Resembles Dark Link and the Interlopers from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Also resembles Shadow Link from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures.

Resembles his design in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and his design in Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles. Banjo resembles Mumbo Jumbo, the helpful shaman. Kazooie resembles her color scheme from Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.Resembles his monochromatic in-game sprite from Kirby's Dream Land. Kirby's Dream Buffet calls this color "Retro Tone".

Ridley did not have his Meta Ridley costumes available; instead, two palette swaps were present that used the same colors as the Meta Ridley costumes. These costumes are not used in the final game. Resembles Silver the Hedgehog. The cuffs are reminiscent of the blue Ark of the Cosmos from Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. Resembles his tenth color in Street Fighter V. This replaces his red alternate costume from the last game. Banjo resembles Bottles, the move-teaching mole. Kazooie resembles one of her four possible colors in Banjo-Tooie's multiplayer Squawkmatch minigame as well as Heggy from Banjo-Tooie.Resembles Camus, one of Marth's allies, as he appears starting with Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem.

Resembles Genesis Rhapsodos, another subject of the Jenova Project. Also used in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT as the second alternate color for his default outfit "Operative of Legend". Resembles her in-game sprite when Link rescues her with the Blue Ring equipped in The Legend of Zelda. Also resembles her overworld sprite from A Link to the Past and her white dress from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. a b Masahiro Sakurai(2014-10-27). Director's Room.Miiverse.Retrieved on 2016-02-05.“Pic of the day. The color variations for Shulk are all based off outfit colors of his travel companions…excluding one of them. Lucina's color variations are also based off the female characters in Fire Emblem Awakening.” While her overall appearance derives from her The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess-based design from Brawl and SSB4, she wears the Stealth set from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, including the long white scarf of the Stealth Mask.The male trainer resembles Lucas as he appears in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. His bracelets turn blue, making them resemble the male design for the Pokétch. Most of Ken's costumes seem to largely derive from his alternate costumes from Super Street Fighter II Turbo. The attributed references below come from that game unless otherwise specified.