Darkle

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Darkle Bosses
First appearance Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024)
Leader Grape
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Darkle is a power used by Grape in Princess Peach: Showtime! It is the antithesis to Stella's Sparkle. Its name is a portmanteau of "dark" and "Sparkle." This power is also used by a group of Grape's minions called Darkle Bosses who work with Grape to rewrite the Sparkle Theater's plays into tragedies. Peach must defeat a Darkle Boss at the end of each floor to proceed to the next one. There are a total of four of them:

Image Name Floor
Splash screen of Disco Wing taking place in Darkle Boss: Disco Wing in Princess Peach: Showtime!.
Disco Wing 1F
Light Fang in Princess Peach: Showtime!
Light Fang 2F
Purrjector Cat in Princess Peach: Showtime!
Purrjector Cat 3F
Spotlion in Princess Peach: Showtime!
Spotlion 4F

In the post-game, they can be re-fought by heading up to paintings that have appeared between the two upper stairs on the floors they were originally fought in. These re-fights are mandatory for 100% completion, as up to three Sparkle Gems per Darkle Boss is given for fulfilling specific criteria while beating the Darkle Bosses in re-fights.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ヤミラージュ[?]
Yamirāju
Portmanteau of「やみ」(yami, "darkness") and "mirage"
French Étinsombre[?] Portmanteau of Étincelle ("Sparkle") and sombre ("dark")
Italian Scurore[?] Portmanteau of scuro ("dark") and Splendore ("Sparkle")
Spanish Malgurio[?] From mal augurio ("bad omen")