His outfit though

[sWiTcHeRoO [疾~斬]]

Gotta love how they decided to finally go with an official look by using what I think is his outfit from Shadow Dragon rather than his less archaic-looking outfits from the other two Smash games (though those look great too).
Sakurai's probably gonna try to go back to character's roots with their outfits and/or incarnations this time around wherever possible, I mean, he did that with Mega Man, and now Marth, so maybe others will get the same treatment?

 

[Guybrush20X6]

I think Sakurai is keeping characters to the look that he finds works best. Mega Man wen back to NES proportions, Link stayed in his Twilight Princess gettup and Samus got updated to Other M. I prefer this Marth over the Awakening one. Those fancy cuffs fit his impostor better.

 

[Homelessvagrant]

maybe that could be a good sign for Ridley in whatever way they bring him back.

 

[CardiganBoy]

And more important, he looks manly this time.

 

[Niko Mar]

I'm really digging the new Marth design, they definitely put a lot of cool details into him this time around. Also, this may just be me, but I like how they chose for the shoulder armor to be slanted onto his shoulders. It just makes for a sleeker look versus the protruding ones.

 

[Altais]

It looks like it is based on his design in the Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo remake for the Nintendo DS. I must say, he looks absolutely amazing this time around. I thought he would look a lot more bulky with said design, but it looks like they managed to maintain his lean and effeminate qualities.

 

[HeavySmashGuy]

I like his new design for SSB4, quite a lot in fact, although I would've preferred if they used a design closer to the SNES version of MotE rather than SMnN's design. I just HATE all the character designs in the remake.

 

[Zink Imp]

Hypehypehype.

 

[Sephiroths Masamune]

I like his new look although not so much the Pauldrons. It's not THAT much different from before.
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Not much has changed from Melee, just recoloring and the armor is a tiny bit less detailed without the fancy designs on the metal band on the boots, breastplate and pauldrons.

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The Breast Plate Looks Thicker and the Shirt is longer and splits on the sides near the belt. Boots are redone but leave the metal piece around the foot. The pauldrons are now running down his shoulders rather than above the shoulders. Belt looks double wrapped for whatever reason. Gloves don't have an open area around knuckles or back of the hand anymore. And the cape now has the design more noticeable on the back.

 

[Cereal Bawks]

Didn't Brawl Marth have a design on the back of his cape, too?

 

[Capybara Gaming]

Didn't Brawl Marth have a design on the back of his cape, too?

yes.

 

[Sephiroths Masamune]

Yeah I meant to say made it more noticeable.

 

[Sarki Soliloquy]

Marth would be one of the characters we'd least suspect to get a visual upgrade, but this Shadow Dragon form is probably the most gorgeous model yet.

• I like how the emblem on his cape actually looks like it has depth now. It looks fleeced on, embroidered, and stands out much more than in previous games. I love how it doesn't just look like the compressed it onto his cape as a texture.
• His hair seems combed back slightly. It think it makes him a tad gruff.
• The pauldrons on his shoulders actually fit against his shoulders instead of just hang off them. The notch and cuirass look great as well.
• The teal color scheme makes him 'pop' even more. It's an elegant, flashy color. An improvement from the more drab hues of blue we've seen in previous games.
• Just by looking at him, Marth appears more masculine now, although his signature effeminacy kind of shows. His facial structure looks a bit more sculpted by the sides and not rounded like in previous games. Great they can still maintain the bishounen look.
• Dat Falchion tho. The most noticeable difference is the guards look less like crescents and more like jagged, indented horns. Nice to see it has a clear distinction from Chrom's, assuming he's coming into the game.

Overall, 10/10 would bang!

 

[JesseMcCloud]

I think I read somewhere on these forums that this appearance is based on a DS game called "Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow," which was released only in Japan. Apparently, Marth is reigning as king and this is how he appeared.
If this is indeed the case, it's certainly logical that Marth would look retain his newest, most-recent look.
Here's the link to the wikipedia pic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarthFE3DS.png

 

[SchAlternate]

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I've gotta say, his new outfit can make up for very colorful swaps.

 

[Nancyheart]

like the wii fit trainer, u think marth could have an alt costume of either chrom or lucina, if so i hope they go the extra mile with voice acting

 

[Shun_one]

I love Marth's design in this. It's a great balance of his Shadow Dragon and New Mystery designs (it is mostly New Mystery though). I'm eager to see if they'll make entirely new color swaps, or adapt his previous ones onto his new design.

 

[Hong]

I am thankful it is not just the FE11 design (his WORST). It's Smash Time, not Hammer Time. Those parachute pants and meaty features are no way to go. FE12 is certainly his best look yet, and it is fortunate they took a good amount of inspiration from it. Interesting design choice to go from a fair blue armour to a jet blue.

 

[Sonicguy726]

like the wii fit trainer, u think marth could have an alt costume of either chrom or lucina, if so i hope they go the extra mile with voice acting

I think that if they do have alternate costumes they should be just that, costumes. If your gonna have different characters they might aswell just be their own character

 

[VioletSmashfan]

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I've gotta say, his new outfit can make up for very colorful swaps.

I'm digging the red, black and white costumes, if he ends up getting that set, those would be my top 3 color choices whenever I use Marth.

 

[Jackson]

Marth would be one of the characters we'd least suspect to get a visual upgrade, but this Shadow Dragon form is probably the most gorgeous model yet.

• I like how the emblem on his cape actually looks like it has depth now. It looks fleeced on, embroidered, and stands out much more than in previous games. I love how it doesn't just look like the compressed it onto his cape as a texture.
• His hair seems combed back slightly. It think it makes him a tad gruff.
• The pauldrons on his shoulders actually fit against his shoulders instead of just hang off them. The notch and cuirass look great as well.
• The teal color scheme makes him 'pop' even more. It's an elegant, flashy color. An improvement from the more drab hues of blue we've seen in previous games.
• Just by looking at him, Marth appears more masculine now, although his signature effeminacy kind of shows. His facial structure looks a bit more sculpted by the sides and not rounded like in previous games. Great they can still maintain the bishounen look.
• Dat Falchion tho. The most noticeable difference is the guards look less like crescents and more like jagged, indented horns. Nice to see it has a clear distinction from Chrom's, assuming he's coming into the game.

Overall, 10/10 would bang!

Correction. 10/10 would MAIN. Get it? Anyone? No?

 

[Trickerhere]

Yeah I really like this costume sadly...Lucina interests me more :D Fire Emblem Awakening baby