Gold Outfit
First appearance: New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012)
How to acquire: Purchase with 3000 gold coins after gaining 520 moons, or tap a gold/silver Mario amiibo.
A solid gold Mario. In New Super Mario Bros. 2, becoming gold Mario allowed you to shoot gold from your hands that bursts into coins. Since then, gold Mario has appeared across numerous games and even received his own limited amiibo exclusive to Wal-Mart stores.
Fashionable Outfit
First appearance: Japanese New Nintendo 3DS commercial (2014)
How to acquire: Purchase with 200 gold coins after your first visit to the Lake Kingdom.
Another incredibly obscure reference. The fashionable outfit has only been seen once prior to Super Mario Odyssey. In this commercial, Japanese fashion model and singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu turns Mario’s dull duds into some groovy garments.
Hakama
First appearance: Japanese Club Nintendo Calendar (2015)
How to acquire: Purchase with 500 gold coins after gaining 380 moons.
Japanese Club Nintendo members could earn a 2015 calandar that featured a bunch of Mario characters wearing different wacky outfits, the first of which was Mario wearing some traditional Japanese clothing.
Samurai Outfit
First appearance: Japanese Club Nintendo Calendar (2015)
How to acquire: Purchase with 15 purple coins from Bowser’s Kingdom.
Viewer’s of The Tonight Show may remember the samurai Mario t-shirt worn by Shigeru Miyamoto. While that was the first time the Western world had seen this outfit, it wasn’t the samurai’s worldwide debut. It also appeared in the 2015 Club Nintendo calendar. The image that accompanied the month of May was Mario dressed as a samurai.
Swimwear Outfit
First appearance: Japanese Club Nintendo Calendar (2015)
How to acquire: Purchase with 15 purple coins from The Lake Kingdom.
That same calendar was home to the first appearance of Mario’s swimwear outfit. Accompanying the month of August, swimwear Mario represents the most appropriate time of the year to go for a dip.
Builder Outfit
First appearance: Super Mario Maker (2015)
How to acquire: Purchase with 15 purple coins from the Metro Kingdom.
Being from one of the most recent Mario releases, the builder outfit is easily recognizable. In Super Mario Maker, you are given the tools to build your own Mario levels. Builder Mario isn’t just box art eye candy, however. Completing the hidden gnat attack mini-game allows you to unlock him as a playable character.
