Palette References in fighting games?

[Zidiane]

I think I remember some people getting mad way back when that SG was unoriginal because it was stealing colors by referencing them. Silly, yeah, but just recently I was thinking about all the character references that were in other games. Does anyone know of any (excluding SG references)? Here are the couple I know (some may not be references, but they're similar enough):

Spoiler: Gordo as Dante and Archer

Spoiler: Azreal as Kamina

Spoiler: Bullet as Asuka Kazama and Major

Spoiler: Milia as Filia (this is actually a mod, I was tricked)

Spoiler: Litchi as Amane

Spoiler: Justice as Eva Unit 01

Spoiler: Taokaka as Felecia

Spoiler: Mu as Asuka Soryu

 

[ChexGuy]

I'm pretty sure this Nanase color is a Vocaloid reference (Gumi, specifically)

Spoiler

 

[Mike_Z]

I'm pretty sure the Filia Millia skin is a mod.

There's also Hulk Potemkin and Strider Bang, at least. I dunno if you want to count Robo-Ky Ky, or Ky Robo-Ky. :^P
Or like, Carnage Venom / Thing Hulk from MvC1, or Evil Ryu Ryu from any game that hasn't got Evil Ryu, etc.

 

[Kawalorn]

Yeah, just checked in Xrd on PC and that Milia color pallete is not there.

I'll also add that many characters in BlazBlue have a pellete refferencing a corresponding character in Guilty Gear.

Like:
Jin-Ky
Sol-Ragna
Tao-May
Mu-12-Dizzy and more.

Also Makoto-Chie. :D

 

[shoryusatsu999]

P4AU has at least 4 colors that reference other things. One color each replicates a Guilty Gear and BlazBlue character, and there are 2 colors that reference characters from past Persona games.

 

[TechPowah]

Birdie's got a palette in SFV that is really damn close to being Cerebella

 

[Zidiane]

Someone told me this about Blazblue:

https://twitter.com/x/status/701512643010547713

And then there's also this video of a good chunk of the BB palettes:

as well as this link that the twitter guy gave me that fills some of the gaps in that vid, but is pretty vague.

 

[Baron Rider]

How do you even get cool mods in fighting games?

 

[BeatNinja]

Birdie's got a palette in SFV that is really damn close to being Cerebella

Jep. It's even closer with his story mode costume.

Spoiler

 

[BallotBoxer]

I'd like to think it is a Cerebella tribute but it could also be a pumpkin with that shade of green.

Speaking of color choices, almost every palette in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is a reference. Here's a thread I made six years ago: http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/54788/t1667105-6-colors-collecting-every-alt-costume/#m31841067

It's mostly insular (Marvel referencing Marvel), but like Skullgirls, there's a high level of care and thought put into the alt. colors. Unlike Skullgirls, it is kind of hit-or-miss (e.g. good: #6 C. Viper is Claire Redfield from RE2. Bad: a lot of characters are just pink because they ran out of ideas).

As for other games, nothing jumps to mind except how Potemkin went beyond colors and turned into Panzerfaust in Xrd. Now that's a dedicated reference...