Every Costume's Origin in Super Smash Bros. Project M / Project+

[@Aaronitmar]

Big chungus video here for you guys. This took a lot out of me, I hope you enjoy!

[@DauntlessBlade___]

Thanks for this.

[@Redstinger99]

I did I always love ur videos

[@topgoose4818]

Why would you say that

[@TimelostFlare]

Where did you find the renders from Melee and Legacy TE?

[@tripplordofinconvenience9953]

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[@RebelTrooperHoth]

It’s a crime Squirtle doesn’t have his sunglasses in any of his alts

[@choosbehguy]

Thought I’d mention that the cowboy hat Knuckles isn’t just based off of his appearance in the OVA, but more so takes the design of Treasure Hunter Knuckles from Sonic Forces Speed Battle and Sonic Dash. They share the hat because THK was also a reference to said OVA

[@letitiaortiz1580]

Thought www.youtubecomm.com/watch?v=UYYXQ2kA5cm They share the hat because THK was also a

[@stwking9518]

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[@saucefreakystyle]

Do you remember when it caught on fire

[@LetsGoGaming-YT]

It's from the comics

[@Popcultureguy3000]

@@LetsGoGaming-YT No, that was either a coincidence that Ken Penders _assumed_ was the OVA production team “ripping him off”, or he dressed Knuckles up like that after the OVA was released in America and claimed it was his idea because Ken Penders is a delusional, narcissistic *LIAR* !!

[@TotiTotiToti]

At 1:03:33 I made this Starman costume for Ness! Shoutouts to Legacy TE for adopting it and making my modding dream come true >:]

[@davidvkimball]

♥

[@chrisrockett5897]

Congrats bro.

[@SsjkidsSaveCosmo08]

Cool

[@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA]

nice >:]

[@Light_cool_dude]

You mean sans?

[@saintnick7252]

Actually, Luigi's Z-secret costume has an earlier origin. In the official licensed comic Super Mario Adventures, Luigi swaps clothes with "Princess Toadstool" to intentionally get kidnapped in order to save Mario. The Princess, in Luigi's clothes, bursts into Bowser's castle with a bunch of bombs later and blew the place up in one of her most badass character moments ever.

[@budgetcoinhunter]

Of course, there's also the bug that can merge Luigi and Peach on the results screen, which results in Luigi appearing to wear Peach's dress.

[@ZudinGodofWar]

Link?

[@classictailsgaming3832]

@@budgetcoinhunter XD

[@MG64OdysseyProductions]

yo fr?

[@jamiegioca9448]

*Peach:* OK, Luigi, give me back my gown. *Luigi:* I don't know... I'm beginning to like it. (Actual dialogue they exchange in an issue, I don't know which one though)

[@ianclayell9797]

As someone who helped make and manage a ton of TE costume additions, great job on this video. I know we didn't make it easy to keep track of all the references, I appreciate such a comprehensive video!

[@kaitlando636]

That's neat

[@arisenpawn425]

Thank you for your service lol

[@eggyt1153]

Did you manage Diddy’s Alt costume? Because I think there’s an oversight there

[@kittywithanak1190]

Did he get any 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨?

[@ianclayell9797]

@@kittywithanak1190 Funny you should ask, here was my original message to him in April 2022: i.imgur.com/JSfqF4l.png

[@KZN02]

55:29 The Expert Belt actually boost effectiveness of super effective moves, you may be confusing it with the Black Belt item which boosts Fighting type moves.

[@SuperSilver7591]

Was about to post this lol

[@VideoGamesEpic]

1:16:07 Ike's sword, Ragnell, also got recolored to Alondite, which is The Black Knight's signature sword. The Black Knight used Alondite to pierce Ike's father in the chest, killing him, while dueling in a forest. 1:16:14 Zelgius is also the true identity of The Black Knight. Therefore, Alondite is also used by Zelgius, which is also why Ike has that sword in that recolor.

[@troykv96]

I only had noticed that Black Knight had Alondite, but after seeing the video again, you're right, the whole Hector/Zelgius set has Alondite instead of Ragnell.

[@gantz22ify]

“Now, one of us is… alone.” Danananana! You got Alondite!

[@aaajeear8654]

@@troykv96 Yeah, that's because the reference was originally supposed to be the Black Knight, you can even see the slash mark Ike left on the Black Knight's shoulder pads, only after designing it that the creators made the classic red/blue/green recolor for team battles, that's why all of them uses the Alondite.

[@bholo157]

I've never played Project M or any of the others even if I have definitely heard about them. The amount of love and care some of these costumes got are really spectacular. Seriously Nintendo, I would pay money for most of these to be in Ultimate and the work is pretty much done for you!

[@harrybest2041]

Most 'costumes' in the Super Smash Bros. series are just colours, which is what they are officially referred to as. The first game to have different costumes for fighters was Super Smash Bros. Brawl with Wario.

[@bholo157]

@@harrybest2041 True, then they should actually put costumes in Ultimate

[@caw64]

As someone who downloaded PM recently, trust me it’s worth it

[@harrybest2041]

@@letitiaortiz1580 I've never heard of KZbin Comm. Fake link.

[@harrybest2041]

@@stwking9518 Don't trust this link.

[@LostSoulSilver]

1:28:59 Hey, at least you didn't confuse Big Boss with Solid Snake! That's better than 90% of the Smash community, excellent job doing the investigation for this video

[@chamtheman551]

Hey man! Don't kill yourself with making these vids as awesome as possible. We care about your sanity too

[@Narioooo]

Yes !!

[@harrybest2041]

@@stwking9518 Spam

[@ReapMcMuffins]

Snake's final costume, the R-secret one isn't Big Boss's appearence from Peace Walker, but rather how he looks during the ending of MGS3 when he's awarded the title of Big Boss.

[@mawwwkWI]

hey! I was a member of the Legacy TE dev team and helped work on a handful of costumes for those releases. Only part of the way through, but great job on compiling all this 🙂

[@Popcultureguy3000]

So did you or your fellow modders get rid of the superior M+ Toon Link colors because the fan theory one, or is it just because the people in charge of Toon link’s new outfits had a terrible design sense?

[@red-man7017]

1:21:30 Actually. The green wii IS an official console.... an unused one. At the E3 presentation back when the wii was known as the "nintendo revolution", we saw a lineup of wii consoles in different colors: White, Black, Red, Green and Silver. While white would become the launch color and both black & red were made available later on, Green and Silver never saw the light of day outside that presentation. I'm very certain that R.O.B's green wii costume is based on that unused wii console color.

[@smackjack78]

I never knew about the secret R and Z costumes! That changes everything! Time to start playing as Sunshine Mario, Masked Dedede, Space Luigi, etc

[@kayaplaaya9875]

1:31:26 yeah, this is definitely based on SA1 Sonic, specifically after collecting a few upgrades. You can tell from the yellow bit on his shoe, and that wristband which gives you the lightspeed dash

[@jerrysob9467]

33:33 man this is honestly to me, the most greatest costume for Toon Link ever thought for. I’d love to see this costume mod appear in smash ultimate!

[@mattwo7]

12:06 Boshi is also Yoshi's "warui" counterpart as his Japanese name is Washi (which is funny because much as Squaresoft made Boshi, Camelot, another third party made Waluigi).

[@El_Mince]

The pink Knuckles is most likely a reference to his look in Sonic’s route in S3&K. They made him look distinctly pinker and gave him the yellow shoe tops to not corrupt the hud.

[@undeadbatman9762]

Yeah and what about Super Knuckles?

[@El_Mince]

@@undeadbatman9762 what about him?

[@chibisilver6354]

pink knuckles is a reference to sonic the comic from the uk

[@chibisilver6354]

@MR SHARK JR my bad

[@El_Mince]

@@undeadbatman9762 super knuckles first appeared in Sonic and Knuckles. The pink Knuckles sprite was from Sonic 3. Sonic 3 released first.

[@SmashFox92]

1:32:24 I think this costume is a reference to how Knuckles appeared in base Sonic 3, where he was a very light red, almost pink and also where he had yellow socks, like in this costume.

[@VirtualBoy500]

One of my most favorite aspects of every Smash Bros. game is all the (often obscure) references to past video games and related content, so it's really cool to see these fan mods run with that idea.

[@felixmckinney7132]

5:40 I’m pretty sure this outfit first appeared in a comic series based on Super Mario world, in which Luigi and peach swap cloths to trick bowser because mario was captured. it’s called “Super mario adventures” and I have a copy of it.

[@captainfalconmain6576]

Your right

[@Superemie401]

You’re right. I never read it.

[@endergoldman9965]

These outfits are really amazing. The designers of Project M have my props for sure!

[@nickjencks]

I think yellow Lucario is also referencing Zeraora which would explain the eye color difference from the shiny. Great video btw and keep up the good work!

[@GmNdWtchr96]

This was from long before Zeraora's debut.

[@videogamesleague629]

@@GmNdWtchr96 I mean, they had a Naganadel reference, so the timing isn't to far off

[@aaajeear8654]

@@videogamesleague629 it is tho, Yellow Lucario with Blue Eyes got released waaaaaay before Zeraora even existed, so yeah, the timing is *really* far off.

[@videogamesleague629]

@@aaajeear8654 was the skin also in Project M? I can't find the information in the video. If It Is, you are tight. If it only in +, the mod was released a year After Zeraora 's reveal

[@aaajeear8654]

@@videogamesleague629 it was on Project M, yeah, used to use it all the time when me and my brother played Project M several years ago before it had to be shut down.

[@davidschuetz8366]

The wooden shield Toon Link uses in his pajamas outfit is more likely just a reference to the symbol used on the wooden doors on outset island

[@extremmefan7305]

1:07:00 Not a solid reference? Excuse me but that blue and orange pattern couldn't be more obvious. It's the player 2 character, known as Prince Fluff, from Kirby's Epic Yarn.

[@gunchapred8933]

I have an idea for what the costume at 1:12:09 could be. That costume could be in reference to Frey, one of Marth’s allies from the prologue to Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon. Frey disguised himself as Marth to sacrifice himself so that Marth, Jagen, Cain, Abel, and Gordin can all escape the Gra army safely. As we never actually see what Frey’s disguise looks like, this costume could be seen as a possible hypothetical idea of what that disguise may have looked like.

[@JohnnyMontilla]

Spectacular video! I learned a lot from this! Thank you for putting this together!

[@DavidDoodleCartoons]

1:32:28 this is actually based off Knuckles’ design in Sonic 3 you can tell by the inverted color on the shoes and the pinkish fur

[@metaknightjudgesyoursins4710]

13:30 I feel like the Dark Dry Bowser skin was a reference to Dry Bones’ dark skin from Super Mario Sluggers, the color scheme to them look very similar!

[@Baconator2558]

Was going to say this.

[@jacksoncooper8459]

Dark Bones

[@skapokonroll]

The blue color also resembles Dark Bones, but using the Paper Mario design

[@marcasmannarino2924]

The other 2 alts resemble the other 2 Dry Bones alts being same color but with green and blue shells

[@Netherwolf6100]

Green Knuckles is a reference to his true form from the Archie Comics, where he becomes Chaos Knuckles, and unlocks all of his latent abilities.

[@SheepsWithFangs]

Could also be rankles the otter

[@powerupkids4505]

9:03 that Leprechaun is obsessed with Lucky Charms

[@survivorstudios]

1:32:25 This Knuckles alt is not based on his appearance Sonic Mania, but instead on his appearance as a non-playable-character in Sonic 3/Sonic & Knuckles. There he had pink-ish fur and yellow shoe cuffs due to palette limitations.

[@user-si9vx4zt5b]

13:30 The chances of this are pretty slim, but there might be an origin of this costume from the Mario Baseball games. In the games, Dry Bones has a few color variations, one of which is called “Dark Bones” iirc. His color scheme reminds me of this Dry Bowser recolor.

[@masterofgamesbrian7058]

53:30 that charizard is more likely based off of charizard's original shiny which is purple in color

[@brianpguil]

1:06:54 I think the blue alt is meant to be a referance to kirby's epic yarn

[@xBlaster]

Knuckles Z costume is actually based on Treasure Hunter Knuckles from the mobile Sonic games, which itself is a reference to the OVA.

[@Terra_Volted]

I like how The R secret costume for yoshi is a pirate costume Might not have been intended but Pirate Costume on the “arrr” button

[@Salamender-mf8ci]

1:32:13 I think it's actually pretty likely that the cyan alt is a reference to Chaos from sonic adventure 1, the green ascents could be referencing his green eyes, he may be referenced because of his connection to the knuckles clan who were properly referenced.

[@pichugrump8139]

I think that Marth’s hooded costumes could be references to Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, where there is a scene where the three lords need disguises and simply put on hoods. Which is/was a meme in the fandom

[@zbord77]

Blue Bowser can be a reference to The Lost Levels where multiple fake bowsers aperid to try and stop Mario.

[@pollo20x6]

1:31:22 I believe the fans call him Dreamcast Era Sonic

[@matjb]

Wow this took a lot of dedication to make I’m sure. You really did your research! Thank you for this, definitely subscribing.

[@tuvyamaeir4684]

For all you mentioned in the Lucario section, there's one detail you missed. The reason the Dan reference is a green Lucario is because of Dan's connection to Blanka, whom he trained. Blanka's had multiple costumes in a pink gi as well.

[@MidBoss666]

Could also be a reference to Dan's P2 color, which is always a green gi.

[@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA]

They should've given this one red gloves to reference Sakura.

[@PurpleOzDoesMemes]

10:48 "but Mario! I'm hongry! I want some Kool aid!"

[@davidvkimball]

Love you for the Legacy TE mentions. You're the goat.

[@GojiBoiEarth1964]

When fans include better fans service in the costumes than Nintendo 💀

[@captainvafeas9018]

1:21:39 Believe it or not, the trend of the R.O.B. console skins having games in them does not skip the GameCube, but it's a lot more subtle. If you use the camera to clip into R.O.B.'s head in the GameCube skin you can find, what else, but the disc for Super Smash Brothers Melee in the system!

[@brandonwilliams6119]

I gotta say Project+ really knows how to deliver on the references and fan service, little details I love are Peach’s Alts changing her Uptilt to Fire for Fire Peach and Dark Flames for Shadow Queen.

[@dashboots376]

R.O.B. was also represented in F-Zero, not playable mind you but he's in the background in Port Town in F-Zero GX so that might be another reason why it has the F-Zero recolor.

[@Dongigarosso]

The purple costume of Ike at 1:15:43 is a reference to Altina, the original wielder of Ragnel, Ike's sword

[@grey-c8138]

One thing worth mentioning for Ike's costumes is that the armored costume changes his sword from Ragnell to Alondite, the signature weapon of the Black Knight.

[@seeya_le]

I feel like ROB's red and green Mario Kart alts could be references to Mario and Luigi; specifically, the Mario and Luigi Wiimotes, with the inclusion of blue and yellow in both costumes like on the WiiMote. really fun video btw, very much enjoying this trip down memory lane with project m :)

[@alxdot]

5:32 that outfit was also in the mario bros nintendo power monthly comics

[@Moon-nk3co]

You don’t understand how badly I want freaking commander Lucas and Pajama Ness in Smash.

[@YellowpowR]

Thank you for putting the music in the description!

[@cloudycloud7666]

I love it when people do that! It always makes it easier to find the music you are curious to hear about.

[@Narioooo]

great video dude! all that work you did was definitely worth it 🙌🏾

[@slidersides]

9:11 I thought this was a reference to one of the Joker’s outfits lamo

[@Ihaveagoodnickname]

I find it funny that the fruit pit skin is actually colored like a peach so he's the pit of a peach

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

1:06:38 No, that's American Kirby

[@miningboy]

Now that Project + 3.0 is finally here, its probably a good time to update the list!

[@cloudycloud7666]

Somebody please tell Aaron about this.

[@Calcetinuxia]

9:39 Cuando miras un bebé y dices que está bonito, pero en tu mente no piensas eso es porque no estás siendo sincero, pero si dices que está bien culero se oye feo

[@MonteRicard]

So many costumes! Now imagine if he did this for all the extra characters in REMIX and their different costume alts!

[@Chromjak1]

The pink Knuckles is based off the sonic 3 ( alone) pinkish color which also had yellow socks, oh and race suit sonic (black) is based off shadow race suit

[@Sjono]

1:28:56 That’s the outfit Big Boss is wearing during the ending of MGS3 & MPO I can’t think of a single time he wore that outfit during Peace Walker outside of promotional images

[@mushroomfusion245]

46:52 It’s also a reference to Armored Mewtwo’s design in Pokémon Go and the remake Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution.

[@MetaOSC]

Kirby’s seen different colouration in his own games. Not sure how I didn’t realise that it made sense in smash that he got different colours until now

[@brycevo]

That green Omega Samus looks like it could reference Halo Spartans, being green with a yellow/gold visor

[@WeegeeCool1]

Luigi's Peach costume actually has an earlier origin with the Super Mario World comic that was featured in Nintendo power. To trick the koopalings, Luigi dresses as peach and peach dresses as Luigi.

[@Superemie401]

It was because Mario got kidnapped by Bowser.

[@Sayan_9001]

Small mistake at 55:30, the expert belt doesn't boost fighting type moves but boosts super effective moves instead . You're probably thinking of the black belt whic does what you described

[@ezrawyvern6795]

10:36 Vampire Wario also appears in Dr. Mario 64 as the final boss. Surprised that was omitted here.

[@taillord4644]

1:21:30 I think ROBs green wii is also the color scheme of yoshi with the white and orange. That also explains smg2 as yoshi was in that game

[@MM-lv7iy]

30:13 Um, actually, The Hero’s New Clothes are not the same as the Outset Island outfit. They are given to Link by his Grandma in NG+, where it is shown that the clothes are actually invisible, so Link just puts them over his normal clothes.

[@gegor41311]

started with um actually, get the 🤓

[@zeospark9715]

1:21:33 Also to say I believe this color scheme is a reference to Yoshi. ROB has pretty much the same color scheme as Yoshi and the fact the main appeal of Super Mario Galaxy 2 is being able to play as Yoshi again

[@thedastardlylizard5944]

54:45 I guess it's also based on ZeraOra; a fast electric/fighting type Pokemon that was a Mythical in Gen 7.

[@superwilly2808]

1:32:26 this knuckles is based in knuckles from sonic 3 cutscenes with pink skin and yellow shoe

[@themapcartographer5952]

This is so awesome and put Nintendo to shame, never seen so much attention to detail given by fans huge credits to people who made these.

[@danielbaker1248]

Nintendo is definitely ashamed. That's why they've been trying to shut this project down.

[@redkid22107]

​@@danielbaker1248qq are they aware of this project's existence

[@TGSuineg]

1:22:45 So that's why American Mario isn't in the game.

[@ChristochatBTW]

The project M Samus Dark blue color scheme features mainly a navy color, not black. it's a reference to the federation power armor, not dark samus

[@edgemaster334]

Wow aaronitmar rlly did a lot of work for this video great job dude, Now I have an hour and a half of aaronitmar content to watch :D

[@YR20]

You should do costumes origins for Super Smash Flash 2! Even though a lot of them still don't have legit costumes yet. Would still be interesting

[@SsjkidsSaveCosmo08]

I love ssf2 costumes TAILS HAS A COSMO COLOR OMG

[@moosesues8887]

@@SsjkidsSaveCosmo08 shid really??

[@fnf_fan_9999]

yeah dude

[@entropy-cat]

1:31:34 "Sonic Adventure 1-ish" considering he has crystal ring, light speed shoes, and similar proportions from that game. I'm inclined to believe you are correct. Considering the length of the video, though, I can't blame you for not knowing all the details.

[@jorgev2834]

Best Smash Bros youtuber hands down! Great job

[@memedood]

The Red Is Obviously A Refrence To The Virtual Boy

[@kailiahmoon]

Project M and plus are super cool!~ 25:07 45:04 1:22:21 11:13 1:19:02 ❤

[@Superemie401]

Everyone: Is that really you, guys?!

[@Fafabear8]

01:00:34 my favorite part

[@combcombo]

Hey amazing video! Just wanted to add on, the hooded Marth skin was originally a PR skin made for Massachusetts' very own Sora (now Sokokopuffs) made by Baka.

[@memedood]

The Orange Mr Game And Watch Could Be A Refrence To The Boarder On The Game And Watch Game Fire Attack

[@lauramoran6462]

1:06:52 the blue one is meant to resemble Prince Fluff from Kirby’s Epic Yarn for Wii and 3DS

[@RiversLiver]

Maybe the Marth in a hoodie might be a reference to Lucina hiding her face with a mask?

[@Artista_Frustrado]

your big chungus videos are always a joy to watch, thanks dude!! -ok Peachalina is pretty top tier, also, i really want Peach's Smash design to be re-adapted to the main games -so apparently, Charles Martinet intended Wario to have a german accent. that & the Mario Brothers being Brooklin-inspired, which honestly would explain better why the only Italian words he knows are food -oh god the Animated show version of Funky Kong... -actually could we just replace Dorf with Ganon entirely, Buff Pigman looks so much better -no idea why is with fans & Nintendo Lawyers alike that don't allow for Smash Pikachu to wear jackets even tho Let's GO Pikachu & the CosplayChus where Pika Libre comes from are Fully Clothed -& ironically the Rocket Armored Mewtwo ended up becoming a thing in Pokemon GO -kudos to the Dev Team for NOT going Lucario an Orange Gi -they might say that's Dark Samus but bruh, that's just the Other M Federation team -that last Big Boss costume is from the ending of MGS3 actually, after he completes the Snake Eater mission -oh wow i actually wish they gave Sonic a Werehog re-color in Smash Ultimate, also coincidentally, that Red Sonic does look similar to Fire Flower Sonic from the now obscure SMBZ Flash Parody... oh god i miss Newgrounds era Flash animations

[@ShoukerX]

1:31:07 Actually I think the black racing suit its based off shadow's racing suit also from SA2 (Im not sure because the costume doesn't have shadow's skates but it has the same colors)

[@dezooielylat9134]

Wait, wasnt Wario supposed to ve german? I mean that was the reason he spoke german in a few Mario Party games and Mario Kart 64

[@PrincessShokora2002]

1:21:28 I think the green Wii is based off the Revolution

[@OrangeToadGamer]

I love how *Project M/Project +* have costumes that are obscure references, they really shows all of these characters unique histories throughout the years *Hopefully we see Costumes like these in a Official Smash Bros game in the future*

[@MrMarinus18]

Though with the third party stuff it is very hard as many of those companies are very protective of their character image and will stiffle any kind of creativity very hard.

[@danielhawkins2402]

I think Knuckles' green color is probably meant to be a reference to "Chaos Knuckles", a form he takes on during a storyline in the Archie Comics where Knuckles becomes overcharged with Chaos Energy and his fur turns green as a result of this.

[@mike_havens]

They completely skipped out on giving Link the Deity Sword when choosing the Fierce Deity Link costume,that would've been so awesome to have! As well as switching the sword Toon Link holds to the Four Sword when selecting the Minish Cap costume

[@666blaziken]

Not sure if you keep up, but they updated him to have the guilded sword instead of the master sword as refrence to its exclusivity in majora's mask. If they used the helix sword, it would look kind of weird considering that it's a big 2 handed sword, and making it small would look weird. Fortunately however, they included it in his final smash.

[@mike_havens]

@@666blaziken I didn't know about this,that's cool. I don't play Majora's Mask that much but I imagine it must be fun to see for others that do and I don't think I heard of the Helix sword

[@pasqualembisceglia1989]

Mr. L, also known as The Green Thunder, is a brainwashed version of Luigi who makes his only appearance in Super Paper Mario, serving as an acolyte of the evil Count Bleck.

[@Kayoxic]

54:47 I think its not just a nod to shiny Lucario but maybe also to look like Zeroaora? Idk its the blue eyes for me.

[@jaydentorres254]

The diddy hoody could be as if he was a boxing coach for the boxing DK alt.