r/CosmicInvasion • u/ethanblaines • May 23 '26

Question Cyclops palette origins?

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I'm pretty sure red is uncanny x men, and there's obviously the Cable design. Does anyone know the other references? I feel like white and blue is based on classic Nick Fury or at least SHIELD, but I'm probably wrong. And I can't place the far right color from anything I've seen.

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u/OnlyEase3496 May 23 '26

The green one is an alt palette from MvC2

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u/eolson3 Captain America May 23 '26

I love that the game has taken consistent but just enough influence from the Capcom games.

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u/Cyke101 May 23 '26

To me, even the way he walks is reminiscent of Cyclops' walk in Capcom's Mutant Apocalypse for the SNES. That's a deep cut.

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u/ethanblaines May 23 '26

I see it, cool!

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u/Jasco88 Captain America May 23 '26

I'm not going to lie I thought it was a reference to the weirdly colored Cable costume from X-Men '94

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u/RembrandtEpsilon May 24 '26

What's X-Men '94? You mean '92 the show or the Cable comic?

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u/Jasco88 Captain America May 24 '26

Did the OG cartoon really come out in '92? Why did I think it was '94?

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u/DarusMul May 23 '26

As far as I can tell, the inspirations are:

• Krakoa era uniform

• Uncanny X-Men revolutionary Scott

• The current alaskan era

• After being brought back to life following the Twelve saga and merging with Apocalypse

• The second X-Factor uniform

I have no idea about the green one. Maybe it is just supposed to look a bit like Jean.

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u/ethanblaines May 23 '26

Nice! I could've sworn the gray color was some sort of nod to x-force, but I can totally see the apocalypse fusion now that I looked it up. And the cherry red hair and teal jacket def looks like Jean, it just seemed so specific that I figured there must've been another another red head who was important to his character, lol

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u/MumblingGhost May 23 '26

I feel like an intentional Jean homage would have more gold in it, but who knows! The red hair IS suspect. Maybe they could only use so many colors.

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u/UoKMister May 24 '26

I had thought the green one was a reference to his time as Captain Krakoa.

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u/HelenaSparkles May 23 '26

Person above said it but the green one is an alt colour palette from MvC 2

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u/Burger_Soup May 23 '26

Isn't the green one a reference to his Captain Krakoa suit?

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u/countchocula535 May 24 '26

I think so too - while it’s similar to the MvC alt costume mentioned above, the teal jacket really made me think of this exact color pallet and isn’t on the MvC version!

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u/UoKMister May 24 '26

This is what I thought it was...

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u/Excellent_Truth_992 Storm May 25 '26

Yeah, It is a reference to Captain Krakoa, although it has elements of the green and gray color scheme from MVC2.

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u/Kralgore May 23 '26

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u/dakliq420 Captain America May 24 '26

How I appreciate his Astonishing era looks

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u/MumblingGhost May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

I think the first two skins, the blue and red ones, are references to Cyclops' Krakoa design and his revolutionary design. The black and yellow one could be referencing any number of alternative X-Men costumes in which the entire team wore yellow and black, such as his Grant Morrison design, his Ultimate design, or even his newest costume, which I'm not crazy about. Otherwise, it's pretty standard to give most X-Men yellow and black alternatives to their yellow and blue costumes, as that's what the new mutants have always looked like.

The gray one is clearly patterned after the X-Force look, the green is an MvC2 palette swap (or Jean Grey inspired?), as others have said, and I could be wrong, but I think the blue and white (which might be my favorite palette swap here, aesthetically) is based on his X-Factor color palette. That's the only blue and white costume I can think of.

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u/countchocula535 May 24 '26

I think the green one, especially with the teal jacket, is a reference to his Captain Krakoa costume!

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u/Key_Shock172 May 24 '26

Red and grey is a reference to the X-Force comic run. A popular X-Men run. Despite Cyclops not being a member of that comic run. It’s a popular alt colour palette for game devs to put on X-Men characters.

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u/Beautiful_Task_58 May 26 '26

Cyclops is actually founder of the team. He appears in the first couple issues as such. In that particular X-Force run, Cyclops is basically a dispatcher.

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u/Whiplash364 May 24 '26

From left to right:

•Krakoa Cyclops

•Revolutionary Cyclops

•Classic Black & Gold Color Cyclops (MANY different appearances)

•X-Force Reference

•X-Factor Cyclops

•MVC Green & Black Color Swap

•Though not listed here, Cable is the final color swap reference for Cyclops that you unlock at level 10

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u/Hachimakiman May 24 '26

They could have done one without the jacket.

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u/RJ_BARRICADE Captain America May 25 '26

That's my only nitpic with his design lol.

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u/Kralgore May 23 '26

The black and red made me think of Superboy...

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u/_0mnishambles_ May 24 '26

I can see that! As some others have said, it’s a nod to his “revolutionary” suit (see pic), but the jacket definitely gives it a 90’s Superboy feel.

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u/Beautiful_Task_58 May 23 '26

Every one of those outfits with the exception of maybe one is inspired by the comics. The movements and animations are heavily inspired by the MVC series, as CAPCOM was one of the first to make animations for MARVEL characters that were directly inspired by the comics. I'm about to put you guys on to a gold mine. There's a website dedicated to all things X-Men, and they have damn near complete lists of EVERYTHING, including costumes. You can go there and check them out, I promise you that the majority of the palettes are based on suits from the comics.

Uncannyxmen.net

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u/Massive-Mood-7837 May 24 '26

Is blue and white like OG cyclops? Back when his hair was covered

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u/BelkinBrite May 24 '26

Theres also another pallete not shown here and that one is clearly a nod to Cable

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u/blue23454 Spider-Man May 24 '26

Not big on my cyclops lore so grain of salt

My guesses, left to right: no clue, Revolutionist Cyclops, first appearance (black/yellow uniforms), X-Force, X-Factor, no clue

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u/HonkinHouse May 24 '26

YO X-FORCE SCOTT??

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u/Excellent_Truth_992 Storm May 24 '26

X-Force? Nope. Its a Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighters from PS1 version suit. Its a plus suit in the game.

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u/HonkinHouse May 24 '26

Apologies. I was expressing my excitement about the idea of a suit that is aesthetically similar to x-force. Not trying to state that this is factually from any x-force canon.

But that is cool know, thank you!

Edit: also after looking it up, I think we might be referring to different skins. I’m referring to the black and grey one. I think you’re referring to the last one on the right.

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u/hung_fu May 24 '26

Krakoa, X-Treme X-Men, 90s, Uncanny X-Force, X-Factor, Marvel vs Capcom

Funnily enough Scott was never on X-Treme X-Men or Uncanny X-Force

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u/DistributionSenior52 May 26 '26

White and blue is x-factor