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|image=[[File:Princess Peach_Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|200px]]<br>Solo picture of '''Princess Peach''' in her appearance for ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''.
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|image=[[File:Peach_Posing_Alt_3D_Artwork.png|175px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''
|full_name=Princess Peach Toadstool<ref name=SM64game>"''Yours truly- - Princess Toadstool (Peach)''" - [[:File:Peach's message.png|Peach's letter in ''Super Mario 64'']] (Note: parentheses indicate a disjunct between "Peach" and the rest of the text, originally represented by a different color, font, and angle in the letter.)</ref><ref name=SM64guide>{{cite|quote=Today, in the Mushroom Kingdom, it was discovered that Princess Peach Toadstool's castle is standing empty with no sign of the missing inhabitants.|Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=4|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Officially known as Princess Peach Toadstool, our little monarch has a long history with Mario.|author=Young, Jason|title=''Mario Tennis'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=21|date=August 21, 2000|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3133-5}}</ref>
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{{quote|Oh dear... Here we go again... I can't believe I'm kidnapped again. Everyone must be worried sick. Again.|Princess Peach|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)]]}}


{{LLQuote|I can't believe I got kidnapped... again.|Princess Peach|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]}}
'''Princess Peach''' (casually '''Peach''', usually known as '''Princess Toadstool''' outside [[Japan]] prior to ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'') is a major character in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], the princess of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], and the love interest of [[Mario]]. She first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and was created by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] to be the damsel-in-distress throughout most ''Super Mario'' games. She resides in [[Peach's Castle|her castle]] along with many [[Toad (species)|Toads]], who act as her loyal servants. Her kingdom is often attacked by [[Bowser]] and [[Bowser's Minions|his minions]].


'''Princess Peach''' (casually '''Peach''', and up until ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'' referred to as '''Princess Toadstool''') is the princess of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. Peach first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and was created by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] to be the damsel-in-distress throughout most [[Mario (series)|''Mario'' games]]. She resides in [[Princess Peach's Castle|her castle]] along with many [[Toad (species)|Toads]]. Her kingdom is often attacked by the [[Koopa Troop]], a group led by [[Bowser]].
Peach has an affinity for the color pink, which accents her gentle personality and kind temperament. Peach's kind nature and role as the damsel in distress are often represented with her heart abilities and crown emblem.
 
Peach has an affinity for the color pink, which accents her feminine personality and kind temperament. Peach's feminine nature and role as the damsel are often represented with her heart abilities and Princess emblems. Peach's initial design was said to represent her stubborn, yet cute, appearance.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/systems/volume_8_14207.html#top</ref>
   
   
Since her debut, Peach has appeared in installments related to the ''Mario'' game series for over two decades. Peach is occasionally a supporting character in mainstream games, and almost always playable in spin-off installments. Her most prominent appearance to date is as the heroine of ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''.
Since her debut, Peach has appeared in several ''Super Mario'' games spanning the course of decades, even appearing in more games than any other female character in video game history. Peach is occasionally a supporting character in mainstream games and she is almost always playable in spin-off installments. Her lead roles are in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' and ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''


==History==
==Creation and development==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====Design====
====''Super Mario Bros.''====
Peach's initial design was said to represent her stubborn yet cute appearance.<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Nintendo-DSi/Volume-8-Flipnote-Studio-An-Animation-Class/4-My-First-Project-Draw-a-Rug/4-My-First-Project-Draw-a-Rug-1049383.html|title=Iwata Asks {{!}} 4. My First Project: Draw a Rug {{!}} Iwata Asks: Nintendo DSi {{!}} Nintendo|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=en-gb|accessdate=May 19, 2024|archive=www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Nintendo-DSi/Volume-8-Flipnote-Studio-An-Animation-Class/4-My-First-Project-Draw-a-Rug/4-My-First-Project-Draw-a-Rug-1049383.html}}</ref> Peach's initial design had been conceived by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], with some of his suggestions to [[Yoichi Kotabe]] being incorporated into the final design, in particular making her eyes look more "cat-like."<ref>{{cite|author=Iwata Asks|archive=archive.is/20120525101151/http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/systems/volume_8_14207.html#top|deadlink=y|title=Volume 8 - Flipnote Studio - An Animation Class|publisher=Nintendo of UK|accessdate=May 19, 2024}}</ref> Before Kotabe conceived Peach's finalized character design, a couple of prototype designs were created for the character. One such design, seen on the ''Super Mario Bros.'' Japanese box art, depicts her with a long-sleeved dress, no gloves, strawberry-blonde hair, and crown jewels that were white instead of red and blue. Another prototype, seen in the 1985 Japanese strategy guide ''[[How to win at Super Mario Bros.]]'', portrays her as a Toad rather than as a human, having a mushroom cap instead of natural hair, as well as a simple tiara and a gown reminiscent of {{wp|Aurora (character)|Aurora}} from Disney's ''{{wp|Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty}}'', whom she somewhat currently resembles.
[[File:Peachsmb1.png|thumb|left|115px|Peach's first appearance.]]
''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' was Peach's debut appearance. [[Bowser]] invades the Mushroom Kingdom, transforms its inhabitants into various objects, and kidnaps Peach (then known as "Princess Toadstool") so she cannot reverse his spell. [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] go to rescue her. After they defeat Bowser, the brothers rescue Toadstool. In the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' versions, Toadstool also gave her hero a kiss on the cheek.


====''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''====
Peach has always been depicted as a blonde in video game artwork, although it was originally a darker, more strawberry-blonde shade (or in the case of the Japanese packaging, a dark blonde shade). However, due to the graphical limitations of the [[Family Computer]] and [[Family Computer Disk System]] hardware (including the {{wp|Western world|Western}} [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]), Peach's on-screen sprite in the earlier ''Super Mario Bros.'' games displayed her with reddish-brown hair, and as a result, she was depicted as a redhead in the DiC Entertainment cartoons, as well as reddish-brown in Mario-related merchandise such as a 1988 toy box artwork. Starting with ''[[Super Mario World]]'' for the SNES, her in-game appearances had her proper hair color. On a similar note, her dress had always been depicted as pink in video game artwork, although because of the aforementioned graphical limitations, Peach's on-screen sprite in ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' depicted her as wearing a white dress with red highlights; this depiction of her old dress would later be reused for her Fire form in ''Super Mario 3D World''. She only gained a pink dress in-game starting with the overseas version of ''Super Mario Bros 2''. Peach's classic main dress had a normal pink high collar, a sash around the waist instead of panniers, and was darker pink from the hem to her knees, but otherwise does not differ greatly from the modern/current main dress introduced with the GameCube-era games, starting with ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' and ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', although the subsequent ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' installment marked the original dress's final appearance, with it being retained for the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]] as well. Although the key artwork featured Peach in the Japanese versions of ''Super Mario Bros.'', the instruction manuals for both the Famicom and NES versions of the game hid her sprite behind a question mark in order to keep her identity a surprise for players as a way to motivate them into completing the game.
In ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', Bowser kidnaps Peach again. Mario and Luigi travel through the Mushroom Kingdom again to save her. After defeating Bowser, the Bros. save her again. In the original version, her subjects celebrated around them after she recited a poem.


====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====Name====
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Princess Toadstool (Peach in the Game Boy Advance remake ''Super Mario Advance''), along with Mario, Luigi and [[Toad]], sets out to rescue [[Subcon]] from the evil [[Wart]]. Toadstool's main ability is limited fluttering time after [[jump]]ing, but she has poor vertical jumps. Toadstool is the weakest character in the game and has the slowest "pull time" of vegetables.
Miyamoto came up with her name by associating princesses with girls, girls with the color pink, and pink with peaches.<ref>{{cite|language=jp|url=www.ndw.jp/mario-220913-2|title="Shigeru Miyamoto on the origin of the names of Mario and his friends"|publisher=[[Nintendo DREAM]]|date=February 2010|accessdate=May 19, 2024}} <small>Note: The Japanese word for pink (桃色, ''momoiro'') literally means "peach-colored."</small></ref> In Japan, her name has always been Princess Peach (ピーチ姫 ''Pīchi-hime''), but in the West, she was originally known as "Princess Toadstool", due to [[Nintendo of America]] renaming her when localizing ''Super Mario Bros.'', feeling that "Peach" was irrelevant to the theme of the Mushroom Kingdom.<ref>{{cite|author=Gaming Historian|date=September 30, 2021|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTyxQfpOEbE&t=482s|title=How the Mario Characters Got Their Names|timestamp=08:02|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 19, 2024}}</ref> In 1993, the English version of ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'' marked the first time that the name "Princess Peach" was used outside of Japan; however, the name did not become standardized until ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. Games as of ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' use Peach as her prominent name. Certain contemporary sources reconcile the two names by listing her full name as "Peach Toadstool", including subsequent re-releases of ''Super Mario 64'', such as the international, Shindō Pak Taiō Version and [[Super Mario 64 DS|the DS remake]], which had the princess signing her letter using both "Toadstool" and "Peach".<ref name=SM64guide/> For the most part, however, the "Toadstool" name is hardly used outside of remakes and re-releases of older titles, which most times retain the original localized text. She, along with her Toad subjects, is the only major character that no longer uses her original localized name. However, ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' refers to "Princess Toadstool" as a name Peach went by in one of the in-game tips, and in the North American version her title on the [[Boxing Ring]] stage is "Princess of Toadstools". On a similar note, although she was mostly referred to as Princess Toadstool in various countries outside the United States in most localizations (or "Princess Mushroom" in some cases), the Danish dub for ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' had changed her name to Prinsesse Slørhat, which translated to "Princess Cortinarius", referring to a genus of poisonous mushrooms. Likewise, the Italian dub for the entire DIC cartoon line also referred to her as "Principessa Amarena" or "Princess Cherry".


====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Her name when translated into Japanese is normally ピーチ姫 (''Pīchi-hime''). However, the other translation as プリンセスピーチ (''Purinsesu Pīchi'') only officially exists in the Japanese titles of the games ''Super Princess Peach'' and ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'' as well as in the Japanese name of [[The Princess Peach]] from ''Paper Mario: The Origami King''.
[[File:Peachbros3.jpg|thumb|150px|Peach as she appears on ''Super Mario Bros 3''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Bowser sends his [[Koopalings]] to capture parts of the Mushroom Kingdom. Princess Toadstool (Peach in the Game Boy Advance remake ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'') sends Mario and Luigi to defeat the Koopalings. She helps them by sending them items. After the Bros. defeat the final Koopaling, they return to find that Bowser has kidnapped Toadstool. The two travel to Bowser's hideout in [[Dark Land]] and rescue her. In the English version, Toadstool plays a joke on Mario and Luigi at the very end by saying to them, "Thank you, but our princess is in another castle! ... Just kidding!"


====''Super Mario World''====
==History==
In ''[[Super Mario World]]'', Mario, Luigi and Toadstool are having a vacation in [[Dinosaur Land]] when Bowser kidnaps Toadstool again. He takes her to his castle in the [[Valley of Bowser]]. He holds her inside his [[Koopa Clown Car]] during his battle with the Bros., which allows her to throw them items. After she is rescued, Toadstool kisses Mario (or Luigi) on the cheek.
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Following a frequent role of being the damsel-of-distress kidnapped by [[Bowser]], Princess Peach has appeared in almost every single piece of ''Super Mario'' media from the very start. Her first appearance, chronologically, is in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' as one of the seven [[star children]]. Though Peach has the role of being held captive by Bowser, she is also seen allying with him as shown in several spin-off series. As with [[Mario]], Peach can be seen in a wide bevy of cameos, even outside her own franchise.
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
{{LLQuote|Dear Mario, please come to the castle. I've baked a cake for you. Yours truly, Princess Toadstool, Peach.|Peach's letter to Mario}}
[[File:Peach's_message.png|thumb|Princess Toadstool's letter to Mario in ''Super Mario 64''.]]
 
In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', Peach invites Mario to her castle for cake, but before he arrives, Bowser takes control over the [[Power Star]]s and seals Peach in the fresco over the entrance of the castle. After Mario defeats Bowser and rescues Peach, Peach thanks Mario by kissing him and baking him cake.
 
This installment is the only game for the ''Mario'' series overall to provide both Peach's Japanese and Western names. In the original Japanese version, it was merely listed as "Peach" - in the North American release and subsequent editions, the letter is formally typed with "Toadstool" and personally signed with "Peach" in pink underneath. This marked a transition to the widespread use of her original name in other markets, therefore making it an international standard and the first (and only) time Japan heard the North American name of the princess (in the Shindou Edition and its remake), though most of the in-game text refers to her as "Toadstool".
 
''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' had the same plot, except this time Yoshi, Luigi, and [[Wario]] also help Mario rescue Peach. In this remake, she wears a pony tail.
 
A little known feature of both games is that if the player searches in [[the Princess's Secret Slide]] room, they will find a memo from Peach. It reads "My castle is in great peril!! I know it's because of Bowser again. Will he never tire of terrorizing us? He stole the castle's Power Stars and disappeared into the walls along with us! Retrieve all of the Power Stars from the walls and the paintings in the castle." She has another memo in [[Bowser in the Dark World]], teaching Mario how to fight Bowser (though it is only directly addressed as her in the original version).
 
====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
[[File:SunsetMarioPeach.PNG|thumb|200px|left|Peach and Mario on vacation, at [[Sirena Beach]].]]
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Mario, Peach, and [[Toadsworth]] go to [[Isle Delfino]] for vacation. While Mario is cleaning [[Delfino Plaza]], [[Shadow Mario]] grabs her and runs off. Mario chases Shadow Mario and rescues Peach. After Mario collects ten [[Shine Sprite]]s, Shadow Mario kidnaps Peach and takes her to [[Pinna Park]]. When Mario confronts him, he reveals that he is Bowser's son [[Bowser Jr.]] and says that Peach is his mother and that he is protecting her from Mario. He attacks Mario in his [[Mecha-Bowser]], but Mario defeats him. Bowser Jr. flees to [[Corona Mountain]] with Peach. Mario makes his way to Corona Mountain and finds Bowser and Bowser Jr. forcing Peach to swim with them. Mario defeats Bowser and rescues Peach.
 
====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
Princess Peach is kidnapped once again in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''. As Peach and Mario are taking a walk around the castle, it is struck by lightning. When Mario goes to investigate, Bowser Jr. sneaks behind Peach and kidnaps her. Mario chases Bowser Jr., throughout the Mushroom Kingdom. Eventually, Mario was able to confront both Bowser Jr. and his dad, Bowser, rescuing Peach in the end.
 
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
[[File:PeachGalaxy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Peach with a Luma in the opening for ''Super Mario Galaxy''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', Peach invites Mario to the Star Festival. When he arrives, Bowser lifts Peach's castle out of the ground and takes her to the creation of his new galaxy. Mario attempts to ride on the castle, but [[Kamek]] attacks him, sending him flying into space. With the help of a [[Luma (character)|Luma]], Mario sets off to rescue Peach. Peach sends Mario letters with [[1-Up Mushroom]]s throughout the game. After Mario rescues Peach and the universe is saved, Mario and Peach wake up in the Mushroom Kingdom reunited.
 
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', Peach is celebrating her birthday with friends at the castle. During that time, Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings bring a cake into the castle and kidnap Peach. Mario, Luigi, and two Toads (specifically [[Blue Toad (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|Blue Toad]] and [[Yellow Toad (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|Yellow Toad]]) give chase to hold them accountable, along with rescuing Peach in the process.
 
====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', Peach invites Mario to the Star Festival again. When Mario arrives, a giant Bowser kidnaps Peach, so Mario travels through the galaxies to rescue her again. Once Mario defeats Bowser, he returns to the Festival and enjoys a giant cake. In the end, when Mario collects the first Power Star, he and Peach "pose" together.
 
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
[[File:SM3DL_Prolog4.png|thumb|200px|left|Picture of Peach being taken hostage by Bowser after investigating what happened to the Tail Tree after a ferocious storm. (''Super Mario 3D Land'')]]
In ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', Bowser kidnaps Peach while she was investigating the damage done to the [[Tail Tree]] after a ferocious storm. Upon Mario and a few Toads noticing said case the next day at the same location, Mario gives chase to find Peach and bring her back to safety.
 
==== ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' ====
[[File:NSMB2 KoopaClown2.png|thumb|200px|Princess Peach being kidnapped by the Koopalings in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''.]]
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', the Koopalings kidnap Peach while Mario and Luigi were exploring the castle grounds, which was filled with a lot of coins scattered all around. When news of the kidnapping was revealed to Mario & Luigi, the two give chase to hold each Koopaling (and Bowser) accountable for the capture and rescue Peach at the end.
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==== ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' ====
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', Peach is held captive in her own castle after Bowser throws Mario, Luigi, Yellow and Blue Toad out during a tea party. When the four notice from Acorn Plains that Peach's castle is held under siege, they give chase to rescue Peach and take back the castle.
 
Peach is also captured in the game's add-on content ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', since the game features the same story as the original.
 
==== ''Super Mario 3D World'' ====
[[File:SM3DWants.png|thumb|left|250px|Gameplay featuring Peach in ''Super Mario 3D World''.]]
Princess Peach makes a return in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' alongside [[Mario]], [[Luigi]] and [[Toad]] as a playable character, which is the first time since ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (25 years) she has been playable in the mainstream ''Mario'' games, her first playable appearance since ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', and also the first time she appears playable in a 3D Mario title.
 
At the beginning of the game, the Princess is out for a nighttime walk with Mario, Luigi, and Toad. Toad spots a broken [[Clear Pipe]] sticking from the ground, prompting the Mario Bros. to repair it. Once they do, the [[Sprixie Princess | Green Sprixie Princess]] emerges and explains that [[Sprixie Kingdom | her kingdom]] is under attack from Bowser, who has kidnapped the other six princesses and sealed them in bottles. Bowser then emerges from the Clear Pipe and captures the Green Sprixie Princess. Notably, Princess Peach is the first of the foursome to chase after Bowser, immediately running for the Pipe and looking down into it in an attempt to stop him. She joins her friends in their quest across the worlds of the Sprixie Kingdom and eventually helps to defeat Bowser.
 
Princess Peach is the slowest of the playable characters, while her jumps are the third-best in the game. However, she also has the power to temporarily hover in the air, as she did in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Like every other character in the game, she can use all of the power-ups that appear. Her appearance changes slightly when using some of the power-ups, most notably the [[Fire Flower]]; when she grabs one, her hair, which is normally worn hanging down, is pulled back into a ponytail. When power-ups are set to match each characters' color, Peach's are always pink. She appears wearing a pink Cat Suit, Boomerang Suit, Propeller Box, Cannon Box, and Ice Skate.
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===''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!''===
[[File:PeachGMPPAnime.png|thumb|right|Princess Peach as she appears in the film ''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!''.]]
Peach appears in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'' (''The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach'') as the damsel-in-distress. The story begins with Mario playing a video-game. After the power for the TV cuts out, Peach jumps from the screen with enemies chasing her. She explains that she is a princess from the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] and asks for his help. Mario instantly becomes lovestruck, but Bowser appears and kidnaps Peach. Mario and his brother Luigi then set out to save her. A wise sage later reveals that Bowser is madly in love with Peach and wants to force her to marry him. This only hastens Mario and Luigi's journey.
 
After many adventures in the strange Mushroom Kingdom, they finally arrive at Peach's castle (then transformed into a stronghold for Bowser), and defeat him. It is then revealed that Peach has already been arranged a marriage by the [[Kinoko Sennin]] with [[Haru-ōji]] of [[List of Implied Locations#Flower-koku|Flower-koku]]. Mario is jealous over this, but he and the princess remain friends.
 
===''Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.''===
In the story of "[[Momotaro]]" in the [[Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.|''Super Mario'' anime]], two elderly Hammer Bros., [[Ojīsan and Obāsan‎]], are grandparents to the beautiful girl "Princess Peach". Because of her great beauty, Bowser kidnaps her, and Momotaro (Mario) goes to rescue her.
 
In "[[Issunboshi]]", another story in the series, Peach rescues a small Mario and then shows him around the city.
 
Finally, Peach plays the role of Snow White in the third story.
 
===DIC cartoons===
[[File:peachbowsercartoons.png|thumb|right|150px|Princess Toadstool and King Koopa in the intros of the ''Super Mario World'' cartoons.]]
In the [[DiC Entertainment]] cartoons ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'', Princess Toadstool appears regularly. She has red hair rather than her usual blond. Toadstool is usually kidnapped alongside Toad, so Mario and Luigi save her often. Toadstool also gets herself out of trouble much of the time.
 
[[File:RobotPrincess.jpg|thumb|left|A robotic copy of Princess Toadstool in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
Toadstool searches for someone to defeat Bowser in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', but she also takes the time to help others. She is very charitable, helping orphanages and opening a school. A special form of Toadstool, [[Super Princess]], appears in the ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode "[[The Trojan Koopa]]".
 
Sometime after the events of ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' series finale "Super Koopa", King Bowser Koopa, the Koopalings, and their armies are banished from the Mushroom Kingdom. Princess Toadstool, Mario, and Luigi go on vacation to the [[Dinosaur Land|Dinosaur World]], but Toadstool is kidnapped by King Koopa and his minions. After adventuring and befriending Yoshi, Mario and Luigi manage to rescue Princess Toadstool from Bowser's Neon Castle and decide to stay in Dome City with the [[Cave People]].
 
===''Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land''===
In the interactive anime OVA ''[[Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land]]'', Princess Peach is vacationing in Dinosaur Land with Yoshi. She sends a postcard to the Mario Bros., and they decide to join her, only to discover that, as usual, she has been kidnapped by Bowser, who has begun an invasion of Dinosaur Land. When she is rescued, she joins Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and [[Red Yoshi]] for a picnic and some [[cake]], in one of its earliest Mario appearances.
 
===''Dr. Mario'' series===
[[File:Peach NurseOutfit.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Peach in ''Dr. Mario'' artwork.]]
In the [[Dr. Mario (series)|''Dr. Mario'' installments]] for the series, Peach wears a pink nurse outfit. In localizations of the original instruction booklet, she is mentioned and given the name '''Nurse Toadstool''', although this was revised as '''Nurse Peach''' in one of the "Tips" of ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''. Nurse Toadstool would presumably be [[Dr. Mario|Dr. Mario's]] close personal assistant, but she does not have a major role in any version of the game and she is barely seen outside promotional artwork.
 
In the ''[[Club Nintendo]]'' comic "[[Süße Weihnachten]]", Nurse Toadstool assists Dr. Mario.
 
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' during ''Event 35: Time for a Checkup'', Peach is dressed in white nurse-like clothing and helps Dr. Mario fight Luigi.
 
===Nintendo Comics System===
Toadstool appears in the [[Nintendo Comics System]] comics as a semi-recurring main character with a semi-regular feature called [[Dear Princess Toadstool]]. Several characters, including Luigi and Bowser, send letters in for her to answer.
 
Toadstool often appears in the main comic, usually as the damsel, but sometimes as a heroine. Notable adventures of hers include [[A Mouser in the Houser]], in which a group of Mousers crown her their queen; [[Bowser Knows Best]], when the Koopalings kidnap Toadstool as a present for their father; [[Magic Carpet Madness]], in which she is hypnotized into a bad girl; and [[The Legend]], a recap of ''Super Mario Bros.''


Notably, the comics feature one of the few direct appearances of her father, the [[Mushroom King]]. He is depicted as out of touch, but ultimately benevolent. It is shown that others such as his daughter and the royal mushroom assistant, [[Wooster]], strongly aid him in his decision-making. He would also reappear in the [[Nintendo Adventure Books]].
==Appearance==
 
===Physical description===
===Club Nintendo===
Peach regularly appears in the Germany-exclusive [[Club Nintendo|Club Nintendo magazine]] comics. After several minor appearances, she plays her first leading role in the story "[[Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit]]". With the help of a manipulated [[Alarm Clock (item)|Alarm Clock]], [[Dr. Wily]] manages to take over Mario's hometown and win Peach over, turning her into an evil black-dressed witch. However, this is only one of Mario's dreams.
 
"[[Super Mario in Die Nacht des Grauens]]" features a second major appearance of Princess Peach. In this story, she lives together with Mario and several other Nintendo characters in a [[Brooklyn]] [[Nintendo Skyscraper|skyscraper]]. Wario signs a contract with [[Abigor]], a demon, allowing Abigor to take over the skyscraper in exchange for him manipulating Peach's brain so she falls in love with Wario. The spell ends up turning her into a zombie. When Mario and his friends Link and Kirby try to rescue her, the only thing they find is a magical golden die, which takes them to the underworld. They meet Abigor and his allies there. After defeating them, they find the Princess, who is still a zombie. Mario gives her a hug, and she returns to normal.
 
===''Super Mario-Kun''===
[[File:PrincessPeach SuperMarioKun 16.jpg|thumb|Peach in ''Super Mario-Kun'']]
Peach also appears in the Japanese-exclusive ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'' manga series. She is a less frequently occurring character as Mario, Luigi, or Yoshi, but she serves her role as damsel-in-distress. As a result, the relationship she shares with Mario is less pronounced compared to the relationship in the games, although the relationship is still there. Also in the manga, it is seen that she shares a good friendship with other characters, such as Rosalina. In volume 38, for example Rosalina talks with her as if they are old friends.
 
===''Mario Golf'' series===
====''NES Open Tournament Golf''====
In ''[[NES Open Tournament Golf]]'', Peach only appears as Mario's caddy.
 
====''Mario Golf'' (Nintendo 64)====
Peach makes her first ''Mario Golf'' playable appearance in ''Mario Golf'' for the [[Nintendo 64]]. She has one of the lightest hits, best control, great spin, and hits the ball straight despite lacking distance. She is one of the four default characters.
 
====''Mario Golf'' (Game Boy Color)====
In ''Mario Golf'' for the Game Boy Color, Peach is unplayable. She appears in [[Princess Peach's Castle|Peach's Castle]] when the player gets first place in every tournament, Peach sends a letter, inviting players to participate in her tournament. When the player gets at least third place in the tournament, Peach appears in the awards ceremony to hand out the trophy.
 
====''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour''====
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Peach is a playable participant in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''. Her shot path is straight, but her max yards is a below-average 203. Her shot height is medium. Her impact and control is fairly good, but her spin is low. She holds a tournament in her course named [[Peach's Castle Grounds]].
 
====''Mario Golf: Advance Tour''====
Peach yet again appears as a playable character in ''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''. She invites [[Neil]] and [[Ella]] to participate in her Open once they have proven themselves in their world. When Neil or Ella gets first place in every Tourney in singles or doubles, she sends them a letter inviting them to her tourney. When Neil or Ella gets at least third place in the tourney, Peach oversees the ceremony as Toadsworth hands out the trophy.
 
====''Mario Golf: World Tour''====
Princess Peach appears in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' as a default playable character. She once again plays with an easy-control, low power style. In the game there are Peach-related clubs and gear for the player's Mii to use. In the Castle Club mode she wears her usual dress, though in-game she wears her golf clothing, unless in the post hole animation for a [[Birdie]] or better.
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===''Mario Kart'' series===
[[File:PeachMKWii.png|thumb|right|220px|Screenshot of Peach in the opening for ''Mario Kart Wii''.]]
 
Peach has always been a playable participant in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]. In ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', when controlled by the CPU, Peach sometimes uses mushrooms to shrink the other drivers. In ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', Peach is teamed up with [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]], and their special item is the [[Heart (item)|Heart]]. Peach's personal kart in ''Mario Kart Double Dash!!'' is the [[Heart Coach]], which is available by default. In ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', her karts are the [[Royale]] and the [[Light Tripper]]. In Mission Mode, she has to race against [[King Boo]]. She is advanced at drifting corners and has average item use. Peach is classified Medium in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', but Light in ''Mario Kart DS''. Peach appears in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' as a Medium-size driver, unlike ''Mario Kart DS'' and has an Acceleration Bonus Stat of +5 making her the easiest Medium driver to reach top speed; in this game, she also wears a biking outfit when the player chooses motorbikes (more details about this outfit can be found [[#Biker Outfit|here]]). In ''Mario Kart 7'', Peach is classified as a light racer. Peach is a returning playable racer in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', and she retains her jumpsuit from ''Mario Kart Wii'' when she uses bikes or ATVs, while her signature dress is used exclusively for karts. [[Pink Gold Peach]], a character who appears to be to Peach what [[Metal Mario (character)|Metal Mario]] is to Mario, is also introduced as an unlockable playable character in this game.
 
[[File:MK8-horn Peach.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Princess Peach Horn from ''Mario Kart 8''.]]
 
Peach's racing courses are [[Royal Raceway]], [[Peach Circuit]], [[Peach Beach]], and [[Peach Gardens]]. In ''Mario Kart Wii'' a statue of Peach appears in the battle course [[Block Plaza]]. A billboard featuring her also appears in [[Moonview Highway]], and her [[emblem]] is seen in [[Dry Dry Ruins (course)|Dry Dry Ruins]]. In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', Peach does not have a race course, but a battle course called [[Sherbet Rink]]. In ''Mario Kart 8'' 's [[Toad Harbor]], a statue of Peach based on the Statue of Liberty can be seen in the background.
 
===''Super Mario Adventures''===
[[File:Special delivery.png|150px|thumb|right|Peach dressed up as Luigi]]
Peach also appears in the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' serial in [[Nintendo Power]]. In this story, Bowser proposes marriage to her, but she refuses. Despite being held captive by the Koopalings, she does not give in easily. In the fourth installment she beats up all the male Koopalings and locks them in her own cell, then messes up [[Wendy O. Koopa]]'s room and threatens to shred her favorite dress. She then drops out of their tower, using a [[Cape]] to fly away. On the way, though, she is knocked off-course by a [[Bullet Bill]] carrying Mario and lands unconscious. Luigi, Yoshi, and Toad find her. Luigi then sets off to rescue Mario as the others keep an eye on Peach.
 
When she awakens from a nightmare, she learns from Toad that the Koopalings are holding Mario for ransom and becomes determined to break him out, despite Toad's warning that she might spoil Luigi's plan (infiltrating the tower disguised as her). With some assistance from Yoshi and [[Friendly Floyd]], Peach busts back into the tower, saying she'll light a pack of Floyd's bombs unless Mario is set free. After a lot of chaos the group escapes Wendy's Tower.
 
Bowser recaptures the Princess later in the story, but as his planned wedding draws near, Peach still refuses to marry him and attacks all the [[Koopa Troopa]]s attending to her in her dressing room. When trying to sweet-talk her doesn't work, Bowser realizes that he needs a hypnotist, so he has a [[Magikoopa]] brainwash Peach into agreeing to marry the Koopa King. As a result of this, she is unable to fight back until a herd of Yoshis destroy the magic wand, thus breaking the spell. Mario, Peach, Luigi, and Yoshi escape and Peach kisses Mario on the cheek.
 
===''Mario's Early Years!'' series===
Peach also appeared in ''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters]]'' where she, along with Mario and Yoshi, traveled in a wooden boat learning about grammar and letters. She also appeared in ''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]'' and ''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]''.
 
===''Yoshi’s Safari''===
In ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'', Bowser attacks [[Jewelry Land]]. Bowser catches [[King Fret]] and [[Prince Pine]] and holds them captive. Being a good friend of Prince Pine, Peach sends a letter to Yoshi and Mario to help them. It is also the very first game to call her Princess Peach in the Western games, as opposed to Princess Toadstool.
 
===''Mario & Wario''===
Peach appears in ''[[Mario & Wario]]''. She, Mario, and Yoshi need [[Wanda]]'s help after [[Wario]] drops buckets on their heads. Peach is the slowest but easiest character to direct.
 
===''Yoshi's Cookie''===
Peach also appears in ''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]'', where she is a selectable character in the VS Mode.
Her stats are the following: 1 ATT - 3 DEF - 3 MES - 2 LIM
 
===''Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium''===
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Peach appears in the Japan-only game ''[[Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium]]'', where she is a playable character (along with Mario, Luigi, Toad and Wario).
 
===''Hotel Mario''===
Toadstool is the damsel-in-distress in ''[[Hotel Mario]]'', where she is kidnapped by Bowser and the [[Koopalings]]. Mario and Luigi set out to rescue her by destroying the hotels she is trapped in. Once the player beats Bowser, the Princess kisses Mario and Luigi on the cheek. The Princess, Mario and Luigi then proceed to call the player "the best player ever".
 
===''Mario Teaches Typing'' series===
Peach is also playable in several educational computer games. She is one of the playable characters in ''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'', where she gives the typing lessons, then she appears in ''[[Mario Teaches Typing 2]]'', with the same role.
 
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
[[File:SMRPG Peach.gif|thumb|120px|left|Toadstool in ''Super Mario RPG''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', Toadstool is one of Mario's party members, along with [[Mallow]], [[Geno]] and Bowser. At the beginning of the game, Bowser kidnapps her with his Koopa Clown Car, while she is sitting outside of [[Mario's House|Mario's Pad]]. Mario come to save her, and defeats Bowser after a battle. [[Exor]] crashes into [[Bowser's Castle|Bowser's Keep]], and send the three flying in different directions. Toadstool lands in the [[Booster Tower|tower of Booster]]. [[Booster]] instantly fall in love with her, and plans to force her to marry him, despite her cries of, "MARIO, HELP ME! MARIO, HELP ME! MARIO, HELP ME!". After Mario has charged Booster Tower and defeats [[Knife Guy]] and [[Grate Guy]], Booster grabs Toadstool and run away with her up [[Booster Hill]]. He reaches [[Marrymore]], where he wants to marry Toadstool as soon as possible. Mario manages to stop the wedding, and take Toadstool back to the Mushroom Kingdom. She is put under the eyes of the Chancellor, who, desperate for the princess's safety, would not have wanted her to follow Mario on his quest against [[Smithy]]. However, Toadstool escapes from the castle with the help of her "[[Grandma]]", who dress herself up as the princess, and joins Mario's party to help them defeat Smithy. At the end of the game, Toadstool and Mario return to [[Mushroom Kingdom]] together.
 
===''Mario Party'' series===
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[[File:PeachDaisy_MP9.png|thumb|200px|Peach (right) posing alongside with Daisy (left) while holding a Dice Block (''Mario Party 9'').]]
Peach is also playable in all games of the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]]. For the [[Mario Party|first installment]], Peach competes with the others to determine which of them is the superstar. The [[Mario Party 2|second installment]] has Peach helping out to save [[Mario Land (Mario Party 2)|Mario Land]] from Bowser's takeover. In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'''s Story Mode, the player has to defeat her on the [[Blowhard]] duel board for the Love [[Star Stamp]]. On the ''Mario Party 3'' duel boards, she starts with [[Toad]] as her partner.
 
In ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', Peach is one of the participants exploring the Party Cube which like previous installments included boards and corresponding minigames. Peach joins her friends in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'' to save the Dream Depot. For ''[[Mario Party 6]]'', Peach helps out to end a fight between the Sun and the Moon. In ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', her default partner is Daisy, and their Character Orb is the [[Flower Orb]]. Peach appears in ''[[Mario Party 8]]'' participating in the Star Carnival alongside her friends. The most recent installment, ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', has Peach helping the rest of her friends take back the Mini Stars that were stolen by Bowser and his troops.
 
For the portable installments of the ''Mario Party'' series, Peach is one of the playable characters in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''; she must be played in the Love Quest, ''Love That Princess''!, when visiting [[Mr. I]]. Peach's second appearance was in ''[[Mario Party DS]]'', in which she and her friends answer a fake invitation from Bowser and then are unfortunately shrunken to the size of chess pieces.
 
Depending on who she is teamed up with will determine their team name. Peach has earned team names such as "Fan Favorites", "Pink Punishers", "Black Peaches", "Sweetie Pies", and "Glamour Hammer".
 
''Mario Party 3'' was the final ''Mario'' series installment overall for Peach to wear her classic main dress. ''Mario Party 4'' was the first installment overall for Peach to wear her modern/current main dress, which had substantial changes from her classic dress in Mario series' installments prior to it. Certain features were still kept from Peach's classic dress for her modern/current main outfit including her brooch, gloves, and earrings.
 
Peach is also set to appear as a playable character in [[Mario Party 10]].
 
===''Game & Watch Gallery 3''===
Peach appeared in the modern version of the ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' arcade game in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]''. [[Donkey Kong]] had kidnapped her, and Mario had to rescue her. Peach was also the main character of the modern version of ''Cook'', where she had to flip sausages, bacon, and eggs, without letting them fall.
 
===''Mario Tennis'' series===
[[File:Mpt peachreturn.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Peach on the court in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''.]]
In the [[Mario Tennis (series)|''Mario Tennis'' series]], Peach is a Technique character, who depends on strategy since she is not that strong.
 
====''Mario Tennis'' (Nintendo 64)====
In ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'', even though Peach is Technique, she leans more towards all-around. This is because of her height to reach the ball, and her speed and ability to send the ball over the net.
 
====''Mario Tennis'' (Game Boy Color)====
In the [[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|Game Boy Color version of the game]], she appears on her castle, narrating the game. [[Daisy]] is at her side all the time.
[[File:Mario Tennis GBC.PNG|thumbnail|Peach, alongside Daisy in the Game Boy Color version of Mario Tennis]]
 
====''Mario Power Tennis''====
In ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', Princess Peach is a technique player. Her most notable attribute is her control over the ball, allowing her to make sharp hits that touch the sides of the court. Being taller than Mario, she has slightly above average reach. Her biggest disadvantage is her lack of power; her serve is among the weakest in the game. She is also a tad slow, and her lunge is only average. Her [[Offensive Power Shot]] is the [[Super Peach Spin]], which is an extreme curved shot that sends opponents walking toward the net, while her [[Defensive Power Shot]] is the [[Sweet Kiss Return]], a lob shot. Peach's home turf is the [[Peach Dome]], which is the same place where trophies get handed out when participants win tournaments. Peach appears in a few of the trophy ceremonies for specified characters (when players choose Singles Tournaments). In the event that Peach herself wins a Singles Tournament, her respective trophies are handed out by Mario and Luigi.
 
In the Game Boy Advance version for ''Mario Power Tennis'', ''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]'', Peach invites [[Clay]] and [[Ace]] to her tournament after they complete the [[Island Open]]. She has them escorted by Mario and Toadsworth on her private plane.
 
====''Mario Tennis Open''====
For ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'', the latest game in the series, Peach returns as one of the starting participants. Her home court is now called [[Peach's Palace]], which is a carpet court. She uses her usual tennis clothes in this game. She has the same stats as she had in ''Mario Power Tennis''; she is still a technique player. Players can buy an entire Peach gear set from the shop for their [[Mii]]s, as well as unlocking a Peach costume after they have collected at least eight-hundred points in Ring Shot, one of the four Special Games.
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===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
[[File:PM PrincessPeach.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Solo art of Peach for ''Paper Mario''.]]
In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', King Bowser once again kidnaps Peach, this time using his castle to carry her away. While being held captive in her own room in the castle, a [[Star (species)|Star Kid]] named [[Twink]] come to help her, and together they find a secret passage out of her room. Peach sabotages Bowser's plots by supplying Mario with a relatively constant stream of information, using Twink as her messenger. She also uses a special treasure chest, where she could store items, and Mario could fetch them at the chest's counterpart at [[Shooting Star Summit]]. Peach then bakes a cake for [[Gourmet Guy]], and also participate in the [[64th Trivia Quiz-off]] run by Bowser's minions. Peach wins a [[Sneaky Parasol]], which allows her to disguise herself as one of Bowser's guards. She could use the parasol to become a [[Koopatrol]], a [[Clubba]] and a [[Hammer Bro]]. However, her disguise is lifted by [[Kammy Koopa]] as Kammy recognizes Peach.
 
After his defeat, Bowser grabs the princess and run to the roof of the castle. He then uses the [[Star Rod (Paper Mario)|Star Rod]] to make himself completely invincible. Princess Peach and Twink get into a fight with Kammy Koopa, and defeats her. Peach then wishes that her kingdom would remain safe. Twink and Peach adds their power to the [[Star Beam]], then called [[Peach Beam]], making it able to break Bowser's invincibility. Bowser finally is defeated and Peach's castle returns to its original spot in [[Toad Town]]. After the celebration parade, Mario take Peach to his place to watch the fireworks.
 
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
[[File:PaperPeach.jpg|90px|left|thumb|Solo art of Peach for ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''.]]
Before the events of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Peach goes on a trip to [[Rogueport]]. At the market, she meets an old saleswoman, presumably one of the [[Shadow Sirens]]. They decide that Peach is the best body for the [[Shadow Queen]] to possess. They give Peach the [[Magical Map]], as she has a pure heart, which is needed to be able to open the chest of the map. The Shadow Sirens then trick the alien [[Sir Grodus]] into capturing Peach and animating the Shadow Queen with her body. Before this happened, however, Peach has already sent the Magical Map to Mario, inviting him on a treasure hunt.
 
[[File:Shadow queen.PNG|100px|right|thumb|Peach possessed by the Shadow Queen (''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'').]]
Peach is taken to the [[X-Naut Fortress]] on the [[The Moon|Moon]]. While both Mario and Bowser, who is unsuccessful, search for the Crystal Stars to rescue her, the princess become active herself in the fortress. The base's main computer, the [[TEC-XX]], falls in love with her due to a short circuit in its system, and betrays Grodus to help Peach escape. He allows her to send an e-mail to Mario at regular intervals. By the computer's orders, Peach dresses up as an X-Naut to question Grodus, and also make for herself an invisibility potion to find out even more about Grodus's plans. However, Grodus has TEC shut down when he finds out, and then takes Peach to the [[Palace of Shadow]]. Mario follows them and meets up with Grodus in the room right where the tomb of the Shadow Queen rests. Grodus confronts Mario, and is ready to kill Peach if Mario makes a false move. However, Bowser crashes through the ceiling and falls on Grodus. While Mario and Bowser are fighting, Grodus takes Peach down to the tomb and offers her as a body for the Shadow Queen. The demon then possesses Peach, she but refuses to take Grodus's orders and nearly kills him instead. The Shadow Queen engages the battle with Mario and his partners; however, she believes Peach's body is too weak and returns to her true form for the final battle. Peach is able to give powers to Mario for this. She can now talk out of the Shadow Queen's body as the demon is weakened by the encouraging voices of the entire population of the Magical Map's world, which are taken to the basement of the Palace of Shadow by the magic of the Crystal Stars. In the end, the Shadow Queen is defeated and Peach is restored. Then she, Mario, Luigi, and Toadsworth leave Rogueport to return to the Mushroom Kingdom. Post-game, Peach remains in the Mushroom Kingdom while Mario, Luigi, and Toadsworth return to Rogueport to find another treasure.
 
In [[Petalburg]] there is a [[Koopa Troopa]] Peach fan who collects posters and pictures about Princess Peach. Between Chapters 2 and 3 of the game, one of his posters, which is life-sized, is mistaken by [[Bowser]] as the real thing.
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====''Super Paper Mario''====
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In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Peach along with Bowser, Luigi, and Bowser's minions are kidnapped by [[Count Bleck]]. Bleck forces Peach and Bowser to marry, as doing this is the only way to form the evil [[Chaos Heart]], which would destroy the world. As Luigi, who is attending the wedding, stomps on it in an attempt to stop it, everything is destroyed. Peach, however, survives and later escapes Bleck's Castle (with the help of [[Private Koopa]] and [[Dimentio]] (secretly), a follower of Count Bleck). Peach falls from the sky into [[Flipside]]; although she iss temporarily unconscious when Mario find her, she gets better and joins the team after Mario give her some [[Spicy Soup]]. She can float with her parasol, and can also shield herself from her enemies using the parasol as well. Luigi and Bowser later joins the cause, though Bowser has to be convinced by Peach and Mario.
Peach is a young woman with long blonde hair, fair skin and blue eyes, framed by six lashes (three or four in other artwork) and small, thin eyebrows. She has an oval face with a pointed chin, a triangular nose and full pink lips. Her hair has a triangular bang in the center of her forehead, two rows of flips on her back, and two split sideburns framing her face. Due to her lithe and slim figure, she is classified as lighter weight than Mario or Luigi in various games such as in the ''Mario Kart'' series despite being taller than them.


Over time, Peach and the rest of the gang eventually make it to [[Castle Bleck|Count Bleck's lair]]. In Chapter 8-2, [[Mimi]], a loyal minion of Count Bleck, taunts her for having been kidnapped so many times and for being rescued by plumbers instead of just rescuing herself. Peach and Mimi clashes soon after. When Peach wins, a trap door is activated and Mimi falls through it. However, Peach saves her. The two fall down the shaft and believe to be lost, but both survives. Peach comes back during the final battle against Count Bleck. As it is revealed, Dimentio was the real threat, as Bleck only wanted to destroy the world after the loss of his girlfriend. His girlfriend though turns out to be [[Tippi]], a member of Mario's team. After defeating [[Super Dimentio]] and freeing Luigi, Peach witness the marriage of Bleck and Tippi in order to stop the Void.
Peach usually wears a pink floor-length dress with puffy sleeves, magenta panniers at the waist, a high collar and a frill of the same color at the hem. Most games include a white petticoat under her dress. From ''Super Mario Bros.'' to ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'', her dress had a band around her waist rather than panniers and was colored magenta from below her knees. This appearance was brought back in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' and its remake. Peach wears a golden crown with red and blue gems, round blue earrings, and an oval blue brooch on her chest. She wears long white opera gloves and red high heels. In ''Princess Peach: Showtime!'', princess seams are added to the bodice. Her dress is far more elaborately designed in recent ''Super Smash Bros.'' titles, as well as ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' giving her dress an original design, but is otherwise the same; the ''Super Smash Bros.'' games have also given her minor proportion changes such as the size of her head and the thickness of her eyelashes.


====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
Peach is usually depicted as taller than most human characters, exceeded only by [[Rosalina]], [[Pauline]], and [[Waluigi]]. In the pamphlet for ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'', her height is given as 160 cm (5 ft 3 in.) and her weight as 41 kg (90 lbs.)<ref name=Pamphlet>{{file link|MarioBrosMovieHeightChart.jpg|''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!'' pamphlet}}</ref> In the original and ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' versions of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'', however, she is depicted as being shorter than [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario/Super Luigi]] (with the difference in size being enough that she has to stand on her tip-toes to kiss Mario/Luigi if they are in Super/Fire form in the ''Deluxe'' version). However, in the ''Deluxe'' version, there are full scenes with Peach lowering herself to make eye contact with Mario while being eye-level with Luigi. In ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', Super Mario and Super Peach are now depicted as approximately the same height, with Super Luigi being taller.
Princess Peach first appears in the intro, when she is hosting [[Sticker Fest]], a holiday where wishes come true with the power of the [[Royal Sticker]]s and the [[Sticker Comet]]. However, Bowser crashes the festival and steals the Royal Stickers. He also kidnaps Peach and the local [[Toad (species)|Toads]], sticking them with Bowser Tape. Mario soon saves the Toads and eventually Peach. She then thanks him for allowing everyone's wish to come true - a peaceful kingdom. The Sticker Fest returns and Peach once again congratulates Mario and the kingdom for their efforts.  
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===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
Though no fixed age has been revealed for Peach in the video games, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' indicates that she is at least just slightly younger than Mario and Luigi, being the only one of the three to have not yet developed proper motor or speech skills as a baby. Taking into consideration the [[Mario#Physical description|statement that Mario and Luigi are between their early and mid twenties]], a relatively wider and more exact age gap is present in early animated media; the pamphlet for ''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!'' states her age as 16 (compared to Mario and Luigi, who are respectively stated to be around 25 and 23),<ref name=Pamphlet></ref><ref>{{cite|author=Supper Mario Broth|url=www.tumblr.com/suppermariobroth/720499685662588928/the-booklet-included-with-the-official-soundtrack?source=share|title=The booklet included with the official soundtrack for the 1986 anime movie "Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!" lists Mario's, Luigi's and Peach's intended heights, weights and ages at the time of the movie's release. Of course, due to the many redesigns the characters have had in the decades since, these statistics are no longer reflective of Nintendo's current portrayal of the characters."|publisher=Tumblr|accessdate=November 14, 2023}}</ref> while the writers' bible for ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' states that the DIC cartoons' version of the princess is 17.<ref>{{cite|title=''Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' writer's bible|quote=Chronologically, a seventeen-year-old...}}</ref>
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[[File:Peach - Aces Artwork.png|thumb|220px|Princess Peach is seen in sports wear, with her hair tied back, rather than her dress for most of the ''Super Mario'' sports games.]]
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Princess Peach has been in various outfits, most frequently in the sports games. In ''Mario Golf'' and ''Mario Tennis'' for the Nintendo 64, Peach's sports dress was simply a shorter, sleeveless version of her usual dress. Starting with the GameCube ''Mario'' sports games, however, her outfits have more variety. In ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' and ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', the outfit that she wears is a sleeveless minidress. In other traditional active sports installments such as ''Mario Hoops 3-on-3'', the ''Mario Baseball'' games, and ''Mario Sports Mix'', her outfit consists of a two-piece athletic uniform. She has received different sports outfits in some games such as ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]'', where she has different clothes to suit each sport ranging from surf wear to jockey apparel to leotards, and the ''Mario Strikers'' games, where she wears armor to fit the more physical nature of the games.
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====''Super Smash Bros. Melee''====
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For the ''Super Smash Bros.'' installments, Peach made her debut appearance in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' (as one of the starting participants). In this installment, she can float in mid-air and pull [[vegetable]]s out of the ground as in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. She has a great recovery capacity but is easy to send flying. In spite of this she is a fairly easy character to use. Her Down Smash and Up Smash are quick and have several powerful, high priority hits. Peach is one of the best edge guarders in the series. Her Neutral A slap is good for disrupting combos and grabs, as well as starting combos herself. Peach's Forward Aerial Crown Slap is a great horizontal killer. She can also use an umbrella which can be used to float to the ground and whack people with. In Adventure Mode, she is fought at the end of the first stage. The player will have to fight her and Mario or Luigi. [[Princess Peach's Castle]] is also a course in the game. The detail in Peach's appearance is also greatly increased with a much more realistic look as compared to general Mario game series' installments.
 
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
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Peach's return appearance for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' has her heavily redesigned, based on her more recent appearances. She keeps her moveset from ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', as well as stay as a light character with the ability to float. Peach's new design in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' is by far the most detailed look for Peach since her previous appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''. There are several changes about her in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. Her Peach Bomber can cover more distance and it releases a cloud of hearts. Also her Parasol and Toad can KO now. Peach's [[Final Smash]] is called '''Peach Blossom''', and matches Peach's peaceful personality. It, by default inflicts 40% damage to all foes and causes them to fall asleep. Peach has several trophies in her honor. One is of her ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' appearance and Final Smash. Also she has two of her ''Paper Mario'' appearances and her as Baby Peach. Her stickers are based on game artworks for ''Super Princess Peach'', ''Mario Superstar Baseball'', ''Mario Strikers Charged'', and ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
 
=====[[Solid Snake]] Codec Conversation=====
*'''Snake''': [[Mei Ling]], tell me what you know about Peach.
*'''Mei Ling''': Princess Peach is the beloved ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom. She's been kidnapped numerous times by Bowser.
*'''Snake''': Sounds pretty serious...
*'''Mei Ling''': Yes, but every time it happens, Mario ends up saving her. Sure, he may not look like your ideal "knight in shining armor." A little on the short side, I'd say... But still, don't you think it's romantic? I mean, to have a guy who's always there for you?
*'''Snake''': If he was smart, he'd tell her to stop getting kidnapped.
*'''Mei Ling''': ...You don't get a lot of dates, do you, Snake?
 
=====Role in the [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#Story|Subspace Emissary]]=====
[[File:SubspaceIntro-PeachZelda.png|thumb|left|Peach's snapshot in The Subspace Emissary, alongside [[Princess Zelda|Zelda]].]]
In ''The Subspace Emissary'', Peach is watching [[Mario]] and [[Kirby]] fighting together with [[Zelda|Princess Zelda]], and run down to assist them after the arrival of the [[Primid]]s. However, she is soon captured by [[Petey Piranha]] and put into a cage along with Zelda. Kirby, who battles Petey Piranha, has the choice to rescue either Peach or Zelda. If she is not rescued, [[Wario]] appears and uses a [[Dark Cannon]] to transform her into a trophy and runs off with her. Peach is later rescued by [[King Dedede]] along with [[Luigi]] and [[Ness]]. But his castle is raided by [[Bowser]] and his forces, who takes her with him.
 
[[File:WarioPeachTrophy.png|thumb|200px|right|Peach after being turned into a trophy by [[Wario]].]]
If Peach is rescued, she will team up with Kirby and escape the stadium on a [[Warp Star]]. Peach and Kirby are chased by the [[Halberd]] and are forced to land on it. However, an [[Arwing]], which was hit by the Halberd's artillery, knocks them off the ship. Unfortunately, later on in the story, Peach gets caught off guard, resulting in Bowser turning Peach into a trophy with his [[Dark Cannon]] (leaving behind a [[False Peach|clone of Peach]]). As [[Link]] and [[Yoshi]] slay this clone, Mario and [[Pit]] believe that they killed the real Peach, putting the two teams into a brief conflict.
 
In the very latter part of the Subspace Emissary story, Peach and Zelda are found on the Halberd held captive in trophy form. After [[Shadow Bug]]s sneak in to engulf their trophies and copy their forms (resulting in their forming false versions of Peach and Zelda for a second time), they challenge [[Meta Knight]], [[Lucario]], and [[Solid Snake]], who just entered the room to rescue the two princesses. Once the "false forms" of Peach and Zelda are defeated, Peach and Zelda are rescued and able to join the rest of the group to help take back the Halberd and defeat [[Duon]]. After that process is done, Peach also run into [[Subspace (SSB)|Subspace]] with the others, where they find [[Tabuu]], the true enemy. She gets hit by his [[Off Waves]] and turns back into a trophy along with the others, but Kirby, revived by one of King Dedede's badges, manages to save her and some of the others before going to face Tabuu in a final battle.
 
====''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U''====
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Peach makes an appearance as a  returning playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]''. She retains her appearance from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', but has a brighter, less pale color scheme. She retains her moveset from the past installments, though her up smash now spawns a ribbon.
 
====Palutena's Guidance====
*'''Pit''': Oh, it's Princess Peach!
*'''Viridi''': Guess she's taking a break from being kidnapped.
*'''Pit''': I'm so glad we never have to worry about Lady Palutena. She can take care of herself.
*'''Viridi''': Really? Wasn't she imprisoned by Medusa for a bit there?
*'''Pit''': That hardly counts. After all, we were just freshmen back then. That would never happen now that we're more experienced!
*'''Viridi''': Peach has been in plenty of scrapes herself, so she ought to be quite experienced. And yet she never learns. Sometimes I wonder if she just lets herself get kidnapped for fun.
*'''Palutena''': I don't know about that. It seems like tossing vegetables is more her idea of fun. She'll pelt you with them the whole match if you don't watch it. But she can't reload when she's jumping, so keep your eye on what she's up to.
 
====Special Moves====
=====Toad=====
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Toad is Peach's standard special move in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]''. Peach will bring out [[Toad]] to shield her. Toad will absorb any attack and send it back to the opponent. According to one of Peach's [[Trophy|trophies]], he does this by sending spores back at the opponent. In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', Toad is capable of a knocking an opponent out of the arena. Toad can only be held out for a very small time, so it is hard to master. [[Kirby]] can use Toad if he sucks up Peach's powers.
 
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=====Peach Bomber=====
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The Peach Bomber is Peach's side special move in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. When executed, Peach will leap forward, twirl and ram an enemy with her rear. Upon contact with another player, it will cause an explosion. In ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', it is a fire explosion which incinerates her opponents, while in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', hearts appear and no incineration. The attack is Peach's strongest move but, despite being powerful, takes a while to use, which can leave her open for enemy attack. It is very effective when she is battling multiple opponents.
 
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=====Peach Parasol=====
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Peach Parasol is Peach's up special move in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. It serves as a recovery move as well as doing little damage. She smashes up with a white [[Parasol]] and damages any players who it hits. This attack is very similar to [[Mario]]'s [[Mario#Super Jump Punch|Super Jump Punch]], in the fact that it launches her up, and hits the opponent several times in one jump. She then comes down, safely gliding down on her parasol, acting as one of the most useful third jumps in both games. Peach is unable to attack while gliding. However, The parasol can damage enemies by touching them. Furthermore, the parasol can be closed during flight to fall quickly and become helpless. Pressing up again will open her umbrella and allow her to float again, although altitude cannot be regained. In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', her parasol is based heavily on it in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''; while in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', it is a traditional parasol only appearing in that game.
 
If Peach uses the Peach Parasol while holding the [[Parasol]] item, she will replace her usual Parasol with that Parasol.
 
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=====Vegetable=====
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[[Vegetable]]s are items that can be used by Peach in both ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. She can pluck them from the ground with her down special move. Peach can throw these vegetables at other players, and they will bounce off opponents, which allows Peach to grab them again, and continue throwing it at the opponent. This can also work to her foes advantage, however, as any character can catch them. The turnips do a varying amount of damage, depending on their facial expression. Sometimes, Peach will pull a [[Mr. Saturn]], a [[Beam Sword]] or a [[Bob-omb]] out of the ground. Occasionally, a vegetable with the face depicted on the left will appear. These only appear at a 1/58 chance, but have more than 30% increased damage. The attack is a reference to ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where players were able to pull Vegetables out of the ground, and then throw them at enemies.


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=====Peach Blossom=====
Outside of sports, Peach occasionally changes her outfit to fit the occasion. In ''Mario Party 2'', she wears five distinct outfits fitting into five of the six themes for Mario Land, as [[Bowser Land]] has the characters in their original clothes. In ''Super Mario Sunshine'', Peach wears a lighter, sleeveless version of her dress and a hair in a ponytail; she wears a ponytail in subsequent ''Mario Kart'' games, starting with ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', and various sports games. In ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', aside from her traditional pink dress, which only appears in the prologue and when encountering her at Mushroom Kingdom in the post-game, she has a wide variety of outfits, such as the [[Lochlady Dress|wedding dress]] she wore for most of the game, as well as various outfits she wore in the post-game, with the specific type depending on the world visited. Most of these outfits have reappeared as high-tier rewards in ''Mario Kart Tour''.
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{{LLQuote|Somehow, Princess Peach always seems to go at her own pace. Her Final Smash will lure you into her world.... The flowers bloom. The peaches pour down. Yes. It’s so elegant.|[[Masahiro Sakurai]]|Smash Bros. DOJO!!}}


'''Peach Blossom''' is Peach's Final Smash from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]''. Akin to the princess's unique blend of offensive and defensive maneuvers in battle, this tactic allows her to gain an edge over her opponents either by attacking them or restoring her own health. Peach can only perform this attack after breaking open a [[Smash Ball]].
Within the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, Princess Peach comes in several [[smashwiki:Alternate costume|alternate colors]], usually changing her clothing, but she has a Princess Daisy palette in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' that even changes her hair color and complexion.


Decorative [[heart]]s flutter around her and a decorative "border" featuring blossoming peach trees and two images of Princess Peach adorns the area around her. As Peach dances in a spotlight to a sped up version of the [[Coin Heaven]]/[[Sky Land]]/[[Warp Zone]] theme from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', all of her opponents fall into a deep [[Sleep]] and take damage. The closer to Peach an enemy is, the longer they will sleep and the more damage they will take. Typical damage ranges from ten to forty percent. Next, peaches fall from the top of the stage. At this point the attack technically ends.
Peach has also worn alternate outfits in promotions. One of the earliest was Peach in a kimono in ''[[All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.]]'' to promote Japanese holiday. Although this particular outfit has not appeared in any games since, Peach wore similar kimono outfits in an advertisement for Nintendo's involvement in the Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009, a Club Nintendo calendar award, a New Year 2017 wallpaper (which was reused from artwork from the Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009), in Bowser's Kingdom in ''Super Mario Odyssey'', and as a driver variant in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (as well as a pink yukata partly derived from her Bowser's Kingdom attire).


However, as the princess's enemies remain unconscious for a time after the attack, she is free to do as she likes for a short time. Peach can restore her health by eating the peaches and use her other attacks on her sleeping opponents. Because of the extra damage she has already inflicted, well-charged [[Smash Attack]]s may send opponents flying off the screen. Once Peach attacks an enemy, they will immediately awaken and have a chance to recover. It is possible that her enemies will eat her peaches if they return to the stage. If the peaches aren't eaten, they will eventually disappear. Enemies can also avoid falling asleep if they jump and stay off the ground until Peach finishes the dance. The peaches that appear in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U'' are much larger than the ones in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.
In ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'', Peach has 12 different costumes she can transform into: [[Swordfighter Peach|Swordfighter]], [[Detective Peach|Detective]], [[Patissiere Peach|Patissiere]], [[Kung Fu Peach|Kung Fu]], [[Ninja Peach|Ninja]], [[Cowgirl Peach|Cowgirl]], [[Figure Skater Peach|Figure Skater]], [[Dashing Thief Peach|Dashing Thief]], [[Mermaid Peach|Mermaid]], [[Mighty Peach|Mighty]], [[Radiant Peach|Radiant]] and [[Super Radiant Peach|Super Radiant]].
 
===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''====
[[File:MLSS - Princess Peach Artwork.png|150px|right|thumb|Solo picture of Peach for ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.]]
Prior to the events of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', Peach is notified by the [[Beanbean Kingdom]] that the witch [[Cackletta]] would come and try to steal [[Princess Peach's voice|her voice]]. Cackletta wants to do this in order to wake the [[Beanstar]], a star-shaped bean which can grant wishes to everyone. The Beanstar has been sleeping and can only be waken by a pure voice, in order to prevent abuse. Peach takes precautions and when Cackletta and [[Fawful]], dressed as ambassadors, arrive at her castle, they aren't received by Peach, but by [[Birdo]], who is disguised as the princess. Cackletta and Fawful unknowingly steal Birdo's voice and escapes from the castle, leaving Birdo with a voice of exploding characters. However, Mario, Luigi and Bowser, who are not aware of the true identity of the "princess", follow Cackletta to the Beanbean Kingdom before the real Peach is able to stop them.
 
After Mario and Luigi have presumably killed Cackletta at the [[Woohoo Hooniversity]], Peach goes to the Beanbean Kingdom by plane. Peach reveals Birdo's disguise, thanks Mario and Luigi for taking care of the Cackletta problem, and decides to spend the holidays in the Beanbean Kingdom. She express the wish to travel to [[Little Fungitown]], a settlement of Toad emigrants, which is lying across the dangerous [[Teehee Valley]]. Toadsworth insists that Mario and Luigi should accompain the princess on this journey. During their venture through Teehee Valley, Peach has to be protect from any harm in the desert. When she disappears from Mario and Luigi's view, [[Gritty Goomba]]s appear instantly and take her to an underground dungeon. At the valley's end, Peach runn into [[Trunkle]], a giant rock monster, but Mario and Luigi save her from it before it is too late.
 
Later, [[Bowletta]] kidnapps Peach in order to make sure to awake the Beanstar this time, which is showing angry reactions when confronted with Birdo's voice. She takes Peach, who is at the Mushroom Kingdom embassy of Little Fungitown at the time, using Bowser's Koopa Clown Car. However, Cackletta is no longer in the possession of the Beanstar itself. When Mario and Luigi meet Bowletta in [[Joke's End]], Luigi dress himself up as Princess Peach, to fool Bowletta and Fawful, by thinking he is Peach. The plan works, and Bowletta releases the real Peach, and kidnapps Luigi instead. In the meantime, Mario receives a kiss from Peach. After Luigi's escape from the repaired [[Koopa Cruiser]], Peach stays in the Little Fungitown embassy until Bowletta is defeated.
 
====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====
[[File:Princess Peach PiT.png|thumb|125px|left|Solo picture of Peach for ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''.]]
:''See also: [[Baby Peach]]''
''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' starts with a flashback to the past. At the time the story starts, [[Toadsworth the Younger]], take care of the [[Baby Peach|baby princess]], as she cry often. [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] sometimes come to play with her, and even [[Baby Bowser]] still come to kidnap her. But one day, aliens known as [[Shroob]]s invade the Mushroom Kingdom, and as Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Bowser, Baby Peach and Young Toadsworth are all in the kingdom. Baby Bowser calls [[Kamek]] to get them out of the castle, who arrives and took them out of the castle with the Koopa Cruiser, just in time.
 
In the present, Peach, [[Toadiko]] and [[Toadbert]] are using [[E. Gadd's Time Machine]] to travel back to the past, unaware of traveling to the time where the Shroobs were attacking. When they get to the past, the Shroobs corner Peach and the Toads. [[Elder Princess Shroob]], the leader of the Shroobs, and [[Princess Shroob]], her younger sister, attacks Peach. Peach grabbed the time machine's power supply, the [[Cobalt Star]], and traps Elder Princess Shroob inside it. Then she brake the Cobalt Star into pieces, while Elder Princess Shroob is still inside. While the [[Cobalt Star]] shards are spread around the world, Peach iss held captive by Princess Shroob.
 
While Mario and Luigi team up with their baby selves to recover the Cobalt Shards, which they need to save Peach, according to Professor E. Gadd. Princess Shroob then dress herself up as Princess Peach. However, she is swallowed by [[Petey Piranha]]. The Mario Bros. and their younger selves defeat Petey Piranha, who reveals Princess Shroob, disguised as Peach. She iss brought to the present by the brothers, accidentally. E. Gadd tell the fake princess to take a rest. However, while she is doing so, Bowser come and kidnapps her, believing that she is Peach. The Mario Bros. and Bowser only find out the true identity of Princess Shroob when they are all sucked into the [[Shroob Mother Ship]] in the past. During all this time, the real Peach is still trapped in Shroob Castle.
 
When Mario and Luigi get into the Shroob Castle, they see Peach, but Princess Shroob interrupts their conversation at the point where Peach is going to explain why the Cobalt Star shouldn't be completed and a battle begins. After it, Baby Bowser reunites the Cobalt Star Shards all together, making Elder Princess Shroob appear and giving back all her power. After the battle, Peach and the others return to the present.
 
====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story''====
In the [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story|third installment]] of the ''Mario & Luigi'' series, the Mushroom Kingdom's citizens fall victim to a mysterious disease known as the [[Blorbs]]. Upon hearing this news, Peach proceeds to hold a very important meeting in her castle to discuss the matter at hand (along with [[Starlow]], who explains further about the disease itself). Unfortunately, as Peach is proceeding to give said details, Bowser crashes the meeting... twice. Upon being knocked out by Mario, he is ejected by Peach (with the help of Starlow) the first time. But Bowser manages to return to the castle the second time, but under the control of Fawful, because he ate a Vacuum Shroom. As a result, Bowser inhales everyone at the meeting, including Peach.
 
Peach is find by Mario and Luigi in the Flab Zone of Bowser's body. Their reunion is cut short, however, when a group of [[Kretin|Beta Kretins]] captures her and takes her deeper into the area. When the brothers catch up and free Peach, the Kretins attack and are subsequently defeated. After the said ordeal is over, Peach, along with Mario, Luigi, and Starlow, overhear Fawful conversing with Bowser about taking the princess from his body. After which, Peach theorizes that Fawful's real plan is to take over the Mushroom Kingdom by using an ancient artifact known as the [[Dark Star]], hidden beneath Toad Town. She also informs them that she is the only one who can release the seal on the Dark Star's power. However, after relaying said information to the two about the impending danger, Fawful quickly captures her through the use of an odd invention that enables him to reach into Bowser's body with a hand-shaped beam and then takes her to her own castle (which was also under Fawful's control at the time). While the story passes, Peach is held captive by Fawful, having her energy absorbed.
 
Upon Mario, Luigi, and Bowser finally countering the sources of the "blorbs" threat, along with defeating the Dark Star itself for good, everything in the Mushroom Kingdom returns to normal and Peach is rescued at last. She also manages to regain consciousness as well, after being awakened by Bowser ejecting the remaining inhabitants of Bowser's body. Though Bowser attacks the Mario Bros. and still attempts to kidnap Peach directly after the Dark Star is defeated, Peach still express her gratitude toward Bowser for his role in saving the world by sending him a cake.
 
====''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''====
[[File:Princess Peach Artwork - Mario & Luigi Dream Team.png|thumb|200px|right|Solo picture of Princess Peach for ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''.]]
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toadsworth travel to [[Pi'illo Island]] for a vacation they were invited to. After arriving at [[Pi'illo Castle]] and watching a brief presentation on the history of the island, Peach begins searching the presentation room at the mention of Pi'illo Castle's hidden treasure. After being implored to stop being so reckless by Toadsworth when she steps on the nearby platform, they both accidentally cause it to blast deeper into the castle.
 
Peach is eventually found with Toadsworth in the same room the immobilized [[Prince Dreambert]] rests, surrounded by [[Smoldergeist]]. Mario and Luigi's arrival causes the Smoldergeist to flee, only for them to return later to attack the Bros. The group end up entering the collection room after escaping the depths of Pi'illo Castle, where Luigi takes a nap on Dreambert and a bed put on display, which creates a [[Dream Portal]] that sucks Peach into the [[Dream World]].
 
She is later found in [[Dreamy Pi'illo Castle]] getting carried by the kidnapper who is revealed to be [[Antasma]], who manages to escape the pursuing Mario and [[Dreamy Luigi|Luigi]] by creating a temporary path to [[Dream's Deep]]. After Mario and Luigi find access to Dream's Deep through exploring [[Mushrise Park]] and later [[Dreamy Mushrise Park]], she and Antasma are found there. After Bowser's arrival, Mario, Luigi and Peach are all felled by Bowser's power upped flames and left there, but are rescued by [[Eldream]] who takes them back to the [[Real World]]. Eventually, Peach heads back to Pi'illo Castle with several Toads.
 
At some point afterwards, Peach is secretly kidnapped by Kamek, who pretends to be her until he exposes his identity to Mario and Luigi in [[Dreamy Driftwood Shore]]. She is held captive in [[Neo Bowser Castle]] from then on until Mario and Luigi's arrival at the castle's outdoor area, where a [[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]] is holding her and eventually takes her to the balcony of the castle. She is later found in a cage, and assists in the destruction of the [[Dream Stone]] when Bowser tries to destroy the Bros. with it.
 
After Mario and Luigi defeat Bowser as [[Dreamy Bowser]], the Bros., Starlow, Dreambert and Peach barely manage to escape on the [[Zeekeeper]] and safely return to the castle, where they finally begin their vacation.
 
===''Mario Pinball Land''===
In ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]'', Peach and Mario went to visit [[The Fun Fair]]. Peach was enthralled by the Air Cannon attraction, and decided to try it for herself. After she was in the cannon, a pair of Goombas rotated the cannon so that it pointed at Bowser's Castle. Peach was blasted far away, right into the castle's gates. Mario turned himself into the shape of a pinball in order to progress through the pinball worlds to rescue Peach. After he rescued her from Bowser, they both returned to The Fun Fair. They were last seen riding the roller coaster together.
 
===''Mario Baseball'' series===
====''Mario Superstar Baseball''====
[[File:Peach msb opening.png|200px|right|thumb|Peach on the fielding end for Mario's team in the ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' opening.]] Peach is one of a few technique captains in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''. She has one of the best pitching and catching skills. She can also make home-runs at times even though she is not as strong as other captains. Her special pitch is the [[Heart Ball]]. In the Challenge Mode, Peach learns it by purchasing the [[Lovely Heart]] item. She is the Team Captain for the [[Peach Monarchs]] (consisting of several [[Toad (species)|Toads]], [[Toadsworth]], [[Toadette]] and [[Princess Daisy]] as sub-captain). In the Exhibition Mode, alternate names for Peach's team include the ''Peach Roses'', ''Peach Dynasties'' or ''Peach Princesses''.
 
For the Challenge Mode section of ''Mario Superstar Baseball'', Peach is one of the playable captains that the player can choose when she answers a challenge from Bowser to compete against his team. In order to advance, Peach has to go against the other captains working toward the same goal. Upon meeting certain criteria during matches, the opposing team that Peach's team was victorious against is now able to join hers. At some certain points she has to answer a challenge from Bowser Jr..
 
====''Mario Super Sluggers''====
[[File:Peach-mss-intro-2.png|250px|left|thumb|Peach about to pass the ball to Mario in the opening for ''Mario Super Sluggers''.]]
Peach makes a reappearance in ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'' as one of the Team Captains. Although Peach presides over the [[Baseball Kingdom]], she also participates in the baseball games themselves (as seen in [[Mario Super Sluggers#The Game.27s Opening|the game's overall opening]]). Her home stadium is the [[Peach Ice Garden]], which has the appearance of an ice palace; it can be played in both daytime and nighttime setting. Outside the rink is a rose and flower garden. Peach is once again good at pitching and fielding.
 
As the story unfolds for ''Mario Super Sluggers''' Challenge Mode, [[Bowser]] and [[Bowser Jr.]] invade the Baseball Kingdom, threatening to take it over. During the course of gameplay for this mode, Peach is one of the five captains the player can adventure around with, but she first has to be rescued from Bowser Jr. in the Peach Ice Garden. Upon being added to the Challenge Mode roster after completing said case involving Peach, she has a unique talent to aid in exploration around stadiums using her well-known heart trademark, resembling her overall personality. Also at that point, she is able to assist in finding the other required Team Players to make up her team, the [[Peach Monarchs#Mario Super Sluggers|Peach Monarchs]].
 
The icon for the '''Peach Monarchs''' team includes a sparkling heart with Peach's brooch in the middle, and has a crown on top.
 
===''Super Princess Peach''===
[[File:Super Princess Peach02.jpg|right|thumb|110px|Gameplay of ''Super Princess Peach''.]]
''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' marked a change of roles in the ''Mario'' series - it was Princess Peach's turn to save Mario and Luigi from King Bowser. With the aid of a talking umbrella named [[Perry]] - who was an amnesiac and therefore possessed a mysterious past - Peach travels to [[Vibe Island]], where Bowser moves his operations in order to obtain the [[Vibe Scepter]]. However, the [[Goomba]] who brought it to him had been affected by its magic, and with a calm, playful attitude, he uses the scepter on the entire island, thereby creating chaos.
 
With this, Peach is capable of using four Vibe Techniques to help her through the areas. Princess Peach also was capable of floating for a short period of time like she was in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (and subsequently, the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]]), only this time she used Perry to hold her aloft rather than her dress. This ability is available on Toad's shop, and costs 100 coins.
 
Eventually, Peach fight her way through the island's many hazards and rescues Mario, Luigi and many Toads. Perry also become less amnesiac as time went on, eventually recovering his memory. After Peach rescues Mario, he picks her up into his arms and gives her some flowers. Then everyone heads home together.
 
===''Mario Strikers'' series===
[[File:FreezeFrame.PNG|thumb|200px|left|Peach performing her ''Freeze Frame!'' ability in ''Mario Strikers Charged''.]]
Peach is a Playmaker captain in the ''Mario Strikers'' games. In ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'', her [[Super Strike]] is the [[Super Strike#Princess Peach - Royal Strike|Royal Strike]].
 
In ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'', she is a playmaker captain again. Unlike in the previous game, she has a different play style. She is the most agile and her passing is the fastest. As a trade-off, her shooting ability and tackling strength is the weakest. Her deke involves her jumping a short distance, avoiding any possible body checks and even allowing her to jump over obstacles and goalies. Her [[Super Ability]] is [[Freeze Frame!]]. When Peach initiates her Super Ability in ''Mario Strikers Charged'', cameras flock in and start to take pictures of her and traps any opponents in picture frames. Cameras were also seen taking pictures of Peach during her ground entrance and on certain occasions when she is celebrating after scoring a goal for her team. When Peach executes her [[Mega Strike]], she turns into an angelic creature with wings, prior to knocking the ball down toward the goalie. Her number is 10 and her uniform colors are pink and blue. Peach's mission level is to defeat Daisy for the Star Cup. She is also the opponent of Bowser in his mission mode. Her theme song is a techno inspired tune.
 
===''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''===
In ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'', Peach is a technical character. She excels in shooting the ball at a distance. Her special shot is the [[Heart Shot]]. To execute it, Peach starts by dribbling out the shape of a triangle. As she spins and flips a sea of hearts appear. The hearts lift Peach and the ball into the air. After one spin she blows a kiss and the ball, followed by the hearts fly into the net. The hearts then form a large heart from a bunch of small ones around the hoop. Peach's home turf is the [[Peach Field]]. An alternative outfit can be unlocked for her, by beating the Mushroom Cup as her. The outfit is her tennis attire.
 
===''Mario & Sonic'' series===
====''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games''====
[[File:Peach msog results.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Peach celebrating her after-event results. (''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games'')]]
Peach also appears ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'', the first crossover sports installment featuring characters from both the ''Mario'' and ''Sonic'' universes competing in Olympic events. In this installment, Peach is classified as a skill character sporting excellent ratings in events such as the track, archery, skeet, and aquatics. She has the highest level of skill of all female characters but the lowest power. Peach is also one of the fastest characters. Peach uses her heart abilities again in the Dream Events for this game. In Dream Fencing, Peach charges up and releases a huge pink heart. When the heart hits her opponent it explodes into smaller hearts. It has a very long range and Peach does not have to be close to her opponents. In Dream Table Tennis, Peach can make the ball disappear making it difficult to find. When she unleashes her shot, she spins around in a sea of hearts and then hits the ball.
 
 
====''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''====
[[File:Msowg thegals.png|thumb|200px|left|Peach (third from left) posing with Blaze, Amy, and Daisy. (''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'')]]
Peach reappears in the ''[[Mario & Sonic (series)|Mario & Sonic]]'' series as a Skill-type character in the follow-up to the original, ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'', and a costume of her a [[Mii]] can wear can be bought from the in-game store. Like the other female participants in this game, Peach wears a [[#Winter Wear|winter outfit]] that corresponds with and matches the overall theme of the Winter Olympic events. In the [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Wii version]] of the game, Peach has a very high Skill stat, with average Acceleration, slightly lower Power and an incredibly low Speed. In the [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS)|DS version]], Peach has high Jumping and Technique stats, average Speed and slightly lower Power and Stamina. Peach's special abilities include the Mid-Air Float ability (for both versions) and the Princess Dash ability, exclusive to the DS version.
 
In the DS version's Adventure Tours story, Peach initially goes to Sparkleton to peek at the snow festival, and upon Mario and [[Sonic]] finding her, she is challenged by Mario to the [[Snow Machine Fight]] dream event, and is defeated, joining the group afterwards. She later competes in the Snow Machine Fight dream event again for the sake of a Goomba who wants to see how good she is. After winning the event, she receives a [[Shooting Rifle]] the Goomba obtained from Bowser that allows the group to compete in games that include shooting. Once the group returns to Frostown and encounters the unhappy Thwomp there, Peach cheers up the Thwomp and gets it to move, allowing everyone to now access the area at the end of the newly opened path.
 
====''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''====
[[File:MASATLOG Peach.png|thumb|270px|Peach performing rhythmic ribbon.]]
Peach reappears in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'' as a Skill type character, and she once again has a costume a Mii can wear to alter their stats, which must be unlocked to do so. Peach's horse in the Equestrian events is a white horse with pink hair and tail, and she also gains a new outfit for the Gymnastics and Swimming events, as well as retaining her outfit from the first game for the other featured events in this game.  In the [[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)|Wii version]], Peach has a very high Technique stat, high Acceleration and Stamina, above average Max Speed and below average Power.
 
In the [[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|3DS version]], Peach is part of the Girls group, and is mainly encountered during the Story Mode of the game during their stories. Like most of the other characters, she plays a vital part in the clearing of the fog Bowser and [[Eggman]] spread over London.
 
Prior to when London becomes shrouded in fog, Peach is seen voluntarily working with [[Amy]], [[Blaze]] and a group of Toads to prepare invitations for the Olympics. When Daisy appears and nearly coaxes Amy into following her down-town for some shopping, but is stopped by Peach, who chooses to decide whether they all work on the invitations or take a break over an event between her and Daisy. Peach manages to win, but they go out for a brief break anyway, to find the invitations scattered by the wind when they return, having to collect them all and re-do Bowser and Eggman's lost invitations because of this.
 
Afterwards, Peach and Amy end up encountering Bowser and Eggman while taking a break, who both complain about when they'll receive their invitations. Amy suggests that whether they go home quietly and wait or get their invitations should be decided over an event between them. Despite winning, Peach and Amy decide to give Bowser and Eggman their invitations, and head back to where they were working to get them. Two Toads end up getting stopped by the two while mailing them out, and flee in fear, leaving behind both Bowser and Eggman's invitations, both of them confiscating the letters under the assumption they're love letters. Peach and Amy return without the invitations, to see they've both left,  thus assuming they already found their invitations and left peacefully.
 
When the fog begins to cover London, alongside Blaze, Peach is first seen fending off a horde of foggy clones of Daisy and Amy, who are challenged to an event by a pair of them. After Peach and Blaze defeat them, they end up spotting Daisy and Amy sprawled across the nearby ground, approaching them as they wake up.
 
Later on, after one of the Toads accompanying the girls mention seeing as suspicious character, the group encounters Rouge, who promises to let them out of the fog if she is defeated in an Olympic event. Peach volunteers to challenge Rouge, and manages to defeat her, Blaze destroying the nearby fog machine afterwards. Mario and Luigi arrive shortly after to check on the group, and they learn Eggman may be the one causing this, and was at the British Museum. As the Bros. head off to confront Eggman, Peach and the rest of the group choose to stay behind to take care of Hyde Park.
 
====''Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games''====
Peach appears once again in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'', once again as a Skill-type character. She has a high technique stat, as well as above average acceleration, max speed, and stamina, but low power. In this game, she shares special animations with Mario, demonstrating their relationship.
 
===''Itadaki Street'' series===
Peach, along other ''Mario'' series characters and several characters from the ''Dragon Quest'' series, appeared in the game ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''. In that game her castle was also a playable stage.
 
Peach also appears in ''[[Fortune Street]]'', as an unlockable character, unlocked by placing first or second on the Peach's Castle board in Tour Mode. She is a rank S character, which means when she is played by CPU, she is a very hard character to beat.
 
===''Mario Sports Mix''===
Peach appears in ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'' as one of the Technical characters for the game. She has a high technique stat and average speed, but her power stat is very low. Like ''Mario Hoops 3-on-3'', her home court is [[Peach's Castle (Mario Sports Mix)|her castle]] which is compatible with the four featured sports (basketball, volleyball, hockey, and dodgeball). Her special move in this game involves releasing four large hearts that will stun characters of the opposing team upon their contact with them.
 
===Other appearances, cameos and references===
[[File:NBAstreetV3 peach.jpg|thumb|right|85px|Artwork of Peach for ''NBA Street V3'' (GameCube Version).]]
Peach is a minor character in ''[[Dr. Mario (game)|Dr. Mario]]'', appearing as [[Nurse Toadstool]]. She was in the GameCube versions of both ''[[SSX on Tour]]'' and ''[[NBA Street V3]]'', in which she was a playable participant along with Mario and Luigi. She also makes an appearance in the [[Nintendo Monopoly]] board game, where her space costs $220 and takes the place of Indiana Avenue.
 
Peach has made numerous cameo appearances outside of the ''Mario'' series. In ''F-1 Race'', she appears on the fourth course waving, just before the player begins the race. Similarly, in ''[[Kirby]] Superstar Ultra'', she is located in the audience, clapping while two characters fight. Peach also made a cameo in ''[[wikipedia: The Legend of Zelda (series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' series, including a painting of her, that could be seen through a window on Hyrule castle. An item called the Peach Kart, a remote control kart with the princess, appeared in ''[[Wikipedia:Nintendogs|Nintendogs]]'', and was only unlockable in ''Lab & Friends''; puppies liked to chase after it, and when it drove around, the music from [[Peach Beach]] played.
 
In addition, numerous other games make reference to her. One of the treasures in ''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]'' is called Peach Sandals, the description claims they have been worn by a princess, probably Peach, because of the name. This treasure was found in the first underwater level of this game, [[Wavy Waters]] of [[Wiggly Wilds]]. In ''[[wikipedia:Animal Crossing: City Folk|Animal Crossing: City Folk]]'', an item is available called Peach's [[Parasol]] in Tom Nook's shop if the player earns 4,000 points. And in ''Ridge Racer DS'', a car featuring Peach's face on a hood is unlockable.
 
She also appears on the Puzzle Swap "Starlets" of Street Pass (Mii Plaza), alongside her is [[Rosalina]], [[Pauline]], [[Princess Zelda|Zelda and Toon Zelda]].
 
A wide range of Peach-themed merchandise has appeared to the public over the years. Items include plush dolls, action figures, slippers, key chains, mugs, wallpaper, [[DS]] kits, and shampoo bottles. Peach was also included in [[Super Mario Chess]] as one of the Bishops, alongside Princess Daisy. Peach had a central role in the story accompanying the CD [[White Knuckle Scorin']], and was even named in the opening song "Ignorance Is Bliss". Various official game soundtracks also make reference to Peach in their song title.
 
In the [[Mario Vs. Donkey Kong (series)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong series]] Peach does not appear at all, but her [[Mini Peach|mini toy version]] appears. Also, in some of the game series, her castle is one of the stages.
 
In Bayonetta (Wii U), there is a downloadable costume that resemble Princess Peach, and also have a special moveset based over Mario and Peach abilities. The costume consists of a Mini version of Peach's dress, with Mario dolls attached to it, and golden details. A pallete swap (also downloadable) for it is avalaible, and resembles [[Princess Daisy]], but it lacks the Mario Dolls.
 
In Tekken (Wii U), one of the costumes is based off of Peach.
 
Some VOCALOID songs inspired on the Super Mario Franchise features Peach. The songs made by Owata-P based on Mario depicts the VOCALOID character, MEIKO, as Peach.


==General information==
==General information==
===Character description===
===Personality===
Peach is a human with sky-blue eyes and golden-blonde hair. She is portrayed to be a capable character, but usually excels in skill level over other characters in most activities.
[[File:Peach Heart - Super Mario Sticker.gif|thumb|left|150px|LINE sticker of Peach showing off her personality]]
 
Peach is shown to be a sweet, kind, polite, and optimistic person, while also being classy and sociable, with more and more portrayals further displaying her as clever and adventurous. She apologizes excessively for getting into trouble and requiring Mario to rescue her. She even shows concern and compassion towards her enemies frequently such as saving [[Mimi]] in ''Super Paper Mario'' or making a thank-you cake for Bowser in ''Mario & Luigi's Bowser Inside Story'', even after Mario and Luigi defeat Bowser in a fight that Bowser started. She can sometimes be assertive when it comes to standing up for her friends; she managed to outright resist [[Nastasia]]'s mind control abilities during the "wedding" in ''Super Paper Mario'', which Nastasia indicated was unprecedented. In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', she manages to resist Shadow Queen's possession long enough to not only offer words of encouragement to Mario and his party, but also heal them (with the Shadow Queen, due to possessing Peach's body, being forced to go along with it). Her innate characteristics are often key to the plot of several games, such as her abilities to activate the [[Beanstar]] and [[Dark Star]].
Peach has a tall height in terms of other characters. She is taller than characters like Luigi and Daisy, but she is shorter than characters such as Rosalina and Waluigi. Peach has a similar body type to Daisy's, but her waist is more elongated, and her frame is unique in comparison. Peach's skin is fair in complexion. She has a pert, pointed, sharp nose with a curved stem. Peach is commonly depicted with a [[File:PeachSMG2.PNG|Peach at facade view|thumb|left]]puffy smile, and she has round, pink lips. Her eyebrows are a dark shade of her blonde hair, and they're thin as well as small. She has very oval, deep-set eyes. They are smaller than Daisy's, but are still large. Peach's eyes have multiple, thin lashes, and consist of light cyan tones. Peach's face is describable as oval, soft and pointed.
 
She has a very thick, flowing, long hairstyle; flipped, fringed bangs with wavy layers are included. Her hair consists of four, small, flipped pieces, which reach above shoulder-length. Peach's bangs are soft as well as heart-shaped, and they have one large part at the top shaping down the center of her forehead. Peach's hairstyle also has long, split, ear-tails that shape her face.
 
Peach's hair is best described as golden. Her hair is always a golden shade and she is well known for her status as a blonde. She sometimes wears her hair tied up in a ponytail. Peach is the only princess who ties her hair back, considering its long length; her ponytail hairstyle is mostly seen in the sports category of the Mario series' spinoff installments except for her group artwork from the GameCube version of NBA Street V3, though it made its debut in ''Super Mario Sunshine'', where it was her preferred hairstyle due to the heat of Isle Delfino.
 
===Clothing===
Peach usually wears a floor-length pink gown with white evening gloves beyond elbow-length. Peach's gown has puffy sleeves and an up-turned collar is also included. At Peach's waist are two deep pink panniers, used to accent the gown's frame. At the bottom of the gown is a deep pink ruffle, completed with deep pink high heels. Peach also wears a sapphire brooch, set in gold. Included in the set is a pair of round sapphire earrings, and rubies and sapphires are on her crown; Peach's crown is golden with four jewels: two rubies and two sapphires. She also wears a white petticoat under her gown, though this is omitted in some games.
Her old design doesn't differ much from her current one, except that the strip in the end of the dress was larger and her gown was light pink.
 
====Alternate outfits====
=====Primary sports outfits=====
[[File:Princess Peach Artwork - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.png|100px|thumb|left|Peach wearing her traditional athletic wear.]]
When the dedicated Mario sports installments started with ''Mario Golf'' and ''Mario Tennis'' for the Nintendo 64, Peach's sports uniform was her same classic gown, except it was shorter and she was not wearing gloves. Additionally, she was wearing white knee-highs as well as orange-and-beige tennis shoes for that outfit. However, when the GameCube Mario sports installments came around, Peach started to have more variety in her sports attire. For ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour'', Peach wore a sporty miniskirt to match the theme of her current main gown. Peach's outfit for the mentioned game would be seen again for ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', ''SSX On Tour'', ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' and ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'' (as an unlockable outfit). In the case of other primary Mario sports installments that required Peach to be more active, she wears an outfit which has the same design as the outfit [[Princess Daisy#Sports Wear|Princess Daisy]] had worn in previous installments where Peach had the miniskirt. The outfit in question includes a pink tank top and pink shorts, as well as the white bobby socks and red-and-pink tennis shoes from the miniskirt. The tank top has white-rimmed arms, and the shorts have white rims at the legs, and two white curved lines running from the side seams to the front waist. Both modern sports outfits that Peach wears for the majority of GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii, and Nintendo 3DS ''Mario'' sports installments include Peach's obligatory elements that match her persona.
 
=====Soccer uniforms=====
[[File:Peach SoccerOutfit.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Peach wearing her soccer outfit for ''Super Mario Strikers''.]]
For the ''Mario Strikers'' family of Mario sports installments, Peach wears soccer outfits to match the theme of the sport itself. For ''Super Mario Strikers'', Peach wears a 2-piece soccer outfit which consists of a pink midriff-baring uniform with blue accents, as well as pink-and-blue cleats. Later on in ''Mario Strikers Charged'', Peach now wears pink midriff-baring armor; this is due to the increased intensity of the game. Aside from the increased amount of protective equipment, the outfit includes crown patterns along with blue-and-yellow accents. Peach is one of the few characters who doesn't have to change uniform colors when away.
 
=====Motorbike gear=====
[[File:Princess Peach Artwork - Mario Kart Wii.png|200px|thumb|left|Peach wearing her biker outfit as she drives her '''Mach Bike'''. She wears this outfit if any motorbike is chosen. (''Mario Kart Wii'')]]
In ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', Peach gains a new outfit when riding motorbikes. The jumpsuit is white with pink vertical lines going down Peach's arms and legs. Her accessories include a pink scarf, a pink belt with a white buckle, pink boots, and pink gloves. Along with that accompanies her traditional jewelry. There is also a heart-shaped pattern on her back. [[Princess Daisy#Motorbike Gear|Daisy]] and [[Rosalina#Athletic Wear|Rosalina]] also have a similar outfit design like Peach's, but with different color schemes as a result to match their respective themes and uniqueness.
 
=====Other=====
In ''Super Mario Sunshine'', the dress that Peach wears bears resemblance to Peach's current main gown. However, the color scheme is different as it is light rose with pink accents, and to match the setting, it does not include gloves or sleeves. She also wears a ruby ring and a gold bracelet.
 
In the ''Dr. Mario'' series, Peach wears pink nurse clothing with matching sandals.
 
In the three ''Super Smash Bros.'' games Peach is in, she wears a pink bouffant gown. In Melee, it had gold designs and a flounced red hem, but now, in Brawl and the new installment, it has many layers of overskirts, lace trim, pleats, and gold decorations.


In ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'', Peach wears a pink winter outfit that is exclusive to the game and matches the theme for the Winter Olympics. The outfit's contents include white winter gloves and ankle boots with pink lace. The outfit itself includes a purple shrug and purple leggings with a white line accenting each limb. Additionally, the core of the outfit is designed like a pink mini dress with one white ring at the bottom. Peach's winter outfit still includes her standard jewelry including crown.
Largely because of her frequency of being kidnapped, she has been the subject of a running gag in throughout the series where several characters refer to the frequency of her abductions. Even Peach herself has referred to her kidnapping in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' as a "recent kidnapping". Some characters referred to her even being useless, such as [[Solid Snake|Snake]] in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' and Pit (and to a certain extent, Viridi) in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U''. But while Peach is often considered the archetypal video game damsel in distress, she is often shown actively working against her captors, such as tossing Super Mushrooms to Mario during the final fight in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', sneaking around searching for power-ups and/or information to send to Mario in games such as ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and the ''Paper Mario'' series, and even attempting to escape her confinement in ''Super Mario 3D Land''.


In ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'', Peach wears an outfit that's exclusive to the Rhythmic Gymnastics and Synchronized Swimming events. The outfit itself is a light pink leotard with dark pink stripes on the sides, and like her other outfits her earrings, brooch, crown, and collar. However, unlike the other sports outfits that she wears, this one does not include shoes.
[[File:Bis Credit Scene 14.png|thumb|Peach, Mario, and Luigi help make a thank-you cake for Bowser at the end of ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'']]
While Peach occasionally seems naïve, she is generally level-headed, knows when to take charge, and shows more common sense and observance than those around her, such as noticing [[Shadow Mario|a Mario doppelganger]] in the Isle Delfino vacation guide video's background in ''Super Mario Sunshine'', insisting that an emergency meeting continues even after it is briefly interrupted by Bowser and deducing what Fawful was [[Dark Star|planning]] regarding her in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'', and talking a stubborn Bowser into joining her and Mario in ''Super Paper Mario''. She often acts as a peacemaker; for example, in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''{{'}}s story mode, she offers tea to [[Fox]] and [[Sheik]] in order to stop them from fighting, and later converts [[Mr. Game & Watch]] to their cause. In the ''Super Mario World'' cartoon, she is a motherly figure to the young Yoshi and [[Oogtar]], and in the cartoons overall, she is practical and generous to a fault, such as trying to convince the Mario Bros. to return home, despite the fact that King Koopa is still after her. She also has a feisty side, which shines through particularly well in her comic appearances. Besides sports, Peach is also into ballroom dancing, video games, and gardening, and seems to enjoy exploring and trying new things.


===Development===
Although she is generally depicted as kind, sociable, and generous in most games, the ''Mario Strikers'' games do show a slightly more arrogant and petulant side to Peach, including her pitching a fit to one of her teammates and eventually jumping in a tantrum if the opposing team scores, while ''Mario Strikers Charged'' in particular shows her having a diva-like side, with her being eager to get photographed and striking poses; in ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'', though, she regains her composure. A similar temperamental nature can be observed if the player fails to flip food in time and have it land on the floor in the Modern versions of ''Chef'', where Peach will either stomp her foot in frustration (''Game & Watch Gallery 2'') or otherwise put her hand over her head and scream repeatedly in frustration before proceeding to wince (''Game & Watch Gallery 4''), in either case causing Yoshi to crouch down in fear.
Peach's classic dress lacked panniers, had a sash of the panniers surrounding her waist, had short sleeves, and the bottom of the dress's border went up close to her sash. Peach’s looks have not changed as drastically as other females like [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]] and [[Pauline]]. It should be mentioned that Peach
shares very similar character features with [[Rosalina]]. Peach has always been depicted as a blonde in video games. In official artwork by Nintendo, her hair has been blonde since the Japanese version of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' (a.k.a. the Lost Levels); however, due to the graphical limitations of the NES hardware, her on-screen sprite in the earlier ''Super Mario Bros.'' games displayed her with brown hair or red hair and outlines. Presumably, this was the reason why Peach was depicted with red hair instead of blonde in the DiC Entertainment cartoons. This discrepancy was remedied in the SNES with ''[[Super Mario World]]'', in which was she shown with her proper hair color, though was in the strawberry blonde variation in most SNES games. Her last appearance in her classic dress was in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' before her makeover in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' and ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', although she wore that dress once again in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' despite being redesigned.


====Name====
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'', ''[[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', and most notably, ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' and ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'', Peach shows the braver side of her personality; participating as a fellow heroine, or in the latter two cases, as the sole heroine, single-handedly saving the day.
In Japan, the Princess's name has always been Princess Peach (ピーチ姫 ''Pīchi-hime''). In the United States and other western countries, she was initially known as Princess Toadstool, as [[Nintendo of America]] at the time (while localizing ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' for North America) found the name "Peach" irrelevant to the theme of the Mushroom Kingdom and found that "Princess Toadstool" was the name that fit her because it matched with the theme of the Mushroom Kingdom, hence the name change{{refneeded}}. However, the North American and European localization of ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'' (1993) marked the first time that the name "Princess Peach" was used outside of Japan as opposed to the usual name of Princess Toadstool at the time; however, the name did not catch on at that time, as the game itself was not very popular, and was quickly reverted back to "Princess Toadstool" by games like ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' and ''[[Hotel Mario]]''. However, the name made an another appearance in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' where it was simply just a reference during the boss battle with [[Belome]]. If Belome swallowed Princess Toadstool to clone her during the fight with him in [[Belome Temple]], he would comment that she tasted ''"peachy"'' .


It was not until ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' that the name Peach became widely known outside Japan, and somewhat vice versa; while the initial Japanese release lacked this detail, subsequent re-releases such as the International, Shindō Pak Taiō Version and DS editions had the princess signing her letter using both "Toadstool" and "Peach". Regardless, the Toadstool name is hardly touched upon anymore, as the original Japanese name has supplanted it and became her universally localized name (with the rare exception of certain re-releases of older titles like ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' and [[Virtual Console]] re-releases, which generally continue to use the older localized name as opposed to keeping the original Japanese name intact like the newer games). For a long time, the name made its last appearance in the opening cutscene of ''[[Mario Party 2]]''. Recently, ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' referred to Princess Toadstool as a name Peach went by in one of the game's randomly-generated tips. It is also referenced in her [[Boxing Ring]] title in the North American version, "Princess of Toadstools".
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', Peach's personality was drastically revamped. She is considerably more assertive and tomboyish, and a born leader for her kingdom, keeping her role as a caring figure towards the Toads, albeit in a more active way. She is not soft-spoken like her game counterpart but has moments of kindness, as she takes Mario with her to the [[Donkey Kong Island|Jungle Kingdom]], despite failing the obstacle course multiple times. Additionally, she reluctantly accepts to Bowser's proposal as Kamek tortures Toad, on the condition that he doesn't hurt her [[Toad (species)|people]].


===Personality and traits===
===Speech===
[[File:PeachNormalSPP.png|160px|thumb|right|Peach as she appears in ''Super Princess Peach''.]]
Early in her history, while Peach did speak, it was largely done via text dialogue. It was not until ''Mario is Missing'' where Peach got some dialogue, and it would not be until ''Super Mario 64'' onward that she maintained having voiced dialogue. In ''Super Mario 64'' and the international versions of ''Mario Kart 64'', she largely spoke with a mature, feminine tone, though in the Japanese version of ''Mario Kart 64'' as well as all versions of ''Mario Party'', ''2'', and ''3'', and ''Super Mario Advance'', Peach spoke with a slightly higher-pitched, somewhat shrill tone, and also possessing a slight Italian accent in the case of the last game. Starting with ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''Super Mario Sunshine'', she was given a very soft, high-pitched voice. In the Japanese versions of certain games, such as ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]'' and ''[[Fortune Street]]'', Peach tends to end her sentences with "ですわ" (desu wa), a stereotypical trait in Japanese media reserved for noble upper-class women and even simply haughty and arrogant women. In ''Princess Peach: Showtime!'', Peach's voice varies from her usual tone to a deeper one, similar to the one used in her earlier voiced appearances.
Princess Peach is classy, kind, clever, and adventurous. She often displays an unselfish and noble spirit and puts her friends ahead of herself. For example, in ''Super Paper Mario'', Peach states she was taught to help others. She has been said to have a gentle demeanor but can be tough when the situation calls for it. Peach is also into sports and has been referred to in the ''Mario Party 5'' official guide as being able to "play with the big boys". Besides sports, Peach is also into ball-room dancing and video games. Both ''Mario Super Sluggers'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' hint at Peach's enjoyment of gardening.
 
Throughout the games many aspects of Peach's personality is showed. Peach displayed her pure heart in ''Super Paper Mario'' when she saved Mimi despite being picked on by her. Along with that, she can be naive and very strong-willed at times, but Peach is also wise and motherly. Peach seems to enjoy exploring and trying new things. Peach is also sweet and hospitable to others. An example of this is how she often bakes cakes for Mario. Also in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''{{'}}s story mode, Peach offered tea to [[Fox McCloud|Fox]] and [[Sheik]] in order to calm them down. Peach was the only one able to recruit [[Mr. Game & Watch]], who didn’t have a concept of right and wrong. When [[Master Hand]] is defeated by [[Tabuu]], she is the first to reach him attempting to check on him. Peach has often expressed loneliness without Mario and she also apologizes excessively for getting into trouble. Peach enjoys the company of others, as she has hosted parties in her castle in ''[[Paper Mario]]'' and had [[Baseball Kingdom]] constructed for all her friends. She generally has the personality of a polite lady though she can be competitive and playful. She still shows good sportsmanship in many appearances. Deep down inside it bothers her that she is a constant victim of kidnapping, as seen in ''Super Paper Mario'', but she still is very grateful for what Mario and Luigi do.
 
In the cartoon shows, she was also practical and generous to a fault; in one episode where the Mario Bros. are getting homesick, she vows to find a way to get them home, and when they find it later in the episode, insists they take it even though Koopa is still on the loose. She was a motherly figure to the young Yoshi and [[Oogtar]]. She also has a feisty side, especially in her comic appearances.


===Powers and abilities===
===Powers and abilities===
Peach isn't a typical "damsel-in-distress." When held captive Peach either sneaks around to find out information, or sends useful items to Mario, normally in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' games, and the ''Paper Mario'' series. Like other Mario characters, Peach can [[Jump]], [[Ground Pound]], and use slap attacks, which is her specialty. Besides these abilities, Peach has many more; she can float in mid-air and use [[Peach's Parasol|her parasol]] as well. Peach also has never been regarded as a physically strong person (in fact being the slowest person to pluck vegetables in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''), but she makes up for it in technique and skill. With the release of ''Super Mario 3D World'', Peach is able to use power-ups, such as the [[Fire Flower]], the [[Tanooki Suit]], the [[Cat Mario|Cat Suit]] and the [[Double Cherry]], among other power-ups and items.
Like other ''Super Mario'' characters, Peach can [[Jump]] and [[Ground Pound]]; she also slaps opponents, which is her specialty, rather than [[punch]]ing. While not very strong physically, she makes up for it in technique and skill, and many games reveal her to be fast and agile as well. She is also shown to be very graceful, often embellishing attacks and victory scenes alike with elegant movements, twirls, and dances. With the release of ''Super Mario 3D World'', Peach is able to use power-ups, such as the [[Fire Flower]], [[Super Leaf]], [[Super Bell]], and [[Double Cherry]], among other power-ups and items. She also has the unique ability to [[Floating Jump|float in mid-air]] by means of her skirt, first seen in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', and can also use [[Peach's Parasol|her parasol]] to achieve this same effect. This ability returns in ''Super Mario 3D World'' (where it is also revealed that Peach can still glide even when she does not have a skirt on) and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, and Peach is also shown using it in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''. In ''New Super Mario Bros.'', ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', and ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'', she is shown to be able to slow down her descent from a fairly large height.


In spin-off installments for the Mario game series, Peach's magic abilities and powers usually deal around hearts. They're mostly seen in the sports installments including, but not limited to ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' ([[Sweet Kiss Return]]) and ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' ([[Heart Shot]]).
[[File:Peach Royal Strike.png|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Peach's Super Strike, the "Royal Strike", in ''Super Mario Strikers'']]
In ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' Peach is shown to have impressive healing abilities like [[Therapy]] and [[Group Hug]], and this ability is seen again in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' when she overcomes the Shadow Queen's mind control over her to heal Mario and his party. She has occasionally been shown to have telepathic powers, like in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', when she calls out to Mario as a hologram in [[Dark Land]], or when she and Starlow combine powers to drain and then send Bowser flying in the beginning if ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''. Additionally, in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', her [[Final Smash]], [[Peach Blossom]], puts her opponents to sleep. In ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', Peach has a powerful special attack called the [[Peach Bomber]], where hip-checking her opponents engulfs them in an explosion. Earlier, ''Super Mario RPG'' also linked her with explosions, as one of her attacks, [[Psych Bomb]], involved throwing bombs at her opponents, and a similar scene occurred in the ''Super Mario Adventures'' comic, when she used a barrage of bombs against the Koopalings. In ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'', she was also shown to have enough strength to not just telekinetically throw Bowser out of her castle, but throw him far into [[Dimble Wood|the forest]] outside [[Toad Town]]. However, it's implied that she was only able to do this with [[Starlow]]'s help, largely because Starlow had weakened Bowser earlier. She also was powerful enough to counteract Bowser's magic, which was the initial reason why Bowser had abducted her in ''Super Mario Bros.''


In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' Peach is shown to have impressive healing abilities like [[Therapy]] and [[Group Hug]]. She is also shown to have telepathic powers like in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' when she calls out to Mario as a hologram in [[Dark Land]] and ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' when she cheers on Mario (while being possessed by the [[Shadow Queen]]) along with the entire world and fully heals the party in a similar way to Group Hug.
In general, however, Peach's special abilities and powers usually involve hearts. They are mostly seen in the sports installments including, but not limited to, ''Mario Power Tennis'' ([[Sweet Kiss Return]]), ''Mario Hoops 3-on-3'' ([[Heart Shot]]), ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' (heart trails follow the balls after special hits). Her special item in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' is also a [[Heart (item)|heart]], and allows her to co-opt others' attacks. Besides hearts alone, Peach will sometimes use the power of love to combat her opponents in sports, such as her [[Super Peach Spin]] offensive shot in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', or how her [[Heart Swing]] in ''Mario Super Sluggers'' dazes any male player who tries to catch it, while the other females are immune. In addition, many of her abilities in ''Super Mario RPG'' have a heart as her magic symbol. Additionally, the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series as of ''Brawl'' has generally given her moves more of an embellished feminine flair, such as replacing certain moves and adding details like ribbons, rainbows, sparkles, and hearts to others (including replacing the Peach Bomber's explosion with hearts).


====Skills====
Aside from her magical abilities, she is also shown in a few games to be a good chef, or at least a good baker, such as the Modern version of ''Chef'' in some of the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' games, as well as ''Paper Mario'', when she has to bake a cake for [[Gourmet Guy]] in exchange for information regarding Mario. In addition, incidental dialogue from Toad after getting a star on the [[Peach's Birthday Cake]] board from ''Mario Party'' revealed that she was responsible for the titular cake's creation. She also was shown to be good at chemistry, having created an invisibility potion with the help of [[TEC]] in an attempt to retrieve vital information on the X-Nauts' plans from Grodus's office.  
[[File:PeachroyalStrike.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Peach's Super Strike, the "Royal Strike" (''Super Mario Strikers'').]]
Peach can jump in the air and float using her dress. Princess Peach also has a parasol that helps her float or attack enemies. As shown in several games, she can pluck vegetables and hurl them at enemies. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', Peach has a powerful special attack called the [[Peach Bomber]]. She twirls and then rams her rear into the opponent, who is then engulfed in an explosion. She can also take her crown off and whack her opponents. In recent games, such as ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'', she has been shown to be fast and agile. She can somersault over opposing teams. She can also summon cameras to aid her. In ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'', Peach is a Skill-type player. She has high speed and a high level of skill, but decent stamina and low power. Peach is the only female character to have the highest level of skill but the lowest power. She does well in events such as Archery, Vault, and Aquatics.


Princess Peach is shown to be very graceful. When performing the [[Heart Shot]] in ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'', she will perform elegant moves while dribbling out the shape of a triangle. In many of her victory scenes Peach will do delicate twirls. Her heart abilities are once again shown in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. Her Final Smash is [[#Peach Blossom|Peach Blossom]]. Decorative hearts flutter around her and a decorative "border" featuring blossoming peach trees and two images of Princess Peach adorns the area around her. As Peach dances in a spotlight to a short musical piece, all of her opponents fall into a deep Sleep and take damage.  
During her trek on Vibe Island in ''Super Princess Peach'', she also was shown to utilize various Vibe Powers, with [[Gloom]] making her run faster and use tears to grow plants, [[Rage]] making her shake the ground upon landing and burn hot enough to melt ice, [[Calm]] letting her heal herself, and [[Joy]] making her fly and spin foes and objects with a whirlwind.


Princess Peach is mostly shown to have powers and magic relating to hearts. She can use hearts to absorb attacks as shown in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. When she hits the ball nicely in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', a trail of hearts will follow the ball. Peach uses the power of love in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''. [[Super Peach Spin]] is Peach's [[Offensive Power Shot]]. Peach closes her eyes, spins very fast, and hits the ball with the power of love. This will knock the opponent back a few inches then attract the opponent to the net, leaving them open to Lob Shot and lose any [[Power Shot]]s they are storing. It has an amazing curve, in fact the best curve in the game. The recovery time is very slow though. [[Sweet Kiss Return]] is Peach's Defensive Power Shot. Peach blows a sweet kiss at the ball, and hearts will appear and carry the ball back to Peach so she can hit it. After it is used, the ball is lob shot across the net with a bit of speed. When she performs a Super Strike in ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'', hearts will follow the soccer ball. Peach uses her heart abilities again in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' and ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''. In the latter game, Peach can use her Heart Power to interact with objects in Challenge Mode. Her hitting ability greatly increases when she uses her Heart Swing. A star-lit bluish and pink background appears as Peach traces out the shape of a heart with her bat. After which she hits it shattering it into smaller hearts; the hearts travel with the ball and daze any male character who tries to catch the ball. Female characters are immune to the charm. For her Heart Ball, Peach winks and blows a kiss. She then dances while charging up and then pitches the ball fast.
===Relationships===
====Family====
[[File:Peach-mss-intro-1.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Peach and Toadsworth greeting their friends in the ''Mario Super Sluggers'' opening]]
The [[Mushroom King]] as well as [[List of implied characters#Princess Toadstool's mother|the Mushroom Queen]] are the only confirmed members of her family in the games, although very little is known about them. According to his depiction in the [[Nintendo Comics System]], while he does embarrass her with his general foolishness, she knows he has good intentions and loves him dearly. Other media have shed light on Peach's other relatives, such as [[Gramma Toadstool]], [[Obā-chan|another grandmother]], and [[List of implied characters#Princess Toadstool's mother|her mother]]. In ''Mario Superstar Baseball'', a Lakitu mistakenly refers to [[Toadsworth]] as Peach's grandpa, but in reality, while he is very protective of her and has cared for her ever since she was [[Baby Peach|a baby]], he is actually her longtime steward and has no actual family relation. Similar confusion surrounds an elderly chambermaid Toad referred to as [[Granny|Grandma]] by Peach in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''; however, it is most likely that this was a term of endearment carried over from the Japanese version, where it is more common to use familial terms for non-relatives. In the ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' and ''Mario Kart Wii'' official guides published by [[Prima Games|Prima]] and licensed by Nintendo, Daisy's biographies state that Peach is her cousin, but that statement has yet to be proven in the games themselves. Similarly, according to the PRIMA Official Game Guide for ''Super Mario Galaxy'', Rosalina was initially intended to be a relative of Peach's, hence her similar physical appearance to Peach, although this concept was dropped.<ref>{{cite|quote=In the early stages, we contemplated the idea that Rosalina was related to Peach, so that is why their features are very similar. Her long bangs represent her outward strength and inner sorrow and loneliness.|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Super Mario Galaxy'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|format=Premiere Edition|page=346|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|date=November 9, 2007|978-0-7615-5643-5}}</ref> In the ''[[Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.]]'' adaptation of [[Super Mario Momotarō|Momotarō]], Ojīsan and Obāsan are the parents of Princess Peach. In the ''[[Super Mario Land 4]]'' manga, a [[Pichi-hime|descendant of her]] is seen working for the [[Federation Army]], alongside [[Marīo|Mario's]], during the event of the ''{{wp|Solar Striker}}'' game.


===Merchandise===
====Friends and love interests====
[[File:Peach merchandise.png|thumb|right|250px|Peach posters and pictures in a Koopa's house in [[Petalburg]].]]
[[File:SMRL-Line-Mario-Sunset.gif|thumb|150px|[[LINE]] sticker of Mario and Peach]]
Pictures, posters and dolls of Princess Peach exist. In [[Paper Mario]], there is a "[[Secret Sale]]" that offers "beautiful photos of Princess Peach". In addition, a Peach doll, [[Dolly]], is owned by [[Goombaria]] and longed for by [[Jr. Troopa]]. In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', there is a Koopa Troopa Peach fan in [[Petalburg]] who collects Peach merchandise. He has photos and posters of Princess Peach in his house. When tattling him [[Goombella]] says to [[Mario]], "''Boy, get a life, know what I mean?''" "''Hey! Mario! Don't tell me YOU have a secret collection of plush Peach dolls, too!''", implying that Peach merchandise is popular.
{{quote|Oh Mario! You came to the party to see me! You're so sweet! Thank you!♥|Princess Peach|[[Paper Mario]]}}
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Mario, being her most frequent rescuer, is Peach's love interest. The two are shown to have been close friends since childhood in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', and the comic "[[Warios Weihnachtsmärchen]]," published in the German ''Club Nintendo'' magazine, reveals that they spent their graduation ball in school together. Peach has sent Toads to help Luigi when Mario disappears in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'', and she herself rescues all three of them from Bowser in ''Super Princess Peach'', as well as saving Mario and one of his allies from the [[Icicle Golem]] in ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]''. In ''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!'', Peach is willing to put herself into a forced marriage with Bowser if it means saving Mario's life. They also share good [[chemistry]] together as "buddy players" in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' and ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''.


==Relationships==
[[File:SMWMTYNBL Ending Scene.gif|thumb|left|Luigi often reacts the same way as Mario when Peach kisses him.]]
Princess Peach has multiple relationships with characters. Peach is widely respected in [[Mushroom Kingdom]], and her Mushroom Retainers are very loyal. They always attempt to protect Princess Peach from getting kidnapped, despite their frequent failures.
Numerous games, alternate media, and supplemental material depict Mario and Peach as having mutual romantic affection for each other as well as a friendship. In ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', Peach and Mario are called "Cutest Couple," and the official guide for ''Mario Party 8'' states that Peach is the apple of Mario's eye. In the official guide of ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', the description for [[Baby Mario and Baby Peach: Dynamic Duo]] mentions the "romantic entanglements" in their adult lives, while the official ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' guide reads, ''"Aw, isn’t that cute? Mario and Peach are together again."'' In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', Peach calls Mario her "knight in shining armor," and in the first ''Paper Mario'', one of the Toads tells Mario to take Peach on a date to [[Star Hill|Shooting Star Summit]]. In ''Super Princess Peach'', after Peach rescues Mario, she enthusiastically calls and runs towards him and happily dances with him in celebration. [[Rosalina]] refers to Peach as Mario's "special one" in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', with the two seen holding hands toward the ending of the game. In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', [[Lubba]] and two other [[Luma]]s refer to Peach as Mario's "special one." ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' even goes as far as showing Mario himself telling Peach of his love for her in Peach's victory scene, which she responds to with a smile and a blown kiss. Also, in Mario's victory scene in ''Mario Power Tennis'', Peach gives him a small kiss on his cheek. Further, in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', after kidnapping her, Bowser declares his intention to make Peach marry him, and Mario's main motivation is to stop Bowser from taking Peach's hand in marriage by force. While Peach does care for Mario, there are times where she gets annoyed if Mario misbehaves. A notable example of this is in the ending to ''Super Mario Odyssey'', where, after Mario attempts to prevent Bowser from getting her hand in marriage by behaving in a similar aggressive manner, she shouts, ''"Enough!"'' and storms off in a huff, although she nonetheless calms down enough to tell Mario and Bowser that they should all go back home, and the post-game shows she forgave Mario for the earlier incident.


===Family===
Peach's obedient servant is Toad, who dotes upon and attempts to protect her despite his fear of Bowser, often getting himself kidnapped along with her in the process. Toad's collectible card from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' states that he even formed the [[Toad Brigade]] and followed Peach and Bowser to space in order to try to save her, while in numerous other games, he is the one to go alert Mario about Peach's disappearance. They have good chemistry in the ''Mario Baseball'' games, and their team names in the ''Mario Party'' series include "Royal Family" and "Loyal Friends." In the ''Super Smash Bros.'' games, Peach holds Toad in front of herself for protection, though he is shown to be reluctant and attacks out of fear. In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', however, Toad acts like a proper bodyguard and blocks opponents off from Peach.
[[File:Peach-mss-intro-1.png|thumb|right|200px|Peach and Toadsworth greeting their friends in the ''Mario Super Sluggers'' opening.]]
The [[Mushroom King]] is the only confirmed member of her family in the games, although very little is known about him. According to his depiction in the [[Nintendo Comics System]], while she does embarrass him with his general foolishness, she knows he has good intentions and loves him dearly. Other media have shed light on Peach's other relatives, such as [[Grandma Toadstool]] and [[List of implied characters#Princess Toadstool's mother|her mother]]. There is also much confusion surrounding Peach and Toadsworth's relationship, although it is understood since his debut that Toadsworth is Peach's steward. It is also known that Toadsworth is very protective of and has cared for her ever since she was [[Baby Peach|a baby]].


===Love interests===
Another of Peach's closest friends is Luigi, who often helps Mario rescue her. There has been inconsistencies whenever Luigi is attracted to Peach, as in the platformers, Peach kisses Luigi the same way she kisses Mario, and he reacts the same way. In ''Mario Power Tennis'', when winning a trophy, Peach blows kisses to Mario and Luigi, who both swoon in love. However, individual interaction in other games show that there are no romantic feelings between them. The two share good chemistry in ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' but not in its sequel, ''Mario Super Sluggers''.
{{LLQuote|Oh Mario! You came to the party to see me! You're so sweet! Thank you!♥|Princess Peach|[[Paper Mario]]}}


[[File:PeachKissMario2.png|thumb|left|200px|Peach rewarding Mario with a kiss (''Super Mario 64'').]]
[[File:Peach and Daisy Present For You.png|thumb|left|Peach and Daisy helping each other carry a large present.]]
Peach has always maintained a friendly attitude towards Mario, although the matter of their true relationship remains unclear. The two are shown to have been close companions since childhood. Mario saves Peach's life quite often, and she will usually bake him a cake or gently kiss him upon her rescue. Since Peach has essentially replaced [[Pauline]] in the series, there are hints that the bond they share may have romantic tension, such as the official European ''Mario'' website listing Peach as Mario's girlfriend.{{refneeded}}
Peach and [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]] have been shown to be best friends since Daisy first became playable in ''Mario Tennis'' for the Nintendo 64. If something involves partners in the ''Super Mario'' spin-offs, the two will usually be a team, from various sports games to ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''. ''Mario Super Sluggers'' is the first game to show the two sharing dialog, wherein Peach reveals that she has concerns for Daisy's welfare. Nintendo's ''Mario Power Tennis'' website says that Daisy is Peach's "sister in arms," a term used to describe a close friendship, and while the Prima guides for ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' and ''Mario Kart Wii'' say that they are cousins, no known first-party material has ever confirmed or denied this. Prior to Daisy's comeback appearance in the games and by extension the establishment of their being best friends, however, a 4-koma segment of the ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' manga depicts Peach as being jealous of Daisy receiving attention from Mario to the extent that she throws a mushroom at him out of frustration.


In ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'', she sends Toads to help Luigi search for his brother, and in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', Peach and Mario are called "Cutest Couple". They also share chemistry together in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' and ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'', as they are "buddy players". ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' even goes as far as showing Mario himself telling Peach of his love for her in Peach's victory scene. Peach responded with a smile and blew a kiss. Also, in Mario's victory scene in ''Mario Power Tennis'', Peach gives him a small kiss on his cheek. They both show deep devotion to each other as depicted in many of the games, especially in the ''Paper Mario'' series. The official ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' guide describe them at this: ''Aw, isn’t that cute? Mario and Peach are together again, zipping down the Rainbow Road and leaving you coughing up their dust.''
Yoshi is another one of Peach's closest friends, who saved her as a baby alongside the other babies in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. The two share good chemistry is most games, and he has also helped Mario save her in a number of games, including ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. He also helps Mario save Peach's friends at her request in ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]''.


In the comic "[[Warios Weihnachtsmärchen]]", published in the German [[Club Nintendo|Club Nintendo magazine]], it is even revealed that they spent their graduation ball in school together, and that Peach decided in favor of Mario and against Wario.  
Peach is on friendly terms with numerous other characters. In the baseball games, she shares good chemistry with [[Toadette]], who is on her starting team, and in ''Mario Party DS'', she gives Toadette a set of touching trumpets. While Peach and Rosalina did not speak in the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' games, the two were shown to become fast friends upon meeting in issue 38 of the ''Super Mario-kun'' manga, and they were also shown to work together in ''Super Mario 3D World''. While Wario has sometimes shown antagonism towards Peach, such as in ''Mario Power Tennis'', he helps save her in ''Super Mario 64 DS'' and is invited to have cake as thanks. He also attempts to retrieve a stolen statue of Peach in ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' (albeit with the selfish motivation of trying to hold it for ransom to gain [[Wario Castle|his own castle]]), and he appears to have a crush on her in the ''Mario & Wario'' arc of the ''Super Mario Adventures'' comic, seeing as he tries to outdo Mario and buy Peach's prize item, a Samus Doll, for her birthday. Furthermore, the comic "Warios Weihnachtsmärchen" reveals that Peach turned Wario down and instead accompanied Mario to their high school graduation ball.


In the first ''Paper Mario'', one of the Toads tells Mario to take Peach on a date to [[Shooting Star Summit]]. For the official guide of ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', in the description for [[Baby Mario and Baby Peach: Dynamic Duo]], [[Nintendo]] mentioned that before the "romantic entanglements" in their adult lives, they teamed up as babies to stop evil. It is known that Baby Peach and Baby Mario have known each other even before the events of ''Yoshi's Island DS'' as shown in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', where Baby Mario and Baby Luigi would often visit her at her castle to play with her and Mario would even protect her from [[Baby Bowser]], showing that Mario has faithfully protected Peach from evil even since infancy. Also the official guide for ''Mario Party 8'' stated that Peach is apple of Mario's eye. [[Rosalina]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' even referred to Peach as Mario's 'Special One'. Also the two are seen holding hands toward the ending. In ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', while racing with the Wii Wheels Peach and Mario playfully bump each other.
[[File:Rabbid n Peach - RabbidsKingdomBattle.png|thumb|right|Though initially not getting along, the relationship between Peach and Rabbid Peach later improved.]]
Initially, Peach was unable to get along with [[Rabbid Peach|her Rabbid counterpart]], due to the latter feeling jealousy towards the former's relationship with Mario. Rabbid Peach has tried to get Mario's attention several times and got frustrated when Peach approached them. When Mario and company came to the revamped [[Mushroom Kingdom]], Rabbid Peach looked at Peach with disgust, to the point of touching her dress and then looking away. Peach herself does not show animosity towards her Rabbid counterpart, and she is willing to cooperate with her to stop the [[Megabug]]. Although not fond of her counterpart, Rabbid Peach nonetheless has some respect for her, such as placing the Icicle Golem's head in place before stepping aside while making a gesture indicating that the Rabbid's counterpart is free to kick it back into the freezer. After defeating the said villain, Peach constructs a new statue of Rabbid Peach holding a [[Power Star]], much to the latter's delight. Then, Rabbid Peach invites all of her teammates, including Peach, to take a group {{wp|selfie}}. Promotional artwork for ''Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle'' shows Peach and Rabbid Peach taking a selfie together, with the former winking and putting up a {{wp|V sign}}.


===Friends===
The opening of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' and the story mode for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] version of ''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games'' show Peach, alongside Daisy, being great friends with [[Amy|Amy Rose]] and [[Blaze|Blaze the Cat]], having a special victory animation with the former in the sequels while sharing a similar rational with the latter.
[[File:Peachdaisy-hrc-mss.png|thumb|right|250px|Peach and Daisy celebrating with their friends at Mario Stadium. (''Mario Super Sluggers'')]]
Daisy and Peach have been portrayed to be best friends since Daisy's big comeback appearance in ''Mario Tennis'' for the Nintendo 64. Soon after in ''Mario Tennis'' for the Game Boy Color, Daisy is commonly alongside Peach in many cut-scenes. If something involves partners in the Mario spin-offs, the two will usually be a team. Daisy and Peach share a team orb (Flower Orb) in ''Mario Party 7'', a team item (Heart), in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', and are automatic partners in a vast amount of other games as well.  


While Daisy and Peach are considered to be best friends, they are rivaled against each other in games like ''Super Mario Strikers'' (where the two face-off in the game's opening) and in ''Mario Strikers Charged'' (where the two go up against each other in Challenge Mode). In the ''Super Mario'' manga series, the two have a friendly rivalry.
====Foes====
[[File:Wedding4.png|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Bowser and Peach's  sham wedding in the prologue of ''Super Paper Mario'']]
{{quote|I'll tell you what: I'll smile if [[Bowser|you]] make everything as it was before you showed up!|Princess Peach|[[Paper Mario]]}}
Bowser has repeatedly kidnapped Peach and invaded her kingdom to rule the world but also as part of his attraction to her. Peach, however, strongly dislikes Bowser for harming her close friends and putting her into distress. She is frightened or apprehensive of Bowser, such as being startled at Mario upon seeing Bowser on his side in ''Super Mario RPG'' and sobbing over her captivity in the ''Super Mario'' anime movie. Peach discovers his feelings toward her in ''Paper Mario'', but in other games, Peach immediately notices his attraction, such as his attempting to get her to kiss him in public in ''Mario Power Tennis''. When the situation calls for it, however, she will sweet-talk him to persuade him into teaming up with her and Mario in ''Super Paper Mario'', and she occasionally shows him goodwill, such as baking him a thank-you cake at the end of ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''; she has also hesitated when she had to leave him to his presumed demise in ''Super Paper Mario''.


Like Luigi, the two share good chemistry in the game ''Mario Superstar Baseball'', and she appears as the second member of Peach's team in Challenge Mode. Nintendo's ''Mario Power Tennis'' website says that Daisy is Peach's "sister in arms", a term used to describe a close friendship. In the ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' and ''Mario Kart Wii'' official guides published by [[Prima Games|Prima]] and licensed by Nintendo, Daisy's biographies state that Peach is her cousin. That statement has yet to be proven in the games themselves, however.  
In ''Super Paper Mario'', Nastasia uses mind control to force Peach to marry the willing Bowser in order to fulfill an ancient prophesy, but while Peach considers the wedding a sham and refuses to acknowledge it, Bowser insists on calling her his wife throughout the game, even as they team up to defeat Count Bleck. Peach also rejected Bowser's advances to marriage in the ''Super Mario Adventures'' comic and ''Super Mario Odyssey''.


''Mario Super Sluggers'' is the first game to show the two sharing dialog in which Peach was shown to have a lot of concern for Daisy’s welfare. This can be seen after the player has rescued Peach from Bowser Jr. in the [[Peach Ice Garden]], resulting in Peach joining the overall roster in the game's Challenge Mode.
In ''Super Mario Sunshine'', Bowser had lied to his son that Peach was his mother, and while it was later revealed that [[Bowser Jr.]] knew it was a lie all along, he went along with it anyway, and even continued to affectionately refer to her as "mama" in ''Mario Superstar Baseball''. Likewise, Peach, when Bowser Jr. revealed their "relationship" to both Mario and her, expressed shock and confusion at her being his mother.


Luigi is portrayed to be one of Peach's closest friends. Luigi has accompanied Mario on many of his adventures to save Peach and she greatly appreciates him. In Super Mario Galaxy when the player plays as Luigi and rescues Peach, she thanks him in a very similar way as she does with Mario and the two are seen flying away holding hands just how Mario does. The two share good chemistry in ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' but not in its sequel, ''Mario Super Sluggers''. The two's team names in the ''Mario Party'' games have confirmed their good interactions with team names like ''Green Escort''.
She also held some animosity towards [[Mimi]], especially after the latter implied that Peach was only good for getting herself kidnapped. This resulted in her being outraged enough at her insult that she insisted on fighting her alone, even snapping at Mario and Luigi to leave before fighting her. Nonetheless, despite her animosity, she risked her life to save Mimi when they were in danger of falling due to the Void's increasing power.
 
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Toad is Princess Peach's obedient servant, and often tries to protect her. More than once he has gotten kidnapped by the Koopa Troop trying to save her from Bowser, and other times he is seen to dote on her. Evidence of the two's closeness are seen in their Mario Party teams names such as 'Royal Family' in ''Mario Party 5'' and 'Loyal Friends' in ''Mario Party 8''. They also share good chemistry in the Mario Baseball installments. Toad's collectible card from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' states that Toad cares about Peach so much that it caused him to team up with a few other Toads to form the [[Toad Brigade]] and go into space in order to save her (regardless of his cowardice). In many of the games in the Mario series, Toad is usually the first (and sometimes only) character who is brave enough to inform Mario and the other heroes of her kidnapping (thus, beginning many of the plot lines of the adventures). His forced bravery in these games can be seen in relation to the loyalty that he has for the Princess.
 
[[File:Super Mario Kun Peach and Rosalina.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Rosalina and Peach talking.]]
Although in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' it is not seen that Rosalina and Peach are friends, in issue 38 of the Super Mario-Kun manga, they are shown to be good friends. While the "Ends of the Universe" begins to occur, they talk as old friends.
 
Peach and Toadette’s friendship is evident in the good chemistry they share in both Mario Baseball installments. Toadette is also part of Peach’s default team, the Peach Monarchs. In the second installment, Toadette joins Mario’s cause as she wants to help him free the park Peach had built. After Peach is rescued from Bowser Jr., Toadette struggles to tell her what became of Daisy, as she doesn’t want her to worry.
 
In ''Mario Party DS'', Toadette had received a set of touching trumpets from Peach as a gift.
 
Although Princess Peach is not necessarily a close friend of Wario, he aided in her rescue during the events of ''Super Mario 64 DS'' (although not necessarily by choice) and afterwards Peach thanked him and allowed him to stay for some cake. He, along with Waluigi, is angry about her winning tournaments in ''Mario Power Tennis'', as seen in her victory scene. They even tried to steal her trophy before she could grab it. Wario appeared to have a crush on her in the ''Mario & Wario'' arc of Super Mario Adventures, seeing as he tried to buy Peach's prize item, a Samus Doll, for her birthday before Mario did.
 
===Foes and rivals===
[[File:Wedding4.png|200px|left|thumb|Bowser and Peach's "wedding" in the prologue to ''Super Paper Mario''.]]
{{LLQuote|I'll tell you what: I'll smile if [[Bowser|you]] make everything as it was before you showed up!|Princess Peach|[[Paper Mario]]}}
 
Bowser has repeatedly kidnapped Peach over a dozen times, and torments her kingdom constantly. It has been shown Bowser has fallen in love with her, and wants to win her heart. Bowser's profile, in ''Mario Party Advance'', states he has the "hots" for Peach. Bowser is also intensely envious of Peach's relationship with Mario, and hates it when another villain kidnaps her.


Bowser has been more open in expressing himself lately. An example of this was seen in ''Mario Power Tennis'', where he tried to get Peach to kiss him in front of the spectators, an attempt that failed. In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Bowser set out to kidnap her back from Grodus. The two do not play well when together in ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' because of their bad chemistry. In ''Super Paper Mario'', Peach and Bowser are supposedly married by Count Bleck, making them husband and wife. However, they were wed by Count Bleck, who is obviously not authorized to do such a thing, which means that the wedding is a "sham" and, therefore, unofficial. Bowser, though, continued to believe in the marriage. In ''Mario Strikers Charged'', the two are depicted as rivals. Bowser has been shown to have feelings for her in other media as well.
====The public====
 
[[File:The Koopa fan of Peach in Petalburg PMTTYD.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Peach posters and pictures in a Koopa's house]]
Despite his feelings for her, Peach does not display them back. She is shown to be visibly afraid of him, especially in ''Super Mario RPG'' when she jumps higher than Mario upon seeing Bowser on his side. When Bowser refuses to team up with Mario to defeat a greater evil, the princess often sweet-talks him into doing it, much to the Koopa King's annoyance. She even went as far as to calling Bowser a sweetie when he agreed to join her and Mario's group in ''Super Paper Mario''.
Peach is widely respected in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] and beyond. Her [[Toad (species)|Toads]] are very loyal, and her citizens adore her. Many people in the Mushroom Kingdom and beyond buy and even collect merchandise of her. In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', there is a "[[Secret Sale]]" that offers "beautiful photos of Princess Peach", and a Peach doll named [[Dolly]] is owned by [[Goombaria]] and longed for by [[Jr. Troopa]]. In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', there is a Koopa Troopa Peach fan in [[Petalburg]] who collects Peach merchandise, including pictures, photos, and even a life-sized print he keeps at his window, which he claims he would risk life and limb to protect.
 
[[File:SMS Kidnapping.png|thumb|250px|Bowser Jr. and Princess Peach. (''Super Mario Sunshine'')]]
 
Bowser Jr. appeared in ''Super Mario Sunshine'' claiming Peach was his mother. It is stated in Brawl he felt so strongly about her, he kidnapped her. Junior, as shown in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', liked Peach and tried to get her to join him and Bowser, but Peach politely refused the offer.
 
Even though Bowser Jr. knows Peach is not his mother, he still called her 'mama' in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''. Bowser Jr. also must be present on Peach's team in order for the team to be called Peach Princesses. Bowser Jr. has kidnapped her in ''Super Mario Sunshine'', ''New Super Mario Bros.'', ''Mario Super Sluggers'', and ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''.


===Leitmotif===
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Since her debut, Peach has had as her theme a [[Ending (Super Mario Bros.)|repetitive 4-bar musical theme]], with it being expanded in ''[[VS. Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'', and ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' to feature chimes nearing the end before it loops. The ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' version was what [[Koji Kondo]] envisioned for the theme originally, but it had to be cut short due to memory limits in the original game.<ref>{{cite|url=shmuplations.com/kojikondo|title=Koji Kondo – 2001 Composer Interview|publisher=Schmuplations|accessdate=December 12, 2018}}</ref> In later games, the music varied between either something akin to {{wp|Richard Wagner}}'s ''Bridal Chorus'' (''Paper Mario'') or ballet-style music (''New Super Mario Bros.'' series, ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'', and ''Super Mario Odyssey'').
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==List of appearances by date==
==List of game appearances by date==
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!width=30%|Title
!width=30%|Role
!width=15%|Original release date
!width=25%|System/format
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
|Non-playable character
|September 13, 1985
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|''[[VS. Super Mario Bros.]]''
|Non-playable character
|March 7, 1986
|[[VS. System]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]
|Non-playable character
|June 3, 1986
|[[Family Computer Disk System]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros. Special]]''
|Non-playable character
|June 3, 1986
|{{wp|PC-8800 series|NEC PC-88}}, {{wp|Sharp X1}}
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Super Mario Bros.]]''
|Non-playable character
|June 25, 1986
|[[Game & Watch]]
|-
|''[[I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater]]''
|Cameo (artwork)
|August 27, 1986
|Family Computer Disk System
|-
|-
! width=50% | Title
|''[[All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.]]''
! width=20% | Description
|Non-playable character
! width=20% | Original Release Date
|December 20, 1986
! width=10% | System/Format
|Family Computer Disk System
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>September 13, 1985
|October, 1988
| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]
|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>June 3, 1986
|October 28, 1988
| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|''{{wp|Tetris}}''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>October, 1988
|November, 1989
| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|''[[Super Mario Bros. (Nelsonic Game Watch)|Super Mario Bros.]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>October 28, 1988
|1989
| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|[[Nelsonic Game Watch]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario World]]''
|''{{wp|Qix}}''
| Non-Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>November 21, 1990  
|May 1990
| [[SNES]]
|[[Game Boy]]
|-
|-
| ''[[NES Open Tournament Golf]]''
|''[[Princess Toadstool's Castle Run]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>September 20, 1991
|September 28, 1990
| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|[[Super Mario Bros. Watch]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
|''[[Super Mario World]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>1992
|November 21, 1990
| [[SNES]]
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]''
|''[[Super Mario Bros. Print World]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Cameo (artwork)
| [[Japan]]:<br>July 14, 1993
|March 30, 1991
| [[SNES]]
|{{wp|MS-DOS}}, {{wp|Apple II}}, {{wp|Tandy 1000}}, {{wp|Commodore 64}}, {{wp|IBM JX}}
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario & Wario]]''
|''[[NES Open Tournament Golf]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>August 27, 1993
|September 20, 1991
| [[SNES]]
|Nintendo Entertainment System, [[Nintendo PlayChoice-10]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Hotel Mario]]''
|''[[Mario Roulette]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Cameo (icon)
| [[North America]]:<br>1994
|1991
| [[CD-i]]
|Arcade
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
|''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>March 9, 1996
|March 8, 1992
| [[SNES]]
|MS-DOS, {{wp|Microsoft Windows}}, {{wp|Mac OS}}, Tandy 1000
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
|''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>June 23, 1996
|March 24, 1992
| [[Nintendo 64|N64]]
|MS-DOS
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''
|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>December 14, 1996
|August 27, 1992
| [[Nintendo 64|N64]]
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Party]]''
|''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]''
| Playable Character
|Opponent
| [[Japan]]:<br>December 18, 1998
|November 21, 1992
| [[Nintendo 64|N64]]
|Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Party 2]]''
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]''
| Playable Character
|Cameo (in-game poster)
| [[Japan]]:<br>December 17, 1999
|June 6, 1993
| [[Nintendo 64|N64]]
|Game Boy
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)]]''
|''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]'' (''CD ROM Deluxe'')
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>July 21, [[List of games by date#2000|2000]]
|July 1993
| [[Nintendo 64|N64]]
|MS-DOS
|-
|-
| ''[[Paper Mario]]''
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character (''Super Mario Bros. 2''), non-playable in other games
| [[Japan]]:<br>August 11, [[List of games by date#2000|2000]]
|July 14, 1993
| [[Nintendo 64|N64]]
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)]]''
|''[[Yoshi's Safari]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>November 1, 2000
|July 14, 1993
| [[Game Boy Color|GBC]]
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Party 3]]''
|''[[Mario & Wario]]''
| Playable Character
|Guidable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>December 7, 2000
|August 27, 1993
| [[Nintendo 64|N64]]
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
|''[[Mario Undōkai]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character (Yoshi Race)
| [[Japan]]:<br>July 21, 2001
|August 27, 1993
| [[Gameboy Advance]]
|Arcade
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters]]''
| Playable Character, [[Trophy]]
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>November 21, [[List of games by date#2001|2001]]
|1993
| [[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Cameo (stolen statue)
| [[Japan]]:<br>July 19, 2002
|January 21, 1994
| [[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
|Game Boy
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Party 4]]''
|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>October 21, [[List of games by date#2002|2002]]
|September 1994
| [[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
|''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>July 28, 2003
|November 1994
| [[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
|''[[Hotel Mario]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>November 7, 2003
|1994
| [[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
|[[Philips CD-i]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Party 5]]''
|''[[Mario's Game Gallery]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>November 10, 2003
|February 23, 1995
| [[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
|MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''
|''[[Mario's Tennis]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>November 17, 2003
|July 21, 1995
| [[Game Boy Advance]]
|[[Virtual Boy]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land]]''
|''[[Mario Clash]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>[[List of games by date#2004|2004]]
|September 28, 1995
| Arcade
|Virtual Boy
|-
|-
| ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
|''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
| Playable Character
|Unlockable playable character (Party Member)
| [[Japan]]:<br>July 22, 2004
|March 9, 1996
| [[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]''
|''[[wikirby:Kirby Super Star|Kirby Super Star]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Cameo (Spring Breeze)
| [[North America]]:<br>November 26, 2004
|March 21, 1996
| [[Game Boy Advance]]
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>October 28, 2004
|June 23, 1996
| [[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
|[[Nintendo 64]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Party 6]]''
|''[[Mario Teaches Typing 2]]''
| Playable Character
|Cameo (title screen)
| [[Japan]]:<br>November 18, 2004
|October 31, 1996
| [[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
|Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party]]''
|''[[Mario Kart 64]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>[[List of games by date#2005|2005]]
|December 14, 1996
| Arcade
|Nintendo 64
|-
|-
| ''[[Yakuman DS]]''
|''[[Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium]]'' (Ep. 3)
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>March 31, 2005
|1997
| [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
|[[Satellaview]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>July 21, 2005
|February 1, 1997
| [[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
|Game Boy
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]''
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>October 2005
|September 27, 1997
| Arcade
|Game Boy
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
|''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''
| Playable Character
|Cameo (in-game photo)
| [[Japan]]:<br>October 20, 2005
|November 23, 1998
| [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
|Nintendo 64
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Party 7]]''
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX]]''
| Playable Character
|Cameo (in-game poster)
| [[North America]]:<br>November 7, 2005
|December 12, 1998
| [[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
|[[Game Boy Color]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
|''[[Mario Party]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>November 14, 2005
|December 18, 1998
| [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
|Nintendo 64
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Europe]]:<br>November 18, 2005
|April 8, 1999
| [[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
|Game Boy Color
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''
|''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>November 28, [[List of games by date#2005|2005]]
|June 11, 1999
| [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
|Nintendo 64
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party 2]]''
|''[[Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)|Mario Golf]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>[[List of games by date#2006|2006]]
|August 10, 1999
| Arcade
|Game Boy Color
|-
|-
| ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|''[[Mario Party 2]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>May 15, 2006
|December 17, 1999
| [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
|Nintendo 64
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]''
|''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>July 27, 2006
|July 21, 2000
| [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
|Nintendo 64
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]''
|''[[Paper Mario]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character (Peach interludes)
| [[Japan]]:<br>[[List of games by date#2007|2007]]
|August 11, 2000
| Arcade
|Nintendo 64
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
|''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|Mario Tennis]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>April 9, [[List of games by date#2007|2007]]
|November 1, 2000
| [[Wii]]
|Game Boy Color
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
|''[[Mario Party 3]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Europe]]:<br>May 25, 2007
|December 7, 2000
| [[Wii]]
|Nintendo 64
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Party 8]]''
|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
| [[North America]]:<br>May 29, 2007
|March 21, 2001
| [[Wii]]
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''
|''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>June 21, 2007
|July 21, 2001
| [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Mentioned
| [[Japan]]:<br>November 1, [[List of games by date#2007|2007]]
|September 14, 2001
| [[Wii]]
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]''
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>November 6, 2007
|November 21, 2001
| [[Wii]], [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Party DS]]''
|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character (''Super Mario World'')
| [[Japan]]:<br>November 8, 2007
|December 14, 2001
| [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
| Playable Character, Trophy, [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]]
|Non-playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>January 31, [[List of games by date#2008|2008]]
|July 19, 2002
| [[Wii]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|''[[Mario Party 4]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>April 10, [[List of games by date#2008|2008]]
|October 21, 2002
| [[Wii]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''
| Unlockable (Challenge Mode) Default (Normal Play) Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>June 19, [[List of games by date#2008|2008]]
|October 28, 2002
| [[Wii]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]
|''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Opponent (''[[Yoshi's Cookie|Yoshi no Cookie]]'')
| [[Japan]]:<br>February 14, 2009
|February 7, 2003
| [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
|Nintendo Gamecube
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]
|''[[Mario Party-e]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character ([[Cast Away Mario!]], [[Mario's Mallet]])
| [[North America]]<br>October 13, 2009
|February 17, 2003
| [[Wii]]-[[DS]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|-
| ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Non-playable character (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')
| [[Australia]]:<br>November 12, 2009
|July 11, 2003
| [[Wii]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>May 23, 2010
|July 28, 2003
| [[Wii]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]''
|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>November 25, 2010
|November 7, 2003
| [[Wii]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|''[[Mario Party 5]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>November 3, 2011
|November 10, 2003
| [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''  
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''
| Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[North America]]<br>November 15, 2011
|November 17, 2003
| [[Wii]], [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|-
| ''[[Fortune Street]]''
|''[[Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land]]''
| Unlockable Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>December 1, 2011
|2003
| [[Wii]]
|Arcade
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''
|''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>December 1, 2011
|April 22, 2004
| [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Party 9]]''
|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character (Peach intermissions)
| [[Europe]]:<br>March 2, 2012
|July 22, 2004
| [[Wii]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]''
|''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]''
| Playable Character
|Cameo in microgame
| [[North America]]:<br>May 20, 2012
|October 14, 2004
| [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|-
| ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>July 28, 2012
|October 28, 2004
| [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|-
| ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
|''[[Mario Party 6]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>November 11, 2012
|November 18, 2004
| [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|-
| ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>November 18, 2012
|November 21, 2004
| [[Wii U]]
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''
|''[[Mario Pinball Land]]''
| Non-Playable Character
|Non-playable character
| [[Europe]]:<br>July 12, 2013
|November 26, 2004
| [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''
|''[[Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>July 2013
|2005
| Arcade
|Arcade
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]''
|''[[Mario Party Advance]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Europe]]:<br>November 8, 2013
|January 13, 2005
| [[Wii U]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
|''[[NBA Street V3]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>November 21, 2013
|February 8, 2005
| [[Wii U]]
|Nintendo Gamecube
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
|''[[Yakuman DS]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[North America]]:<br>November 22, 2013
|March 31, 2005
| [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|Nintendo DS
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]''
|''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>May 1, 2014
|July 21, 2005
| [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''
|''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>May 29, 2014
|September 13, 2005
| [[Wii U]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]''
|''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]''
| Playable Character
|Playable character
| [[Japan]]:<br>September 13, 2014
|October 2005
| [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]], [[Wii U]]
|Arcade
|}
|-
 
|''[[SSX on Tour]]''
==Official profiles and statistics==
|Playable character
{{main|List of Princess Peach profiles and statistics}}
|October 20, 2005
 
|Nintendo Gamecube
===''Super Paper Mario'' Catch Cards===
|-
{| class=wikitable align=center width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse; background: #f9f9f9;font-family:Arial; color:black"
|''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
! colspan=2 style="font-size:15px" | First Card
|Main Protagonist, Playable character
|October 20, 2005
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Mario Party 7]]''
|Playable character
|November 7, 2005
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
|Playable character
|November 14, 2005
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''
|Playable character
|November 18, 2005
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''
|Non-playable character
|November 28, 2005
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party 2]]''
|Playable character
|2006
|Arcade
|-
|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|Non-playable character
|May 15, 2006
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]''
|Playable character
|July 27, 2006
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]''
|Cameo ([[Opening Night]] microgame)
|December 2, 2006
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]''
|Playable character
|2007
|Arcade
|-
|''{{wp|Picross DS}}''
|Cameo (Extra Levels)
|January 25, 2007
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|April 19, 2007
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
|Playable character
|May 25, 2007
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario Party 8]]''
|Playable character
|May 29, 2007
|Wii
|-
|''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''
|Playable character
|June 21, 2007
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|Non-playable character
|November 1, 2007
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]''
|Playable character
|November 6, 2007
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario Party DS]]''
|Playable character
|November 8, 2007
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]''
|Playable character
|January 17, 2008
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|Playable character
|January 31, 2008
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|Playable character
|April 10, 2008
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''
|Playable character (unlockable in Challenge Mode)
|June 19, 2008
|Wii
|-
|''[[wikirby:Kirby Super Star Ultra|Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''
|Cameo (Spring Breeze)
|September 22, 2008
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis]]''
|Playable character
|January 15, 2009
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]
|Non-playable character
|February 14, 2009
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]''
|Playable character
|October 13, 2009
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]''
|Playable character
|October 13, 2009
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher]]''
|Playable character
|2009
|Arcade
|-
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
|Non-playable character
|November 12, 2009
|Wii
|-
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|Non-playable character
|May 23, 2010
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario Sports Mix]]''
|Playable character
|November 25, 2010
|Wii
|-
|''{{wp|Pushmo}}''
|Cameo (Nintendo Murals)
|October 5, 2011
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|Non-playable character
|November 3, 2011
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''
|Playable character
|November 15, 2011
|Wii
|-
|''[[Fortune Street]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|December 1, 2011
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 7]]''
|Playable character
|December 1, 2011
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[StreetPass Mii Plaza]]''
|Cameo (Puzzle Swap)
|2012
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''
|Playable character (Girls Group Events)
|February 9, 2012
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario Party 9]]''
|Playable character
|March 2, 2012
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario Tennis Open]]''
|Playable character
|May 20, 2012
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|Non-playable character
|July 28, 2012
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
|Non-playable character
|November 11, 2012
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''{{wp|Scribblenauts: Unlimited}}''
|Non-playable character
|November 13, 2012
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|Non-playable character
|November 18, 2012
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Mario Party Whirling Carnival]]''
|Playable character
|2012
|Arcade
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''
|Non-playable character
|July 12, 2013
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''
|Playable character
|July 2013
|Arcade
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]''
|Playable character
|November 8, 2013
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
|Playable character
|November 21, 2013
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
|Playable character
|November 22, 2013
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[NES Remix 2]]''
|Playable character
|April 24, 2014
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]''
|Playable character
|May 1, 2014
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 8]]''
|Playable character
|May 29, 2014
|Wii U
|-
|''{{wp|Pushmo World}}''
|Cameo (Nintendo Murals)
|October 5, 2011
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]''
|Playable character
|September 13, 2014
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]''
|Playable character
|November 7, 2014
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]''
|Non-playable character
|November 13, 2014
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''
|Playable character
|November 21, 2014
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Nintendo Badge Arcade]]''
|Badges
|December 17, 2014
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''{{wp|Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy+}}''
|Cameo ([[amiibo]] fighter jet decal)
|January 29, 2015
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario Party 10]]''
|Playable character
|March 12, 2015
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|April 29, 2015
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''{{wp|Stretchmo}}''
|Cameo (Papa Blox's NES Expo)
|May 13, 2015
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|[[Costume Mario]] transformation, Non-playable character
|September 10, 2015
|Wii U
|-
|''{{wp|Picross 3D: Round 2}}''
|Cameo (amiibo puzzle)
|October 1, 2015
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash]]''
|Playable character
|November 20, 2015
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''
|Non-playable character
|December 3, 2015
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition]]''
|Playable character
|February 2016
|Arcade
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]''
|Playable character ([[Golf (event)|Golf]], [[100m Freestyle Swimming (Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for Nintendo 3DS)|100m Freestyle Swimming]])
|February 18, 2016
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]'' (Patch 5)
|Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up
|May 17, 2016
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U)|Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]''
|Playable character
|June 23, 2016
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
|Non-playable character
|October 7, 2016
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]''
|Playable character
|October 7, 2016
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''Swapdoodle''
|Cameo (artwork)
|November 17, 2016
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''
|Non-playable character
|December 1, 2016
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Super Mario Run]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|December 15, 2016
|{{wp|iOS}}, {{wp|Android (operating system)|Android}}
|-
|''{{wp|Miitomo}}''
|Cameo (artwork)
|2016
|iOS, Android
|-
|''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]''
|Playable character
|March 10, 2017
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
|Playable character
|April 28, 2017
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition]]''
|Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up
|May 11, 2017
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''{{wp|Hey! Pikmin}}''
|Cameo (amiibo treasure)
|July 13, 2017
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|August 29, 2017
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''
|Non-playable character
|October 5, 2017
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
|Non-playable character
|October 27, 2017
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''
|Playable character
|November 10, 2017
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition]]'' (version 1.5.25)
|Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up
|June 5, 2018
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Minecraft]]''
|Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up
|June 21, 2018
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]''
|Playable character
|June 22, 2018
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[WarioWare: Gold]]''
|Cameo ([[amiibo Tap]], [[Wario's amiibo Sketch]])
|June 22, 2018
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Super Mario Party]]''
|Playable character
|October 5, 2018
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)|Luigi's Mansion]]''
|Mentioned
|October 12, 2018
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|December 7, 2018
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''
|Non-playable character
|December 27, 2018
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]''
|Non-playable character
|January 11, 2019
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
|Non-playable character
|June 28, 2019
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Dr. Mario World]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|July 9, 2019
|iOS, Android
|-
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]''
|Cameo (in-game poster)
|September 20, 2019
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|September 25, 2019
|iOS, Android
|-
|''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]''
|Non-playable character
|October 31, 2019
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]''
|Playable character
|November 1, 2019
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition]]''
|Playable character
|January 23, 2020
|Arcade
|-
|''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''
|Non-playable character
|July 17, 2020
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Tetris 99]]''
|Cameo (15th, 20th, 28th and 33rd Maximus Cups)
|July 31, 2020
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''
|Non-playable character
|September 18, 2020
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''
|Playable character (''Super Mario 3D World'')
|February 12, 2021
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]''
|Playable character
|June 25, 2021
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|Playable character
|October 29, 2021
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'' (version 2.0.0)
|Playable character (Relay Mode)
|November 17, 2021
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]''
|Playable character
|June 10, 2022
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope]]''
|Playable character
|October 20, 2022
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''
|Playable character
|October 20, 2023
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|-
|[[File:PeachCard.png|center|70px]]
|''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]''
|
|Unlockable playable character (Party Member)
*'''Card Type:''' Rare
|November 17, 2023
*'''Card Description:''' Peach has this funny habit of getting kidnapped... But that parasol of hers is stylish and functional! (This Catch Card doubles Peach's attack power when acquired).
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:15px" | Second Card
|''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''
|Main Protagonist, Playable character
|March 22, 2024
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|-
|[[File:Peach2Card.png|center|70px]]
|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
|
|Playable character (Peach intermissions)
*'''Card Type:''' Uncommon
|May 23, 2024
*'''Card Description:''' Peach is looking fabulous in her white wedding gown! It was conjured with magic, but who designed it?
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*'''Card Type:''' Uncommon
|November 7, 2024
*'''Card Description:''' Peach is sporting a fresh and breezy new hairstyle! It's perfect for the princess with an active lifestyle!
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==Profiles and statistics==
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[[File:Peach stats.png|thumb|upright=1.66|Princess Peach's stats from the ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'' website]]
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Princess Peach's bios typically describe her as the ruler of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] and the [[Toad (species)|Toads]], as well as mentioning her tendency to get kidnapped by [[Bowser]]. In most ''Super Mario'' sports games, she is classed as a Technique type character, and in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series, she is classed as either a lightweight or middleweight character. Her [[emblem]] is her crown.
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==Portrayals==
==Portrayals==
The following voice actresses have portrayed Princess Peach during the course of the Mario game series:
The following voice actresses have portrayed Princess Peach during the course of ''Super Mario'' franchise history:
*Mami Yamase (pop singer) in the 1986 Japanese anime ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!]]''
===English===
*Jeannie Elias - ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''
*[[Jeannie Elias]] - ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''
*Tracey Moore - ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]''.
*[[Tracey Moore]] - ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]''
*Guilene Conte - Brazilian voice actress for Peach in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''
*Kathy Fitzgerald - ''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]''
*Kathy Fitzgerald - ''[[Mario Is Missing!]]''
*[[Jocelyn Benford]] - ''[[Hotel Mario]]''
*Jocelyn Benford - ''[[Hotel Mario]]''.
*[[Leslie Swan]] - ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' (international), ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]], ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
*[[Leslie Swan]], [[Asako Kozuki]], [[Jen Taylor]], and [[Nicole Mills]] - These four voice actresses portrayed Peach in most of the Mario series' installments done for the Nintendo 64, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Leslie Swan also briefly portrayed Peach in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' for [[Wii]].
*[[Asako Kozuki]] - ''Mario Kart 64'' (Japanese), ''[[Mario Party]]'', ''[[Mario Party 2]]'', ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
*[[Samantha Kelly]] (sometimes abbreviated as Sam Kelly in the game credits) - Samantha's debut installments in regards to portraying the role of Peach in Mario game series' installments include ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' for Wii. She is the current voice actress for Peach.
*[[Jen Taylor]] - ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' to ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', as well as ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' and ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'', although her voice clips are sometimes used together with Samantha Kelly's, such as in ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]'' and ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]''.  
*[[Nicole Mills]] - ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''; her voice clips from ''Super Mario Strikers'' are partially reused in ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'' along with those provided by Samantha Kelly.
*[[Samantha Kelly]] (often abbreviated as Sam Kelly in the game credits) - Most ''Super Mario''-related media as of ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'', ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
*[[Anya Taylor-Joy]] - ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (English)
 
===Other languages===
Mami Yamase, a pop singer, voiced Peach in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'', marking the first time the character was given an official voice.
 
In the foreign-language dubs of the DIC cartoons, Peach was dubbed by the following actresses:
*Latin American Spanish: [[María Fernanda Morales]] (''Super Show!''), Dulce María Romay (''Super Mario Bros. 3''), and Rocío Robledo (''Super Mario World'')
*Castilian Spanish: Pilar Santigosa
*French: ''Super Show!'' - Stéphanie Murat (original), Virginie Ledieu (redub); ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and ''Super Mario World'' - Isabelle Volpé
*German: Sabine Bohlmann
*Italian: Alessandra Karpoff
*Brazilian Portuguese: Guilene Conte (main), Eleonora Prado (alternate portrayer in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'')
*European Portuguese: Ana Vieira, Flora Mirona, and Márcia Menezes
*Swedish: Louise Raeder (''Super Show!''), Nina Gunke (''Super Mario Bros. 3'', ''Super Mario World'')
*Hungarian: Fazekas Zsuzsa (first voice), Solecki Janka (''Super Mario World'' and redubs)
*Finnish: Liisa Paatso
*Russian: Olga Golovanova (''Super Mario Bros. 3''), Daria Frolova (''Super Mario World'')
*Romanian: Oana Avram (''Super Mario Bros. 3'', ''Super Mario World'')


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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PrincessSML.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
File:Classic Princess Peach.png|''Super Mario Bros.
Peachtennis.jpg|''[[Mario's Tennis]]
File:Princess Peach Super Mario 64.png|''Super Mario 64
MP3 Peach artwork.png|''[[Mario Party 3]]''
File:PeachNormalSPP.png|''Super Princess Peach
Peach MSB artwork.jpg|''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''
File:PeachMP8a.PNG|''Mario Party 8
Princess Peach (Joy Vibe) - Super Princess Peach.png|''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
File:NSMBWiiPeach.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii
M&SATLOG Peach Rhythmic Ribbon artwork.png|''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''
File:Princess Peach Artwork (alt) - Super Mario 3D World.png|''Super Mario 3D World
Peach MP100.png|''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''
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TSMBM Peach.png|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''
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==Quotes==
==Quotes==
{{main|List of quotes by Princess Peach}}
{{main|List of Princess Peach quotes}}
*''"Thank you, Mario!"'' - General
*"''Thank you, Mario!''"
*''"Mario, you're my knight in shining armor!"'' - ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
- General quote used whenever rescued from Bowser or another enemy in a game
*''"I can't believe I got kidnapped... again."'' - ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
*"''Mario, you're my knight in shining armor!''"
*''"Mario, be careful! I have a bad feeling about this..."'' - ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
- When rescued from [[Booster]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
*''"Oh, did I win?"'' - ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
*"''Mario, be careful! I have a bad feeling about this...''"
- When spoken to on the [[Delfino Airstrip]] in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''.
*"''Stay out of this! I am a princess, and she has thrown mud at my dignity! You two leave me be! UNDERSTOOD?!''"
- Commanding Mario and Luigi to let her fight [[Mimi]] on her own in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.
*"''Oh, did I win?''"
- Victory quote in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]].
*"''My travels with Tiara were wonderful - so many memories! And I realized something...how important it is to see different things and talk with different people, that no matter what kingdom you're in, people smile with the same sparkle! We have to do what we can with our time to smiles on as many faces as possible! So I've decided to invite people from all around the world to the castle!''"
- When encountered in the Mushroom Kingdom in the postgame of ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''.
===Audio samples===
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Ger=Prinzessin Peach
|GerM=Princess Peach
|Ita=Principessa Peach<br>Principessa Amarena (TV Series only)
|ItaM=Princess Peach<br>Princess Cherry
|Por=Princesa Peach<br>Princesa Cogumelo (DIC Cartoons)
|PorM=Princess Peach<br>Princess Toadstool
|Rus=Принцесса Пич<br>''Printsessa Pich''
|RusM=Princess Peach
|Chi=碧琪公主 (Traditional/Simplified)<br>''Bìqí Gōngzhǔ''<br>桃花公主 (Traditional/Simplified)<br>''Táohuā Gōngzhǔ''
|ChiM=Princess Peach<br>&nbsp;<br>Princess Peach Flower<br>&nbsp;
|Kor=피치 공주
|KorR=Pichi Gongju
|KorM=Princess Peach
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Ever since her debut in 1985, Peach has appeared in more games than any female character in video game history.
*Toadstool is described as a "fairy Princess" in the 47th issue of the United Kingdom ''Nintendo Magazine System''.<ref>{{cite|date=August 1996|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue 47|page=90|quote=During his quest, Mario joins forces with a cloud who thinks he’s a tadpole, an animated doll, the King of the Koopas and a fairy Princess!}}</ref>
*Princess Peach, along with her Toad subjects, are the only major characters that lost their original localized name.
*Peach was misnamed as "Princess Daisy" in the 49th issue of the Australian ''Nintendo Magazine System''.<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #49|page={{file link|NMS Australia 49 MK64 drivers and items.jpg|39}}|date=April 1997}}</ref>


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This article is about the damsel-in-distress of the Super Mario series. For the cruise ship named after her in Paper Mario: The Origami King, see The Princess Peach. For her infant counterpart, see Baby Peach.
"Peach" redirects here. For other uses, see Peach (disambiguation).
Princess Peach
Alternate artwork of Princess Peach with model flipped
Artwork from Super Mario Party Jamboree
Full name Princess Peach Toadstool[1][2][3]
Species Human
First appearance Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)
Latest portrayal Samantha Kelly (2007–present)
“Oh dear... Here we go again... I can't believe I'm kidnapped again. Everyone must be worried sick. Again.”
Princess Peach, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)

Princess Peach (casually Peach, usually known as Princess Toadstool outside Japan prior to Yoshi's Safari) is a major character in the Super Mario franchise, the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, and the love interest of Mario. She first appeared in Super Mario Bros. and was created by Shigeru Miyamoto to be the damsel-in-distress throughout most Super Mario games. She resides in her castle along with many Toads, who act as her loyal servants. Her kingdom is often attacked by Bowser and his minions.

Peach has an affinity for the color pink, which accents her gentle personality and kind temperament. Peach's kind nature and role as the damsel in distress are often represented with her heart abilities and crown emblem.

Since her debut, Peach has appeared in several Super Mario games spanning the course of decades, even appearing in more games than any other female character in video game history. Peach is occasionally a supporting character in mainstream games and she is almost always playable in spin-off installments. Her lead roles are in Super Princess Peach and Princess Peach: Showtime!

Creation and development

Design

Peach's initial design was said to represent her stubborn yet cute appearance.[4] Peach's initial design had been conceived by Shigeru Miyamoto, with some of his suggestions to Yoichi Kotabe being incorporated into the final design, in particular making her eyes look more "cat-like."[5] Before Kotabe conceived Peach's finalized character design, a couple of prototype designs were created for the character. One such design, seen on the Super Mario Bros. Japanese box art, depicts her with a long-sleeved dress, no gloves, strawberry-blonde hair, and crown jewels that were white instead of red and blue. Another prototype, seen in the 1985 Japanese strategy guide How to win at Super Mario Bros., portrays her as a Toad rather than as a human, having a mushroom cap instead of natural hair, as well as a simple tiara and a gown reminiscent of Aurora from Disney's Sleeping Beauty, whom she somewhat currently resembles.

Peach has always been depicted as a blonde in video game artwork, although it was originally a darker, more strawberry-blonde shade (or in the case of the Japanese packaging, a dark blonde shade). However, due to the graphical limitations of the Family Computer and Family Computer Disk System hardware (including the Western Nintendo Entertainment System), Peach's on-screen sprite in the earlier Super Mario Bros. games displayed her with reddish-brown hair, and as a result, she was depicted as a redhead in the DiC Entertainment cartoons, as well as reddish-brown in Mario-related merchandise such as a 1988 toy box artwork. Starting with Super Mario World for the SNES, her in-game appearances had her proper hair color. On a similar note, her dress had always been depicted as pink in video game artwork, although because of the aforementioned graphical limitations, Peach's on-screen sprite in Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels depicted her as wearing a white dress with red highlights; this depiction of her old dress would later be reused for her Fire form in Super Mario 3D World. She only gained a pink dress in-game starting with the overseas version of Super Mario Bros 2. Peach's classic main dress had a normal pink high collar, a sash around the waist instead of panniers, and was darker pink from the hem to her knees, but otherwise does not differ greatly from the modern/current main dress introduced with the GameCube-era games, starting with Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Party 4, although the subsequent Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door installment marked the original dress's final appearance, with it being retained for the Nintendo Switch remake as well. Although the key artwork featured Peach in the Japanese versions of Super Mario Bros., the instruction manuals for both the Famicom and NES versions of the game hid her sprite behind a question mark in order to keep her identity a surprise for players as a way to motivate them into completing the game.

Name

Miyamoto came up with her name by associating princesses with girls, girls with the color pink, and pink with peaches.[6] In Japan, her name has always been Princess Peach (ピーチ姫 Pīchi-hime), but in the West, she was originally known as "Princess Toadstool", due to Nintendo of America renaming her when localizing Super Mario Bros., feeling that "Peach" was irrelevant to the theme of the Mushroom Kingdom.[7] In 1993, the English version of Yoshi's Safari marked the first time that the name "Princess Peach" was used outside of Japan; however, the name did not become standardized until Super Mario 64. Games as of Mario Kart 64 use Peach as her prominent name. Certain contemporary sources reconcile the two names by listing her full name as "Peach Toadstool", including subsequent re-releases of Super Mario 64, such as the international, Shindō Pak Taiō Version and the DS remake, which had the princess signing her letter using both "Toadstool" and "Peach".[2] For the most part, however, the "Toadstool" name is hardly used outside of remakes and re-releases of older titles, which most times retain the original localized text. She, along with her Toad subjects, is the only major character that no longer uses her original localized name. However, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U refers to "Princess Toadstool" as a name Peach went by in one of the in-game tips, and in the North American version her title on the Boxing Ring stage is "Princess of Toadstools". On a similar note, although she was mostly referred to as Princess Toadstool in various countries outside the United States in most localizations (or "Princess Mushroom" in some cases), the Danish dub for The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 had changed her name to Prinsesse Slørhat, which translated to "Princess Cortinarius", referring to a genus of poisonous mushrooms. Likewise, the Italian dub for the entire DIC cartoon line also referred to her as "Principessa Amarena" or "Princess Cherry".

Her name when translated into Japanese is normally ピーチ姫 (Pīchi-hime). However, the other translation as プリンセスピーチ (Purinsesu Pīchi) only officially exists in the Japanese titles of the games Super Princess Peach and Princess Peach: Showtime! as well as in the Japanese name of The Princess Peach from Paper Mario: The Origami King.

History

Main article: History of Princess Peach

Following a frequent role of being the damsel-of-distress kidnapped by Bowser, Princess Peach has appeared in almost every single piece of Super Mario media from the very start. Her first appearance, chronologically, is in Yoshi's Island DS as one of the seven star children. Though Peach has the role of being held captive by Bowser, she is also seen allying with him as shown in several spin-off series. As with Mario, Peach can be seen in a wide bevy of cameos, even outside her own franchise.

Appearance

Physical description

Peach's original appearance (left); Peach's current appearance (right).
Peach's original appearance (left); Peach's current appearance (right).
Peach's original appearance (left); Peach's current appearance (right).

Peach is a young woman with long blonde hair, fair skin and blue eyes, framed by six lashes (three or four in other artwork) and small, thin eyebrows. She has an oval face with a pointed chin, a triangular nose and full pink lips. Her hair has a triangular bang in the center of her forehead, two rows of flips on her back, and two split sideburns framing her face. Due to her lithe and slim figure, she is classified as lighter weight than Mario or Luigi in various games such as in the Mario Kart series despite being taller than them.

Peach usually wears a pink floor-length dress with puffy sleeves, magenta panniers at the waist, a high collar and a frill of the same color at the hem. Most games include a white petticoat under her dress. From Super Mario Bros. to Mario Kart: Super Circuit, her dress had a band around her waist rather than panniers and was colored magenta from below her knees. This appearance was brought back in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its remake. Peach wears a golden crown with red and blue gems, round blue earrings, and an oval blue brooch on her chest. She wears long white opera gloves and red high heels. In Princess Peach: Showtime!, princess seams are added to the bodice. Her dress is far more elaborately designed in recent Super Smash Bros. titles, as well as Super Smash Bros. Melee giving her dress an original design, but is otherwise the same; the Super Smash Bros. games have also given her minor proportion changes such as the size of her head and the thickness of her eyelashes.

Peach is usually depicted as taller than most human characters, exceeded only by Rosalina, Pauline, and Waluigi. In the pamphlet for Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!, her height is given as 160 cm (5 ft 3 in.) and her weight as 41 kg (90 lbs.)[8] In the original and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe versions of Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, however, she is depicted as being shorter than Super Mario/Super Luigi (with the difference in size being enough that she has to stand on her tip-toes to kiss Mario/Luigi if they are in Super/Fire form in the Deluxe version). However, in the Deluxe version, there are full scenes with Peach lowering herself to make eye contact with Mario while being eye-level with Luigi. In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Super Mario and Super Peach are now depicted as approximately the same height, with Super Luigi being taller.

Though no fixed age has been revealed for Peach in the video games, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time indicates that she is at least just slightly younger than Mario and Luigi, being the only one of the three to have not yet developed proper motor or speech skills as a baby. Taking into consideration the statement that Mario and Luigi are between their early and mid twenties, a relatively wider and more exact age gap is present in early animated media; the pamphlet for Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! states her age as 16 (compared to Mario and Luigi, who are respectively stated to be around 25 and 23),[8][9] while the writers' bible for The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 states that the DIC cartoons' version of the princess is 17.[10]

Alternate outfits

Princess Peach in Mario Tennis Aces.
Princess Peach is seen in sports wear, with her hair tied back, rather than her dress for most of the Super Mario sports games.

Princess Peach has been in various outfits, most frequently in the sports games. In Mario Golf and Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64, Peach's sports dress was simply a shorter, sleeveless version of her usual dress. Starting with the GameCube Mario sports games, however, her outfits have more variety. In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Power Tennis, the outfit that she wears is a sleeveless minidress. In other traditional active sports installments such as Mario Hoops 3-on-3, the Mario Baseball games, and Mario Sports Mix, her outfit consists of a two-piece athletic uniform. She has received different sports outfits in some games such as Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, where she has different clothes to suit each sport ranging from surf wear to jockey apparel to leotards, and the Mario Strikers games, where she wears armor to fit the more physical nature of the games.

In Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Peach wears a pink jumpsuit when riding motorbikes and ATVs. This jumpsuit is also seen in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Outside of sports, Peach occasionally changes her outfit to fit the occasion. In Mario Party 2, she wears five distinct outfits fitting into five of the six themes for Mario Land, as Bowser Land has the characters in their original clothes. In Super Mario Sunshine, Peach wears a lighter, sleeveless version of her dress and a hair in a ponytail; she wears a ponytail in subsequent Mario Kart games, starting with Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, and various sports games. In Super Mario Odyssey, aside from her traditional pink dress, which only appears in the prologue and when encountering her at Mushroom Kingdom in the post-game, she has a wide variety of outfits, such as the wedding dress she wore for most of the game, as well as various outfits she wore in the post-game, with the specific type depending on the world visited. Most of these outfits have reappeared as high-tier rewards in Mario Kart Tour.

Within the Super Smash Bros. series, Princess Peach comes in several alternate colors, usually changing her clothing, but she has a Princess Daisy palette in Super Smash Bros. Melee that even changes her hair color and complexion.

Peach has also worn alternate outfits in promotions. One of the earliest was Peach in a kimono in All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. to promote Japanese holiday. Although this particular outfit has not appeared in any games since, Peach wore similar kimono outfits in an advertisement for Nintendo's involvement in the Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009, a Club Nintendo calendar award, a New Year 2017 wallpaper (which was reused from artwork from the Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009), in Bowser's Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey, and as a driver variant in Mario Kart Tour (as well as a pink yukata partly derived from her Bowser's Kingdom attire).

In Princess Peach: Showtime!, Peach has 12 different costumes she can transform into: Swordfighter, Detective, Patissiere, Kung Fu, Ninja, Cowgirl, Figure Skater, Dashing Thief, Mermaid, Mighty, Radiant and Super Radiant.

General information

Personality

Princess Peach
LINE sticker of Peach showing off her personality

Peach is shown to be a sweet, kind, polite, and optimistic person, while also being classy and sociable, with more and more portrayals further displaying her as clever and adventurous. She apologizes excessively for getting into trouble and requiring Mario to rescue her. She even shows concern and compassion towards her enemies frequently such as saving Mimi in Super Paper Mario or making a thank-you cake for Bowser in Mario & Luigi's Bowser Inside Story, even after Mario and Luigi defeat Bowser in a fight that Bowser started. She can sometimes be assertive when it comes to standing up for her friends; she managed to outright resist Nastasia's mind control abilities during the "wedding" in Super Paper Mario, which Nastasia indicated was unprecedented. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, she manages to resist Shadow Queen's possession long enough to not only offer words of encouragement to Mario and his party, but also heal them (with the Shadow Queen, due to possessing Peach's body, being forced to go along with it). Her innate characteristics are often key to the plot of several games, such as her abilities to activate the Beanstar and Dark Star.

Largely because of her frequency of being kidnapped, she has been the subject of a running gag in throughout the series where several characters refer to the frequency of her abductions. Even Peach herself has referred to her kidnapping in New Super Mario Bros. Wii as a "recent kidnapping". Some characters referred to her even being useless, such as Snake in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Pit (and to a certain extent, Viridi) in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. But while Peach is often considered the archetypal video game damsel in distress, she is often shown actively working against her captors, such as tossing Super Mushrooms to Mario during the final fight in Super Mario World, sneaking around searching for power-ups and/or information to send to Mario in games such as Super Mario Galaxy and the Paper Mario series, and even attempting to escape her confinement in Super Mario 3D Land.

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Peach, Mario, and Luigi help make a thank-you cake for Bowser at the end of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

While Peach occasionally seems naïve, she is generally level-headed, knows when to take charge, and shows more common sense and observance than those around her, such as noticing a Mario doppelganger in the Isle Delfino vacation guide video's background in Super Mario Sunshine, insisting that an emergency meeting continues even after it is briefly interrupted by Bowser and deducing what Fawful was planning regarding her in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, and talking a stubborn Bowser into joining her and Mario in Super Paper Mario. She often acts as a peacemaker; for example, in Super Smash Bros. Brawl's story mode, she offers tea to Fox and Sheik in order to stop them from fighting, and later converts Mr. Game & Watch to their cause. In the Super Mario World cartoon, she is a motherly figure to the young Yoshi and Oogtar, and in the cartoons overall, she is practical and generous to a fault, such as trying to convince the Mario Bros. to return home, despite the fact that King Koopa is still after her. She also has a feisty side, which shines through particularly well in her comic appearances. Besides sports, Peach is also into ballroom dancing, video games, and gardening, and seems to enjoy exploring and trying new things.

Although she is generally depicted as kind, sociable, and generous in most games, the Mario Strikers games do show a slightly more arrogant and petulant side to Peach, including her pitching a fit to one of her teammates and eventually jumping in a tantrum if the opposing team scores, while Mario Strikers Charged in particular shows her having a diva-like side, with her being eager to get photographed and striking poses; in Mario Strikers: Battle League, though, she regains her composure. A similar temperamental nature can be observed if the player fails to flip food in time and have it land on the floor in the Modern versions of Chef, where Peach will either stomp her foot in frustration (Game & Watch Gallery 2) or otherwise put her hand over her head and scream repeatedly in frustration before proceeding to wince (Game & Watch Gallery 4), in either case causing Yoshi to crouch down in fear.

In Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Super Paper Mario, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Run, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and most notably, Super Princess Peach and Princess Peach: Showtime!, Peach shows the braver side of her personality; participating as a fellow heroine, or in the latter two cases, as the sole heroine, single-handedly saving the day.

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Peach's personality was drastically revamped. She is considerably more assertive and tomboyish, and a born leader for her kingdom, keeping her role as a caring figure towards the Toads, albeit in a more active way. She is not soft-spoken like her game counterpart but has moments of kindness, as she takes Mario with her to the Jungle Kingdom, despite failing the obstacle course multiple times. Additionally, she reluctantly accepts to Bowser's proposal as Kamek tortures Toad, on the condition that he doesn't hurt her people.

Speech

Early in her history, while Peach did speak, it was largely done via text dialogue. It was not until Mario is Missing where Peach got some dialogue, and it would not be until Super Mario 64 onward that she maintained having voiced dialogue. In Super Mario 64 and the international versions of Mario Kart 64, she largely spoke with a mature, feminine tone, though in the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64 as well as all versions of Mario Party, 2, and 3, and Super Mario Advance, Peach spoke with a slightly higher-pitched, somewhat shrill tone, and also possessing a slight Italian accent in the case of the last game. Starting with Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Mario Sunshine, she was given a very soft, high-pitched voice. In the Japanese versions of certain games, such as Itadaki Street DS and Fortune Street, Peach tends to end her sentences with "ですわ" (desu wa), a stereotypical trait in Japanese media reserved for noble upper-class women and even simply haughty and arrogant women. In Princess Peach: Showtime!, Peach's voice varies from her usual tone to a deeper one, similar to the one used in her earlier voiced appearances.

Powers and abilities

Like other Super Mario characters, Peach can Jump and Ground Pound; she also slaps opponents, which is her specialty, rather than punching. While not very strong physically, she makes up for it in technique and skill, and many games reveal her to be fast and agile as well. She is also shown to be very graceful, often embellishing attacks and victory scenes alike with elegant movements, twirls, and dances. With the release of Super Mario 3D World, Peach is able to use power-ups, such as the Fire Flower, Super Leaf, Super Bell, and Double Cherry, among other power-ups and items. She also has the unique ability to float in mid-air by means of her skirt, first seen in Super Mario Bros. 2, and can also use her parasol to achieve this same effect. This ability returns in Super Mario 3D World (where it is also revealed that Peach can still glide even when she does not have a skirt on) and the Super Smash Bros. series, and Peach is also shown using it in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. In New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and New Super Mario Bros. 2, she is shown to be able to slow down her descent from a fairly large height.

Princess Peach using her Super Strike, the Royal Strike, in Super Mario Strikers.
Peach's Super Strike, the "Royal Strike", in Super Mario Strikers

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Peach is shown to have impressive healing abilities like Therapy and Group Hug, and this ability is seen again in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door when she overcomes the Shadow Queen's mind control over her to heal Mario and his party. She has occasionally been shown to have telepathic powers, like in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, when she calls out to Mario as a hologram in Dark Land, or when she and Starlow combine powers to drain and then send Bowser flying in the beginning if Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Additionally, in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, her Final Smash, Peach Blossom, puts her opponents to sleep. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Peach has a powerful special attack called the Peach Bomber, where hip-checking her opponents engulfs them in an explosion. Earlier, Super Mario RPG also linked her with explosions, as one of her attacks, Psych Bomb, involved throwing bombs at her opponents, and a similar scene occurred in the Super Mario Adventures comic, when she used a barrage of bombs against the Koopalings. In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, she was also shown to have enough strength to not just telekinetically throw Bowser out of her castle, but throw him far into the forest outside Toad Town. However, it's implied that she was only able to do this with Starlow's help, largely because Starlow had weakened Bowser earlier. She also was powerful enough to counteract Bowser's magic, which was the initial reason why Bowser had abducted her in Super Mario Bros.

In general, however, Peach's special abilities and powers usually involve hearts. They are mostly seen in the sports installments including, but not limited to, Mario Power Tennis (Sweet Kiss Return), Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (Heart Shot), Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Super Mario Strikers (heart trails follow the balls after special hits). Her special item in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is also a heart, and allows her to co-opt others' attacks. Besides hearts alone, Peach will sometimes use the power of love to combat her opponents in sports, such as her Super Peach Spin offensive shot in Mario Power Tennis, or how her Heart Swing in Mario Super Sluggers dazes any male player who tries to catch it, while the other females are immune. In addition, many of her abilities in Super Mario RPG have a heart as her magic symbol. Additionally, the Super Smash Bros. series as of Brawl has generally given her moves more of an embellished feminine flair, such as replacing certain moves and adding details like ribbons, rainbows, sparkles, and hearts to others (including replacing the Peach Bomber's explosion with hearts).

Aside from her magical abilities, she is also shown in a few games to be a good chef, or at least a good baker, such as the Modern version of Chef in some of the Game & Watch Gallery games, as well as Paper Mario, when she has to bake a cake for Gourmet Guy in exchange for information regarding Mario. In addition, incidental dialogue from Toad after getting a star on the Peach's Birthday Cake board from Mario Party revealed that she was responsible for the titular cake's creation. She also was shown to be good at chemistry, having created an invisibility potion with the help of TEC in an attempt to retrieve vital information on the X-Nauts' plans from Grodus's office.

During her trek on Vibe Island in Super Princess Peach, she also was shown to utilize various Vibe Powers, with Gloom making her run faster and use tears to grow plants, Rage making her shake the ground upon landing and burn hot enough to melt ice, Calm letting her heal herself, and Joy making her fly and spin foes and objects with a whirlwind.

Relationships

Family

Peach and Toadsworth are at the entrance of the Baseball Kingdom, awaiting the arrival of Mario and others riding a yacht in the opening cinematic.
Peach and Toadsworth greeting their friends in the Mario Super Sluggers opening

The Mushroom King as well as the Mushroom Queen are the only confirmed members of her family in the games, although very little is known about them. According to his depiction in the Nintendo Comics System, while he does embarrass her with his general foolishness, she knows he has good intentions and loves him dearly. Other media have shed light on Peach's other relatives, such as Gramma Toadstool, another grandmother, and her mother. In Mario Superstar Baseball, a Lakitu mistakenly refers to Toadsworth as Peach's grandpa, but in reality, while he is very protective of her and has cared for her ever since she was a baby, he is actually her longtime steward and has no actual family relation. Similar confusion surrounds an elderly chambermaid Toad referred to as Grandma by Peach in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars; however, it is most likely that this was a term of endearment carried over from the Japanese version, where it is more common to use familial terms for non-relatives. In the Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Kart Wii official guides published by Prima and licensed by Nintendo, Daisy's biographies state that Peach is her cousin, but that statement has yet to be proven in the games themselves. Similarly, according to the PRIMA Official Game Guide for Super Mario Galaxy, Rosalina was initially intended to be a relative of Peach's, hence her similar physical appearance to Peach, although this concept was dropped.[11] In the Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. adaptation of Momotarō, Ojīsan and Obāsan are the parents of Princess Peach. In the Super Mario Land 4 manga, a descendant of her is seen working for the Federation Army, alongside Mario's, during the event of the Solar Striker game.

Friends and love interests

Official LINE sticker from the Super Mario series.
LINE sticker of Mario and Peach
“Oh Mario! You came to the party to see me! You're so sweet! Thank you!♥”
Princess Peach, Paper Mario

Mario, being her most frequent rescuer, is Peach's love interest. The two are shown to have been close friends since childhood in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, and the comic "Warios Weihnachtsmärchen," published in the German Club Nintendo magazine, reveals that they spent their graduation ball in school together. Peach has sent Toads to help Luigi when Mario disappears in Luigi's Mansion, and she herself rescues all three of them from Bowser in Super Princess Peach, as well as saving Mario and one of his allies from the Icicle Golem in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. In Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!, Peach is willing to put herself into a forced marriage with Bowser if it means saving Mario's life. They also share good chemistry together as "buddy players" in Mario Superstar Baseball and Mario Super Sluggers.

Ending scene in Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land
Luigi often reacts the same way as Mario when Peach kisses him.

Numerous games, alternate media, and supplemental material depict Mario and Peach as having mutual romantic affection for each other as well as a friendship. In Mario Party 5, Peach and Mario are called "Cutest Couple," and the official guide for Mario Party 8 states that Peach is the apple of Mario's eye. In the official guide of Yoshi's Island DS, the description for Baby Mario and Baby Peach: Dynamic Duo mentions the "romantic entanglements" in their adult lives, while the official Mario Kart: Double Dash!! guide reads, "Aw, isn’t that cute? Mario and Peach are together again." In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Peach calls Mario her "knight in shining armor," and in the first Paper Mario, one of the Toads tells Mario to take Peach on a date to Shooting Star Summit. In Super Princess Peach, after Peach rescues Mario, she enthusiastically calls and runs towards him and happily dances with him in celebration. Rosalina refers to Peach as Mario's "special one" in Super Mario Galaxy, with the two seen holding hands toward the ending of the game. In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Lubba and two other Lumas refer to Peach as Mario's "special one." Mario Power Tennis even goes as far as showing Mario himself telling Peach of his love for her in Peach's victory scene, which she responds to with a smile and a blown kiss. Also, in Mario's victory scene in Mario Power Tennis, Peach gives him a small kiss on his cheek. Further, in Super Mario Odyssey, after kidnapping her, Bowser declares his intention to make Peach marry him, and Mario's main motivation is to stop Bowser from taking Peach's hand in marriage by force. While Peach does care for Mario, there are times where she gets annoyed if Mario misbehaves. A notable example of this is in the ending to Super Mario Odyssey, where, after Mario attempts to prevent Bowser from getting her hand in marriage by behaving in a similar aggressive manner, she shouts, "Enough!" and storms off in a huff, although she nonetheless calms down enough to tell Mario and Bowser that they should all go back home, and the post-game shows she forgave Mario for the earlier incident.

Peach's obedient servant is Toad, who dotes upon and attempts to protect her despite his fear of Bowser, often getting himself kidnapped along with her in the process. Toad's collectible card from Super Mario Galaxy states that he even formed the Toad Brigade and followed Peach and Bowser to space in order to try to save her, while in numerous other games, he is the one to go alert Mario about Peach's disappearance. They have good chemistry in the Mario Baseball games, and their team names in the Mario Party series include "Royal Family" and "Loyal Friends." In the Super Smash Bros. games, Peach holds Toad in front of herself for protection, though he is shown to be reluctant and attacks out of fear. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, however, Toad acts like a proper bodyguard and blocks opponents off from Peach.

Another of Peach's closest friends is Luigi, who often helps Mario rescue her. There has been inconsistencies whenever Luigi is attracted to Peach, as in the platformers, Peach kisses Luigi the same way she kisses Mario, and he reacts the same way. In Mario Power Tennis, when winning a trophy, Peach blows kisses to Mario and Luigi, who both swoon in love. However, individual interaction in other games show that there are no romantic feelings between them. The two share good chemistry in Mario Superstar Baseball but not in its sequel, Mario Super Sluggers.

Princess Peach and Princess Daisy holding a gift. Official Artwork by Nintendo used for advertising.
Peach and Daisy helping each other carry a large present.

Peach and Daisy have been shown to be best friends since Daisy first became playable in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. If something involves partners in the Super Mario spin-offs, the two will usually be a team, from various sports games to Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Mario Super Sluggers is the first game to show the two sharing dialog, wherein Peach reveals that she has concerns for Daisy's welfare. Nintendo's Mario Power Tennis website says that Daisy is Peach's "sister in arms," a term used to describe a close friendship, and while the Prima guides for Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Kart Wii say that they are cousins, no known first-party material has ever confirmed or denied this. Prior to Daisy's comeback appearance in the games and by extension the establishment of their being best friends, however, a 4-koma segment of the Super Mario-kun manga depicts Peach as being jealous of Daisy receiving attention from Mario to the extent that she throws a mushroom at him out of frustration.

Yoshi is another one of Peach's closest friends, who saved her as a baby alongside the other babies in Yoshi's Island DS. The two share good chemistry is most games, and he has also helped Mario save her in a number of games, including Super Mario 64 DS. He also helps Mario save Peach's friends at her request in Yoshi's Safari.

Peach is on friendly terms with numerous other characters. In the baseball games, she shares good chemistry with Toadette, who is on her starting team, and in Mario Party DS, she gives Toadette a set of touching trumpets. While Peach and Rosalina did not speak in the Super Mario Galaxy games, the two were shown to become fast friends upon meeting in issue 38 of the Super Mario-kun manga, and they were also shown to work together in Super Mario 3D World. While Wario has sometimes shown antagonism towards Peach, such as in Mario Power Tennis, he helps save her in Super Mario 64 DS and is invited to have cake as thanks. He also attempts to retrieve a stolen statue of Peach in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (albeit with the selfish motivation of trying to hold it for ransom to gain his own castle), and he appears to have a crush on her in the Mario & Wario arc of the Super Mario Adventures comic, seeing as he tries to outdo Mario and buy Peach's prize item, a Samus Doll, for her birthday. Furthermore, the comic "Warios Weihnachtsmärchen" reveals that Peach turned Wario down and instead accompanied Mario to their high school graduation ball.

Though initially not getting along, the relationship between Peach and Rabbid Peach later improved.

Initially, Peach was unable to get along with her Rabbid counterpart, due to the latter feeling jealousy towards the former's relationship with Mario. Rabbid Peach has tried to get Mario's attention several times and got frustrated when Peach approached them. When Mario and company came to the revamped Mushroom Kingdom, Rabbid Peach looked at Peach with disgust, to the point of touching her dress and then looking away. Peach herself does not show animosity towards her Rabbid counterpart, and she is willing to cooperate with her to stop the Megabug. Although not fond of her counterpart, Rabbid Peach nonetheless has some respect for her, such as placing the Icicle Golem's head in place before stepping aside while making a gesture indicating that the Rabbid's counterpart is free to kick it back into the freezer. After defeating the said villain, Peach constructs a new statue of Rabbid Peach holding a Power Star, much to the latter's delight. Then, Rabbid Peach invites all of her teammates, including Peach, to take a group selfie. Promotional artwork for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle shows Peach and Rabbid Peach taking a selfie together, with the former winking and putting up a V sign.

The opening of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games and the story mode for the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games show Peach, alongside Daisy, being great friends with Amy Rose and Blaze the Cat, having a special victory animation with the former in the sequels while sharing a similar rational with the latter.

Foes

Bowser and Peach's sham wedding in the prologue of Super Paper Mario
“I'll tell you what: I'll smile if you make everything as it was before you showed up!”
Princess Peach, Paper Mario

Bowser has repeatedly kidnapped Peach and invaded her kingdom to rule the world but also as part of his attraction to her. Peach, however, strongly dislikes Bowser for harming her close friends and putting her into distress. She is frightened or apprehensive of Bowser, such as being startled at Mario upon seeing Bowser on his side in Super Mario RPG and sobbing over her captivity in the Super Mario anime movie. Peach discovers his feelings toward her in Paper Mario, but in other games, Peach immediately notices his attraction, such as his attempting to get her to kiss him in public in Mario Power Tennis. When the situation calls for it, however, she will sweet-talk him to persuade him into teaming up with her and Mario in Super Paper Mario, and she occasionally shows him goodwill, such as baking him a thank-you cake at the end of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story; she has also hesitated when she had to leave him to his presumed demise in Super Paper Mario.

In Super Paper Mario, Nastasia uses mind control to force Peach to marry the willing Bowser in order to fulfill an ancient prophesy, but while Peach considers the wedding a sham and refuses to acknowledge it, Bowser insists on calling her his wife throughout the game, even as they team up to defeat Count Bleck. Peach also rejected Bowser's advances to marriage in the Super Mario Adventures comic and Super Mario Odyssey.

In Super Mario Sunshine, Bowser had lied to his son that Peach was his mother, and while it was later revealed that Bowser Jr. knew it was a lie all along, he went along with it anyway, and even continued to affectionately refer to her as "mama" in Mario Superstar Baseball. Likewise, Peach, when Bowser Jr. revealed their "relationship" to both Mario and her, expressed shock and confusion at her being his mother.

She also held some animosity towards Mimi, especially after the latter implied that Peach was only good for getting herself kidnapped. This resulted in her being outraged enough at her insult that she insisted on fighting her alone, even snapping at Mario and Luigi to leave before fighting her. Nonetheless, despite her animosity, she risked her life to save Mimi when they were in danger of falling due to the Void's increasing power.

The public

Peach posters and pictures in a Koopa's house

Peach is widely respected in the Mushroom Kingdom and beyond. Her Toads are very loyal, and her citizens adore her. Many people in the Mushroom Kingdom and beyond buy and even collect merchandise of her. In Paper Mario, there is a "Secret Sale" that offers "beautiful photos of Princess Peach", and a Peach doll named Dolly is owned by Goombaria and longed for by Jr. Troopa. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, there is a Koopa Troopa Peach fan in Petalburg who collects Peach merchandise, including pictures, photos, and even a life-sized print he keeps at his window, which he claims he would risk life and limb to protect.

Leitmotif

Main article: Ending (Super Mario Bros.)

Since her debut, Peach has had as her theme a repetitive 4-bar musical theme, with it being expanded in VS. Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, and Super Mario Bros. 3 to feature chimes nearing the end before it loops. The Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels version was what Koji Kondo envisioned for the theme originally, but it had to be cut short due to memory limits in the original game.[12] In later games, the music varied between either something akin to Richard Wagner's Bridal Chorus (Paper Mario) or ballet-style music (New Super Mario Bros. series, Paper Mario: Color Splash, and Super Mario Odyssey).

List of game appearances by date

Title Role Original release date System/format
Super Mario Bros. Non-playable character September 13, 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System
VS. Super Mario Bros. Non-playable character March 7, 1986 VS. System
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Non-playable character June 3, 1986 Family Computer Disk System
Super Mario Bros. Special Non-playable character June 3, 1986 NEC PC-88, Sharp X1
Super Mario Bros. Non-playable character June 25, 1986 Game & Watch
I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater Cameo (artwork) August 27, 1986 Family Computer Disk System
All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. Non-playable character December 20, 1986 Family Computer Disk System
Super Mario Bros. 2 Playable character October, 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros. 3 Non-playable character October 28, 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System
Tetris Non-playable character November, 1989 Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros. Non-playable character 1989 Nelsonic Game Watch
Qix Non-playable character May 1990 Game Boy
Princess Toadstool's Castle Run Playable character September 28, 1990 Super Mario Bros. Watch
Super Mario World Non-playable character November 21, 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros. Print World Cameo (artwork) March 30, 1991 MS-DOS, Apple II, Tandy 1000, Commodore 64, IBM JX
NES Open Tournament Golf Non-playable character September 20, 1991 Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo PlayChoice-10
Mario Roulette Cameo (icon) 1991 Arcade
Mario Teaches Typing Non-playable character March 8, 1992 MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Tandy 1000
Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up Non-playable character March 24, 1992 MS-DOS
Super Mario Kart Playable character August 27, 1992 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Yoshi's Cookie Opponent November 21, 1992 Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Cameo (in-game poster) June 6, 1993 Game Boy
Mario is Missing! (CD ROM Deluxe) Non-playable character July 1993 MS-DOS
Super Mario All-Stars Playable character (Super Mario Bros. 2), non-playable in other games July 14, 1993 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Yoshi's Safari Non-playable character July 14, 1993 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Mario & Wario Guidable character August 27, 1993 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Mario Undōkai Non-playable character (Yoshi Race) August 27, 1993 Arcade
Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters Playable character 1993 Super Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Cameo (stolen statue) January 21, 1994 Game Boy
Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers Non-playable character September 1994 Super Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS
Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun Playable character November 1994 Super Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS
Hotel Mario Non-playable character 1994 Philips CD-i
Mario's Game Gallery Non-playable character February 23, 1995 MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows
Mario's Tennis Playable character July 21, 1995 Virtual Boy
Mario Clash Non-playable character September 28, 1995 Virtual Boy
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Unlockable playable character (Party Member) March 9, 1996 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Kirby Super Star Cameo (Spring Breeze) March 21, 1996 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario 64 Non-playable character June 23, 1996 Nintendo 64
Mario Teaches Typing 2 Cameo (title screen) October 31, 1996 Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
Mario Kart 64 Playable character December 14, 1996 Nintendo 64
Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium (Ep. 3) Playable character 1997 Satellaview
Game & Watch Gallery Non-playable character February 1, 1997 Game Boy
Game & Watch Gallery 2 Playable character September 27, 1997 Game Boy
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Cameo (in-game photo) November 23, 1998 Nintendo 64
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX Cameo (in-game poster) December 12, 1998 Game Boy Color
Mario Party Playable character December 18, 1998 Nintendo 64
Game & Watch Gallery 3 Non-playable character April 8, 1999 Game Boy Color
Mario Golf Playable character June 11, 1999 Nintendo 64
Mario Golf Non-playable character August 10, 1999 Game Boy Color
Mario Party 2 Playable character December 17, 1999 Nintendo 64
Mario Tennis Playable character July 21, 2000 Nintendo 64
Paper Mario Playable character (Peach interludes) August 11, 2000 Nintendo 64
Mario Tennis Playable character November 1, 2000 Game Boy Color
Mario Party 3 Playable character December 7, 2000 Nintendo 64
Super Mario Advance Playable character (Super Mario Bros. 2) March 21, 2001 Game Boy Advance
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Playable character July 21, 2001 Game Boy Advance
Luigi's Mansion Mentioned September 14, 2001 Nintendo GameCube
Super Smash Bros. Melee Playable character November 21, 2001 Nintendo GameCube
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Non-playable character (Super Mario World) December 14, 2001 Game Boy Advance
Super Mario Sunshine Non-playable character July 19, 2002 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Party 4 Playable character October 21, 2002 Nintendo GameCube
Game & Watch Gallery 4 Playable character October 28, 2002 Game Boy Advance
Nintendo Puzzle Collection Opponent (Yoshi no Cookie) February 7, 2003 Nintendo Gamecube
Mario Party-e Non-playable character (Cast Away Mario!, Mario's Mallet) February 17, 2003 Game Boy Advance
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Non-playable character (Super Mario Bros. 3) July 11, 2003 Game Boy Advance
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour Playable character July 28, 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Playable character November 7, 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Party 5 Playable character November 10, 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Non-playable character November 17, 2003 Game Boy Advance
Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land Playable character 2003 Arcade
Mario Golf: Advance Tour Playable character April 22, 2004 Game Boy Advance
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Playable character (Peach intermissions) July 22, 2004 Nintendo GameCube
WarioWare: Twisted! Cameo in microgame October 14, 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mario Power Tennis Playable character October 28, 2004 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Party 6 Playable character November 18, 2004 Nintendo GameCube
Super Mario 64 DS Non-playable character November 21, 2004 Nintendo DS
Mario Pinball Land Non-playable character November 26, 2004 Game Boy Advance
Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party Playable character 2005 Arcade
Mario Party Advance Playable character January 13, 2005 Game Boy Advance
NBA Street V3 Playable character February 8, 2005 Nintendo Gamecube
Yakuman DS Playable character March 31, 2005 Nintendo DS
Mario Superstar Baseball Playable character July 21, 2005 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Tennis: Power Tour Playable character September 13, 2005 Game Boy Advance
Mario Kart Arcade GP Playable character October 2005 Arcade
SSX on Tour Playable character October 20, 2005 Nintendo Gamecube
Super Princess Peach Main Protagonist, Playable character October 20, 2005 Nintendo DS
Mario Party 7 Playable character November 7, 2005 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Kart DS Playable character November 14, 2005 Nintendo DS
Super Mario Strikers Playable character November 18, 2005 Nintendo GameCube
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Non-playable character November 28, 2005 Nintendo DS
Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party 2 Playable character 2006 Arcade
New Super Mario Bros. Non-playable character May 15, 2006 Nintendo DS
Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Playable character July 27, 2006 Nintendo DS
WarioWare: Smooth Moves Cameo (Opening Night microgame) December 2, 2006 Wii
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 Playable character 2007 Arcade
Picross DS Cameo (Extra Levels) January 25, 2007 Nintendo DS
Super Paper Mario Unlockable playable character April 19, 2007 Wii
Mario Strikers Charged Playable character May 25, 2007 Wii
Mario Party 8 Playable character May 29, 2007 Wii
Itadaki Street DS Playable character June 21, 2007 Nintendo DS
Super Mario Galaxy Non-playable character November 1, 2007 Wii
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Playable character November 6, 2007 Wii
Mario Party DS Playable character November 8, 2007 Nintendo DS
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Playable character January 17, 2008 Nintendo DS
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Playable character January 31, 2008 Wii
Mario Kart Wii Playable character April 10, 2008 Wii
Mario Super Sluggers Playable character (unlockable in Challenge Mode) June 19, 2008 Wii
Kirby Super Star Ultra Cameo (Spring Breeze) September 22, 2008 Nintendo DS
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis Playable character January 15, 2009 Wii
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Non-playable character February 14, 2009 Nintendo DS
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Playable character October 13, 2009 Wii
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Playable character October 13, 2009 Nintendo DS
Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher Playable character 2009 Arcade
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Non-playable character November 12, 2009 Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Non-playable character May 23, 2010 Wii
Mario Sports Mix Playable character November 25, 2010 Wii
Pushmo Cameo (Nintendo Murals) October 5, 2011 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario 3D Land Non-playable character November 3, 2011 Nintendo 3DS
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Playable character November 15, 2011 Wii
Fortune Street Unlockable playable character December 1, 2011 Wii
Mario Kart 7 Playable character December 1, 2011 Nintendo 3DS
StreetPass Mii Plaza Cameo (Puzzle Swap) 2012 Nintendo 3DS
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Playable character (Girls Group Events) February 9, 2012 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Party 9 Playable character March 2, 2012 Wii
Mario Tennis Open Playable character May 20, 2012 Nintendo 3DS
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Non-playable character July 28, 2012 Nintendo 3DS
Paper Mario: Sticker Star Non-playable character November 11, 2012 Nintendo 3DS
Scribblenauts: Unlimited Non-playable character November 13, 2012 Wii U
New Super Mario Bros. U Non-playable character November 18, 2012 Wii U
Mario Party Whirling Carnival Playable character 2012 Arcade
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Non-playable character July 12, 2013 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX Playable character July 2013 Arcade
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Playable character November 8, 2013 Wii U
Super Mario 3D World Playable character November 21, 2013 Wii U
Mario Party: Island Tour Playable character November 22, 2013 Nintendo 3DS
NES Remix 2 Playable character April 24, 2014 Wii U
Mario Golf: World Tour Playable character May 1, 2014 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 8 Playable character May 29, 2014 Wii U
Pushmo World Cameo (Nintendo Murals) October 5, 2011 Nintendo 3DS
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Playable character September 13, 2014 Nintendo 3DS
Ultimate NES Remix Playable character November 7, 2014 Wii U
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Non-playable character November 13, 2014 Wii U
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Playable character November 21, 2014 Wii U
Nintendo Badge Arcade Badges December 17, 2014 Nintendo 3DS
Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy+ Cameo (amiibo fighter jet decal) January 29, 2015 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Party 10 Playable character March 12, 2015 Wii U
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition Unlockable playable character April 29, 2015 Nintendo 3DS
Stretchmo Cameo (Papa Blox's NES Expo) May 13, 2015 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Maker Costume Mario transformation, Non-playable character September 10, 2015 Wii U
Picross 3D: Round 2 Cameo (amiibo puzzle) October 1, 2015 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash Playable character November 20, 2015 Wii U
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Non-playable character December 3, 2015 Nintendo 3DS
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition Playable character February 2016 Arcade
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Playable character (Golf, 100m Freestyle Swimming) February 18, 2016 Nintendo 3DS
Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Patch 5) Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up May 17, 2016 Wii U
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Playable character June 23, 2016 Wii U
Paper Mario: Color Splash Non-playable character October 7, 2016 Wii U
Mario Party: Star Rush Playable character October 7, 2016 Nintendo 3DS
Swapdoodle Cameo (artwork) November 17, 2016 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS Non-playable character December 1, 2016 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Run Unlockable playable character December 15, 2016 iOS, Android
Miitomo Cameo (artwork) 2016 iOS, Android
Mario Sports Superstars Playable character March 10, 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Playable character April 28, 2017 Nintendo Switch
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up May 11, 2017 Nintendo Switch
Hey! Pikmin Cameo (amiibo treasure) July 13, 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Unlockable playable character August 29, 2017 Nintendo Switch
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions Non-playable character October 5, 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Odyssey Non-playable character October 27, 2017 Nintendo Switch
Mario Party: The Top 100 Playable character November 10, 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition (version 1.5.25) Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up June 5, 2018 Nintendo 3DS
Minecraft Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up June 21, 2018 Nintendo Switch
Mario Tennis Aces Playable character June 22, 2018 Nintendo Switch
WarioWare: Gold Cameo (amiibo Tap, Wario's amiibo Sketch) June 22, 2018 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Party Playable character October 5, 2018 Nintendo Switch
Luigi's Mansion Mentioned October 12, 2018 Nintendo 3DS
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Unlockable playable character December 7, 2018 Nintendo Switch
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey Non-playable character December 27, 2018 Nintendo 3DS
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Non-playable character January 11, 2019 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Maker 2 Non-playable character June 28, 2019 Nintendo Switch
Dr. Mario World Unlockable playable character July 9, 2019 iOS, Android
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Cameo (in-game poster) September 20, 2019 Nintendo Switch
Mario Kart Tour Unlockable playable character September 25, 2019 iOS, Android
Luigi's Mansion 3 Non-playable character October 31, 2019 Nintendo Switch
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Playable character November 1, 2019 Nintendo Switch
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition Playable character January 23, 2020 Arcade
Paper Mario: The Origami King Non-playable character July 17, 2020 Nintendo Switch
Tetris 99 Cameo (15th, 20th, 28th and 33rd Maximus Cups) July 31, 2020 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario 3D All-Stars Non-playable character September 18, 2020 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Playable character (Super Mario 3D World) February 12, 2021 Nintendo Switch
Mario Golf: Super Rush Playable character June 25, 2021 Nintendo Switch
Mario Party Superstars Playable character October 29, 2021 Nintendo Switch
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (version 2.0.0) Playable character (Relay Mode) November 17, 2021 Nintendo Switch
Mario Strikers: Battle League Playable character June 10, 2022 Nintendo Switch
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Playable character October 20, 2022 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Playable character October 20, 2023 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario RPG Unlockable playable character (Party Member) November 17, 2023 Nintendo Switch
Princess Peach: Showtime! Main Protagonist, Playable character March 22, 2024 Nintendo Switch
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Playable character (Peach intermissions) May 23, 2024 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Party Jamboree Playable character October 17, 2024 Nintendo Switch
Mario & Luigi: Brothership Non-playable character November 7, 2024 Nintendo Switch

Profiles and statistics

Main article: List of Princess Peach profiles and statistics
Princess Peach's stats from the Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games website
Peach emblem from Mario Kart 8Peach's horn emblem from Mario Kart 8
Princess Peach's emblems from Mario Kart 8

Princess Peach's bios typically describe her as the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom and the Toads, as well as mentioning her tendency to get kidnapped by Bowser. In most Super Mario sports games, she is classed as a Technique type character, and in the Mario Kart series, she is classed as either a lightweight or middleweight character. Her emblem is her crown.

Portrayals

The following voice actresses have portrayed Princess Peach during the course of Super Mario franchise history:

English

Other languages

Mami Yamase, a pop singer, voiced Peach in Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!, marking the first time the character was given an official voice.

In the foreign-language dubs of the DIC cartoons, Peach was dubbed by the following actresses:

  • Latin American Spanish: María Fernanda Morales (Super Show!), Dulce María Romay (Super Mario Bros. 3), and Rocío Robledo (Super Mario World)
  • Castilian Spanish: Pilar Santigosa
  • French: Super Show! - Stéphanie Murat (original), Virginie Ledieu (redub); Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World - Isabelle Volpé
  • German: Sabine Bohlmann
  • Italian: Alessandra Karpoff
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Guilene Conte (main), Eleonora Prado (alternate portrayer in Super Mario Bros. 3)
  • European Portuguese: Ana Vieira, Flora Mirona, and Márcia Menezes
  • Swedish: Louise Raeder (Super Show!), Nina Gunke (Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World)
  • Hungarian: Fazekas Zsuzsa (first voice), Solecki Janka (Super Mario World and redubs)
  • Finnish: Liisa Paatso
  • Russian: Olga Golovanova (Super Mario Bros. 3), Daria Frolova (Super Mario World)
  • Romanian: Oana Avram (Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World)

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Princess Peach.

Quotes

Main article: List of Princess Peach quotes
  • "Thank you, Mario!"

- General quote used whenever rescued from Bowser or another enemy in a game

  • "Mario, you're my knight in shining armor!"

- When rescued from Booster in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

  • "Mario, be careful! I have a bad feeling about this..."

- When spoken to on the Delfino Airstrip in Super Mario Sunshine.

  • "Stay out of this! I am a princess, and she has thrown mud at my dignity! You two leave me be! UNDERSTOOD?!"

- Commanding Mario and Luigi to let her fight Mimi on her own in Super Paper Mario.

  • "Oh, did I win?"

- Victory quote in the Super Smash Bros. series.

  • "My travels with Tiara were wonderful - so many memories! And I realized something...how important it is to see different things and talk with different people, that no matter what kingdom you're in, people smile with the same sparkle! We have to do what we can with our time to smiles on as many faces as possible! So I've decided to invite people from all around the world to the castle!"

- When encountered in the Mushroom Kingdom in the postgame of Super Mario Odyssey.

Audio samples

Audio.svg Super Mario 64 - "Dear Mario: Please come to the castle. I've baked a cake for you. Yours truly-- Princess Toadstool, Peach." - At the opening (Leslie Swan, 1996)
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Audio.svg Mario Kart 64 (Japanese version) - "Get ready!" - When selected (Asako Kozuki, 1996)
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Audio.svg Super Smash Bros. Melee - "Oh, did I win?" - Winning a Versus match (Jen Taylor, 2001)
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Audio.svg Super Mario Strikers - "Pass it to me! Pass it to me!" (Nicole Mills, 2005)
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Audio.svg Super Mario Galaxy - "MARIO!" (Samantha Kelly, 2007; also used in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario 3D Land, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, and others)
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Audio.svg Super Mario 3D World - "Yay! Peach! Let's go!" - When selected from the file selection screen (Samantha Kelly, 2013)
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Names in other languages

Main article: List of Princess Peach names in other languages
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ピーチひめ[?]
Pīchi-hime
Princess Peach
Albanian Princeshë Këpurdhë[13] Princess Toadstool Super Mario World television series
Arabic الأميرة الضفدع[14]
Al-amirh Aldfd'e
Princess Toadstool DIC cartoons
Catalan Princesa Peach[?] Princess Peach The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Chinese (simplified) 碧姬公主[15]
Bìjī Gōngzhǔ
Princess Peach
桃花公主[?]
Táohuā Gōngzhǔ
Princess Peach Flower iQue localization, before December 23, 2022
Chinese (traditional) 碧琪公主[16]
Bìqí Gōngzhǔ
Princess Peach Before New Super Mario Bros. Wii
碧姬公主[?]
Bìjī Gōngzhǔ
Princess Peach; "姬" also means "Princess" by itself.
Czech Princezna Peach[?] Princess Peach
Danish Prinsesse Peach[?] Princess Peach
Prinsesse Slørhat[17] Princess Cortinarius The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Prinsesse Toadstool[18] Princess Toadstool The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Dutch Prinses Peach[?] Princess Peach
Prinses Paddestoel[19][20] Princess Mushrump Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2
Finnish Prinsessa Peach[?] Princess Peach
Prinsessa Kanttarelli[?] Princess Chanterelle Super Mario Bros.
Prinsessa Toadstool[21] Princess Toadstool DIC cartoons
Prinsessa Kultakutri[?] Princess Goldilocks Super Mario World, Super Mario 64
French Princesse Peach[?] Princess Peach
Princesse[?] Princess older games
Princesse Toadstool[?] Princess Toadstool older games
Princesse Champignon[22][23] Princess Mushroom Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo Comics System
German Prinzessin Peach[?] Princess Peach
Prinzessin Toadstool[24] Princess Toadstool DIC cartoons
Greek Πριγκίπισσα Πίτς[?]
Prigipissa Pits
Princess Peach
Πριγκίπισσα Τοάντστουλ[25]
Pringípissa Toántstoul
Princess Toadstool DIC cartoons
Hebrew 'הנסיכה פיץ[?]
Hansikha Pich
Princess Peach
Hungarian Peach hercegnő[?] Princess Peach
Italian Principessa Peach[?] Princess Peach
Principessa Amarena[26] Princess Cherry DIC cartoons
Principessa Toadstool[?] Princess Toadstool NES Super Mario Bros. instruction booklet
Korean 피치 공주[?]
Pichi Gongju
Princess Peach
Norwegian Prinsesse Peach[?] Princess Peach
Prinsesse Fluesopp[27] Princess Fly Agaric DIC cartoons
Polish Księżniczka Peach[?] Princess Peach
Portuguese Princesa Peach[?] Princess Peach
Princesa Cogumelo[28] Princess Toadstool DIC cartoons
Romanian Peach[?] - The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Prințesa Piersicuță[?] Princess Peach; piersicuță is a diminutive form of piersică ("peach"). McDonald's Romania 2013 Happy Meal promotionMedia:McDonaldsRomania2013Banner.jpg
Prințesa Ciupercuță[29] Princess Toadstool; ciupercuță is a diminutive form of ciupercă ("mushroom"). DIC cartoons
Russian Принцесса Пич[?]
Printsessa Pich
Princess Peach
Принцесса Поганка[30]
Printsessa Poganka
Princess Toadstool DIC cartoons
Spanish (NOA) Princesa Peach[?] Princess Peach games and The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Princesa Seta[31] Princess Mushroom DIC cartoons
Spanish (NOE) Princesa Peach[?] Princess Peach games and The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Princesa Sapolina[32] Princess Sapolina (from sapo, meaning "toad") DIC cartoons
Swedish Prinsessan Peach[?] Princess Peach
Prinsessan Flugsvamp[33] Princess Fly Agaric DIC cartoons
Thai เจ้าหญิงพีช[34]
Chao-ying Phich
Princess Peach

Trivia

  • Toadstool is described as a "fairy Princess" in the 47th issue of the United Kingdom Nintendo Magazine System.[35]
  • Peach was misnamed as "Princess Daisy" in the 49th issue of the Australian Nintendo Magazine System.[36]

References

  1. ^ "Yours truly- - Princess Toadstool (Peach)" - Peach's letter in Super Mario 64 (Note: parentheses indicate a disjunct between "Peach" and the rest of the text, originally represented by a different color, font, and angle in the letter.)
  2. ^ a b "Today, in the Mushroom Kingdom, it was discovered that Princess Peach Toadstool's castle is standing empty with no sign of the missing inhabitants." – 1996. Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 4.
  3. ^ "Officially known as Princess Peach Toadstool, our little monarch has a long history with Mario." – Young, Jason (August 21, 2000). Mario Tennis Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3133-5. Page 21.
  4. ^ Iwata Asks | 4. My First Project: Draw a Rug | Iwata Asks: Nintendo DSi | Nintendo. Nintendo of Europe (British English). Retrieved May 19, 2024. (Archived via archive.today.)
  5. ^ Iwata Asks. Volume 8 - Flipnote Studio - An Animation Class. Nintendo of UK. Archived May 25, 2012, 10:11:51 UTC from the original via archive.today. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  6. ^ February 2010. "Shigeru Miyamoto on the origin of the names of Mario and his friends". Nintendo DREAM (jp). Retrieved May 19, 2024. Note: The Japanese word for pink (桃色, momoiro) literally means "peach-colored."
  7. ^ Gaming Historian (September 30, 2021). How the Mario Characters Got Their Names (08:02). YouTube. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! pamphletMedia:MarioBrosMovieHeightChart.jpg
  9. ^ Supper Mario Broth. The booklet included with the official soundtrack for the 1986 anime movie "Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!" lists Mario's, Luigi's and Peach's intended heights, weights and ages at the time of the movie's release. Of course, due to the many redesigns the characters have had in the decades since, these statistics are no longer reflective of Nintendo's current portrayal of the characters.". Tumblr. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  10. ^ "Chronologically, a seventeen-year-old..." – Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 writer's bible.
  11. ^ "In the early stages, we contemplated the idea that Rosalina was related to Peach, so that is why their features are very similar. Her long bangs represent her outward strength and inner sorrow and loneliness." – Black, Fletcher (November 9, 2007). Super Mario Galaxy PRIMA Official Game Guide (Premiere Edition). Prima Games (American English). Page 346.
  12. ^ Koji Kondo – 2001 Composer Interview. Schmuplations. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  13. ^ Bota e Super Marios - Episoda 8 | Linja telefonike festive (Dublimi Shqip, Çufo)
  14. ^ سوبر ماريو - سبيس تون
  15. ^ 部分角色的中文名稱變更通知. Nintendo HK. Retrieved December 23, 2022. (Archived December 23, 2022, 13:54:26 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  16. ^ Traditional Chinese title for Super Princess Peach (超級碧琪公主 Chāojí Bìqí Gōngzhǔ, Super Princess Peach). nintendo.tw. Archived January 9, 2013, 03:45:30 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  17. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Never Koop a koopa (Dansk)
  18. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (EP1 - Dansk - Den nærsynede fugl)
  19. ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) No. 2. Page 4.
  20. ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic. Page 30.
  21. ^ Super Mario Bros 1 VHS (Suomi)
  22. ^ French manual of Super Mario Bros. 2. Page 8.
  23. ^ «La douce et gentille Princesse Champignon appela au secours.» – 1992. Super Mario Bros. n° 1. Comics USA / Glénat (French). ISBN 978-2-87695-184-6. Page 3.
  24. ^ The Super Mario Bros Super Show! Folge 1 Sauberkeit ist alles / Der Vogel! Der Vogel!
  25. ^ Super Mario World - Episode 8 - Gopher Bash Greek Audio
  26. ^ Super Mario bros super show ita 1x01 Vola!Vola!
  27. ^ The Super Mario Bros Super Show S01E01 - The Bird! The Bird!/Neatness Counts (Norsk Fox Kids)
  28. ^ Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Apresentação Conta / O Pássaro, O Pássaro! (Alta Qualidade)
  29. ^ May 20, 2015. "Princess Toadstool for President", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo. Odnoklassniki (OK.ru). Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  30. ^ Приключения братьев Супер Марио 3 (все серии) (6+)
  31. ^ Super Mario Brothers Super Show in Spanish / En Español- ¡El pájaro! ¡El pájaro! - Episode 1
  32. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 - La princesa Sapolina para presidente (Doblaje castellano original)
  33. ^ Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 1 - Swedish
  34. ^ UIP Thailand (November 30, 2022). Thai version of the official trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie. YouTube. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  35. ^ "During his quest, Mario joins forces with a cloud who thinks he’s a tadpole, an animated doll, the King of the Koopas and a fairy Princess!" – August 1996. Nintendo Magazine System (UK) Issue 47. Page 90.
  36. ^ April 1997. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #49. Page 39Media:NMS Australia 49 MK64 drivers and items.jpg.