Editing The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents

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|image=[[File:PPS The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents section 1 right.png|250px]]
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|world=BF
|game=''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''
|powerup=[[Mermaid Peach]]
|boss=
|track=The Dark Sea Currents
|sample=Normal<br>[[File:Princess Peach Showtime! 076 The Dark Sea Currents ~ No Vocals.oga]]
|before=[[Blight of the Sea|<<]]
|after=
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'''The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents''' is a level in ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'', located on the right on the bottom part of the basement of the [[Sparkle Theater]]. This stage becomes available after [[Blight of the Sea]] has been completed. It is the third level where the [[Mermaid Peach|Mermaid]] transformation is used.

==Layout==
The level starts out with a strong backwind [[current]] towards [[Princess Peach|Peach]], although she can stand still in the current at that point of the stage. A group of whirlpools are seen in the background.

Large clamshells walk by in the background, and Peach has to start out by recruiting a school of five fish, and then have the fish open yellow floating clams where more fish are inside, to end up with 15 fish.

The clams walk by in groups of two, and [[Mermaid Sparkla]] is in the second one. As Peach and Mermaid Sparkla make an attempt to swim off, the currents get stronger, and both Peach and Mermaid Sparkla begins floating slightly backwards if they stay still.

With the current getting steadily worse, Mermaid Sparkla invites Peach to sing a duet, to encourage nearby sea [[turtle]]s and fish. As the fish bounce back and forth between the two singers, the whirlpools calm down, and the problems go away.

==Sparkle Gems==
[[Sparkle Gem]]s marked with an asterisk ⁽*⁾ will always be obtained during regular gameplay.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!Image
!Location
|-
|[[File:PPS! The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents 1st SG.png|150px]]
|Found in a [[sub-area]] at the first section of the stage. Mermaid Peach must strike a pose to access the sub-area. To obtain the [[Sparkle Gem]], Mermaid Peach must guide fish to open the glowing clam containing the Gem.
|-
|[[File:PPS! The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents 2nd SG.png|150px]]
|Reach the section where Mermaid Sparkla is saved from the clamshell.*
|-
|[[File:PPS! The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents 3rd SG.png|150px]]
|Beneath one of the floating snail-shaped pieces in the heavy-current section.
|-
|[[File:PPS! The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents 4th SG.png|150px]]
|Make all fish in the first three of the five sections in the duet concert glow.
|-
|[[File:PPS! The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents 5th SG.png|150px]]
|Completing the concert.*
|}

==Ribboner==
[[Ribboner]] awards the [[Stella ribbon|Multicolored Mermaid Ribbon]] for [[Stella]]. He is trapped in a green clam near the start of the stage, which flies sporadically quickly by in the upper right, and must be freed by guiding fish.
*Help request: ''"It's so dark in here."''
*Rescue message: ''"You're a big help!"''

==Lobby Shop stock==
[[File:PPS Special Mermaid Dress.jpg|right|thumb|The dress]]
Completing the level, allows Peach to buy the Special Mermaid [[Dress ribbon|Dress]] for 300 [[coin]]s at the [[Lobby Shop]].

==Postgame Ninja Theet==
The stage has one [[Ninja (Princess Peach: Showtime!)|Ninja]] [[Theet]] when it is played in the postgame:
#Immediately after the start of the level.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=150>
PPS Mermaid album 3.jpg|[[Pictioneer]]'s photo of the level
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ヤミの{{ruby|深海|しんかい}}と{{ruby|渦巻|うずま}}く{{ruby|海流|かいりゅう}}
|JapR=Yami no Shinkai to Uzumaku Kairyū
|JapM=Dark Deep Sea and Swirling Currents
|ChiS=黑暗的深海与漩涡海流
|ChiSR=Hēi'àn De Shēnhǎi Yǔ Xuánwō Hǎiliú
|ChiSM=Dark Deep Sea and Whirlpool Current
|ChiT=黑暗的深海與漩渦海流
|ChiTR=Hēi'àn De Shēnhǎi Yǔ Xuánwō Hǎiliú
|ChiTM=Dark Deep Sea and Whirlpool Current
|Dut=Draaikolken in de duistere diepte
|DutM=Whirlpools in the dark depths
|Fre=Abysses sombres et tourbillons
|FreM=Dark abyss and whirlpools
|Ger=Dunkle Tiefen, wirbelnde Strudel
|GerM=Dark Depths, swirling Whirlpools
|Ita=Oscuri abissi e correnti vorticose
|ItaM=Dark abyss and swirling currents
|Kor=어둠의 심해와 소용돌이치는 해류
|KorR=Eodum-ui simhae-wa soyongdol-ichineun haeryu
|KorM=Dark Deep Sea and Swirling Ocean Currents
|Por=As Profundezas Sombrias e os Redemoinhos
|PorM=The Dark Depths and the Whirlpools
|Rus=Глубины мрака и водовороты
|RusR=Glubiny mraka i vodovoroty
|RusM=Depths of darkness and whirlpools
|Spa=Remolinos de malguria
|SpaM=Swirls of darkle
}}
{{PPS levels}}
[[Category:Princess Peach: Showtime! levels]]
[[Category:Aquatic areas]]