Hmm... thing is, I don't know what would work as alternate outfits for the various characters. Going through the roster, starting with the easier ones...
Wii Fit Trainer - the male trainer is an obvious choice. Mega Man - Proto Man. Sonic - Knuckles (though how that would work with the attacks is a good question; regardless, Shadow would probably just look like a simple palette swap). Olimar - Louie. Marth - Roy (which would either be catering to the fans or trolling; not sure which.) Mario - Dr. Mario (see Marth above.) Samus - Fusion Suit (not just the palette; the actual design.) Rosalina - Her motorcycle outfit from Mario Kart Wii. Toon Link - His pajamas from the beginning of The Wind Waker. Pit - Phosphora (I'm not letting this one die... that said, don't forget that the weapon patterned after her is a bow.) Pikachu - Pichu (Only as long as it still worked like Pikachu; none of this "damages self when attacking" business.) Villager - Female villager. Bowser - Dry Bowser.
Huh... that was easier than I thought. Pretty easy to come up with an actual alternate skin for most of them that has some sense in-canon. I'll try a few stabs at the less obvious ones:
King Dedede - A mini Wispy Woods? Zelda - Maybe Impa or Nabooru? Kirby - Um... perhaps Lololo could work. Fox - The problem is that the two obvious choices, Falco and Wolf, were characters in Brawl. Maybe Slippy, if Falco got one in Peppy and Wolf had Panther Caruso. Peach - Daisy is too similar and would be closer to a simple palette swap. Maybe Pauline? Speaking of... Donkey Kong - Perhaps Chunky Kong, I guess. Link - Um.... get back to me on him. Luigi - Waluigi perhaps, just to drive folks nuts.
That's just my own spitballing, of course.
Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.For Fox, maybe James Mc Cloud?
Also, Luigi had an alternate costume that was Waluigi colored in Brawl. There was also Dark Link.
edited 28th Jan '14 1:02:19 PM by strawberryflavored
- Villager: I'm assuming that female Villager will be among the normal color swaps, so maybe a Mii Mask?
- Mario: Dr. Mario, which is what everyone and their mother has chosen.
- Donkey Kong: Mystery Land Donkey Kong, because SAFARI
- Mega Man: I am literally the only person alive who thinks Quint is too goofy to hate, aren't I?
- Link: My first pick would be Twilight Princess's Magic Armor.
- Wii Fit Trainer: We're already getting male!Wii Fit Trainer, so...
- Samus: Fusion Suit.
- Zero Suit Samus: Don't ask about how off it is.
◊ (It was from one of Fusion's Japan-exclusive ending screens.)
- Zero Suit Samus: Don't ask about how off it is.
- Kirby: Epic Kirby. (It's not so much Yarn Kirby as it is Crochet Kirby.)
- Fox: Assault Fox.
- Pikachu: Captain Pikachu.
AKA Project M's pirate hat.
- Bowser: Dry Bowser.
- Pit: Three Sacred Treasures. If that doesn't work, Pit (Revived).
- Olimar: Pikmin Olimar, however the heck he'd look when plucked.
- Luigi: Propeller Luigi.
- Peach: Furisode Peach
◊. Obscure, but still there.
- Toon Link: Hero's New Clothes. It's Pajama Link, but the normal clothes is still visible in his shadow. The normal clothes is also visible when you pick up something like a Cloaking Device or Metal Box.
- Sonic: I dunno. Excalibur Sonic? Virtual Hedgehog?
- Marth: No idea.
- Rosalina: Concept art Rosalina.
◊
- Zelda: Uh... Ocarina of Time Zelda? *shrugs* Until we get more info on Sheik, I got nothing.
- King Dedede: Masked Dedede!
I'd have Zero-Suit Samus use her military uniform
◊ from Other M, if only because I think it looks pretty good.
- Mario: Jumpman colors.
- Luigi: Dr. Luigi and/or Waluigi if he's not playable.
- Wario: Same as Brawl.
- Bowser: Dry Bowser.
- Yoshi: Boshi.
- Peach: Already fine with her current costumes.
- Rosalina: Maybe a Pauline-based costume?
- Link: Perfect already.
- Toon Link: Conductor and Outset Island costumes.
- Zelda: Princess Hilda design.
- Sheik: OOT!Impa style costume.
- Ganondorf: If he isn't his Toon variation, which I'm guessing he's still TP style, something that looks like his Toon version without the big belly. His robe and all.
- Pikachu: Second set of costumes where he looks a lot like Pichu.
- Jigglypuff: None needed. Already perfect.
- Marth: A Roy-look alike costume, perhaps. If he's not playable, anyway.
- Sonic: Colors similar to some of his friends, please. Not the lame bracelet changes.
- Mega Man: Protoman and/or Bass style costume.
- Wii Fit Trainer: If the male design isn't a costume... well, it should be. No other stuff needed.
- Kirby: Unmasked Meta Knight style costume.
- King Dedede: Masked Dedede of course.
- Captain Falcon: Updated Blood Falcon costume with a facial expression and spikes.
- Ness: I think he already has a Ninten-like costume, if not, that.
- Olimar: Costumes akin to the other Captains.
- Mr. Game & Watch: Just more colors in general, perhaps a silver costume?
- R.O.B.: Already perfect, and a virtual boy costume if not.
- Ice Climbers: Hammer Brothers. >_>
- Samus: Dark Samus, her Light and Dark suits.
- Zero Suit Samus: None I can think of.
Marth would be probably his Awakening get up.
Though his classic outfit would be funny even if just because of the lack of pants.
Don't PM me. We don't like being PMed.My general rule with the idea of alternate costumes is that they should not be an actual other character (Like, say, Dixie as an alt costume for Diddy). Palette swaps referencing other characters (Peach's Daisy colors, Mario's Wario colors, ect) are fine, but a more detailed model change should still be the original entity. Anyway, here's my proposals.
- Mario: Dr. Mario
- Luigi: Mr. L
- Peach: Sports attire, unless her dress is crucial for certain attacks. I don't think her Down-Smash NEEDS it, right?
- Bowser: Dry Bowser
- DK: ???
- Diddy: ???
- Yoshi: Either Yarn Yoshi if that's still a thing, or just Black and White Yoshis as more dignified palette swaps.
- Wario: Overalls Wario just like in Brawl, and with its own color palette again.
- Link: Haven't played Twilight Princess, but he has some options from there I'm sure.
- Zelda: ???
- Sheik: ???
- Ganondorf: Assuming he retains his TP design, he could have his OOT design as an alternate costume. They are the same person, at least.
- Toon Link: Outset Island clothes, natch.
- Samus: Fusion Suit, with the Fusion Suit-esque palette swap replaced with a different color.
- Zero Suit Samus: I'm torn between the ending clothes from Super Metroid or Fusion, or her military outfit from Other M.
- Ice Climbers: Default outfits, but Nana leads and Popo follows. Perhaps they could have this apply to the other palette swaps as well and have 12 different choices.
- Pit: The outfit equipped when using the Three Sacred Treasures.
- ROB: Not sure here. I generally don't care for Project M (And I feel like they stole my costume ideas
), though I do like Virtual Boy ROB. Failing that, they could promote the NES color swap to a "costume" and replace it with a generic palette swap.
- Kirby: Not sure here. Any hats would interfere with his copy ability, but that leaves few options. Yarn could work, though it seems sorta difficult to implement.
- Meta-Knight: Maskless
- King Dedede: Masked
- Olimar: Classic suit design, from Pikmin 1 and 2.
- Fox: Expert Mode sunshades
- Falco: Assault design, or his N64 design. Like, literally all polygonal, for fun.
- Wolf: Regular eyepatch replacing the metal one.
- Captain Falcon: Haven't played F-Zero, but I've heard there's some really silly one in GX he could use?
- All the Pokemon: Their shiny palettes.
- Pokemon Trainer himself: His RBY design instead of his FRLG design. Leaf design works too, if we truly are getting the male Wii Fit Trainer as a precedent for that kind of thing.
- Marth: ???
- Ike: ???
- Ness: Pajamas
- Lucas: Pigmask Commander uniform
- Mr. Game & Watch: Original disjointed look.
- Snake: ???
- Sonic: Classic Sonic?
- Villager: If male Wii Fit Trainer is really a thing, then female Villager. If not, then I dunno. You could just stick a different outfit on him, but I imagine his palette swaps will be more involved already.
- Wii Fit Trainer: Again, possibly the male Trainer. If not, then I don't know.
- Mega Man: As much as I want to say Bad Box Art Megaman, I'll just say Rock.
- Rosalina: Mario Kart biker outfit.
I was surprised that Project M decided to use the Pigmask Commander uniform for Lucas. I thought I was the only one to consider that, considering how small a part that is.
edited 28th Jan '14 2:53:41 PM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!For those trying to imagine alternate costumes for Marth, perhaps "Marth" is an option. With the mask, and all.
"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."People are going back and forth on whether Awakening!Marth is a good candidate either as a distinct character or a mere palatte swap, or if the gender confusion on the issue wouldn't be too great...
"Marth isn't a person, he's a state of mind, man."
Yes, Fire Peach rocks in so many ways.
edited 28th Jan '14 3:14:46 PM by Ogodei
You're really not making your point sound better, Nap.
The only reason I thought the Zelda/Sheik thing was good because it was a full character to play as. Adding in a spoiler as a costume seems entirely unnecessary.
It only was fair to do with Sheik and ZSS for what I just said, because it's how they were playable. If they're not playable, I don't see a reason for that spoiler.
Shadow?

Well, those colors are just lighter and darker variants. So variants of Red make sense.
You can still attempt to have as many unique costumes that represented a color, however.
Shadow?