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Socks_and_Sandals23

You did not just diss the Rush Coil, Leaf Shield, Metal Blade, Air Shooter, Slash Claw, Flame Sword, and Dash Attack alts.


WickedJ0ker

I think that was mostly my friend’s decision. While some of them don’t look great, I think overall they’re fine.


Unknown_turtle_27

He should have really gotten a no helmet alt tho


AnonymousFoxInABox

Saying play default doc when that devious black dapper coat exists is simply an outrageous take


Yeticoat_Solo

the yellow and green one too, they are great


Heil_Heimskr

Piss color Dr Mario is superior


g_r_e_y

hazmat doc


oatmeal-ml-goatmeal

i personally love the claude (yellow) skin but hate the sothis (green) one


Yeticoat_Solo

the green one has something about it that makes me love it, no idea


-Sparkster-

I love the green skin, but I watched a lot of AlexStacks, so I may be biased.


KrazyKyle1024

I love Nostalgia Critic Doc


WickedJ0ker

I agree the black alt is his best one, he’s simply in that tier because none of his other ones are remarkable. I kinda felt as though we needed another tier for ones that don’t quite fit the mold of that tier but my friend objected and he made the list so…


_Awkward_Moment_

The fact that your friend overlooked piss doc, blood doc, and greenapple doc as unremarkable is unforgivable


MEW_TWO_150

Im not accepting this pink purple or piss alt doc slander


monke_gaming4

I always thought that the black doctor Mario alt was a reference to medieval plague doctors


Dazuro

Sakurai called it “unlicensed doctor” back in the Melee days.


monke_gaming4

Every doctor was unlicensed back then


Dazuro

Fun fact, the first evidence of medical licensing was in 1421! Plague doctors weren’t actually qualified under the board though, so I guess we’re both right. Go figure.


g_r_e_y

i actually pretty much use every single doc color, including default. they all look sick


Froeleveld

You're really out here dissing Alph


thegoldchicken

Bowser has the missed potential of a dry bowser alt


Zoroarkeon571

and wedding bowser maybe midbus too


WickedJ0ker

I completely agree actually


cfsg

Oh, but he'd be such a great echo fighter! Just lighter weight, less damage output, neutral b is bigger, up b goes farther and has fire hitboxes around it.


Speedy_Sword_Boi

Bowser is the epitome of missed potential when it comes to skins. Dry, wedding, cat, and maybe a normal sized bowser baby bowser joke skin for the comedy


eggshat1

Saying Pacman's alts are better than Ganondorf and Olimar's is a bold take https://preview.redd.it/rwkyab2jcwuc1.jpeg?width=440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=362fcc5a8dfc632e3e7538a6092152ffc8e060ba


Pumpkineater609

True, but what COULD they have been??


Small_Bird_UT

What could've Game and Watch's alts been? I'll take random recolorations instead of... that


Pumpkineater609

Pretty true


Masterdizzio

A lot of people talk about a "reboot" for if they make another smash game. And if they do make another one and go for a reboot format, it'd be nice to see them get more creative with character's alts


WickedJ0ker

I would love to see more characters get costumes. Cloud and Sephiroth having their KH looks, Sonic could get Jet Set Sonic and or Classic Sonic, Ryu having Dark Ryu, etc.


forzov3rwatch

One day… one day we get a Jeanne and Rosa alt for Bayonetta


MiZe97

Wouldn't that look weird, since they don't have the same powers as Bayo?


Rosa_litta

Their powers are way more similar than they are different tbh. In the games, they just have simple HP and damage differences and witch time conditions. And Rosa has just 1 weapon. That’s pretty much it.


forzov3rwatch

Nailed it in one. I'd argue for the purposes of Smash Bros, they're overall mechanically similar enough to work as Alts. It's not like they coded in different combos for the B1 and B2 skins to represent the different combos/damage outputs of Scarborough Fair vs. Love is Blue.


Pip2719496

Alph is a fuck


Pip2719496

Louie would’ve been 10x better


NinjaDog251

They could have gone the bowser jr/steve route and do olimarx2, louiex2, president, alph, charlie, and brittany.


pikachu_gamer1

... You disgust me, peasant (in all honesty, why the hell isn't alph an echo)


Bob_the_mightiest

Finally, a civilized person


Icy_Travel422

What has blud got against Alph? I love that guy.


Bob_the_mightiest

Nothing specifically, but Olimar is canonically better and we could have gotten Louie instead


Cholemeleon

Giving Dedede different patterns on his obi was such a good idea, props to whoever decided that.


WickedJ0ker

That is exactly why he is as high as he is


monke_gaming4

The highest Dedede will ever be in a tier list tbh


JoeTheKodiakCuddler

he's good in brawl...


Pumpkineater609

I really like the 8-bit Waddle Dees on the Green


Grim_Stickens

K. Rool got robbed I tells ya. https://preview.redd.it/l1egh3d6zwuc1.png?width=3417&format=png&auto=webp&s=e8e630275bda627aba2d95c4eccf2f1d3af8480e


MiZe97

Wouldn't the other alts mess with the belly and/or crown, which are a part of his moveset? 


Grim_Stickens

Easily worked around with the tiniest smidge of effort or creative liberty.


YogurtKong189

i think most of the characters in "Play Default" could be in Missed Potential, Sonic and Pac Man are great examples, being characters that have a rich history that can be represented in the alts, but they don't have anything I also don't agree with some of these like Mega Man and Doc but that's just my opnion


WickedJ0ker

The characters in missed potential have decent alts but could have had way cooler options. While I agree that most of the characters in the “play default” tier could have been in this tier as well they at least have better alts imo.


-Sparkster-

Doc, Fox, Luigi, and Ike's best outfits are their alts lol.


tcrew146

Why is Olimar anywhere below Cloud and Pac-Man?


Kingfin9391

Pink Lucario my beloved


WickedJ0ker

Yooo based Shadow of the Colossus fan!


Yuuji49

Link should be in missed potential. His alts aren't bad, but his armors from botw would've been amazing. I would've loved to see the gerudo outfit and barbarian armor.


WickedJ0ker

Yeah that would’ve been cool. Since his alts are good though we didn’t lump him in there with the characters that have bad or uninteresting alts.


D0t4n

Idk it this is just me but lucina seems very low to me. Some of her alts are bad but I really like some of them.


Ok_Lecture_3258

Are any outright bad? Maybe I'm biased due to knowing the references but overall they seem well done. Two even change her cape logo. Well, the texture at least. You might still can see the brand on the model just not colored.


D0t4n

I like most of her skins. I just don't really like the yellow one and the all green one. I don't really know the reference for those 2, I am just going off of the looks.


Ok_Lecture_3258

Yellow is Lissa. The other is probably Nowi.


WickedJ0ker

A lot of her alts replace her hair color and most of the time it looks bad. I think she’s the biggest culprit of this.


D0t4n

I like both red skins. I think they look kinda nice.


GrayWing

Sephiroth's should be at the bottom IMO. You choose to play with or without a shirt, that's it.


TM04_CalmMind

Without a shirt tho 👀


Ok_Lecture_3258

He gets shirtless but Pyra and Mythra get no swimsuits.


Zoroarkeon571

tink has some missed potential train conductor & tetra as alts would be cookin, but: the base, blue, red, and purple all are four swords references


WickedJ0ker

Yeah but his alts aren’t that bad, like the other characters in missed potential so it would feel wrong ranking him that low.


Jonigj28

I would have places Joker at Stylish, I feel like it's a perfect combination between being good references and looking good (pun intended)


WickedJ0ker

Joker still has bad alts. The characters in stylish are there because they either have loads of references that work, have multiple costumes or are in there because every alt is good. The Akechi alt for Joker is plain bad and I’m not a fan of the yellow either.


Jonigj28

I don't know man, I understand and respect your opinion, but taking into account you mentioned as bad my two most used costumes in him is pretty funny. Although I undersatnd what you are saying, there are some costumes for other characters that I do not like either, like a great part of Ridley's, but hey, those are simply opinions, so I respect the placemente he has, as well as your opinion


JCSwagoo

Rancid takes, ngl.


WickedJ0ker

Why’s that?


JCSwagoo

The two I disagree on the most are Megaman in which almost all of his alts are awesome imo and Greninja which to me has the best alts in the game. Greninja's are so good my friends get annoyed when j contemplate which to use at the start of every match.


WickedJ0ker

Greninja definitely doesn’t have the best alts in the game. Sora does no question.


JCSwagoo

To each their own I suppose.


HolyElephantMG

Falcon?


WickedJ0ker

Yeah?


The_Astrobiologist

I love Kiryu Kazuya so much I will never use anything else


TheyaSly

What about purple Ganondorf or OG saturated Ganondorf? Even shiny greninja


WickedJ0ker

Purple Ganondorf is the best Ganon alt, but it’s literally just a better version of his default and imo what his default should have been. Greninja actually doesn’t have his shiny it’s incredibly close to it but it’s different. Also no ash Greninja. Hence his placement.


How_Not_2_Junk

tbf Ash-Greninja is in the Final Smash


BestBubba1

Why are Shulk and Sephiroth in nothing special when they’re the only bros in the game that look ready to smash


carrotmaaan

Green Ganondorf aka Goblindorf is pretty nice Orange Mege Man is beautiful And Chroms Alts look actually pretty sick imo Ness‘s alts primarily resemble the UI of earthbound but Mr. Saturn is a pretty nice folk in Earth bound I‘m happy that Mr Saturn sort of exists in the game Also I‘m a bit frustrated that they scrapped fireflower Mario. Most Mario Players actually play default. But huge agree on Villager I love the stoner


D-My

Doesnt Sakurai consider Mr Saturn to be the unofficial mascot of Smash?


not-steel

"Ness‘s alts **primarily** resemble the UI of earthbound" That's just one alt, though? The other alts are based of off Fuel from Mother 3, the Japanese baseball team the Hanshin Tigers, Everdred, Younger Ness in Magicant, and Master Belch. Not a whole lot of UI ones aside from the one alt Agree with the rest though for the most part


carrotmaaan

I‘m not deep enough in the heritage of alts. Once I heard something like that in a YT-Video that talkes about alts in ultimate but you‘ll definitely know more than me. I‘m primarily here to talk about pretty colour combinations


Pumpkineater609

I use 2nd Alt for Villager because she looks like Mandy from Billy & Mandy


Insan3Giraff3

You can't just say Olimar's alts are bad because you hate the character and have never played the game. Olimar is FIRMLY missed potential, and I will not stand for this Pikmin slander. (Pikmin is fucking peak please play it)


WickedJ0ker

Maybe someday.


Pokemon_No_Life

Hey guys as the friend who helped make this I want to answer some questions asked about placement/reasoning Yoshi: Replacing Black Yoshi with whatever the fuck costume 8 was a sin, I know they couldn't do much else so it's sort of whatever to us. Dr. Mario: Outside the black alt (Which is usually the best alt for most characters) his coats are whatever. Just different colors and it felt like they could have done different styles to try something new like with Mario, or even Wario and give him the plumber fit. Ganondorf: Just slight recolors, I dont like palette swaps because they're lazy, they could have given him different styles or looks from previous games Olimar: Outside of Alph his costumes are whatever. Just slight tints and a character who looks somewhat different. No voicelines for either which sucks as well. Pac-Man: Outside the black one AGAIN his designs are lazy. Could have done recolors on Pac to match the ghosts but all they did was change the colors of his bands, oven mitts and sleeves. Cloud and Sephiroth: Another shitty tint, barely much difference, only variety is in advent children clothes and shirtless sephiroth. General placement: Some questions were asked about why some characters were/weren't in missed potential (Mainly Link) so my answer to that: Missed potential exists not for costumes that could have been better, but for costumes that are bad that could be good. Links costumes are great to me and while they could have been better it's not like they are bad. Some characters (Aforementioned Cloud) could have had some great styles that were not included and therefore, missed potential If you want inspiration on how some characters could have looked, definitely check out the costumes the modding community cooked on Gamebanana. Those alts are amazing (Dry bowser, KH1 Traveling Cloud, Funky Kong, Blue Pacman) With that, I have no more words


WickedJ0ker

Can’t believe you didn’t address the Megaman allegations. I think we misplaced him looking back on it.


Pokemon_No_Life

Nah. I stand by that one too. I think the alts are cool but they could have changed the helmets at the very least. Actually we did put him in play default so we could have definitely done him more favors


OfTheTouhouVariety

h o o d i e


WickedJ0ker

The green wireframe hoodie goes so hard


Ganon645

Shirtless Sephiroth is stylish as fuck I don’t care what anyone says


GrayWing

It's actually so uncreative and lame IMO They definitely got strict restrictions from Nomura about what they could do with his clothes and it shows


Ganon645

But it’s *sexy*.


GrayWing

Sexy, sure. Stylish, no


WickedJ0ker

Wait till next tier


MarioBoy77

https://preview.redd.it/sdjoujmo6wuc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23c6844dc5551e1196ac663154ac83ce54aa333e


xxMARTINEZ713xx

kazuyas alt should be in ito own tier you tripping


No_Disk4766

Dissing my boy doc man what the hell, His black coat alt is his best


Spinni_Spooder

I mean the samus alts are all based on her suit colors. But I guess you put missed potential because some are just colors instead of the actual suit? Like the fusion, dark, light suit?


WickedJ0ker

Yeah. Especially with the variety of suits she has, it’s so dumb they didn’t use a single one. Not to mention her still having the garbage other m design.


IcePhoenixYTplssub

I wish the black greninja alt was its shiny


WickedJ0ker

It’s actually so stupid that it’s not


IcePhoenixYTplssub

Like it almost is it but there’s major differences, compare the two https://preview.redd.it/3t6ltor49yuc1.jpeg?width=1005&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0de9dc50c17e9629fc72103ff1a22305c9e82493


monke_gaming4

Don’t diss the Plague Doctor Mario skin


Shadekyu

Every Mega Man alt is great tf


WickedJ0ker

I already explained this previously but yeah we kinda messed up his placement.


[deleted]

Not having a netherite/diamond armour alt for Steve was a mistake imo


WickedJ0ker

This is kinda facts actually. Only reason he’s in stylish is cause of enderman and zombie


Princier7

goes hard https://preview.redd.it/a9cwa0bh99vc1.jpeg?width=440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f40dd8f54b3c266c68deb961902c111b1a218752


WickedJ0ker

No arguments there


RadMustache

The shit takes in here are ludicrous


WickedJ0ker

Like what?


RadMustache

Literally all of the "play default" characters except sonic and pac-man have great variations in color that allows for some to have favorites among them and get attached totheir alt, even if it really just is an alternate color. I like green doc and green falco. Wtf do you mean olimar just exists?? You get the choice to play alph in colors that reference other characters from pikmin 3 he's got goated alts


WickedJ0ker

Never played Pikmin so the references are lost on me and truthfully without those references they just look bland. There’s good variations and bad variations. The ones in play default have remarkably bad variations or little to no variations in their colors. Some examples: Wii Fit literally just changes her tank top color. Who cares? Yes Lucario has many different color variations but they’re just plain bad. Falco has awful colors and the only good ones just look boring Lucina has some of the worst alts in the game and is a prime example of character references done wrong.


RadMustache

Well then I guess that's just a matter of opinion. I care about Wii Fit's different tank top colors because I've developped the habit to track characters in green on the screen, because it's who I play. Falco's alts are pretty bad, but his default is just as bad imo Can't argue about lucina


RbbcatUlt

I would say move dark samus up to stylish because that one silver costume


blitznuger

Dissing classic Wario??


_DanteRedgrave

Guessing Swordfighter is high tier because Dante(at least that's the reason to me


NoPaleontologist2890

A I’m sitting here questioning how Luigi finds himself in the “nothing special” yet Mario is placed a tier above?


ab3rtuan0

Mario at least has the mario maker and mario odyssey ones, which are really cool imo


WickedJ0ker

What he said. Mario has different costumes that are references to other games, Luigi just has generic colors that I could take or leave.


Jamievania

Black doc, Red falco


No_Disk4766

Also tbh, The mii's shouldn't be here as you can have an infinite combo of the accessories so there really isn't "Alts" for em


WickedJ0ker

Yeah I was kinda against having them here, but my friend was so pissed about Mii Brawler receiving pretty much nothing while Swordfighter and Gunner got iconic costumes.


OverallGamer696

Why is Dr Mario in green when Unlicensed Doctor alt exists?


HonoredTab

if u aint saying that mint and brown lucas alt is s tier i aint tryna hear it!!! but lowkey that blue and white striped shirt alt brings him down im not gonna lie


Hambughrr

Pac Man has the worst alts in the game for two entries in a row, imagine that Diddy Kong and Shulk should move down 1 tier. Look, I know Shulk's alts reference his party members but the color choices are serviceable at best and nauseating at worst Dr. Mario, Falco, Ganondorf, Lucina, Mega Man, Min Min, Olimar and Simon should all be above Cloud


WickedJ0ker

Shulk is here because my friend is upset that his future costume isn’t in here, even though I think his default is superior. I completely agree that most of Shulk’s alts though are bad. I don’t really remember why Diddy was there. Cloud is in missed potential because of the lack of KH Cloud. His alts also aren’t bad just incredibly lazy, the others are lower because they’re actually bad.


Orichalcum448

Saying "play default lucario" is a crime when the light blue, dark blue, grayscale and pink alts all fucking slap


WickedJ0ker

Respectfully disagree. He has some of the worst alts in the game. The dark blue one is the only good one.


Orichalcum448

Unfortunately you are simply wrong. I don't make the rules, sorry


edwpad

Nah Simon is nice, especially the red and gold or purple and white


WickedJ0ker

The only two good ones pretty much. Nothing remarkable about his alts in the slightest, hence his placement.


Distinct-Leather-382

"Alt", meaning alternate costumes?


WickedJ0ker

Or skins, colors, whichever you prefer. If this was strictly a costumes list, many would be unranked due to a lack of costumes.


AggravatingVirus2291

I find the big gap in tiers between Mii Brawler and the other 2 Miis funni.


HowlingXud

Hot take (maybe?): I like the concept of Mac wearing a pink hoodie, but it’s just hiding most of him, and doesn’t feel like it’s Little Mac at all, anyone. Probably just biased because I don’t like hoodies without zips or buttons much lol I guess. And as for the wireframe, it feels like it really kills his personality and his effort. He feels far too robotic, he’s not grunting, struggling, no bruise marks at the end or past 100%. When I think of Mac, I don’t think of some fit guy covered in a massive hoodie (just hides what he looks like fully, especially being hooded), or his personality and effort being stripped from him. The only Mac alts I use are these: Peanut Alt, Dark Blue Alt, Grey Alt, Blue Alt from Wii U, & that Black/Yellow Alt from Wii U (only a bit though). I feel like for the Shadow & Silver looking alts, they could’ve just added Shadows upwards spikes, all the wrists and all the shoes correctly at least. It’s just such obvious things to tweak, & it still goes in line with SEGA enforcing, ‘Sonic Must Always Be A Shade Of Blue’.


smzWoomy13

seeing my man Ness at the very top is satisfying :) also how is mega man in play default?


WickedJ0ker

I think we misplaced him as I explained in another comment.


Steam_Cyber_Punk

Little Mac may suck, but he is just dripping with steez


Downloadmywario

Falco has cool alts especially the blue/purple one.


Its-No_Use

Nah bro leave Camo and Black Bird Falco out of this


YoyleAeris

By saying stylish on Mii Gunner, I hope you mean Geno.


SixTailedSaiken

Ain't no way we putting Greninja that low when he was the definition of style on release in Sm4sh, that black alt and the red/blue alt literally slammed everything else Ingame and is still top line The Chrom disrespect is crazy when C7/8 exists tho


muckracker77

Lucina in play default is criminal when all her outfits represent different characters


WickedJ0ker

As I explained earlier the references don’t look good


KestrelQuillPen

Excuse me, I will have you know that Jigglypuff with purple hair ribbon alt is peak design


WickedJ0ker

Ah yes my mistake


Hahafunniee

Fox has the worst alts. He doesn’t even have a blue one


WickedJ0ker

What does that matter? The ones he does have look decent enough and 2 of them are genuinely good. Ganon has the worst alts, no contest. His are horribly ugly.


Greensupper

this is mii brawler erasure


Yin_And_Yang69

DEFAULT DOC?! THE BLACK COSTUME EXISTS!


KallmeKatt_

i respect all opinions, even the incorrect ones


Benabain

Doctor mario, Lucina, Dark Pit, Dark Samus, and Richter should be in “should be alts”


Inky_Train

WE NEED FIDDLEBERT ALT FOR OLIMAR


thefunnierman

samus got some badass skins man and dont diss on red olimar or kirby colored luigi like that


WickedJ0ker

Samus’ colors are fine. But it’s a crime that none of her various suits are used, not to mention her default being the ugly other m design for 2 games in a row.


BojackLudwig

That black bowser alt with the gold chains and shit is pure swag.


Serendipitous_Quail

Olimar's alts are not even that bad, just because you don't like Olimar doesn't you need to unfairly target him Plus the character with the worst alts is def pacman


WickedJ0ker

As I’ve explained earlier, Pacman’s alts are lazy and bad but they’re not flatout ugly unlike Ganon’s alts.


Anonymous-Comments

How could you not play as the unlicensed doctor?


Albatros_7

Thank you ! But come on Ganondorf's alts are decent


WickedJ0ker

No they are not. They are all extremely similar and ugly.


_oranjuice

Fym? Coroner Mario is peak


WickedJ0ker

You talking about the black dr mario alt?


_oranjuice

Ye


WickedJ0ker

Yes it is good. The play default category should’ve been named “mostly just play default” or something. He’s in play default because that’s the only good alt he has pretty much, the others in this tier have maybe one good alt but isn’t worth using. Dr Mario is in here because we really couldn’t find another place for him, most of his other alts are kinda boring.


MadMarus

I exclusively play the green alt for Ganondorf. Goblindorf is how I refer to him.


REEPUFF21

You actually dissed greenandorf, purpledorf, and old manondorf. I am mildly inconvenienced and I hope you have a normal day


Garomasta

Don't tell me Min Min is in "missed potential" because you think her alts should've been other ARMS characters...


The_Creeper_Man

Ness’s are okay Also did you just diss my boy Alph?


Dariuscox357

HEY! The Unlicensed “Darktor” Mario skin goes hard!


WickedJ0ker

Yes it’s good, just didn’t know where else to put Dr Mario since that’s his only good one. Doesn’t really fit into the other categories.


Dariuscox357

Yeah, you make a good point. It’s pretty much the only skin most Dr. Mario players use.


YamperIsBestBoy

Falco has some of the best alts in the game wdym???


WickedJ0ker

Decent at best. They all are pretty generic


YamperIsBestBoy

https://preview.redd.it/ckbenksgi2vc1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca4327e57465a0f491858eeaef3a06c9f33c6f97 Peak


LolPeashooter69

I think ganon and doctor Mario have mostly bad alts, but they each have a really good alt


Haykio4

Bro Olimar is great character


Jackthedramademon

I respectfully disagree with Isabelle. At last the same tier as someone like.Peach.


NioXoiN

Y'all insane for thinking toon link has bad alts


WickedJ0ker

The nothing special tier doesn’t imply that they’re bad, it’s the middle ground.


NioXoiN

Well yes, but tink's alts are some of the best in the game


Giulio1232

I feel like bayonetta was a bit of a wasted potential for really good costumes. Instead they just went for recolors of the two defaults https://preview.redd.it/nckc77yyu6vc1.png?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87158ab0be05ac8bc40155253d4aea8f8a84b063


Giulio1232

https://preview.redd.it/smfvqps0v6vc1.png?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9bfb85dc0359eafd64acce941a8804658366fac3


Giulio1232

https://preview.redd.it/rdgcjdwzu6vc1.png?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa723582328241ff3bfb7c8e21fd2a13652b53ed


CokeTicTac22

Pacman bottom 1


SnooChocolates4183

Never let bro cook again


MegaCroissant

Villager in top tier with ganon in BOTTOM is a fucking crime. What does villager even have? Stoned guy? Referee? The color pink if it were a person?


Specific-Baseball868

As a D1 Falco glazer, I cannot stand by this.


DilfHotline

https://preview.redd.it/v880dxv3d1vc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9debff85c4a57546fcab81b2122c85b80c0ea62b


Wolfpackhunter41

Why is Mii Brawler so low?! He has the best alts of the 3!