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In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, because of the addition of the 8-Player Smash, each character has total of 8 palette swaps (except for Little Mac, who has 16). Despite the 3DS not supporting eight player matches, it still features the same alternate colors as the Wii U version.

This time, unlike the previous games, some of the palette swaps are actual costumes (like Wario in Brawl), and some can even change voices too, mostly of their gender, such as Robin and the Wii Fit Trainer. Other characters have colors that completely change them into new characters, such as Olimar and Bowser Jr., complete with Announcer clips. However, none of these costumes change any characteristic regarding gameplay; all moves, hitboxes, and properties remain the same.

Also, unlike the last three games, Team Battles no longer restrict characters to use the respective color scheme of the team (red, blue, etc), rather being outlined with the team color instead; and in the 3DS version, even if outlines are disabled in the settings, they will still show in Team Battles. This means that the player has complete freedom to pick whichever color he/she wants when playing Team Battles.

Bayonetta

Bayonetta Palette (SSB4)
Black Based on her appearance in Bayonetta 2, wielding Love is Blue.
Yellow A reference to her Princess Daisy outfit in the Wii U version of Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2.
Red Based on the color scheme of Jeanne, her friendly rival from Bayonetta. Her hair recolored white as well. The Wicked Weaves are also colored white to match.
White Based off of the white dress she wore in the beginning of Bayonetta 2.
Original Her appearance in Bayonetta, wielding Scarborough Fair. Also known as "A Witch With No Memories" in Bayonetta 2.
Green Based on one of her alternate colors in Anarchy Reigns.
Pink Based on her time-displaced, younger self whom she watches over in Bayonetta.
Blue Based on one of her alternate colors in Anarchy Reigns.

Bowser

Bowser Palette (SSB4)
Default Based on his appearance from the most recent games in the Mario series since Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Party 4.
Black Based on Morton Koopa's design from recent games.This costume somewhat combines the Black and Brown costumes from Super Smash Bros Brawl.
Yellow Possibly a reference to the gold Bowser statue from Super Mario World, or Ludwig Von Koopa's sprite design from the same game.
Green Based on a green alternate costume in Mario Golf and closely resembles Bowser's sprite in Super Mario World. It is also reminiscent of Bowser's cartoon design used in the three DIC Entertainment shows and the Nintendo Comics System series.
Grey This costume turns Bowser’s hair red and his shell and spiked collars to white, somewhat resembling Dry Bowser from New Super Mario Bros. and Mario Kart Wii. It also resembles Morton Koopa Jr.’s white and gold shell and darker skin.
Orange Similar as his default costume, but with pink hair and a more vibrant green. The color scheme resembles Bowletta from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and the classic design before his current one, which was a lot more orange with a whiter underbelly.
Red Based on an alternate costume in Mario Golf, except with red hair and a pink head.
Blue Based on the Bowser Impostor which appears in World 8-4 in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. Also resembles his alternate color in Mario Golf. The shell resembles the Spiny Shell from Mario Kart.

Bowser Jr.

Bowser Jr. Palette (SSB4)

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

Junior Bowser Jr.’s appearance since Super Mario Sunshine onwards.
Larry Larry Koopa as he appears in New Super Mario Bros. Wii onward.
Roy Roy Koopa as he appears in New Super Mario Bros. Wii onward.
Wendy Wendy O. Koopa as she appears in New Super Mario Bros. Wii onward.
Iggy Iggy Koopa as he appears in New Super Mario Bros. Wii onward.
Morton Morton Koopa Jr. as he appears in New Super Mario Bros. Wii onward.
Lemmy Lemmy Koopa as he appears in New Super Mario Bros. Wii onward.
Ludwig Ludwig von Koopa as he appears in New Super Mario Bros. Wii onward.

Captain Falcon

Captain Falcon Palette (SSB4)
Indigo Based his standard appearance from F-Zero GX.
Black Resembles his costume from the F-Zero X: Expansion Kit, as well as a Japanese commercial for F-Zero X.
Red Based on Blood Falcon's outfit from F-Zero X. Much like in the previous games, this color alters the logo on his back to “Blood Hawk”, the name of Blood Falcon’s F-Zero vehicle.
Green Slightly resembles Pico's appearance from F-Zero or Beastman's from F-Zero GX.
Blue This is a reference to his original F-Zero costume, as well his appearance in F-Zero: GP Legend.
White Resembles Jody Summer’s outfit. Also known as “Captain Fabulous” by fans.
Yellow Resembles Dr. Stewart’s outfit.
Cyan May be based on the outfit of Rick Wheeler, the protagonist of F-Zero: GP Legend.

Charizard

Charizard Palette (SSB4)
Orange Based on its appearance from the most recent games in the Pokémon series.
Red Resembles its pre-evolution form, Charmeleon.
Green Resembles Tornadus, the only pure flying type Pokemon.
Pink Taken from its blue palette swap from the Pokémon Trainer in Brawl.
Yellow Resembles the Shiny colors of its pre-evolutions, Charmander and Charmeleon.
White Resembles Aerodactyl, another winged species introduced in the Generation I Pokémon games.
Blue Resembles Golbat, another winged species introduced in the Generation I Pokémon games.
Purple Charizard’s purple color is similar to its old Shiny colors in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. Maybe even a Ridley costume, but this is a stretch.

Cloud

Let's Mosey
Purple Based on Cloud's appearance in Final Fantasy VII and Dissidia Final Fantasy; a modified version of the SOLDIER 1st Class uniform in the original game.
Advent Based on his appearance from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, known as "Cloudy Wolf" in Dissidia Final Fantasy, his Buster Sword changes to the Fusion Sword.
Blue Based on Zack Fair's original SOLDIER 2nd Class uniform at the start of Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-.
Advent Blue Resembles the color scheme of the Shinra infantryman uniform from Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-.
Red Based on the default SOLDIER 2nd Class uniform from Final Fantasy VII.
Advent Teal Resembles the color scheme of the default SOLDIER 3rd Class uniform from Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-. In this costume his left sleeve is removed, showing the arm infected by Geostigma, which has a pink ribbon in memory of Aerith Gainsborough. In the film, the sleeve is torn off from Cloud's battle with Kadaj.
Black Based on the default SOLDIER 1st Class uniform from Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-, which is used by Zack Fair in the same game. Also based on Cloud's default costume in Dissidia Final Fantasy 2015.
Advent Purple Resembles the color scheme of the default SOLDIER 2nd Class uniform from Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-.

Corrin

Corrin Palette (SSB4)
Male Based on the default male avatar from Fire Emblem Fates.
Female Based on the default female avatar from Fire Emblem Fates, though with black leggings.
Red Resembles the color scheme of Arthur from Fire Emblem Fates.
Orange Resembles the color scheme of Oboro from Fire Emblem Fates.
Blue Resembles the color scheme of Kris, the Avatar from Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem.
Pink
Green Resembles the color scheme of Kaze from Fire Emblem Fates.
Black Resembles the color scheme of Sophie from Fire Emblem Fates.

Dark Pit

Dark Pit Palette (SSB4)

Black Based on his appearance from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Green Could resemble a Mik or a Wave Angler from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Brown Resembles the color scheme of Magnus from Kid Icarus: Uprising. One of two alternate costumes that change his skin complexion.
Yellow One of two alternate costumes that change his skin complexion.
Red A possible reference to red Pandora from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Blue A possible reference to the blue Hewdraw head and regular Pandora from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
White Similar to Pit’s default outfit, but with black wings and and a red scarf to differentiate the two.
Purple May resemble the Eggplant Wizard from Kid Icarus.

Diddy Kong

Diddy Kong Palette (SSB4)
Red Based on his current appearance since Donkey Kong Country.
White Resembles the alternate outfit in the Two-Player Contest mode in the original Donkey Kong Country game.
Pink Based on Dixie Kong, Diddy Kong's girlfriend from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.
Purple Resembles the alternate outfit in the Two-Player Contest mode in 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. The reddish fur also matches Donkey Kong’s red swap.
Blue Based on Kiddy Kong from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie's Double Trouble.
Yellow Resembles a real life chimpanzee. It compliments Donkey Kong's black swap.
Cyan Heavily based on Donkey Kong Jr., as he appears in his game with the same name.

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong Palette (SSB4)
Brown Based on his current appearance since the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong.
Black Resembles a real life rainforest gorilla. The tie is the same as the one used in Contest Mode as a second player in the original Donkey Kong Country.
Red Represents the original Donkey Kong (A.K.A. Cranky Kong) from the arcade game with the same name, who had reddish orange fur.
Blue Resembles an alternate color scheme from Donkey Kong 64 and an alternate costume from Mario Golf.
Green Resembles an alternate color scheme from DK: King of Swing.
White Based on the Fire Mini Donkey Kong from the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, and a recolor from Mario Golf. It also resembles Super Kong from Donkey Kong Country Returns (though the costume predates it), but with a red tie instead of blue. This may also be a reference to Eddie the Mean Old Yeti from the Donkey Kong Country animated series, who shared the same model as Donkey Kong.
Yellow Resembles Donkey Kong under the effects of Banana Juice from Donkey Kong Country Returns, and a recolor from Mario Golf.
Pink Resembles Junior (II) from Donkey Kong Jr. Math.

Dr. Mario

Dr. Mario Palette (SSB4)
White Based on Dr. Mario’s appearance from Dr. Mario 64 onward, but with black jeans instead of white trousers, like in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Red Resembles the scrubs of a modern day nurse. Also based on the Red virus from Dr. Mario.
Blue Resembles the scrubs of a modern day medical doctor. Also based on the Blue virus from Dr. Mario.
Green Resembles the scrubs of a modern day surgeon.
Black Referred to as the “Unlicensed Doctor” on the Melee website.
Yellow Based on the Yellow virus from Dr. Mario.
Purple Has a possible reference to the background of the original NES Dr. Mario.
Pink Resembles the color of the scrubs worn by Nurse Toadstool.

Duck Hunt

Duck Hunt Palette (SSB4)
Default The dog is based on its default appearance in Duck Hunt. The duck is one of the three possible ducks from Duck Hunt.
Black The dog is based on a Rottweiler, a Doberman Pinscher, or a Coonhound. The duck resembles a Swedish Blue Duck.
Blue The dog is based on an American Pit Bull Terrier or a Border Collie. The duck is likely based on a male Common Pochard Duck.
Brown The dog is based on a Chocolate Labrador Retriever. The duck is highly likely based on an American Black duck.
White The dog is based on a Dalmatian. The duck is highly likely based on an East Indies duck or a male Red-Crested Pochard duck.
Tan The dog is based on a Beagle. The duck is highly likely based on a Female Mallard Duck.
Yellow The dog is based on a Labrador Retriever. The duck appears to be a Male Mallard Duck and also one of the three possible ducks that appear in Duck Hunt.
Red The dog is based on a Black Labrador Retriever. The duck is one of the three possible ducks from Duck Hunt. It is also worth noting that this palette swap resembles Banjo and Kazooie, the titular main characters from the Banjo-Kazooie series

Falco

Falco Palette (SSB4)
Default A combination of his design from Star Fox Command and Star Fox 64. His physical appearance matches Command while his outfit is inspired by 64.
Orange His orange pants resemble his appearance in Star Fox 64 and Star Fox 64 3D.
Blue Based on Slippy Toad's outfit in Star Fox 64 and Star Fox 64 3D. Also resembles the color scheme of Krystal in Star Fox Assault.
Red Based on Falco’s appearance in Star Fox Assault.
Green Based on his clothing in Star Fox Assault multiplayer mode.
Black His "Dark Falco" costume, which compliments Fox's "Dark Fox" costume. It also resembles his suit from Star Fox: Adventures.
White Loosely based on his blue palette swap from Melee.
Pink Resembles the color scheme of Krystal in Star Fox Command.

Fox

Fox Palette (SSB4)
Default A combination of his designs from Star Fox Command and Star Fox 64. His physical appearance matches Command while his outfit is inspired by 64.
Black A updated version his “Dark Fox” costume from Brawl. The name of the color was posted on the DOJO!!.
Red His red jumpsuit somewhat resembles Falco’s. Also resembles the color of Peppy Hare's pants from Star Fox 64 and Star Fox 64 3D.
Green Resembles his clothes from multiplayer in Star Fox Assault.
Orange Loosely based on his red color scheme from Melee.
White The lens on his headgear is colored orange in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U instead of green.
Yellow Resembles Fox's Player 3 costume from Star Fox: Assault's Versus Mode, as well as Slippy Toad’s outfit in Star Fox: Assault.
Purple Contains elements of his blue costume in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Wolf O'Donnell's gray fur and black pants.

Ganondorf

Ganondorf Palette (SSB4)
Black Based on his appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
White Complimentary to Link's "Dark Link" swap.
Purple Loosely based on his purple color scheme from Melee.
Green Loosely based on his green color scheme from Melee.
Red Resembles his color scheme from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
Yellow Resembles his color scheme of his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Grey Resembles Yuga from A Link Between Worlds. This is one of the three alternate costumes to change the color of Ganondorf's hair, and one of the two to change the complexion of his skin. It also may be based off of Gangrel from Fire Emblem: Awakening since they both have a gray face and pink hair.
Blue Based of his original beast-boar form, Ganon in the original The Legend of ZeldaA Link to the Past, and A Link Between Worlds.

Greninja

Greninja Palette (SSB4)
Blue Based on his appearance from Pokemon X and Y.
Red Resembles Crawdaunt, another Water/Dark Type Pokémon from the Pokémon series.
Pink Resembles Lickilicky, another Pokémon in the Pokémon series with a large tongue.
Black Color scheme resembles its shiny variation, but with an orange tongue rather than a red tongue and white skin in certain areas instead of black skin.
Lavender Similar in color to the purple Kecleon which are occasionally seen in the Pokémon anime and games.
Green Color scheme resembles Kecleon, another Pokémon in the Pokémon series with a long tongue.
Grey N/A
Purple Color scheme resembles Shellder, another Water-type Pokémon in the Pokémon series with a large tongue.

Ike

Ike Palette (SSB4)
Default Based on his appearance as a Hero in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
Yellow Resembles the outfit of his father, Greil, from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
Red Based on the "enemy" unit color in the Fire Emblem series. Also resembles the color scheme of Zelgius from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
Blue Resembles the color scheme of Sigurd, the first protagonist of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
Green Based on the "ally" unit color in the Fire Emblem series. Also resembles Geoffrey from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
Brown Uses Micaiah's color scheme from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
Black Resembles the Black Knight, an antagonist from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
White Based on Chrom, a major protagonist from Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Jigglypuff

Jigglypuff Palette (SSB4)
Default Based on its appearance from the most recent games in the Pokémon series.
Red Resemble the Elite Four Phoebe's flower from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
White Leaf's hat from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
Blue Wears a straw hat associated with Bug Catcher Trainers.
Green Wears the hat Kirby wears when he has the sleep copy ability.
Pink Based on the ribbon associated with Fairy Tale Girls. Also resembles its red ribbon alternate costume in the original Super Smash Bros.
Nurse Wears a Pokémon Center Nurse's hat as it appears in Pokémon X and Y.
Glasses Wears Serena's default hat and sunglasses from Pokémon X and Y.

King Dedede

King Dedede Palette (SSB4)
Red Based on his appearance from recent Kirby games.
Pink Similar to an alternate costume in Kirby 64 and Kirby Air Ride.
Green Similar to an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride. Has an Yarn Waddle Dee pattern on his belt, based on Kirby's Epic Yarn.
Purple Similar to an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride. The belt is very ornately decorated, similar to those on formal Japanese kimonos.
Cyan Features a belt that contains the same icons as one of the menu schemes from Kirby 64.
Grey Based on his appearance on the monochromatic Game Boy screen in Kirby's Dream Land.
Blue Similar to an alternate costume in Kirby 64.
Black Similar to an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride. It is based on an actual great penguin. Also resembles an Emp from Kirby 64.

Kirby

Kirby Palette (SSB4)
Pink Based on his appearance from recent Kirby games.
Yellow Based on Keeby, the Yellow Kirby controlled by Player 2 in Kirby's Dream Course and various other Kirby titles, as well as Beam Kirby from Kirby Super Star, sans the hat.
Blue Based on Ice Kirby in Kirby Super Star, sans the hat.
Red Based on Fire Kirby in Kirby Super Star, sans the hat, as well as the Red Kirby controlled by Player 3 in recent multiplayer games.
Green Based on Plasma Kirby in Kirby Super Star, sans the hat, as well as the Green Kirby controlled by Player 4 in recent multiplayer games, sans the dark green feet.
White Based on Kirby's monochrome appearance from the original Kirby's Dream Land. It is also similar to Kirby's appearance on the North American box cover. It is most similar in appearance to the alternate "Chalk" palette in Kirby: Squeak Squad.
Orange Resembles the orange spray paint from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad. It also resembles the color of Suplex Kirby in Kirby Super Star Ultra.
Purple Resembles Meta Knight without his armor and mask. It appears that it is different between versions, as the portrait and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U show it as a darker blue than the in-game model in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

Link

Link Palette (SSB4)
Green Based on his appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
Red Based on the Goron Tunic from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, as well as Link's appearance with the Red Ring in the original The Legend of Zelda.
Blue Based on the Zora Tunic in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Purple Based on Link's purple swap from his previous Namco developed title Soul Calibur II, itself based on the lavender tunics from previous Super Smash Bros. games The costume is now more comparable to a purple alternate costume of Toon Link, which is based on Purple Link from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords. His shield is based off of the Mirror Shield found in various zelda games, this version being based off of the design from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
Yellow Matches Link's color scheme when using the Great Fairy's Tears in Twilight Princess. Predates, but also resembles Pipit's yellow tunic in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
Black Based on Dark Link, as well as the Dark Interlopers from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. It is one of the two alternate costumes that changes Link's skin, eyes, and hair.
White Loosely based on his pre-adventure outfit from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, but with his standard hat and gauntlets.
Grey Based on Fierce Deity Link from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

Little Mac

Little Mac Palette (SSB4)
Little Mac (Wireframe) Palette (SSB4)

Little Mac is the only character with 16 different costumes, like how Wario had twice as many costumes as other characters in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The wireframe design is based on the original arcade Punch-Out!![1] and shares the same range of color options.

Default Based on his appearance from Punch-Out!! for Wii. He wears this outfit in Contender mode when fighting in the Minor Circuit, the title introduction, and during his training montages. He also wears this outfit as Player 1 in the multiplayer mode, and in Doc Louis' Punch-Out!!.
Yellow Resembles his appearance in Title Defense Mode in Punch-Out!! for Wii.
White Resembles a glitch from the NES Punch-Out!! where the green color on Little Mac's sprite would turn white after winning a match. Also resembles Piston Hondo's attire from the Wii version of Punch-Out!!.
Red Resembles his appearance in Contender Mode, when fighting in the World Circuit, in Punch-Out!! for Wii.
Blue Resembles his appearance when fighting in the Major Circuit in Punch-Out!! for Wii.
Orange Resembles his appearance as Player 2 in the multiplayer mode of Punch-Out!! for Wii.
Green Resembles his version as in SNES version of Super Punch-Out!!; while the character is called "Little Mac" in some of the game's later promotional materials, there is dispute as to whether or not the two are the same character.
Pink Wears his pink, hooded sweatshirt from various training montages in the Punch-Out series. The wireframe variant swaps the color of the hoodie and gloves, making the hoodie green and the gloves pink, which is the opposite of his training outfit.

Lucario

Lucario Palette (SSB4)
Blue Based on its appearance from the most recent games in the Pokémon series.
Red Lucario’s torso fur based off of Mars, one of the commanders of Team Galactic
White Resembles its pre-evolution, Riolu. Also possibly Cyrus the leader of Team Galactic
Grey Based off of the suits of Team Galactic
Teal Possibly based off of the hair of Galactic Grunts
Navy Resembles its color scheme from the Pokémon anime. Also based off of Saturn another commander and later new leader of Team Galactic
Green The color of the sprite if the main colors are given a hue of -100. Also Lucario’s torso fur based off of Charon one of Team Galactic’s Commanders and the grassy plains of the Valley Windworks, the area players first meet Charon
Purple Based off of the last Galactic commander Jupiter

Lucas

Lucas Palette (SSB4)
Yellow Based on his appearance from Mother 3.
Orange Changes his color scheme to that of his twin brother Claus.
Blue Possibly based off of Ness's Earthbound sprite or the magypsy Doria.
Red Could be based on the color scheme of Hinawa's dress, depicted as red.
Grey Based on the color scheme of the Masked Man, who appears in Mother 3. The shirt's design includes a sprite of the Masked Man's head.
Cyan Based on the color scheme of Duster from Mother 3.
Green Based on the color scheme of Boney's human disguise from Mother 3. The shirt's design includes a sprite of Boney's head.
Purple Lucas's purple color scheme from Brawl, but the shirt has no stripes and instead includes a sprite of a baby Drago from Mother 3.

Lucina

Lucina Palette (SSB4)

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

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

Luigi

Luigi Palette (SSB4)
Green Resembles his current appearance since Luigi's Mansion and Mario Party 4.
Orange Resembles Mario's color scheme from Pinball, although Luigi's cap is orange instead of blue.
Pink Resembles Luigi's pink outfit from Wrecking Crew. Referred to as "Strawberry Luigi".
Cyan Based on Ice Luigi from recent Mario games with purple overalls instead of green. Resembles Mario's appearance on the American cartridge art for Mario Bros.
White Based on the current design of Fire Luigi from recent Mario games.
Purple Based on Waluigi, his arch rival from the Mario series. This matches Mario's Wario-based swap. However, unlike Brawl, the "L" on his cap is now purple instead of yellow.
Blue Resembles Luigi's Player 2 costume in Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon's ScareScraper, but with a green L on Luigi's cap instead of a blue one.
Yellow Possibly resembles an alternate costume from Mario Golf, but with the colors of his overalls and shirt swapped.

Mario

Mario Palette (SSB4)
Red Based on his current appearance since Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Party 4.
White Based on Fire Mario's appearance dating back to Super Mario Bros. onward.
Blue Based on Mario's appearance on the Japanese boxart for Mario Bros. Also resembles Mario's appearance on the cover of the e-Reader game Mario Bros.-e.This replaces the inverted blue costume that was previously in all the other games.
Yellow Based on Wario's classic design from the Mario and Wario Land series, just as in the previous Smash titles. Mario could wear these colors by equipping the "W Emblem" badge in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Unlike in previous installments, the "M" on his cap is green instead of blue.
Black Originally based on Foreman Spike from Wrecking Crew '98 according to the original SSB Japanese site, though the costume has updated from the original version of this swap to be more black and white than brown and yellow. It may also resemble his more monochromatic appearance in the Super Mario Land games for the Gameboy.
Green A color inverse of his traditional colors which resembles his appearance on Japanese and European box arts for Wrecking Crew. The color of his overalls are now more brown than orange, updated from the original game. It also resembles Luigi's appearance on the arcade version of Mario Bros.
Striped Based on the outfit Mario wore in NES Open Tournament Golf. The outfit also resembles the American flag. In the Japanese version of NES Open Tournament Golf, it was only worn while playing on the U.S. Course, while Mario's default outfit was worn while playing in other courses. Sometimes referred to as 'Murica Mario by fans.
Purple Based on Waluigi. Interestingly, Mario could wear these colors in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by having both the L Emblem and W Emblem badges equipped.

Marth

Marth Palette (SSB4)
Navy Based on his appearance as a Lord in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem.
Red Based on the "enemy" unit color in the Fire Emblem series.
Green Based on the "ally" unit color in the Fire Emblem series.
Black Based on Quan from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
White Based on Leif, the protagonist of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.
Blue Based on Marth's artwork in Fire Emblem: Awakening and his original colors from Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi. May also resemble Seliph from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
Yellow Based on Roy's yellow costume in Super Smash Bros Melee, but his jeans are colored black instead of white.
Purple Resembles Roy's color scheme.

Mega Man

Mega Man Palette (SSB4)
Blue Based on his design in the original Mega Man series when no weapons are in use.
Red Based on his original coloration when using Items 1, 2, and 3 in Mega Man 2, as well as when using the Rush Coil and the other Rush adapters in the series starting in Mega Man 3. It may also resemble Cut Man.
Green Based off the colors of Hyper Bomb from the original Mega Man, Leaf Shield from Mega Man 2, Search Snake from Mega Man 3, Gyro Attack from Mega Man 5, Copy Vision from Mega Man & Bass, and Tornado Blow from Mega Man 9. Also has a reference to Tango the Cat, Gyro Man, and Commando Man.
Brown Based off the colors of Metal Blade from Mega Man 2 and Ring Boomerang from Mega Man 4.
Cyan Based off the colors of Ice Slasher from Mega Man, Air Shooter from Mega Man 2, Gemini Laser from Mega Man 3, and Blizzard Attack from Mega Man 6.
Chartreuse Based off the colors of Slash Claw from Mega Man 7 and the Electric Shock artwork from Mega Man V on the GameBoy. The colors also resemble his appearance from the Captain N: The Game Master TV show.
Orange Based off the colors of Fire Storm from Mega Man, Atomic Fire from Mega Man 2, Flame Sword from Mega Man 8, Wave Burner from Mega Man & Bass, Magma Bazooka from Mega Man 9, and Solar Blaze from Mega Man 10.
Grey Based off the colors of Thunder Beam from the original Mega Man, Top Spin from Mega Man 3, and Thunder Wool from Mega Man 10. Also has a reference to Junk Man's body.

Meta Knight

Meta Knight Palette (SSB4)
Blue Based on his appearance from the most recent games in the Kirby series, particularly Kirby's Return to Dream Land, though with more pieces of armor.
White Based on an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride, as well as a Paladin/Holy Knight.
Red Based on an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride. Also resembles concept artwork from Kirby's Dream Collection.
Green Based on an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride.
Navy Although believed by some fans to be inspired by Kirby and the Amazing Mirror's Dark Meta Knight, it actually more closely resembles his official art from his first appearance in Kirby's Adventure, where his mask and shoes were depicted as a dark purple color, his body was close to black, and his cape was red. However, in this appearance, his eyes were not red and his gloves were white, unlike the palette swap.
Pink Based on an alternate costume in Kirby Air Ride, which references Kirby's color scheme; Meta Knight himself resembles a dark blue Kirby beneath his armor.
Purple Resembles Galacta Knight from Kirby Super Star Ultra and Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
Grey Resembles Dark Meta Knight from Kirby and the Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Triple Deluxe.

Mewtwo

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Default Based on its appearance from the most recent games in the Pokémon series.
Orange Mewtwo's red palette swap from Melee. Also resembles one of Mewtwo's possible alternate colors in the Pokémon Stadium games. Also has a possible reference to its Yellow sprite.
Blue Mewtwo's blue palette swap from Melee. Also resembles one of Mewtwo's possible alternate colors in the Pokémon Stadium games. Also might be based off of Lugia.
Brown His tail has a possible reference to Eevee but his body is not completely brown and could also possibly be based off of Registeel.
Pink Slightly resembles the Pokémon it was cloned from, Mew.
Yellow Based off of Mewtwo's Generation Two Shiny Colors
Cyan Slightly resembles the Shiny colored Mewtwo from Pokémon X and Pokémon Y as well as Regice and Shiny Mew.
Purple Slightly resembles Shadow Lugia from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

Mii Fighter

Mii fighters

Each default Mii fighter design, as shown on the fighter selection screen, is similar a one of the guest Miis.

  • Brawler: Similar to Guest C, but with a different hair color, hair design, and a lighter skin tone.
  • Swordfighter: Similar to Guest B, but with a different hair style.
  • Gunner: Similar to Guest: F, but has a different hair style, along with a different colored shirt.

Mr. Game & Watch

Mr. Game & Watch Palette (SSB4)
Black Based on the Game & Watch characters from the games Fire and Parachute.
Red Based on depictions of objects and characters on the Virtual Boy, as well as the red crab in Crab Grab.
Yellow Based on depictions of objects and characters on the Gameboy.
Blue Resemble the blue crab from Crab Grab.
Teal Based on the displaying of the two shades on the Game Boy, commonly used for the background and foreground.
Cyan Resembles the backlit display of the Game Boy Light.
Green Resembles the crab from Crab Grab.
White Inverted colors of his default costume. Similar to the monochrome LCD display on the Game & Watch.

Ness

Ness SSB4 Costumes
Red Based on his appearance from EarthBound.
White Features a white T-shirt with red sleeves, the same as the shirt Fuel wears in Mother 3.
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.
Green Resemble's that of Everdred from Earthbound. Sometimes referred to as El Chavo Ness.
Blue Colors resemble that of his younger self that Ness encounters briefly in Magicant. Additionally, the shirt's colors resemble the color scheme of Ness's pajamas from the beginning of Earthbound.
Black Has a Mr. Saturn sprite drawn on the front of his shirt. May be based on the Good Kid's Shirt from Mother 3, which is found only in Saturn Valley.
Cyan The patterns and eyes on his shirt are based on Master Belch, an enemy from EarthBound.
Purple The shirt represents the checkered backgrounds of some of the menu screens in EarthBound.

Olimar

Olimar Palette (SSB4)

Four of Olimar's costumes replace him with Alph, the main character of Pikmin 3.

Tan Olimar's Hocotate suit that combines both the details it has in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Pikmin 3.
Red Resembles a Red Bulborb.
Green Could resemble Emperor Bulbax from Pikmin.
Blue Resembles real life space suits. It combines his white and blue swaps from Brawl.
Alph Alph's standard design from Pikmin 3.
Alph Green Resembles Charlie from Pikmin 3.
Alph Pink Resembles Brittany from Pikmin 3.
Alph Red Resembles Olimar's own colour scheme in the main series.

Pac-Man

Pac-Man Palette (SSB4)
Default Based on his design on Japanese arcade cabinets, in the Japanese version of Pac-Land, and in the Pac-Man World games.
Blue Based on the ingame palette of the wing shoes power-up from Pac-Land.
Yellow Resembles his appearance in Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures TV show without the sleeves.
Black The dark colors on his bands and shoes may reference the black background of the classic Pac-Man games.
Purple Resembles Sue, one of the ghosts that origiannly appeared in Ms. Pac-Man and Pac-Mania.
White Based on the ingame palette of the wing shoes power-up from Pac-Land.
Red Probably represents Blinky, one of the ghost from the original Pac-Man arcade game.
Plaid Referred to by fans as "Cooking Gloves Pac-Man".

Palutena

Palutena Palette (SSB4)
White Based on her appearance from Kid Icarus: Uprising, which itself is based on her appearance that debuted in Brawl.
Pink Resembles the palette of her original sprite from Kid Icarus.
Cyan Resembles the original concept art from Kid Icarus. This costume is different between the 3DS and Wii U versions of the game.
Green Might resemble the sprite of Medusa's true form from the original Kid Icarus.
Blue Resembles the color scheme of Pandora from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Red Based on the color scheme of Viridi from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Black Based on the color scheme of Dark Pit from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Purple Based on the color scheme of Medusa from Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Peach

Peach Palette (SSB4)
Pink Based on her current appearance since Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Party 4.
Yellow References Princess Daisy. It is the only costume to change the color of Peach's hair to auburn and her jewels to green.
Red Gives Peach a similar color scheme to Pauline, Mario's girlfriend from Donkey Kong.
Blue Based on an alternate costume in Mario Golf, with a crown resembling Rosalina's.
Green Based on an alternate costume in Mario Golf and her outfit from NES Open Tournament Golf.
White Resembles her wedding dress from Super Paper Mario.
Fire Based on Fire Peach from Super Mario 3D World and references Peach's sprite from Super Mario Bros.
Black Represents the color scheme of a Power Star and a yellow luma from Super Mario Galaxy.

Pikachu

Pikachu Palette (SSB4)
Default Based on its appearance from the most recent games in the Pokémon series.
Red Includes Red's hat, the protagonist of Pokémon Red and Blue. Pikachu's fur color also changes to look akin to a shiny Pikachu.
Green Includes Brendan's headband as it appeared in Pokémon Emerald.
Cyan Has the goggles worn by Pichu in Melee, which are possibly a reference to those worn by the "Swimmer" class of trainer in the Pokémon series.
Yellow Based Ethan's hat from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Blue Based on Pikachu's blue party hat alternate costume from Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee.
White Based on the Choice Band item from the Pokémon series. Also resembles Pikachu's shiny coloration.
Purple Wears Calem's default hat from Pokémon X and Y.

Pit

Pit Palette (SSB4)
White Based on his appearance from Kid Icarus: Uprising, which was based on his redesign from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Yellow Resembles the color scheme of his outfit in the Captain N: The Game Master comic.
Red Similar to an outfit from the original Kid Icarus, specifically when he is equipped with the Gold Arrow upgrade (Level 4 strength).
Green Similar to an outfit from the original Kid Icarus, specifically when he is equipped with the Bronze Arrow upgrade (Level 2 strength).
Blue Similar to an outfit from the original Kid Icarus, specifically when he is equipped with the Sacred Arrow upgrade (Level 5 strength).
Black Referred to as a "Fallen Angel" on the Smash Bros. DOJO!!. It became the basis of Dark Pit, but now has white wings and a purple scarf to differentiate the two.
Cyan Probably a reference to one of his alternate colours in the original Kid Icarus NES game, specifically when he is equipped with the Silver Arrow upgrade (Level 3 strength).
Pink May be based on Cupid. Also has a possible reference to the hue of his tunic in the Kid Icarus: Uprising animation Palutena's Revolting Dinner during Pit's trip to fetch her tomatoes.

R.O.B.

R.O.B. Palette (SSB4)
Tan Based on R.O.B's Japanese colour scheme for the Famicom. Used as R.O.B.'s default color scheme in the Japanese version of the game.
Grey Based on R.O.B's American colour scheme for the NES. Even the words on his base change from "Family Computer Robot" to "R.O.B. - Robotic Operating Buddy", the same as the American design. Used as R.O.B.'s default color scheme in the North American and PAL version of the game.
Yellow Resembles the color scheme of the glitch, Flipper, from Stack-Up.
Purple Resembles the color scheme of the glitch, Spike, from Stack-Up. Also resembles the North American SNES color scheme. May also resemble the Clear Purple Game Boy Color and the Atomic Purple Nintendo 64 controller.
Blue Said to be based on the color scheme of the Azurite Blue Game Boy Advance SP.
Green Similar to the R.O.B. Launcher from the Subspace Emissary, though lacking the same bright blue cord and missile-launching face.
White Resembles the color scheme of the "Mint x White" Nintendo 3DS model..
Red Resembles the Virtual Boy.

Robin

Robin Palette (SSB4)
Male Based on the default male avatar from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Female Based on the default female avatar from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Green Resembles the Tactician's map sprite color scheme from Fire Emblem as well as the scheme of the Abel archetypes.
Red Resembles Anna's color scheme from Fire Emblem: Awakening as well as the scheme of the Minerva and Cain archetypes.
Blue Based on the Avatar from Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow.
Yellow Resembles Eyvel from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.
White Reminiscent of the White Mage design from Square Enix's Final Fantasy series.
Pink Based on Serra, a Cleric from Fire Emblem: Rekka No Ken.

Rosalina & Luma

Rosalina Palette (SSB4)
Cyan Based on her appearance since her first debut, Super Mario Galaxy.
Pink Based on Princess Peach. May also resemble 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 Based on Fire Rosalina's appearance in Super Mario 3D World. May also represent the Red Star and Red Lumas from Super Mario Galaxy.
Purple Based on Lubba from Super Mario Galaxy 2. Does also resemble the color of Purple Coins from Super Mario Galaxy.
Black Based on the color scheme of a Power Star. May also represent Polari.
White Bears slight resemblance to Peach's appearance from Super Mario Bros and possibly an inverted coloring of her Fire costume.

Roy

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Blue A mix of his designs in Fire Emblem: Binding Blade and Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Red Roy's red costume from Melee. Based on the color scheme on the "enemy" unit in the Fire Emblem series.
Green Roy's green costume from Melee. Based on the color scheme on the "other" units in the Fire Emblem series.
Violet Resembles on the color shceme of Marcus, a paladin from Fire Emblem: Binding Blade.
Cyan Resembles on the color scheme of Eliwood, Roy's father from Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken. Like in Melee, this is his only palette swap to change the highlight of his armor from golden to silver.
Purple Resembles on the color scheme of Zephiel, the main antagonist from Fire Emblem: Binding Blade.
Pink Based on Cecilia, a character who acted as Roy's mentor in Fire Emblem: Binding Blade.
Yellow Roy's yellow costume from Melee.

Ryu

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All of Ryu's costumes are based on his alternate costumes from Super Street Fighter II and the Turbo HD Remix.

White Based on his appearance from Street Fighter II up to Street Fighter IV. It is also his default "Low Punch" palette in Super Street Fighter II.
Grey Based on his second player color in Champion Edition. It is also his "Strong Punch" palette in Super Street Fighter II.
Cyan Based on his first player color in Hyper Fighting. It is also his "Fierce Punch" palette in Super Street Fighter II.
Black Based on his default "Low Punch" palette in Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
Orange Based on Ryo Sakazaki's gi from SNK's Art of Fighting series.
Blue Based on his "Forward Kick" palette from Super Street Fighter II. Could also resemble Evil Ryu.
Green Based on his "Roundhouse Kick" palette from Super Street Fighter II. May resemble Blanka.
Red Based on Dan Hibiki's gi, with the headband matching the color of Dan's undershirt.

Samus

Samus Palette (SSB4)
Orange Based on the Varia Suit as it appears on Metroid: Other M.
Blue Based on the color scheme of her Fusion Suit from Metroid Fusion.
Pink Based on the color scheme of the Varia Suit of the original Metroid when missiles are selected, although Sakurai compares it to the Gravity Suit's in-game sprite from Super Metroid.
Brown Based on the color scheme of the Dark Suit, Samus' first upgraded suit, from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
Purple Based on the color scheme of the Gravity Suit's in-game appearances, especially from Metroid Prime.
Green Samus' Power Suit in Super Metroid. Also, considered a staple of Super Smash Bros. by Masahiro Sakurai. In Japan, the original Smash 64 website referred to this alternate costume as "mass produced Samus", a reference to Gundam. While the artwork depicts it as having an orange helmet and breastplate, they are red in-game.
White Based on the color scheme of the Light Suit, Samus' second upgraded suit, in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes it also has a reference to her sprite in Metroid II: Return of Samus on the GameBoy.
Black Based on the color scheme of Dark Samus from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

Sheik

Sheik Palette (SSB4)
Blue Based on unused concept art for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, inspired by her design in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Red Reminiscent of Rauru from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Purple Resemble Sheik's original appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Pink Resembles the colors of Zelda's dress.
Green Reminiscent of Saria from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Black "Dark" costume, similar to Link's Dark Link costume. Also a reference to a traditional ninja outfit, but is slightly darker and is the only costume to change the colour of her hair.
Yellow Colors resemble Impa from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
White Slightly resembles Impa in her appearance from Hyrule Warriors. It also has some resemblances to Tetra's outfit in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

Shulk

Shulk Palette (SSB4)

All but one of Shulk's alternate costumes are based on the color shcemes of his traveling companions from Xenoblade Chronicles.

Red Based on Shulk's official art for Xenoblade Chronicles in his default "Colony" armor set.
White References Mecha-Fiora's color scheme.
Black References Dunban's color scheme.
Orange References Reyn's color scheme.
Blue References Sharla's color scheme.
Lavender References Melia's color scheme.
Yellow References Riki's color scheme.
Trunks Based on Shulk's swimsuit armor set from Xenoblade Chronicles, also seen when all of his equipment is removed. His skin is slightly tanned when wearing this costume, as well as the body shape slightly changing in the artwork.

Sonic

Sonic Palette (SSB4)
Blue Based on his current appearance since Sonic Adventure.
Purple Resembles NiGHTS, another SEGA series. The wristbands reference Chaos Emeralds. Also resembles Darkspine Sonic, who's mostly purple. It also may be reference toward Espio the Chameleon.
Cyan Wristbands resemble the Crystal Ring, an upgrade from Sonic Adventure, an item which helped the player perform a Light Dash quicker. His brighter coloration also resembles Classic Sonic from Sonic Generations.
White Resemble Silver the Hedgehog. His wristbands resembles the Ark of the Cosmos from Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
Black Colors resemble Dark Sonic from the Sonic X anime.
Yellow Wristbands resemble Silver the Hedgehog's from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
Green His wristbands resemble the ones attached to the gloves that appear in the special stages in Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
Red His wristbands resemble the ones attached to the gloves that appear in the special stages in Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

Toon Link

Toon Link Palette (SSB4)
Green Based on his regular outfit from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and Four Swords Adventure.
Red Based on the Red Link copy from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and Four Swords Adventure
Blue Based on the Blue Link copy from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and Four Swords Adventure.
Purple Based on the Purple Link copy from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and Four Swords Adventure.
Brown Based on Link's appearance in the NES Legend of Zelda and his appearance in The Legend of Zelda cartoon. It also resembles Toon Link's appearance in the first trailer for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
Black Based on Dark Link's appearance in Twilight Princess. While a similar Dark Toon Link, known as Shadow Link, appeared in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, it did not closely resemble this color scheme. It is one of two costumes to change the color of his tights and is the only costume to change the color of his shield.
Grey Based on the color scheme when Link wears the Blue Ring in The Legend of Zelda. It is one of two costumes to change the color of his tights.
Teal Based on Link's appearance in A Link Between Worlds, which first appeared in the Oracle Series. Also resembles Link's appearance in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

Villager

Villager Palette (SSB4)

Villager's appearance varies greatly between costumes, with their eyes, hair, gender and clothing all changing. All of Villager's alternate costumes, with the exception of the yellow costume, are based on how the player may look at the start of a new game depending on how they answer questions asked by Kapp'n or Rover in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk respectively. The shirts/dresses worn are named below.

Red Male villager wearing a "No. 1 Shirt".
Pink Female villager wearing a "Daisy Shirt".
Yellow Male villager wearing a "Racer 6 Tee". The only alternate costume not based on a villager appearance at the start of a new game.
Green Female villager wearing a "Turnip Top".
Cyan Male villager wearing a "Blue Tie-Dye Tee".
Blue Female villager wearing a "Rugby Tee".
Purple Male villager wearing a "Four-Ball Tee".
Chartreuse Female villager wearing a "Yellow Bolero".

Wario

Wario Palette (SSB4)

Wario has four fewer costumes than in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, now only having four biker and four overalls costumes.

Blue Based on his outfit from the WarioWare series.
Red Resembles his Player 1 appearance in WarioWare: Mega Party Game$!. The only differences in design are the blue gloves, which were taken from his Player 2 appearance and simply made the W's red, and his jeans' color. It may also combine elements of his red and black costumes from Brawl.
Yellow Combines elements of his yellow and green costumes from Brawl.
Cyan Based on the colors of Wario-Man, his costume alter-ego from WarioWare: Touched! and WarioWare: Twisted!
Classic Based on his classic outfit from the Mario series and the Wario Land series as well as his current appearance since Wario Land 2.
Classic Red Resembles how Mario looked like in the early Mario games where he had red overalls and a blue shirt instead of the blue overalls and red shirt he wears today and it resembles his blue alternate costume from Mario Golf. It also resembles Mario's outfit in the original Donkey Kong arcade game, in the three DIC Entertainment cartoons and in the Nintendo Comics System series. Giving Wario a Mario skin mirrors how Mario has a Wario skin since Smash 64.
Classic Cyan Resembles Mario's appearance on the Japanese cover of Mario Bros.
Classic Green Similar to Mario's green costume. It also resembles Luigi's debut in Mario Bros., although the colors of the overalls an shirt are swapped.

Wii Fit Trainer

Wii Fit Trainer Palette (SSB4)
Female Based on her design in Wii Fit, but the hair is based on Wii Fit Plus and her top covers up more of her torso.
Male Based on his design in Wii Fit.
Green Based on her design in Wii Fit Plus and Wii Fit U, though less revealing.
Male Green Same as previous.
Red The color that represents the Aerobics category of activities.
Male Red Same as previous.
Yellow The color that represents the Balance Games. Also loosely 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 Same as previous.

Yoshi

Yoshi Palette (SSB4)
Green Yoshi's main colors, based on his appearance from both the Mario and Yoshi series as well as his current appearance since Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Party 4.
Red Based on a Red Yoshi, who debuted in Super Mario World.
Blue Based on a Blue Yoshi, who debuted in Super Mario World.
Yellow Based on a Yellow Yoshi, who debuted in Super Mario World.
Pink Based on a Pink Yoshi, who debuted in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Cyan Based on a Cyan Yoshi, who debuted in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Purple Based on a Purple Yoshi, who debuted in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Black Based on a Black Yoshi, who debuted in Yoshi's Story.

Zelda

Zelda Palette (SSB4)
Default Based on her appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
Red Based on Zelda's appearances in The Legend of Zelda when Link rescues her with the Red Ring equipped.
Blue Based on Zelda's appearances in The Legend of Zelda when Link rescues her with the Blue Ring equipped.
Purple Based on her adult appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Green Based on Zelda's appearances in The Legend of Zelda when Link rescues her with no Magic Ring equipped.
Black "Dark" costume, similar to Link's Dark Link costume. Also a reference to her mourning robe from Twilight Princess.
Pink Based on Zelda's appearance in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Wind Waker and A Link Between Worlds as shown by the blue trim on the bottom of the dress.
White Based on Zelda's field sprite from A Link to the Past as well as the goddess dress from Skyward Sword.

Zero Suit Samus

Zero Suit Samus Palette (SSB4)
Cyan Based on her Zero Suit's appearance in Metroid: Other M, while also incorporating some traits from Metroid: Zero Mission, such as the high ponytail and more serious expression.
Blue Based on her outfit she wears upon completion of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
Red A reference to her red undersuit from the original Metroid after clearing it 100% or by entering JUSTIN BAILEY into the password screen.
Black May be a reference to her black undersuit from Super Metroid, which was also seen in a Japanese Super Metroid commercial.
Green Inspired by the "Mass Produced Samus" alternate costume that Samus has had since the original Super Smash Bros.
White Resembles an outfit from one of the endings of Metroid Fusion.
Shorts Orange Based on an outfit from the ending of Metroid: Zero Mission.
Shorts Blue Based on an outfit from the ending of Metroid Fusion.

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

Stats

  • There is a total of 448 alternate costumes.
  • The average number of costumes per character is 8.
  • Little Mac has the highest amount of color swaps when including alternate costumes: 16.

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5dH8GEMeTc

Trivia

  • Little Mac's Battle Entrance is to jog onto the stage in his pink sweatshirt and then throw it off. If he is in his pink sweatshirt palette swap, he still jogs onto the stage, but doesn't take his sweatshirt off.
  • Little Mac is the only character so far to have more than eight palette swaps (excluding Wario, who had twelve in Smash Bros. Brawl).
  • Bowser Jr. is the only character who is not able to change his color, since all of his palette swaps are the Koopalings.
  • Ike, King Dedede, Kirby, Link, Little Mac, Lucina, Mega Man, Ryu, Samus, Shulk, Toon Link, Villager, Yoshi and Zelda are the only characters to have all their alternate colors originate from their respective games.

References

Palette swaps
Lists by Game Super Smash Bros. · Melee · Brawl · for 3DS/Wii U · Ultimate
Characters Builder Mario  · Dark Link  · Pikachu Libre  · Alph  · Koopalings  · Meta Ridley  · Heroes (III, IV, VIII)  · Zombie and Enderman
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