Alternate costume (SSB4)

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

Mario and Greninja with alternate costumes

Each character in Super Smash Bros. 4 has a set of alternate costumes. Due to the presence of 8-Player Smash, all characters now have eight costumes (except for Little Mac, who has 16) for a total of 448 costumes in the game. Some costumes have slight visual differences between the 3DS and Wii U versions.

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

Pac-Man, Peach, and Pikachu using outlines in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS's Team Battles

Team Battles no longer confine characters to using their respective team color schemes, as teams are now indicated by colored outlines around the characters, giving players the freedom to pick whichever alternate costume they want to use in Team Battles.

On the Find Mii stage in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, the Dark Emperor uses magic that affects all players of the same color. Each alternate costume is allocated to one of the twelve Mii colors: black, brown, red, orange, yellow, light green, green, light blue, blue, purple, pink, and white. These colors are noted in the below lists as a bar underneath the corresponding portrait; as several characters have multiple costumes that share this color, the main color names as used on this page do not conform to this system.

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.

Black
Yellow	Resembles her yellow alternate costume from Anarchy Reigns.
Red	Based on Jeanne, Bayonetta's friendly rival. The hair visible in her Wicked Weaves and on Gomorrah is also colored white.
White	Resembles the platinum and pure platinum trophies in Bayonetta 2, which depict her in a silvery color scheme.
Original
Green	Resembles her green alternate color in Anarchy Reigns.
Pink	Resembles her time-displaced, younger self whom she watches over in Bayonetta.
Blue	Resembles her blue alternate color in Anarchy Reigns.

Bowser

Giga Bowser is always treated as yellow in Find Mii.

Default	Based on his appearance in Super Mario 3D Land.
Black	Combines elements of his black and brown costumes from Brawl.
Yellow
Green	Resembles his in-game sprite from Super Mario World.
Grey
Orange
Red
Blue	Based on his impostor's in-game sprite in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.

Bowser Jr.

Bowser Jr.'s alternate costumes replace him with each of the seven Koopalings. Bowser Jr. rides the Junior Clown Car which was introduced in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, whereas the Koopalings ride in a mass-produced Koopa Clown Car with a design unique to Super Smash Bros..

Junior
Larry	Replaced with Larry Koopa.
Roy	Replaced with Roy Koopa.
Wendy	Replaced with Wendy O. Koopa.
Iggy	Replaced with Iggy Koopa.
Morton	Replaced with Morton Koopa Jr.
Lemmy	Replaced with Lemmy Koopa.
Ludwig	Replaced with Ludwig von Koopa.

Captain Falcon

Indigo
Black	Based on his appearance in the Japanese commercial for F-Zero X.
Red	Based on Blood Falcon, Captain Falcon's evil clone and rival. The logo on his back changes to a skull with "Blood Hawk" (the name of Blood Falcon's vehicle) written underneath.
Green	Reminiscent of Wild Goose's color scheme.
Blue	Resembles his appearance in the original F-Zero and his appearance in F-Zero: GP Legend.
White	Resembles Jody Summer's original design in F-Zero X.
Yellow	Possibly based on Dr. Stewart and the Golden Fox's color scheme.
Cyan	Reminiscent of Rick Wheeler from the anime F-Zero: GP Legend.

Charizard

Orange
Red	Resembles the Pokémon Charmeleon, the pre-evolved form of Charizard.
Green
Pink
Yellow	Resembles the Shiny colorations of Charmander and Charmeleon, the other members of Charizard's evolutionary family.
White	Resembles the Pokémon Aerodactyl.
Blue	Based on the Pokémon Zubat and its evolved form Golbat.
Purple	Based on its original Shiny coloration from Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal.

Cloud

Half of Cloud's costumes are based on his appearance in Final Fantasy VII, while the other half are based on his "Cloudy Wolf" design from the movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. In two of his Advent Childen costumes, his Geostigma-infected arm is covered by a sleeve, while it is exposed in the other two, revealing the red ribbon he wrapped around it in memory of Aerith Gainsborough. His costumes with the exposed arm are based on his appearance in Advent Children after his fight with Bahamut SIN, during which his sleeve is torn off.

He wields the Buster Sword in the former outfits and the Fusion Swords in the latter outfits.

Purple	Based on his appearance in Dissidia Final Fantasy.
Advent	Based on his appearance in the movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Blue	Resembles the 3rd-Class SOLDIER uniform from Final Fantasy VII.
Advent Blue	Resembles the 3rd-Class SOLDIER uniform from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.
Red	Resembles the 2nd-Class SOLDIER uniform from Final Fantasy VII.
Advent Teal	Based on his appearance in Advent Children after his fight with Bahamut SIN, during which his sleeve is torn off, revealing a pink ribbon commemorating Aerith.
Black	Resembles the SOLDIER 1st Class uniforms from Crisis Core.
Advent Purple	Resembles the 2nd-Class SOLDIER uniform from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.

Corrin

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

Male
Female
Red	Resembles Saizo, the elder twin of their retainer Kaze from Fire Emblem Fates.
Orange
Blue
Pink	Resembles the overworld sprites of Valla-aligned units from Fire Emblem 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 in Fire Emblem Fates.

Dark Pit

Black
Green
Brown
Yellow
Red
Blue
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	Bears a slight resemblance to the Eggplant Wizard enemies from the Kid Icarus games.

Diddy Kong

Red
White	His vest is reminiscent of his alternate outfit in Donkey Kong Country's Two-Player Contest mode.
Pink	Based on Dixie Kong, Diddy Kong's girlfriend, with her blonde ponytail represented by his yellow fur.
Purple	Resembles his appearance in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest's Two-Player Contest mode.
Green
Blue	Resembles Kiddy Kong, Dixie'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.

Donkey Kong

Brown
Black	Fur color resembles a real-life gorilla. The tie is reminiscent of Donkey Kong's appearance in Donkey Kong Country's Two-Player Contest Mode.
Red	Fur color resembles the in-game sprite of Donkey Kong from the original Donkey Kong.
Blue
Green	Fur color resembles one of his alternate colors in DK: King of Swing's Jungle Jam mode.
White	Referred to as "Yeti DK" on the Brawl DOJO!! Resembles the mythical yeti. It also resembles the Fire Mini Donkey Kongs from Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and Eddie the Mean Old Yeti from the Donkey Kong Country TV series.
Yellow	Resembles one of his alternate colors in DK: King of Swing's Jungle Jam mode.
Pink	Fur color resembles Junior (II) from Donkey Kong Jr. Math.

Dr. Mario

White	Resembles his appearance in Dr. Mario 64, but with navy jeans instead of white trousers.
Red
Blue
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
Purple
Pink	Resembles the color of the scrubs worn by Nurse Toadstool.

Duck Hunt

Duck Hunt's alternate costumes change the dog and/or the duck's colors to resemble real variants of the respective animals.

Default	The duck is one of the three possible ducks from Duck Hunt.
Black	The dog somewhat resembles a Bernese Mountain Dog. The duck resembles a male Saxony duck.
Blue	The dog has the bicolor coat pattern of a Border Collie. The duck resembles an American black duck.
Brown	The duck resembles a female Orpington duck.
White	The dog based on a Dalmatian. The duck resembles a ruddy shelduck, an orange species with green wings.
Tan	The dog resembles a Beagle. The duck resembles a male blue-headed mallard, an uncommon variant.
Yellow	The duck is one of the three possible ducks that appear in Duck Hunt. It resembles a male mallard.
Red	The dog resembles a black Labrador Retriever. The duck is one of the three possible ducks from Duck Hunt. Collectively, the costume bears a resemblance to Banjo and Kazooie.

Falco

Default
Orange
Blue
Red	Resembles his appearance in Star Fox: Assault.
Green
Black	Resembles a red-throated caracara, black pheasant or raven.
White
Pink	Resembles Katt Monroe, Falco's love interest, as she appears in Star Fox 64 and Star Fox 64 3D.

Fox

Default
Black	Referred to as the "Dark Fox" on the Brawl DOJO!!.
Red
Green
Orange	Possibly based on Peppy Hare's color scheme in Star Fox: Assault.
White	The reticle is orange in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U instead of green.
Yellow	Resembles Slippy Toad's appearance in Star Fox: Assault.
Purple	Resembles a silver fox.

Ganondorf

Black	Besides reusing his Twilight Princess design, Ganondorf now has the glowing chest wound from his attempted execution.
White	Complementary to Link's "Dark Link" costume.
Purple
Green
Red
Yellow	Resembles his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Grey
Blue	Resembles his appearance as the monster Ganon in the original The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past, and A Link Between Worlds.

Greninja

Blue
Red
Pink	Resembles Lickitung and Lickilicky, two other Pokémon with long tongues.
Black	Resembles Shiny Greninja, only with its fins remaining light-yellow instead of black, its tongue scarf being orange instead of red, and its head webbing being light brown instead of blue.
Lavender
Green
Grey
Purple

Ike

Default	Based on his appearance as a Hero in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
Yellow
Red	Resembles the color scheme of a armored enemy unit in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
Blue	Resembles Sigurd, one of the protagonists in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
Green	Resembles Geoffrey, one of Ike's comrades, as he appears in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
Brown
Black	Based on the Black Knight, Ike's rival, as he appears in Radiant Dawn.
White	Based on Chrom, one of the protagonists in Fire Emblem Awakening.

Jigglypuff

Unlike previous games, none of Jigglypuff's alternate costumes change it to its Shiny coloration.

Default
Red
White	Its hat is reminiscent of Leaf, the female protagonist of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
Blue	Resembles one of the possible colors for a nicknamed Jigglypuff in Pokémon Stadium. Its hat is reminiscent of the Bug Catcher Trainer class.
Green	Resembles one of the possible colors for a nicknamed Jigglypuff in Pokémon Stadium. Its cap is reminiscent of Kirby with the Sleep Copy Ability.
Pink	Revived from its alternate costumes from the original Super Smash Bros., as well as 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 X and Y.

King Dedede

Red
Pink	Resembles his "Player 2" color in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards' Multiplayer mode, but his skin is blue.
Green	Resembles his green color in Kirby Air Ride. The obi features embroidered Waddle Dees, using their sprites from Kirby Super Star Ultra.
Purple	Resembles his purple color in Kirby Air Ride. The obi is reminiscent of formal Japanese kimonos.
Cyan
Grey	Resembles his monochromatic in-game sprite in Kirby's Dream Land when played on a Game Boy.
Blue	Resembles his "Player 4" color in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards' Multiplayer mode. The obi includes a traditional Japanese seigaiha pattern.
Black	Resembles his black color in Kirby Air Ride, with his skin resembling a great penguin.

Kirby

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

Pink
Yellow	Based on and directly referred to as "Keeby", the yellow Kirby from Kirby's Dream Course. It also resembles Yellow Kirby from various Kirby titles and Beam Kirby in Kirby Super Star. Kirby's Dream Buffet calls this color "Keeby Yellow".
Blue	Based on Ice Kirby in Kirby Super Star. In addition, Blue Kirby in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and later titles also has the same color. Kirby's Dream Buffet calls this color "Ice Blue".
Red	Based on Fire Kirby in Kirby Super Star. In this game, it more closely resembles Red Kirby from the various Kirby titles for Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Kirby's Dream Buffet calls this color "Fire Red".
Green	Resembles Green Kirby from the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS Kirby titles, starting with Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land. Officially referred to as "kusa mochi Kirby" in Japanese. Kirby's Dream Buffet calls this color "Tea Green".
White	Based on his monochromatic in-game sprite from Kirby's Dream Land. Kirby's Dream Buffet calls this color "Retro Tone".
Orange	Resembles Kirby's appearance after using Orange Spray Paint in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad, with a more orangish body and dark red feet.
Purple	Resembles an unmasked Meta Knight, with glowing yellow eyes and no blush marks. This design was originally unique to this game, 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. Kirby's Dream Buffet calls this color "Meta Navy".

Link

Green	Based on his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, with some design tweaks to also resemble his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
Red	Based on the Goron Tunic from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Blue	Based on the Zora Tunic from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Purple	Resembles Purple Link from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures. It also resembles Link's purple-colored Blue Ring Tunic from Soulcalibur II.
Yellow	Resembles his appearance after utilizing the Great Fairy's Tears in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
Black	Based on Dark Link.
White	Based on his appearance as a resident of Skyloft from the beginning of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
Grey	Based on Fierce Deity Link from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. The chain mail is more golden and the scabbard is darker in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

Little Mac

Little Mac is the only character with 16 different costumes, having a wireframe variant of each of his eight standard costumes. The wireframe variants are based on the player's appearance in the original arcade Punch-Out!! His wireframe palette swaps have slightly brighter cel-shaded colors than their non-wireframe counterparts.

Giga Mac is always treated as green in Find Mii.

Default	His appearance when fighting in the Minor Circuit in Punch-Out!! (Wii).
Yellow	His appearance in Punch-Out!! (Wii)'s Title Defense Mode.
White	Reminiscent of the colors his in-game sprite after defeating opposing boxers in Punch-Out!! (1987), but the colors of the tank top and shorts swapped.
Red	His appearance when fighting in the World Circuit in Punch-Out!! (Wii).
Blue	His appearance when fighting in the Major Circuit in Punch-Out!! (Wii).
Orange	Resembles his appearance as Player 2 in Punch-Out!! (Wii)'s Head-to-Head Mode, but the colors of the tank top and shorts swapped.
Green	Resembles the protagonist of Super Punch-Out!! (SNES).
Pink	Wears his pink, hooded sweatshirt from the training montages in the Punch-Out!! series. The colors are inverted in the wireframe variant.

Lucario

Mega Lucario is always treated as blue in Find Mii.

Blue
Red
White
Grey
Teal
Navy
Green
Purple

Lucas

Yellow
Orange	Based on Claus, Lucas's twin brother from Mother 3.
Blue
Red
Grey	Based on the Masked Man from Mother 3. The shirt features a sprite of the Masked Man's head.
Cyan	Based on Duster from Mother 3.
Green	Based on Boney's human disguise from Mother 3. The shirt's design features a sprite of Boney's head.
Purple	The shirt's design features a sprite of a baby Drago from Mother 3.

Lucina

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

Blue
Green	Based on Nowi.
Black	Based on Cherche.
White	Based on Cordelia.
Red	Based on Tiki from Fire Emblem Awakening. The back of her cape features the crest of the Divine Dragon Naga, Tiki's mother.
Yellow	Based on Lissa, Lucina's aunt.
Navy	Based on Tharja. The back of her cape features the Brand of the Fell Dragon, a prominent symbol in Tharja's home country.
Purple	Based on Sumia.

Luigi

Green	Based on his appearance in Super Mario 3D Land.
Orange
Pink	The original Super Smash Bros. website referred to this costume as "Strawberry Luigi".
Cyan
White	Based on Fire Luigi.
Purple	Based on Waluigi, although the "L" on his cap is purple instead of yellow. This was not the case in Brawl.
Blue	Resembles Mario's appearance on the Game & Watch boxart for Donkey Kong Jr.
Yellow	Resembles the appearance of a boy on the boxart of the Widescreen rerelease for the Game & Watch game Manhole, but with brown shoes instead of red ones.

Mario

Red	Based on his appearance in Super Mario 3D Land.
White	Based on Fire Mario.
Blue	Based on his appearance on the Japanese (resale version) and European covers of the NES version of Mario Bros.
Yellow	Based on Wario's classic design, although the "M" on his cap is green instead of blue. This was not the case in in Melee and Brawl.
Black	Originally based on Foreman Spike from Wrecking Crew, though the palette has become more blue than red compared to previous Smash titles.
Green	Resembles Luigi's appearance from promotional artwork for the arcade version of Mario Bros., with the colors of the overalls and shirt swapped. It also resembles Jinbe from Mole Mania, another game developed by Shigeru Miyamoto.
Striped	Based on his appearance in Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course and NES Open Tournament Golf.
Purple	Based on Waluigi.

Marth

Navy	Based on his appearance as a Lord in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow. The Falchion retains its design from Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem.
Red	Resembles Minerva's design in the Fire Emblem: The Complete art book.
Green
Black	Resembles Camus, one of Marth's allies, as he appears starting with Mystery of the Emblem.
White	Originally based on Leif, the protagonist of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, though the palette has become more monochromatic compared to previous Smash titles.
Blue	Resembles his appearance in Mystery of the Emblem. This replaces his previous blue alternate costume in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Yellow
Purple	Based on Roy's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Mega Man

All of Mega Man's alternate costumes were derived from those of the Mega Man titles when he was using weapons or items.

Blue
Red	His color scheme for using various utility items throughout the Mega Man titles, most notably Rush.
Green	His color scheme for using Hyper Bomb in the original Mega Man, Leaf Shield in Mega Man 2, and several other weapons.
Brown	His color scheme for using Metal Blade in Mega Man 2, and several other weapons.
Cyan	His color scheme for using Air Shooter in Mega Man 2, and several other weapons.
Chartreuse	His color scheme for using Slash Claw in Mega Man 7, and several other weapons.
Orange	His color scheme used for the artwork of Flame Blast in Mega Man 6, and several other weapons.
Grey	His color scheme for using Top Spin in Mega Man 3, and several other weapons.

Meta Knight

Blue	This design has been carried over to the later Kirby titles.
White	Resembles one of his alternate costumes in Kirby Air Ride.
Red	Resembles his red color in Kirby Air Ride.
Green	Resembles his "yellow" color in Kirby Air Ride, although his feet are purple instead of brown. This was not the case in Brawl.
Navy	Resembles his original appearance in Kirby's Adventure, but with red eyes.
Pink	Resembles his "green" color in Kirby Air Ride, as well as Kirby.
Purple	Based on Galacta Knight.
Grey	Based on Dark Meta Knight.

Mewtwo

Default
Orange	Resembles one of the possible colors for Mewtwo in the Pokémon Stadium titles.
Blue	Resembles one of the possible colors for Mewtwo in the Pokémon Stadium titles.
Brown
Pink	Resembles its 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
Purple	Reminiscent of Shadow Lugia from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

Mii Fighter

The Mii Fighters' various costume options are distinct from how other characters' alternate costumes work. The colors of these costumes match the Mii's original color from the Mii Maker. In addition, the Mii's original color is used in Find Mii. To view the Mii Fighters' alternate costumes, see here.

Mr. Game & Watch

Black	Reminiscent of the lit LCD cells and frames from the Game & Watch units.
Red	Reminiscent of characters and objects as depicted on the Virtual Boy.
Yellow	Reminiscent of characters and objects as depicted on the original Game Boy.
Blue
Teal	Reminiscent of the two shades commonly used by the Game Boy for the background and foreground.
Cyan	Reminiscent of 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 games.

Ness

Red
White	Resembles Fuel from Mother 3, but with a cap.
Yellow	Based on the uniforms of the Hanshin Tigers, a Japanese baseball team. The shirt's pattern is reminiscent of the Gigantic Ant enemy from EarthBound.
Green	His clothes resemble the color scheme of Everdred’s outfit in EarthBound.
Blue	Resembles his younger self.
Black	The shirt features a sprite of Mr. Saturn on the front.
Cyan	The shirt features Master Belch from EarthBound.
Purple	The shirt features the tile pattern on the file select and character naming screens in EarthBound.

Olimar

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

Tan
Red
Green
Blue	Combines elements of his white and blue costumes from Brawl.
Alph	Replaced with Alph.
Alph Green	Based on Charlie, Alph's captain in Pikmin 3.
Alph Pink	Based on Brittany, Alph's co-worker in Pikmin 3.
Alph Red	Based on Olimar's appearance from the original Pikmin.

Pac-Man

Most of Pac-Man's alternate costumes change his model to give him colored armbands and/or the Wing Shoes power-up from Pac-Land.

Default
Blue	Resembles his in-game sprite with the Wing Shoes power-up from Pac-Land.
Yellow
Black
Purple
White	Resembles promotional artwork of his appearance with 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.
Plaid	His gloves and boots are reminiscent of oven mitts.

Palutena

White
Pink	Resembles her in-game sprite from the original Kid Icarus.
Cyan	Based on Amazon Pandora from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Green	Resembles her appearance in Kid Icarus's instruction booklet.
Blue
Red	Based on Viridi.
Black	Based on Dark Pit.
Purple	Based on Medusa as she appears in Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Peach

Pink	Based on her appearance in Super Mario 3D Land.
Yellow	Based on Daisy's current appearance since Mario Party 4.
Red	Resembles the Lady's original appearance in artwork for Donkey Kong.
Blue
Green
White	Based on a wedding gown.
Fire	Based on Fire Peach from Super Mario 3D World.
Black

Pikachu

Default
Red	Resembles one of the possible colors for a nicknamed Pikachu in Pokémon Stadium and its Shiny coloration. Its cap is reminiscent of Red's appearance in Pokémon Red and Blue.
Green	Resembles one of the possible colors for a nicknamed Pikachu in Pokémon Stadium. Its headband is reminiscent of Brendan's appearance in Pokémon Emerald.
Cyan	Its goggles are reminiscent of the Swimmer Trainer class and Pichu's Blue Team costume from Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Yellow	Its cap is reminiscent of Ethan's appearance in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Blue	Revived from its alternate costumes from the original Super Smash Bros., as well as its blue costume from Melee.
White	Resembles its original Shiny coloration. Its headband is reminiscent of the Choice Band.
Purple	Resembles its appearance in Pokémon X and Y and its official artwork for the Pokémon series. Its cap and glasses respectively are reminiscent of Calem's Red Outdoors Cap and Wide-Frame Glasses from X and Y.

Pit

White
Yellow
Red	Resembles his chiton after obtaining the Gold Arrow and reaching Level 4 strength in the original Kid Icarus.
Green	Resembles his chiton after obtaining the Bronze Arrow and reaching Level 2 strength in Kid Icarus.
Blue	Resembles his chiton after obtaining the Sacred Arrow and reaching Level 5 strength in Kid Icarus.
Black	Referred to as a "fallen angel" on the Brawl DOJO!!. Unlike in Brawl, Pit retains his white wings and gains a purple scarf, likely to better differentiate him from Dark Pit.
Cyan	Resembles his chiton after obtaining the Silver Arrow and reaching Level 3 strength in Kid Icarus .
Pink

R.O.B.

R.O.B.’s default costume switches between the first and second ones listed depending on if the game is the Japanese version or not.

Tan	Based on the Japanese version of R.O.B., the "Family Computer Robot", which was released as a peripheral for the Famicom. It is the default color for Japanese releases of Super Smash Bros. 4.
Grey	Based on the Western version of R.O.B. released for the NES. The text on his base reads "R.O.B. - Robotic Operating Buddy" instead of "Family Computer Robot". It is the default color for American and PAL releases of Super Smash Bros. 4, though some visual elements retain the Famicom color as primary.
Yellow	Resembles Spike, a glitch enemy from Stack-Up.
Purple	Resembles Flipper, a glitch enemy from Stack-Up. Also resembles the North American color scheme for the SNES.
Blue
Green	Resembles the R.O.B. Launcher enemy from Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Subspace Emissary.
White
Red	Resembles the Virtual Boy.

Robin

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

Male
Female
Green	Resembles the overworld sprite for Mark, the customizable tactician from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
Red	Resembles Anna, a recurring shopkeeper in the Fire Emblem series, as she appeared in Fire Emblem Awakening.
Blue
Orange	Resembles Eyvel from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.
White	Resembles the White Mage class from Square Enix's Final Fantasy series.
Pink	Resembles Serra from The Blazing Blade.

Rosalina & Luma

Cyan
Pink
Yellow
Green
Red	Resembles Fire Rosalina from Super Mario 3D World.
Purple
Black
White	Almost the same as Peach's "Fire Peach" costume.

Roy

Most of Roy's alternate costumes seem to be based on characters from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

Blue	Combines elements of his appearance in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade and his appearance in artwork for Fire Emblem Awakening as an Einherjar.
Red	Resembles Alen, the red cavalier and Roy's color scheme in The Binding Blade's Link Arena mode if he is on the player 3 team.
Green	Resembles Lance, the green cavalier and Roy's color scheme in The Binding Blade's Link Arena mode if he is on the player 2 team.
Violet	Resembles Marcus, Roy's guardian, as he appears in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.
Cyan	Resembles Eliwood, Roy's father, as he appears in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
Purple	Resembles Zephiel, the main antagonist of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.
Pink	Resembles Cecilia, Roy's tutor.
Yellow	Resembles Bors, an armor knight.

Ryu

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

White
Grey	His alternate color from Street Fighter II': Champion Edition when playing in a Mirror Match.
Cyan	His default color from Street Fighter II': Hyper Fighting.
Black	His default color from Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
Orange	His "Light Kick" color ("Short" in reference source) from Super Street Fighter II.
Blue	His "Medium Kick" color ("Forward" in reference source) from Super Street Fighter II.
Green	His "Heavy Kick" color ("Roundhouse" in reference source) from Super Street Fighter II.
Red	Resembles his "Start" color in Super Street Fighter II, but with a purple headband instead of a black one. It also resembles Dan Hibiki, another fighter from the Street Fighter series.

Samus

Orange	Based on the Varia Suit as it appears in Metroid: Other M.
Blue	Based on 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's appearance in Metroid Prime.
Green	Referred to as "Green Samus" by Masahiro Sakurai. The original Super Smash Bros. website referred to this alternate costume as "mass-produced Samus", a reference to the MS-06 Zaku II from the Gundam franchise.
White	Based on the Light Suit from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
Black	Based on Dark Samus.

Sheik

Blue
Red
Purple	Resembles her appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Pink
Green
Black	Complementary to Link's "Dark Link" costume.
Yellow
White

Shulk

With the exception of his first and last alternate costumes, all of Shulk's costumes are based on the color schemes of his party members from Xenoblade Chronicles.

Red
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 his "Swimsuit" armor set and his appearance with weapons unequipped in Xenoblade Chronicles. His skin is slightly tanned when wearing this costume. Officially dubbed "Ecru Type" as of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.

Sonic

Blue	Based on his modern appearance in Sonic Adventure onwards.
Purple	Resembles NiGHTS, a character from Sega's NiGHTS into Dreams. The cuffs are reminiscent of the purple Chaos Emerald.
Cyan	Resembles Classic Sonic. The cuffs are reminiscent of the Crystal Ring powerup from Sonic Adventure.
White	Resembles Silver the Hedgehog. The cuffs are reminiscent of the blue Ark of the Cosmos from Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
Black	The color scheme resembles his 2P costume from Sonic the Fighters (albeit with his muzzle, arms and stomach remaining peach) and the mid-transformation appearance of Dark Sonic from Sonic X.
Yellow	The cuffs somewhat resemble Silver's bracelets, and are reminiscent of a yellow Chaos Emerald.
Green	The cuffs resemble the hand sprite from Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2's Special Stage checkpoints.
Red	The cuffs are reminiscent of the hand sprite that appears when the player passes through one of Sonic the Hedgehog 2's Special Stage checkpoints, although the cuffs here are orange.

Toon Link

Green
Red	Red Link from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures.
Blue	Blue Link from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures.
Purple	Purple Link from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures.
Brown	Based on Link's appearance in the original The Legend of Zelda.
Black	Complementary to Link's "Dark Link" costume.
Grey	Resembles Link's tunic with the Blue Ring equipped in the original The Legend of Zelda.
Teal	Based on Link's appearance in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and its sequel The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

Villager

Villager's appearance varies greatly between costumes, with differing eyes, hair, gender and clothing. 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.

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".

Wario

Half of Wario's costumes use his biker outfit from the WarioWare series, while the other half use his classic outfit.

Wario-Man is always treated as pink in Find Mii.

Wario is the only character to have their number of costumes decrease from Brawl, going from 12 in Brawl to 8 in SSB4.

Blue
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, gray pants, and a red belt.
Yellow	Combines elements of his yellow and green costumes from Brawl.
Cyan
Classic
Classic Red	Based on Mario's appearance from Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., and various titles.
Classic Cyan	Resembles Mario's blue costume, but it was prepared earlier from Brawl.
Classic Green	Almost the same as Mario's green costume.

Wii Fit Trainer

Half of the Wii Fit Trainer's costumes are female, while the other half are male.

Female	Her color scheme in Wii Fit.
Male	His color scheme in Wii Fit.
Green	Her color scheme in Wii Fit Plus and Wii Fit U.
Male Green	His color scheme in Wii Fit Plus and Wii Fit U.
Red	Complementary to the color scheme of the Aerobics category in Wii Fit titles.
Male Red	Complementary to the color scheme of the Aerobics category in Wii Fit titles.
Yellow	Her color scheme in Wii Fit Plus that appears during Yoga or Strength Training activity in My Wii Fit Plus mode.
Male Yellow	His color scheme in Wii Fit Plus that appears during Yoga or Strength Training activity in My Wii Fit Plus mode.

Yoshi

Unlike in previous installments, the spots on Yoshi's Egg now match those of the selected costume.

Green	Green Yoshi's color scheme.
Red	Red Yoshi's color scheme.
Blue	Blue Yoshi's color scheme.
Yellow	Yellow Yoshi's color scheme.
Pink	Pink Yoshi's color scheme.
Cyan	Light Blue Yoshi's color scheme.
Purple	Purple Yoshi's color scheme.
Black	Black Yoshi's color scheme.

Zelda

Default
Red
Blue
Purple	Resembles Adult Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Unlike in Melee and Brawl, the dress is bluish.
Green
Black	Complementary to Link's "Dark Link" costume.
Pink	Resembles her appearance in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and its sequel The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.
White	Resembles her overworld sprite from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and her appearance as the goddess Hylia in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

Zero Suit Samus

Cyan
Blue	Resembles her Zero Suit at the end of 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's "Green Samus" costume.
White	Resembles the Gunship Mii's Zero Suit from Nintendo Land, albeit with pink Chozo marks instead of green.
Shorts Orange	Based on her Casual Outfit at the end of Metroid: Zero Mission.
Shorts Blue	Based on her Casual Outfit at the end of Fusion.