from Tekken 2. Could also reference two similar alternate costumes that Kazuya has in Tekken Tag Tournament and Tekken 5, both of which are also purple tuxedos.
Black	Based on Jin Kazama, Kazuya's son.
Yellow	Features gold decorations first seen in Tekken. Also based on the metallic gold custom costume from Tekken 7.

Sora

Sora's costumes are based on his outfits from various games in the Kingdom Hearts series. While Sora's physical appearance changes in each game as he grows older, his Smash costumes all use his build from the original game. According to Sakurai, extra effort was put into Sora's alternate costumes due to him being the very last DLC Fighter to be added to Ultimate.

Default	As he appears in the first Kingdom Hearts and Chain of Memories, where he is 14 years of age. The design itself is meant to be based directly on Mickey Mouse.
Two	Wears his clothes from Kingdom Hearts II, given to him by Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather which allows him to use Drive Forms.
Dream	Wears his clothes from Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, secretly given to him by Organization XIII in order to keep track of his whereabouts.
Three	Wears his clothes from Kingdom Hearts III and Melody of Memory, gifted and enchanted by Yen Sid to help him hide from the forces of Darkness.
Grey	As he appears in the Timeless River world in Kingdom Hearts II, which is based on the original Mickey Mouse cartoons (mainly Steamboat Willie). The costume also features unique facial expressions inspired by classic manga artwork (i.e. the late Osamu Tezuka).
Red	Based on Sora's Valor Form from Kingdom Hearts II, including a visual representation of his teammate Goofy to enhance his physical stats, and allows him to use a second Keyblade.
Blue	Based on Sora's Wisdom Form from Kingdom Hearts II, including a visual representation of his teammate Donald Duck. The outfit is slightly modified from its appearance in Kingdom Hearts II, to better match the outfit from Dream Drop Distance.
White	Based on Sora's Ultimate form from Kingdom Hearts III. To access this form, Sora must have access to the Ultima Weapon and use its Formchange ability.

Mii Fighters

Here is a list of the Mii Fighter costumes available in Ultimate.

Trivia

• There is a total of 688 palette swaps (discounting Mii Fighter Costumes).
• Like with 3DS/Wii U, the average number of costumes per character is 8.
  • However unlike both Brawl and 3DS/Wii U, there is currently no fighter that has more or less than 8 color palettes specifically for an alternate costume like with Wario in Brawl or Little Mac in 3DS/Wii U, meaning that the number eight is standardized.
    • This marks the first time all fighters have the same number of color palettes.
• Villager and Pokémon Trainer are the only veterans to have gained a dark skin tone for some of their palette swaps.
• Mario, Link, Yoshi, Pikachu, Ganondorf, Ike, Little Mac, and Ryu are the only returning fighters to have lost some palette swaps or have old ones replaced.
• Link, Wario, Ike, Olimar, Villager, Wii Fit Trainer, Little Mac, Ridley, Isabelle, Piranha Plant, and Steve are the only characters who have alternate designs but lack a unique render pose for them.
• Pac-Man's stock icons are the only ones that do not alter the icon's colors itself, instead using a bar below it to signify which palette is being chosen. The bars themselves resemble the ones commonly seen on Pac-Maze.
• The order the Koopalings are listed in are the same order they are fought in Super Mario Bros. 3 (except for Roy and Morton, who's places have been switched).
• According to Masahiro Sakurai, extra effort was put into Sora's costumes as he was the last fighter.