One complaint about Color Splash within the Paper Mario fandom has been its being as Toad overdosed as Sticker Star. While I do admit that a little more diversity in Prism Island would’ve been appreciated, the Toads really didn’t bother me too much.

However, I did feel that a fair number of unique Toad characters came off far too bland using generic sprites and could’ve benefitted from individual appearances. I thought perhaps I could take a shot at designing some unique appearances for the Toads of Color Splash and already came up with a few.

The Professor, whom I call Professor Julius, as Rome is something ancient, and his little girl is a Princess. I gave him a plaid brown vest and half-rim glasses, as they felt fitting. Also, I gave him a bowtie matching Princess’s bow, because the idea was just too adorable to not use.

The Marmalade Valley archaeologists were fairly generic in the grand scheme of things, but they were specific to their location and profession. I gave them khaki vests kinda like what you’d see an archaeologist wearing an an ID tag similar to what Kolorado wore in the first game.

For the Foreman, I just…looked up train foreman clothes and put him in something based around a set I liked.

The scientist from Green Energy Plant needed a sciency look, so I swapped his vest and pants colors and turned his vest into a lab coat type thing. Then I gave him Lakitu goggles, ‘cause they’re quite easily passable as safety goggles.

Other characters I’d like to come up with designs for include the Prisma Museum curator, the Toadmaster General, the Prisma Cafe baristas, the Tangerino Grill staff, the Daffodil Peak park ranger, and the sailor Toads.

Of course, there are certain Toads with the generic design I felt it worked with. The Five Fun Guys, for example, just looked like five generic guys, and they used that to their advantage for their shuffle game. The Chosen Toads as well, as they were seemingly ordinary guys who–to even their surprise–turned out to bear incredible power.

I’m just posting what I have for the time being. If you have any thoughts you’d like to share–including ideas for a Toad redesign of your own–feel free to add your two coins.