Editing The Dark Swordfighter & the Arena

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|image=[[File:PPS The Dark Swordfighter & The Arena Screenshot 2.png|250px]]
|code=
|world=BF
|game=''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''
|boss=[[Dark Swordfighter]]
|powerup=[[Swordfighter Peach]]
|track=Into The Darkness
|sample=[[File:Princess Peach Showtime! 013 Into the Darkness.oga]]
|before=[[The Ghostly Castle|<<]]
|after=[[The Perfect Infiltration|>>]]
}}

'''The Dark Swordfighter & the Arena''' is a stage in ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'', located downstairs of the [[Sparkle Theater#BF|BF]] to the far-left. After completing [[The Ghostly Castle]], the game will automatically lead the player to this level and have to complete this level to continue progressing the stages in 2F. The [[Swordfighter Sparkla]] is trapped in this stage.

Although Peach can select "Leave Play" to get out of the stage, [[Stella]] will refuse to let Peach leave BF if she tries walking up to 1F again until the level has been completed.

==Layout==
[[File:PPS The Dark Swordfighter & The Arena Screenshot 1.png|left|thumb|Swordfighter Peach arriving at the stage]]
The stage opens at a dark medieval set. There is a set of vases on the table including [[Sour Bunch]] enemies that Swordfighter Peach must defeat. Peach can choose to break the vases to pose at a hidden spotlight leading to a sub-area where Peach must defeat all enemies to obtain a [[Sparkle Gem]]. After passing the table, Peach will hear a voice calling for help and a bunch of enemies show up. After defeating the enemies, Peach can choose to break the vases to find the Sparkle Gem. Continuing east, Peach must defeat all the enemies to continue. Peach will see an entrance to [[The Arena]]; she can choose to break the vases east to find the [[Ribboner]] who gives a [[Stella ribbon]]. Before entering the entrance, Peach can choose to break the vase on the right to find the Sparkle Gem.

[[File:PPS The Dark Swordfighter & The Arena Screenshot 4.png|right|thumb|Swordfighter Peach versus Dark Swordfighter]]
Entering The Arena, Peach and Stella will find the Swordfighter Sparkla who questions who Peach is in the outfit while recognizing Stella. Before she warns Peach and Stella about the place, the two stairs disappear and the [[Dark Swordfighter]] shows up and starts the battle against Swordfighter Peach. In the first phase, the Dark Swordfighter will approach Peach and swing his sword. Peach can dodge his attack and will automatically stomp on him, putting him in a stunned state. Peach must take this opportunity to hit him repeatedly, resulting him to smash against the wall, then sliding down the wall. In the second phase, he will use his sword to stab the floor, causing a wave that Peach must dodge. In the final phase, he will also prepare to ram into Peach with his sword, which can be indicated with the purple mist on the floor; Peach can evade his attack repeatedly. At some point, he will perform a surprise attack depending on where he rammed from (if he rammed from the left, he will disappear then appear quickly to the right to ram into Peach, vice versa); Peach can dodge the attack and she will stomp on him, allowing her to defeat him. Upon his defeat, he will slide from the wall, falling off-screen. The stairs reappear, the Swordfighter Sparkla is free and the Sparkle Gem is obtained.

[[File:PPS The Dark Swordfighter & The Arena Screenshot 5.png|left|thumb|Swordfighter Peach and Swordfighter Sparkla defeated the Dark Swordfighter.]]
She thanks Peach for the save and tells her they should escape, but was able to read the Dark Swordfighter was attempting to launch a surprise attack to Peach. Blocking the attack, Peach must take the opportunity to perform the finishing blow against the Dark Swordfighter completing the level.
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== Sparkle Gems ==
Sparkle Gems marked with an asterisk ⁽*⁾ will always be obtained during regular gameplay.
# Break the vases on the table and pose under a hidden spotlight to enter a sub-area. Defeat all enemies.
# After passing the table, break the vases and jump over to the other side to get the Sparkle Gem.
# Defeat the enemies to progress to The Arena.*
# Before heading to the arena, break the vase on the right.
# Defeat the Dark Swordfighter.*

== Stella ribbon ==
'''Multicolored Swordfighter Ribbon''': After seeing the staircase leading to the entrance of The Arena, break the vases on the right to find the [[Ribboner]]. It is not sufficient for Peach to simply jump over the vases to reach him, as the two vases next to him must be broken for him to consider himself rescued.
*Help request: ''"I'm stuck back here..."''
*Rescue message: ''"And now I'm unstuck!"''

== Postgame hidden Theet ==
The Theet can be found post-game at the beginning of the first section on the right, next to the table near the sub-area where the first Sparkle Gem is obtained.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=150>
PPS The Dark Swordfighter & The Arena Screenshot 3.png|Entrance to The Arena
PPS Swordfighter album 3.jpg|The stage's album picture
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ヤミの{{ruby|剣士|けんし}}と{{ruby|闘|とう}}{{ruby|技|ぎじ}}{{ruby|場|ょう}}
|JapR=Yami no Kenshi to Tōgi-jō
|JapM=The Dark Swordfighter and the Arena
|ChiS=黑暗的剑士与竞技场
|ChiSR=Hēi'àn De Jiànshì Yǔ Jìngjì Chǎng
|ChiSM=Dark Swordsman and Arena
|ChiT=黑暗的劍士與競技場
|ChiTR=Hēi'àn De Jiànshì Yǔ Jìngjì Chǎng
|ChiTM=Dark Swordsman and Arena
|Dut=De duistere zwaardvechter
|DutM=The dark swordfighter
|Fre=L'épéiste sombre et son arène
|FreM=The dark swordfighter and his arena
|Ger=Die Arena des dunklen Fechters
|GerM=The Arena of the dark Swordsman
|Ita=Lo spadaccino oscuro e l'arena
|ItaM=The Dark Swordsman and the Arena
|Kor=
|KorR=
|KorM=
|Por=O Espadachim Sombrio e a Arena
|PorM=The Dark Swordsman and the Arena
|Rus=
|RusR=
|RusM=
|Spa=Duelo de espadas y malguria
|SpaM=Duel of swords and darkle
}}
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[[Category:Princess Peach: Showtime! levels]]