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|image=[[Image:PeachMP8Official.png|240px]]<br>'''Princess Peach''', in her most current appearance.
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|full_name=Princess Peach Toadstool
|image=[[File:Peach_Posing_Alt_3D_Artwork.png|175px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' (1985)
|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>
|affiliation=[[Mushroom Kingdom]]
|species=Human
|species= [[Human]] (part [[Toad (species)|Toad]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|latest_portrayal=[[Samantha Kelly]] ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]]–present)
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'''Princess Peach Toadstool''' (sometimes just called '''Peach''') is the princess of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], first appearing in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' She resides in [[Princess Peach's Castle|her castle]], the Peach Castle. She was created by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]. She is often the damsel in distress is most [[Mario]] games, and sometimes a playable character. Peach even starred in her own game, ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''.  
'''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]].


== Game Appearances ==
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!]]''


[[Image:PrincessSML.png|thumb|left|Peach, as she appears in many ''Super Mario'' games.]]
==Creation and development==
====Design====
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.


=== The Captive Princess ===
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.]]'', Princess Peach (renamed Princess Toadstool outside Japan until ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'') was kidnapped by [[King Bowser]], so [[Mario]] needed to rescue her. He went through eight castles, but each of the first seven was guarded by a [[False Bowser|fake Bowser]] and the only persons trapped there were [[Toad (species)|Toads]].
====Name====
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".


After completing all seven castles and defeating Bowser in the seventh, Mario finally found the princess and rescued her.
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''.


In ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', Toadstool got kidnapped by Bowser and rescued by Mario once again the same way as before in ''Super Mario Bros.''
==History==
{{main|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.


=== A Daring Damsel ===
==Appearance==
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', players could actually play as Princess Toadstool (as well as Mario, [[Luigi]] and [[Toad]]) on their quest to save the dream land of [[Subcon (place)|Subcon]] from the evil [[Wart]]. Her main ability was that she could float for a few seconds after each [[Jump]].
===Physical description===
 
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=== Another Kidnapping ===
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[[Image:Classic_Princess_Peach.png|thumb|right|Princess Peach in her classic look.]]
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In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the princess sent items to Mario and Luigi, while they saved the [[Mushroom King]]s. However, later on, Bowser kidnapped Toadstool and the Mario Bros. had to save her.
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=== In Trouble Again ===
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In ''[[Super Mario World]]'', Mario, Luigi and Toadstool were having a vacation in [[Dinosaur Land]] when Bowser once again kidnapped Peach. Mario and Luigi rescued Toadstool with the help of [[Yoshi]].
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=== Peach Power ===
[[Image:SMRPG_Peach.gif|thumb|left|Peach in ''Super Mario RPG''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', a SNES game made by Squaresoft, Toadstool was one of Mario's party members, along with [[Mallow]], [[Geno]] and Bowser.  At the beginning of the game, Bowser kidnapped her. Mario came to her aid, and fought Bowser. However, [[Exor]] crashed into [[Bowser's Castle|Bowser's Keep]], and sent the three flying in different directions. Peach landed in the [[Booster Tower|tower of Booster]]. [[Booster]] fell in love with her, and planned to force her to marry him, despite her cries of "MARIO, HELP ME! MARIO, HELP ME! MARIO, HELP ME!". After Mario had charged Booster Tower and defeated [[Knife Guy]] and [[Grate Guy]], Booster ran away with her up [[Booster Hill]], and reached [[Marrymore]], where he wanted to marry Toadstool as soon as possible. Mario managed to stop the wedding and took Toadstool back to the Mushroom Kingdom. However, she escaped from the castle with the help of her [[Grandma Toadstool|Grandma]], who was taking her disguise, and rejoined Mario's party.
 
Her healing abilities made her one of the most important members of the group. The game also introduced a '''Toadstool Clone''', which could use the same and more powerful attacks, such as [[Mega Recover]].
 
=== The Castle Kidnapping ===
''[[Super Mario 64]]'' once again reverted to the old plot: Save the princess from King Bowser. Toadstool baked a cake for Mario, but when he came to the castle, Toad told him that Bowser had kidnapped Peach again. It should be noted that this game is the first and only game to merge both names for the Princess. She signed her letter as "Princess Toadstool, Peach", which establishes Toadstool as her last name. Subsequent games use her first (or original) name exclusively outside of certain ports to Game Boy Advance.
 
=== A 2-Dimensional Quest ===
[[Image:PeachPaperMario.gif|right|thumb|Peach as seen in ''Paper Mario''.]]
In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', the second Mario RPG, King Bowser once again kidnapped Peach, this time using his castle to carry her away. Bowser uprooted the castle and flew it into the sky. He did this after imprisoning the [[Star Spirits|7 Star Spirits]] and stealing the [[Star Rod]].  Once again Mario rescued her, this time with the help of the 7 Star Spirits and his party members [[Goombario]], [[Kooper]], [[Bombette]], [[Bow]], [[Parakarry]], [[Sushie]], [[Watt]] and [[Lakilester]].  Peach actually helped Mario to save the Mushroom Kingdom. A young [[Star (species)|star]] named [[Twink]] came to help her, and together they found a secret passage out of her room. She sabotaged Bowser's plots by supplying Mario with a relatively constant stream of information, using Twink as her messenger.
 
At the end of the game, Bowser tied her to the ceiling of the main hall as bait for Mario. Mario came and fought Bowser. After his defeat, Bowser grabbed the Princess and ran to the roof of the castle. He then used the [[Star Rod]] to make himself completely invincible. Princess Peach and Twink got into a fight with [[Kammy Koopa]], and defeated her. Then Peach wished that her kingdom would remain safe. Twink and Peach added their power to the [[Star Beam]], making it able to break Bowser's invincibility.
 
=== Paradise Ruined ===
[[Image:Peach SunshineOutfit.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Peach in ''Super Mario Sunshine''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Mario, Peach and [[Toadsworth]] went to Isle Delfino on Peach's private plane. However, [[Shadow Mario]] (who later turned out to be [[Bowser Jr.]]) had filled the island with graffiti, and Mario was forced to clean it up with [[FLUDD]]. Eventually, Bowser Jr. kidnapped Peach and Mario once again had to rescue the princess. Bowser Jr. claimed that Peach was his mother, but then Bowser admitted that it was a lie.
 
=== The Neighboring Kingdom ===
[[Image:marioluigi3.jpg|125px|right|thumb|Peach in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.]]
Peach had her voice stolen by [[Cackletta]] and [[Fawful]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', the third Mario RPG. But it turned out that it wasn't really Peach at all; it was [[Birdo]], who disguised herself as Peach to trick Cackletta.
 
Peach later went to the [[Beanbean Kingdom]] with [[Peach's Plane|her plane]], where Mario and Luigi were trying to rescue what they thought would be Peach's voice. She came after Mario and Luigi had defeated Cackletta in the [[Woohoo Hooniversity]].  Peach revealed Birdo's disguise, thanked Mario and Luigi for taking care of the Cackletta problem, and decided to spend the  holidays in the Beanbean Kingdom. She expressed the wish to travel to [[Little Fungitown]], which was lying across the dangerous [[Teehee Valley]]. Toadsworth insisted that Mario and Luigi accompany the princess on this journey.
 
During their venture through Teehee Valley, Peach had to be protected from any harm in the desert. When she disappeared from Mario and Luigi's view, [[Gritty Goomba]]s would appear instantly and taking her to an underground dungeon. At the valley's end, Peach ran into [[Trunkle]], a giant rock monster, but Mario and Luigi saved her from it before it was too late.
 
Later, [[Bowletta]] kidnapped Peach, who was at the Mushroom Kingdom embassy of Little Fungitown at the time, using Bowser's Koopa Clown Car. When Mario and Luigi met Bowletta in [[Joke's End]], Luigi dressed himself up in Peach's spare dress to fool Bowletta and Fawful into thinking he was Peach. The plan worked, and Bowletta released the real Peach, and kidnapped Luigi instead. In the meantime, Mario received one of his favorite things, a kiss from Peach.
 
After Luigi's escape from the repaired [[Koopa Cruiser]], Peach stayed in the Little Fungitown embassy until Bowletta was defeated.
 
=== A Different Captor ===
[[Image:Shadow queen.PNG|thumb|left|125px|Peach taken over by the Shadow Queen, in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.]]
In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Peach was kidnapped again, but not by Bowser - she was kidnapped by [[Grodus]], the leader of the [[X-Naut]]s and taken to the [[X-Naut Moon Base]]. The player was able to control Peach after each chapter, like in the original ''Paper Mario'', and a computer named [[TEC]] fell in love with her and betrayed Grodus to help Peach escape. Grodus had TEC shut down when he found out, and took her to the [[Palace of Shadow]], where the [[Shadow Queen]], the ancient 1000-year old demon, possessed Peach and fought Mario. However, she found Peach's body too weak and returned to her true form (a purple shadow creature) for the final battle. Peach gave aid to Mario in order to save the day.
 
=== Time Travelling ===
[[Image:BabyPeach.jpg|thumb|right|Baby Princess Peach.]]
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In the past of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', [[Young Toadsworth]] always took care of the [[Baby Peach|baby princess]], since she cried a lot. [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] would sometimes come to play with her. And even [[Baby Bowser]] still came to kidnap her. But one day, some weird aliens known as [[Shroob]]s attacked. And since Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Bowser, Baby Peach and Young Toadsworth were all there, Baby Bowser called [[Kamek]] to get them out of the castle. Kamek arrived and took them out of the castle just in time.
 
In the present, Peach, [[Toadiko]] and [[Toadbert]] had used the [[Time Machine]] of [[E. Gadd]] to travel back to the past, to the time where the Shroobs were attacking. When they got to the past, the Shroobs cornered Peach and the Toads. [[Elder Princess Shroob]], the leader of the [[Shroob]]s, and [[Princess Shroob]], the younger princess, attacked Peach. Peach grabbed the time machine's power supply, the [[Cobalt Star]], and trapped Elder Princess Shroob inside it. Then she broke the Colbat Star into pieces, while Elder Princess Shroob was still inside. Princess Shroob was surprised so she captured Peach.
 
In the present, E. Gadd said that to save Peach, Mario and Luigi needed to get all the [[Cobalt Shards]]. Mario and Luigi went to the past and teamed up with their baby selves to save Peach.
 
Later in the game, Peach got eaten by [[Petey Piranha]], but was spat out later and put behind a cage. Mario and Co. eventually found her, but with a Shroob Mushroom on her face. They were surprised, but as they had saved Peach, they took her to the present. There E. Gadd told Peach to take a rest. Peach took a rest but then Bowser came and kidnapped her. Bowser accidentally fell in a time hole, and went in the past, at [[Thwomp Volcano]]. Bowser met Baby Bowser there and, despite not recognizing him as his younger self, teamed up with him to fight Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi. Mario and Co. followed Bowser, and beat him and Baby Bowser, saving Peach. But the [[Shroob Mother Ship]] sucked in Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi and Peach. They learned that that Peach was Princess Shroob dressed as Peach. The real Peach was still in Shroob Castle.
 
When Mario and Luigi got to Shroob Castle, they saw Peach, but Princess Shroob interrupted their conversation at the point where Peach was going to explain why the Cobalt Star should not be completed and a battle begins. After it, Baby Bowser reunited the Colbat Star Shards all together, making Elder Princess Shroob appear and giving her back all her power.
 
=== Kidnapped By a Kid ===
Princess Peach was kidnapped once again in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' However, as in ''Super Mario Sunshine'', the culprit was not [[Bowser]] but his son, [[Bowser Jr.]] In the beginning of the game, Peach and [[Mario]] were enjoying a walk around the castle. However, smoke began to billow from the peaceful fortress. When Mario went to investigate, Peach was nabbed by Bowser Jr. As it turned out, the fire was merely a diversion created by Junior to lure Mario away from Peach.
 
Ultimately, Mario chased Bowser Jr. (with Peach in tow) throughout the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], eventually stopping the young fiend, fighting him, along with Bowser, and after defeating them, saving Peach.
 
=== Peach To The Rescue ===
[[Image:Super Princess Peach02.jpg|thumb|left|A screenshot of ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'']]
[[Image:Spp-peach9.jpg|150px|thumb|right|'''Content''' Princess Peach.]]
Finally, in 2006, the roles that had existed for the last 20 or so years were reversed - it was Princess Peach's turn to save Mario and Luigi from the dreaded King Bowser. With the aid of a talking umbrella named [[Perry]] - who was amnesiac and therefore possessed a mysterious past - Peach travelled to [[Vibe Island]], where Bowser had moved 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 used the scepter on the entire island, thereby creating chaos.
 
With this, Peach was capable of using four [[Vibe Technique]]s to help her through the areas.
*With the [[Calm]] Vibe, she was capable of recharging her health at the cost of her [[vibe meter]]. She also continued to possess full control over Perry, unlike the other three [[vibes]].
*With the [[Gloom]] Vibe, Peach would become overwhelmed with sadness and would bawl; this was not useful for defeating enemies, but would make vines grow and made her run faster as well as jump further.
*With the [[Rage]] Vibe, she would become angry, and would gain a fiery aura, which was good at defeating foes, including being able to defeat both [[Boo]]s and [[Dry Bones]]. It also weakened her jump, making her capable of only half the normal jump, but allowed her to stomp hard on the ground once landing, knocking foes over. In this "form", she was incapable of running.
*Finally, with the [[Joy]] Vibe, Peach would be overwhelmed with happiness, and could float through the air, essentially giving her flight. If she stopped moving and allowed herself to drift downwards for any amount of time, she would spin, creating a whirlwind which could defeat foes, including the dreaded [[Chain Chomp]]s.
 
Princess Peach also was capable of floating for a short period of time like she was in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (and subsequently, ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''), only this time she used Perry to hold her aloft rather than her dress.
 
Eventually, she fought her way through the island's many hazards and got Mario back. Perry also became less amnesiatic as time went on, eventually recovering his memory.
 
=== Super Paper Princess ===
[[Image:SPM_Peach.jpg|thumb|Peach in ''Super Paper Mario'']]
Peach was a playable character in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', starting after Chapter 1. She escaped from [[Castle Bleck]] with the help of [[Private Koopa]] and secretly [[Dimentio]], and fell from the sky into [[Flipside]]. Although she was temporarily unconscious, she got better and joined the adventure when Mario gave her [[Spicy Soup]]. She could float with her parasol using the 2 button, and if the player pressed down on the D-Pad, she used the parasol to shield from her enemies.
 
In Chapter 8-2, [[Mimi]] taunted her for having been kidnapped so many times and for being rescued by plumbers instead of just rescuing herself. Due to this, Peach started acting odd towards Mario and Luigi due to what Mimi said. Peach and Mimi clashed soon after. When Peach won, a trap door was activated and Mimi fell down it. However, Peach saved her. The two fell down the shaft and were thought to be lost, but of course, both survived. Peach comes back during the battle against Count Bleck.
 
Peach also had a big role in ''Super Paper Mario'' in that the only way to form the evil [[Chaos Heart]] was through her being married to Bowser; such a wedding was successfully executed by [[Count Bleck]]. It is very interesting to note that, even by the end of ''Super Paper Mario'', nothing was ever stated about Peach and Bowser forming a divorce of any sorts, and it is likely that the subject of their bond in matrimony will never be touched again in any ''Mario'' game. It is also possible that the Peach and Bowser's wedding was not official, as Peach herself expressed a belief in [[The Bitlands]]. Count Bleck is the one who "wed" the two and he is obviously not qualified to wed people so the wedding was a sham the whole time. However, Bowser showed a great and continuous belief in their marriage for the obvious reasons of his love for Peach, and the wedding was indeed official enough to make the Chaos Heart appear, so the mysteries of Peach's marriage may never be solved.
 
=== Another Kidnap ===
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', Peach will be kidnapped by Bowser. She will be brought into [[Outer Space]], along with her castle and some toads, and Mario will have to go through different planets to save her. Although Peach will still appear in the game, a new Princess, named [[Princess Rosalina]], has been revealed to be in the game. This Princess strangely looks like her and tells Mario to find Peach. It is unknown if she has some sort of a relationship with Peach. What her role is, is also currently unknown.
 
=== The Future ===
[[image:PeachBike.jpg|thumb|'''Peach''' using a motorbike in the upcoming ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''.]]
Peach is set to appear in ''[[Mario Party DS]]'', and ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''. She will also appear in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'', as a Skill type player. As mentioned before, she will be appearing in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', once again as the Damsel-in-Distress. Peach has also been revealed for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. Finally, she is shown to be playable in ''[[Super Mario Stadium Baseball]]'', sequel to ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''
 
== Other Games ==
 
=== Peach Kart ===
[[Image:PeachKartDS.jpg|left|150px|thumb|''[[Mario Kart DS]]'']]
Peach has always been playable in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series. In ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', when controlled by the CPU, she would sometimes use mushrooms against the other drivers which would shrink them. In ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', she is teamed up with [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]], and their special item is the [[Heart]]. Her personal kart is the [[Heart Coach]]. 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 excellent at drifting corners and has excellent item use. She also has good handling. Interestingly, Peach was classified Middleweight in ''Double Dash!!'', but Light in ''Mario Kart DS''. This may be due to the fact that there were other Lightweights. Peach's racing couses are [[Peach Beach]], [[Peach Circuit]], and [[Peach Garden]].
 
===Party Girl!!===
Peach is also playable in all games of the ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' series. In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' story mode, the player has to defeat her for the Love Star Stamp. On the ''Mario Party 3'' duel boards, she is accompanied by [[Toad]]. In ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', her partner is Daisy, and their Character Orb is the [[Flower Orb]].
 
=== The Queen of Tennis ===
[[Image:TennisPeach.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Peach hitting the ball in ''Mario Power Tennis''.]]
In the ''[[Mario Tennis]]'' series, Peach is a technique character, who depends on strategy since she is not that strong.  In ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', her [[Offensive Power Shot]] is the [[Super Peach Spin]], while her [[Defensive Power Shot]] is the [[Sweet Kiss Return]]. She is very excellent at getting the ball in hard to reach areas, and has good footwork. Peach's gameplay is described as something beatiful to behold in Mario Power Tennis. Peach has her own court, the [[Peach Dome]].
 
=== Peach Strikers ===
[[Image:FreezeFrame.PNG|thumb|left|250px|Peach performing Freeze Frame.]]
Peach is a Playmaker captain in the ''[[Mario Strikers]]'' games. She is fast and is excellent at passing. In ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'', her [[Super Strike]] is the [[Royal Strike]], and in ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'', her [[Super Ability]] is [[Freeze Frame!]]. When Peach does her Super Ability, cameras flock in and start to take pictures of her and traps any opponents in picture frames. Peach when performing her mega strike, turns into a comely mysterious creature with wings.
 
=== Other Sports ===
Peach is playable in the ''[[Mario Golf (series)|Mario Golf]]'' series, where she has one of the lighest hits and excellent control. But she lacks distance though. Peach hosts a tournament on her course, [[Peach's Castle Grounds]]. There are very few technique captains in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''. Peach has some of the best pitching skills and catching. She can also at times make homeruns even though she isn't as strong as other captains. Her special pitch is the ''[[Heart Ball]]''. In ''[[Mario Hoops 3 on 3]]'', she is a technical character. Her special shot is the ''[[Heart Shot]]''. Peach owns the [[Peach Field]]. She is also set to appear in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'', acting as a Skill-type player, alongside [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]], [[Dr. Eggman]], and [[Waluigi]].
 
=== Super Smash Bros. Series ===
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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 is one of the default playable characters in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', where she can once again float in mid-air and pull vegetables out of the ground. She has a great recovery capacity but is easy to send flying. She can also use an umbrella (like Perry) 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 than in any Mario game before.
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 will return in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. She will be heavily designed on her more recent appearances. She will keep her [[Peach Parasol]], [[Peach Bomber]], [[Vegetable]] and [[Toad (SSB attack)|Toad]] moves, as well as stay as a light floaty character. Not much else has been confirmed about her, however. Peach's new design in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' is by far the most detailed look for Peach in any other Mario game to date. Peach has been seen using a move where she dances around singing with her opponent. However, it is unknown if this is a [[Special Move]] or simply a new [[Taunt]]. Furthermore, Peach's [[Final Smash]] was seen in the playable demo of the game. For it, a rain of hearts paralize the enemy while afflicting large amounts of damage to them. Meanwhile, peaches fall onto the screen, and can be eaten by Peach (and her enemies upon their awakening) to heal herself.  
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.


In ''The Subspace Emissary'', Peach was watching [[Mario]] and [[Kirby]] fighting together with [[Princess Zelda]], and ran 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 Peach is rescued, she will presumably team up with Kirby. It is unknown what happens to her when she is not rescued.
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>
====Alternate outfits====
[[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.]]
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.


Peach will be voiced by [[Nicole Mills]] in this game, as opposed to her Melee voice actor, [[Jen Taylor]].
In ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' / ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', Peach wears a pink jumpsuit when riding [[bike|motorbike]]s and [[ATV]]s. This jumpsuit is also seen in ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''.


=== Miscellaneous Games ===
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''.
Peach also appeared in the "modern" version of ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]'' in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]''. [[Donkey Kong]] had kidnapped her, and Mario had to rescue her. It is unknown if this is a canon appearance. Peach was also the main character of the modern version of ''Cook'', where she has to flip sausages, bacon, and eggs, without letting them fall. Again, this game's canonicity is questionable.


Peach's latest appearance was the crossover game ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''.
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.


== Appearances in Other Media ==
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).
=== Cartoons ===
In the [[DiC Entertainment]] cartoons ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and the ''[[Super Mario World (TV series)|Super Mario World]]'' cartoon, Princess Toadstool appeared regularly. She had red hair instead of blond, due to its coloration in the first few games.


=== Comics ===
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]].
She also appeared in the [[Nintendo Comics System]] comics, which had a semi-regular feature called [[Dear Princess Toadstool]].


The ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' serial in [[Nintendo Power]] featured undeniably the most dynamic interpretation of the character. In this story, Bowser proposes marriage to her, which she naturally refuses. But despite being captured and held captive by the Koopalings, she does not give in easily. In the fourth installment alone, she beats up all the male Koopalings and locks them in her own cell, messes up [[Wendy O. Koopa]]'s room and threatens to shred her favorite dress, and 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.
==General information==
===Personality===
[[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]].


When she awakens and learns that the Koopalings are holding Mario for ransom, she becomes determined to break Mario 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.
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''.


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, at which point a [[Magikoopa]] brainwashes 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.
[[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.


== Appearance ==
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.
[[Image:Princess Peach.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Princess Peach's Portrait: It is noticeable that she has not had many changes about her physical features until ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', which she had some minor changes.]]
Princess Peach is often depicted as a beautiful princess. She wears a long pink dress with arm-length gloves. She has a small and well-shaped figure and shiny sky blue eyes. Peach also wears a crown decorated with rubies and sapphires along with sapphire earrings. She wears very little makeup-just pink lipstick applied to her full lips. Under her crown, flows long almost golden hair. Peach, at times, receives the unwanted attention of males who want to marry her, such as [[Bowser]] and [[Booster]].


Peach has always been depicted as a blonde in games. Also, in official artwork by Nintendo, her hair has been blond since the Japanese version of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels|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 blond in the cartoons. This discrepancy was remedied in the SNES era with ''[[Super Mario World]]'', in which was she shown with her proper hair color. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', her usually yellow hair was changed to a more realistic tone of blonde. Also she started to wear arm-length gloves in ''Super Mario World'', which is added to her ensemble.
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.
[[Image:PowerTennisPeach.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Princess Peach in her mini-skirt. Later on, her skirt got replaced with pants.]]
In sport games, Peach wears somewhat revealing outfits, when compared with her normal dress, especially so in ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''. In sports she is seen either wearing a mini skirt or hot pants. She sometimes wears her hair tied up in a ponytail, as seen in random parts of ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', temporarily in both ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. She almost always has the ponytail in the sports games, with ''[[Mario Party]]'' as a notable exception. She also has the ponytail in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.


== Personality ==
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]].
[[Image:BrawlPeachParasol.jpg|thumb|left|Peach holding her Parasol in ''Brawl''.]]
Princess Peach is generally portrayed as a calm, sweet, cheerful, generous, and kind monarch with an avid interesting in baking. Princess Peach has also been showed to have a noble personality and a willingness to help others. In ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', when teamed up with Yoshi they are called Kind Hearts, meaning Peach, like Yoshi, always gives out a helping hand. The cartoon shows her personality was much the same, as she was 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 is also shown to have an interest in surfing in the cartoons.


In games like ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'', she is shown to be competitive and naughty, though she still shows good sportsmanship as shown in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''. Deep down inside she is very touchy about being rescued by Mario and Luigi, as seen in ''Super Paper Mario''. Peach has also shown humility and a willingness to forgive others. Peach's winning personality has resulted in her gaining many friends, as well as admirers.
===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.


== From Toadstool to Peach ==
===Powers and abilities===
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 Japan,the Princess's name has always been Peach. Peach is a flower or fruit name. She was orginally known as Princess Toadstool in the United States.  
[[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 Bros. Super Show episode [[The Trojan Koopa]] after gaining 'super powers' from a Starman she says "Princess P to the Rescue", most likely a hint that somewhere in her formal name, after "Princess" there is another "P".
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).
The English translation of ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'' (1993) was the first usage of the name "Peach" outside of Japan; however, the name did not catch on at that time.


==Powers and Abilites==
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.


Peach has many powers and abilities. Most of them deal with hearts. Since Peach is very lightweight, she can jump in the air and float using her dress.  Princess Peach also has a parasol that helps her float or wack enemies with it. 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 hip into the opponent, who is then engulf with fire. Peach in recent games, such as ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'' has been showed to be fast and agile. She can somersault over opposing teams. She can also summon cameras to aid her. Princess Peach is 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. As shown in ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', Peach can summon flowers to aid her in avoiding traps on the boards. This is the only time she is shown to have flower abilities (this may be because [[Daisy]] is her partner). Peach is also into ball room dancing.
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.
[[Image:Peach_defensive_shot.jpg|thumb|left|The '''Sweet Kiss Return'''.]]
Princess Peach is mostly shown to be the heart princess. These abilities could be a symbol of her pure and good heart, or her beauty. 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]]''. To recover the ball, she will blow a kiss and hearts will appear and bring the ball to her. When she screw kicks in ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'', hearts will follow the soccer ball.


== Relationships ==
===Relationships===
[[Image:MPArt.jpg|right|155px|thumb|Peach, Daisy, and Yoshi.]]
====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.


=== Mario ===
====Friends and love interests====
{{main|Mario}}
[[File:SMRL-Line-Mario-Sunset.gif|thumb|150px|[[LINE]] sticker of Mario and Peach]]
{{quote|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]]''.


'''Mario''' is Peach's very close companion. It is not known if they have an even closer relationship, but most believe they are dating. In the first ''Paper Mario'', one of the Toads tells Mario to take Peach on a date to [[Shooting Star Summit]]. Mario saves Peach quite often and she usually will bake him a cake or give him a kiss upon her rescue. Mario gets very happy every time she kisses him. Princess Peach also saves Mario on occasion by using her wits. Since Peach's debut appearance, the two have been largely speculated to be in a romantic relationship. This is confirmed in the official European ''Mario'' website, in which Peach is listed as Mario's girlfriend. There are also other implications from the games that reach the same conclusion. ''[[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. They both show deep devotion to each other.
[[File:SMWMTYNBL Ending Scene.gif|thumb|left|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 [[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.


=== Daisy ===
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.
{{main|Princess Daisy}}
'''Daisy''' has been known to be best friends with Peach ever since her big comeback appearance in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. If something involves partners in the Mario spin-offs the two will usually be a team. Naturally, the two of them enjoy a friendly rivalry, but for the most part they enjoy each other's company. Like Luigi, the two share good chemistry in the game Mario Superstar Baseball, and Daisy is Peach's team's co-captain. By their friendship, one can assume that the Mushroom Kingdom and Sarasaland have very good foreign relations. Nintendo's ''Mario Power Tennis'' Website says that Daisy is Peach's sister in arms; obviously meaning more of a brotherly love type of relationship than an actual blood relationship.


=== Luigi ===
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''.
{{main|Luigi}}


'''Luigi''' is Peach's friend. It is hinted that Luigi may have a crush on her.  
[[File:Peach and Daisy Present For You.png|thumb|left|Peach and Daisy helping each other carry a large present.]]
If Luigi rescues her in ''New Super Mario Bros.'' or the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' remake of ''Super Mario Bros.'', Peach rewards Luigi with a kiss, just like she does for Mario. In ''Super Mario World'', she goes on the same romantic romp through the worlds as she would with Mario, if Luigi (Player 2) defeats Bowser. Luigi is seen swooning over her in her ''Mario Power Tennis'' victory scene with hearts in his eyes, indicating that Luigi has romantic feelings for her. But it is rumored that Luigi and Daisy have some kind of a relationship.
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.


=== Bowser ===
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]]''.
{{main|Bowser}}


Princess Peach has not escaped the notice of a powerful tyrant. '''Bowser''' has repeatedly kidnapped Peach more than ten times. He also torments her kingdom. It has been shown recently he has fallen in love with her, and wants to win her heart. In [[Super Paper Mario]] Peach and Bowser supposedely got married making them husband and wife. Alhough they were wed by [[Count Bleck]], who is obviously not authorized to do such a thing, which really means that the wedding was a "sham" and, therefore, unofficial. Later in the game Peach states the same to Bowser.
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.


===Yoshi===
[[File:Rabbid n Peach - RabbidsKingdomBattle.png|thumb|right|Though initially not getting along, the relationship between Peach and Rabbid Peach later improved.]]
{{main| Yoshi}}
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}}.


Yoshi has helped Mario and Luigi before to rescue Peach. He also helped to save her from Bowser's clutches in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. In the ''[[Super Mario World]]'' credits, Yoshi is seen giving Peach a lift after her rescue. They are on friendly terms. Yoshi Also teamed up with [[Baby Peach]] and 4 other babies, in [[Yoshi's Island DS]]
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.


===Bowser Jr.===
====Foes====
{{main| Bowser Jr.}}
[[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''.


Even though Bowser Jr. knows Peach is not his mother, he still called her 'mama' in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''. He may be aware of his father's deep feelings for her.  Jr. as shown in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', really likes Peach and tried to get her to join him and his dad in the onsen. Peach politely refused.  He is also very protective of her.
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''.


===Others===
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.


[[Birdo]] and Peach receive positive names in the Mario Party series when teamed up. Peach and [[Donkey Kong]] usually do not interact, but he did help her in ''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]''.  When [[Waluigi]] and Bowser started to pick on her, Mario and Luigi were ready to fight. But DK stepped in between and ended it by beating on his chest, allowing Peach to start the tournament. Peach usually sides with Mario, but she is friendly to [[Wario]] at times. They are given a positive name in ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', 'Sugar 'n' Spies'. It was also hinted in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' that Wario may have a crush on Peach.  Peach also has friendships with many foreign kingdoms as shown in games and the media. [[Toadsworth]] is Princess Peach's faithful steward. He seems to be protective, but has been caring for her [[Toadsworth the Younger|since she was a baby]]. [[Toadette]] is another good friend of Peach.  They share good chemistry in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''. [[Toad]] is a loyal servant of Princess Peach who would do anything to protect her.
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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Princess Peach and her People have stayed together during the darkest of times. Peach loves her people dearly and provides them with much recreation. She always puts them first. In the television series, Peach was willing to marry Bowser to save her people.  Her subjects care for her as well, as Peach is described in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' as a beloved princess.
====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]]
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.


== Initial Stats in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ==
===Leitmotif===
*Level 9
{{main|Ending (Super Mario Bros.)}}
*HP: 50
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'').
*Speed: 24
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*Attack: 80 (with starting equipment) 40 (without starting equipment)
*Defense: 48 (with starting equipment) 24 (without starting equipment)
*Magic Attack: 40
*Magic Defense: 40 (with starting equipment) 28 (without starting equipment)
*Starting Equipment:
**Slap Glove: +40 Attack when equipped
**Polka Dress: +24 Defense and +12 Magic Defense when equipped
*Moves
**[[Therapy]]
**[[Group Hug]]
*Learned Moves
**[[Sleepy Time]]
**[[Come Back]]
**[[Mute]]
**[[Psych Bomb]]


== ''Super Paper Mario'' Catch Cards ==
==List of game appearances by date==
=== First Card ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"align=center width=100% style="border-collapse:collapse"
[[Image:223. Peach (1) Card.JPG|frame|Peach's 1st Catch Card.]]
|-
!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
|-
|''[[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
|-
|''{{wp|Tetris}}''
|Non-playable character
|November, 1989
|Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros. (Nelsonic Game Watch)|Super Mario Bros.]]''
|Non-playable character
|1989
|[[Nelsonic Game Watch]]
|-
|''{{wp|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
|{{wp|MS-DOS}}, {{wp|Apple II}}, {{wp|Tandy 1000}}, {{wp|Commodore 64}}, {{wp|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, {{wp|Microsoft Windows}}, {{wp|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! (PC)|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
|-
|''[[wikirby:Kirby Super Star|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
|-
|''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''
|Cameo (in-game photo)
|November 23, 1998
|Nintendo 64
|-
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|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 (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]''
|Playable character
|June 11, 1999
|Nintendo 64
|-
|''[[Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)|Mario Golf]]''
|Non-playable character
|August 10, 1999
|Game Boy Color
|-
|''[[Mario Party 2]]''
|Playable character
|December 17, 1999
|Nintendo 64
|-
|''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''
|Playable character
|July 21, 2000
|Nintendo 64
|-
|''[[Paper Mario]]''
|Playable character (Peach interludes)
|August 11, 2000
|Nintendo 64
|-
|''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|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's Cookie|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
|-
|''{{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
|-
|''[[Super Mario RPG (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 (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
|}


*'''Card Type:''' Rare
==Profiles and statistics==
*'''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 aquired).
{{main|List of Princess Peach 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]]
=== Second Card ===
{{multiframe
[[Image:224. Peach (2) Card.JPG|frame|Peach's 2nd Catch Card.]]
|[[File:MK8 Peach Emblem.png|100px]][[File:MK8 Peach Car Horn Emblem.png|100px]]  
*'''Card Type:''' Uncommon
|Princess Peach's [[emblem]]s from ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''
*'''Card Description:''' Peach is looking fabulous in her white wedding gown! It was conjured with magic, but who designed it?
|size=200
<br clear=all>
|align=right
=== Third Card ===
}}
[[Image:225. Peach (3) Card.JPG|frame|Peach's 3rd Catch Card.]]
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.
*'''Card Type:''' Uncommon
{{br}}
*'''Card Description:''' Peach is sporting a fresh and breezy new hairstyle! It's perfect for the princess with an active lifestyle!
 
== Information in Mario Sports Games ==
===''[[Mario Tennis]]'' Info===
*'''Type:''' Technique
*'''Bio:'''
 
===''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''===
*'''Partner:''' [[Princess Daisy]]
*'''Class:''' Medium
*'''Special Item:''' [[Heart]]
*'''Special Kart:''' [[Heart Coach]]
*'''Course:''' [[Peach Beach]]
*'''Bio:''' Normally the epitome of grace, once she's on the raceway, Princess Peach really tears it up.
 
===''[[Mario Kart DS]]''===
*'''Class:'''Light
*'''Deflaut Karts:'''[[Royale]], Stadard PC
*'''Unlockable Kart:'''[[Light Tripper]]
*'''Bio:''' A generally genteel princess, the heart of a competitor burns deep within her. She is adept at drifting.
 
===''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''===
*'''Type:''' Technique
 
===''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''===
*'''Distance:''' 203 yds
*'''Star Distance:'''
*'''Trajectory:'''
*'''Height:'''
*'''Impact:'''
*'''Control:'''
*'''Spin:'''
*'''Bio Quote:'''
*'''Bio:'''
*'''Website Bio:''' If you think a princess can't play golf, check again! Peach may not have the power of most players, but she's got a high degree of control, and she drives the ball straight and true. What more could you want in a princess?
 
===''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''===
*'''Power AVG:''' 203 yards
*'''Bio:''' The cute princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. She's a golfer too?!
 
===''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]''===
*'''Type:'''Technique
*'''Bio:''' Her superb footwork and control makes her a superb technique player.


===''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''===
==Portrayals==
*'''Type:''' Playmaker
The following voice actresses have portrayed Princess Peach during the course of ''Super Mario'' franchise history:
*'''Super Strike:'''[[Royal Strike]]
===English===
*'''Bio:''' She has fast feet and a great ability to read every situation. Peach  leads with masterful tactics and quick thinking. Treating her lightly will earn you an aggressive whack to the backside.
*[[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]]''
*Kathy Fitzgerald - ''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]''
*[[Jocelyn Benford]] - ''[[Hotel Mario]]''
*[[Leslie Swan]] - ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' (international), ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]], ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
*[[Asako Kozuki]] - ''Mario Kart 64'' (Japanese), ''[[Mario Party]]'', ''[[Mario Party 2]]'', ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
*[[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)


=== ''[[Mario Hoops 3 on 3]]'' info ===
===Other languages===
*'''Baller Name:''' 3-Point Royalty
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.
*'''Bio1:''' The grace of a princess shows in Peach's 3-point stroke. When she unleashes her Heart Shot, her opponents can only sit and marvel at her silky smooth shot, the technique fit for queen in the making.
*'''Type:''' Technical
*'''Special Shot:''' [[Heart Shot]]
*'''Letter to Tap:''' [[Image:Triangle.png]]
*'''Bio2:''' Peach goes right after that hoop!  She never misses a shot she goes after.


===''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''===
In the foreign-language dubs of the DIC cartoons, Peach was dubbed by the following actresses:
*'''Type:'''Playmaker
*Latin American Spanish: [[María Fernanda Morales]] (''Super Show!''), Dulce María Romay (''Super Mario Bros. 3''), and Rocío Robledo (''Super Mario World'')
*'''Special ability:''' [[Freeze Frame]]
*Castilian Spanish: Pilar Santigosa
*'''Bio:''' Gifted with stunning speed and nimble passing skills, Peach's Freeze Frame move is a real knockout.
*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'')


=== ''[[Mario Party 7]]'' Info ===
==Gallery==
'''Partner:''' [[Daisy]]<br>
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'''Special Orb:''' Flower
 
=== ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball|Mario Superstar Baseball Information]]'' ===
*'''Teams:''' Peach Monarchs, Peach Roses, Peach Dynasties, Peach Princesses
*'''Type:''' Technique
*'''Starting Team Players:''' [[Daisy]], [[Toad]], [[Toadette]], [[Toadsworth]]
*'''Status:''' Team Captain
*'''Stats:'''
**'''Batting:''' 2.5/5
**'''Pitching:''' 4/5
**'''Fielding:''' 3.5/5
**'''Running:''' 3/5
*'''Player Profile:'''
**'''Strong Point:''' Pitching
**'''Special Talents:''' Quick Throw, Super Jump
**'''Trajectory:'''
***'''Field:''' Right
***'''Height:''' Low
*'''Special Ball:''' [[Heart Ball]]
*'''Default Batting Position:''' Right
*'''Default Throwing Arm:''' Right
*'''Sweet Spot:''' The crown on the bat
*'''Compatiable Relationships:''' [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Daisy]], [[Toad]], [[Toadsworth]], [[Toadette]]
*'''Bio:''' "The Mushroom Kingdom's princess. Mario has come to her rescue every time she's been kidnapped...which has happened no less than 10 times! Some speculate that an all-Toad security force may be the problem... She joins the game with a Heart Ball as her weapon."
 
== Trophy Information from ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' ==
=== Classic ===
[[Image:Trophy34.PNG|frame|right|]]
''Princess Peach presides over the Mushroom Kingdom from her huge castle. Her loyal subject Toad does his best to protect her but always seems to fail spectacularly. Besides her royal duties, Peach is interested in both tennis and golf; since she's so magnanimous, she'll even deign to play a few matches with the evil Bowser.''
=== Adventure ===
[[Image:Trophy35.PNG|frame|left|]]
''Peach's ability to float is invaluable in Super Smash Bros. Melee, as she can return from incredible distances. Balancing this talent, though, is the fact that she's quite light and can be sent flying with a single powerful attack. Her attacks are fairly weak, so you'll have to hang around to win.''
=== All-Star ===
[[Image:Trophy36.PNG|frame|right|]]
''Peach's Smash A attack will set her swinging with either a frying pan, tennis racket, or golf club. These bludgeoning devices appear randomly and have different reaches and power levels. The princess uses Toad to absorb attacks, and he counters by sending spores out at attackers. Don't worry about the little guy, though; he takes his job seriously.''
 
== Portrayals ==
 
Was voiced/portrayed by:
 
* Jeannie Elias in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''
* Tracey Moore in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and the ''[[Super Mario World (TV series)|Super Mario World cartoon]]''.
* [[Leslie Swan]], Asako Kozuki, [[Jen Taylor]], and [[Nicole Mills]] in most of the video games. Jocelyn Benford in ''[[Hotel Mario]]''.
 
== Trivia ==
*In ''Super Paper Mario'', it was possible to have Peach temporarily wear her hair in a ponytail. She simply had to visit [[Bleu|Bleu's]] house in [[Flopside]]'s first floor and talk to Bleu. The only other times Peach weared her hair like this in the game were at the wedding scene at the beginning and in Chapters 4-1 and 4-3. It only lasts till the player changed characters or left the floor.
*Peach's number in ''Super Mario Strikers'' is 10.
*Peach's powers usually deal with hearts.
*Peach was one of the many [[MarioWiki:Marioverse|Marioverse]] characters put into [[Toys#Nintendo_Monopoly|Nintendo Monopoly]]. She cost $220, and took the place of Indiana Avenue.
*There is a possible reference to her name change when she is eaten by [[Belome]] he says she tasted Peachy.
*Peach's emblem in various games is a heart or her crown. In the ''[[Super Smash Bros. Series]]'' it is a ''[[Mushroom]]''.
*According to her dialogue in ''Super Paper Mario'', Peach prefers spicy foods (such as [[Spicy Soup]]) over other dishes.
*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.
*The number of times Peach has been successfully kidnapped (counting Super Mario Galaxy) is 15, assuming she is not freed  ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.
*Peach made certain cameo appearances in ''[[wikipedia: The Legend of Zelda (series)| The Legend of Zelda]]'' series.
 
== Screenshots ==
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<gallery>
Image:SMBPeach.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
PrincessSML.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
Image:Peach bomber.jpg|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
Peachtennis.jpg|''[[Mario's Tennis]]
Image:SunsetMarioPeach.PNG|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
MP3 Peach artwork.png|''[[Mario Party 3]]''
Image:Yoshi circuit s1.jpg|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
Peach MSB artwork.jpg|''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''
Image:Peach NBA.JPG|''[[NBA Street V3]]''
Princess Peach (Joy Vibe) - Super Princess Peach.png|''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
Image:SSXpeach.jpg|''[[SSX on Tour]]''
M&SATLOG Peach Rhythmic Ribbon artwork.png|''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''
Image:MP7_TrackAndYield.jpg|''[[Mario Party 7]]''
Peach MP100.png|''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''
Image:Peach_Strikers_entrance.jpg|''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''
TSMBM Peach.png|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''
Image:Heart Shot.jpg|''[[Mario Hoops 3 on 3]]''
Image:MP8_Crops'n'Robbers.JPG|''[[Mario Party 8]]''
Image:Peach_Tennis_Match.jpg|''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''
Image:Peach_Golfing_Toadstool_Tour.jpg|''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
Image:MegastrikePeach.png|''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
Image:Peach-drawed.JPG|''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
Image:MSOGPeach.jpg|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]''
Image:Peach_SSBB_screenshot.jpg|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
Image:MarioBaseballWii_1.jpg|''[[Super Mario Stadium Baseball]]''
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== Official Artwork ==
==Quotes==
<gallery>
{{main|List of Princess Peach quotes}}
Image:Peachart.PNG|<center>''[[Mario's Tennis]]''</center>
*"''Thank you, Mario!''"
Image:Princess Peach Super Mario 64.png|<center>''[[Super Mario 64]]''</center>
- General quote used whenever rescued from Bowser or another enemy in a game
Image:Peach OriginalSportOutfit.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Golf]]'' (N64)</center>
*"''Mario, you're my knight in shining armor!''"
Image:Peach_MarioTennis_64.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Tennis]]'' (N64)</center>
- When rescued from [[Booster]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
Image:Peachparty2.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Party 2]]''</center>
*"''Mario, be careful! I have a bad feeling about this...''"
Image:Peach NurseOutfit.jpg|<center>[[Nurse Toadstool]]</center>
- When spoken to on the [[Delfino Airstrip]] in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''.
Image:Peach MP3 official artwork.jpg|<center>[[Mario Party 3]]</center>
*"''Stay out of this! I am a princess, and she has thrown mud at my dignity! You two leave me be! UNDERSTOOD?!''"
Image:MKPC.PNG|<center>''[[Mario Kart Super Circuit]]''</center>
- Commanding Mario and Luigi to let her fight [[Mimi]] on her own in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.
Image:MP4Peach.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Party 4]]''</center>
*"''Oh, did I win?''"
Image:Peach_SSBMOutfit.jpg|<center>''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''</center>
- Victory quote in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]].
Image:PeachGolf.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''</center>
*"''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!''"
Image:DoubleMGTTArt.jpg|<center>Peach and Daisy in ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour''</center>
- When encountered in the Mushroom Kingdom in the postgame of ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''.
Image:DDArt.jpg|<center> ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''</center>
===Audio samples===
Image:Peach CurrentSportOutfit.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''</center>
{{media table
Image:PeachMp5.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Party 5]]''</center>
|file1=SM64 Peach Letter.oga
Image:MP6_Peach.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Party 6]]''</center>
|title1=''[[Super Mario 64]]''
Image:MP7ArtDuo.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Party 7]]''</center>
|description1="''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)
Image:NBAstreetV3 peach.jpg|<center>''[[NBA Street V3]]''</center>
|file2=MK64_JP_Peach_Ready.oga
Image:1273.jpg|<center>''[[SSX on Tour]]''</center>
|title2=''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' (Japanese version)
Image:Peach SoccerOutfit.jpg|<center>''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''</center>
|description2="''Get ready!''" - When selected ([[Asako Kozuki]], 1996)
Image:MPA_Peach.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Party Advance]]''</center>
|file3=SSBM Peach Did I Win.oga
Image:minipeach.jpg|<center>''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis]]''</center>
|title3=''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
Image:PeachGP.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]''</center>
|description3="''Oh, did I win?''" - Winning a Versus match ([[Jen Taylor]], 2001)
Image:SpecialPeachKart.jpg|<center>''Mario Kart DS''</center>
|file4=Strikers Peach Pass It To Me.oga
Image:SuperPeach.jpg|<center>Peach from ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''</center>
|title4=''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''
Image:Peach cry.jpg|<center>''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
|description4="''Pass it to me! Pass it to me!''" ([[Nicole Mills]], 2005)
Image:Spp-peach8.jpg|<center>''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
|file5=Peach's Damsel in Distress Cry (SMG).oga
Image:Spp-peach5.jpg|<center>''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
|title5=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
Image:MLPTPeach.jpg| <center>''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''</center>
|description5="''MARIO!''" ([[Samantha Kelly]], 2007; also used in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'', and others)
Image:MH3on3_Peach.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Hoops 3 on 3]]''</center>
|file6=SM3DW_Peach_Yeah.oga
Image:PeachHoops.PNG|<center>''Mario Hoops 3 on 3''</center>
|title6=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
Image:Pprpch.jpg|<center>''[[Super Paper Mario]]''</center>
|description6="''Yay! Peach! Let's go!''" - When selected from the file selection screen (Samantha Kelly, 2013)
Image:Peach charged.PNG|<center>Peach from ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''</center>
}}
Image:ItadakiPeach.PNG|<center>''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''</center>
Image:MKAGP2Peach.PNG|<center>''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]''</center>
Image:Mpds peach.jpg|<center>''[[Mario Party DS]]''</center>
Image:PeachMP8a.PNG|<center>''[[Mario Party 8]]''</center>
Image:MaSatOG - Peach.jpg|<center>''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]''</center>
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== Quotes ==
 
*''"Sweet"'' &ndash; ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
*''"This is Fun!"'' &ndash; ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
 
*''"Wow!"'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
*''"Par."'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
 
*''"Oh! I can't believe I lost!"'' &ndash;  ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
*''"Next time, it's mine."'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
 
*''"Say Cheese!!"'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
*''"Come on. Bring it."'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
*''"Princess...Peach!"'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
 
*''"Mama? I'm your mama?"'' &ndash; ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
 
*''"Thanks. Thanks."'' &ndash; ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''
*''"Yes!!Mmwa!Mmwa!"''&ndash; ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''
*''"Oh yeah? Hmph! Ohhh! Ah!"''' &ndash; ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''
 
*''"I'll take that!"'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Party 7]]''
*''"Good Choice!"'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Party 7]]''
 
*''"Mama Mia!"'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Tennis]]''
 
*''"Oh, I've won! Hooray for me!"'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''
*''"Hi."'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''
*''"With love!"'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''
 
*''"It is so nice to see our tournament champion again."''&ndash;''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]''
 
*''"Help!"'' &ndash; ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
*''"Thank You!"'' &ndash; ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
 
*''"Thank you, but our princess is in another castle...Just kidding."'' &ndash; ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
 
*''"Oh Mario! You came to the party to see me! You're so sweet! Thank you!"'' &ndash; ''[[Paper Mario]]''
 
*''"I am the Princess!"'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Party 8]]''
*''"Oh! Peachy!"'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Party 8]]''
*''"Booo!"'' &ndash; ''[[Mario Party 8]]''


*''"Heh, heh. All Right!"'' ''[[Mario Hoops 3 on 3]]''
==Names in other languages==
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==Trivia==
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*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>
  | title = Leader of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]
*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>
  | game = ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
  | before = [[King Toadstool]] (inferred)
  | after = [[Bowser]]
|}}
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  | title = Leader of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]
  | game = ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
  | before = [[Bowser]]
  | after = [[Bowser]]
|}}
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  | title = Leader of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]
  | game = ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
  | before = [[Bowser]]
  | after = [[Chancellor]]
|}}
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  | title = Leader of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]
  | game = ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
  | before = [[Chancellor]]
  | after = Incumbent
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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[13][14][15]
Pīchi-hime
Princess Peach
Albanian Princeshë Këpurdhë[16] Princess Toadstool Super Mario World television series
Arabic الأميرة الضفدع[17]
Al-amirh Aldfd'e
Princess Toadstool DIC cartoons
Catalan Princesa Peach[?] Princess Peach The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Chinese (simplified) 碧姬公主[18]
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[19]
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[20] Princess Cortinarius The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Prinsesse Toadstool[21] Princess Toadstool The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Dutch Prinses Peach[?] Princess Peach
Prinses Paddestoel[22][23] Princess Mushrump Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2
Finnish Prinsessa Peach[?] Princess Peach
Prinsessa Kanttarelli[?] Princess Chanterelle Super Mario Bros.
Prinsessa Toadstool[24] 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[25][26] Princess Mushroom Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo Comics System
German Prinzessin Peach[?] Princess Peach
Prinzessin Toadstool[27] Princess Toadstool DIC cartoons
Greek Πριγκίπισσα Πίτς[?]
Prigipissa Pits
Princess Peach
Πριγκίπισσα Τόουντστουλ[28]
Pringípissa Tóuntstul
Princess Toadstool DIC cartoons
Hebrew 'הנסיכה פיץ[?]
Hansikha Pich
Princess Peach
Hungarian Peach hercegnő[?] Princess Peach
Italian Principessa Peach[?] Princess Peach
Principessa Amarena[29] 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[30] Princess Fly Agaric DIC cartoons
Polish Księżniczka Peach[?] Princess Peach
Portuguese Princesa Peach[?] Princess Peach
Princesa Cogumelo[31] 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[32] Princess Toadstool; ciupercuță is a diminutive form of ciupercă ("mushroom"). DIC cartoons
Russian Принцесса Пич[?]
Printsessa Pich
Princess Peach
Принцесса Поганка[33]
Printsessa Poganka
Princess Toadstool DIC cartoons
Spanish (NOA) Princesa Peach[?] Princess Peach games and The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Princesa Seta[34] Princess Mushroom DIC cartoons
Spanish (NOE) Princesa Peach[?] Princess Peach games and The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Princesa Sapolina[35] Princess Sapolina (from sapo, meaning "toad") DIC cartoons
Swedish Prinsessan Peach[?] Princess Peach
Prinsessan Flugsvamp[36] Princess Fly Agaric DIC cartoons
Thai เจ้าหญิงพีช[37]
Chao-ying Phich
Princess Peach

Trivia

  • Toadstool is described as a "fairy Princess" in the 47th issue of the United Kingdom Nintendo Magazine System.[38]
  • Peach was misnamed as "Princess Daisy" in the 49th issue of the Australian Nintendo Magazine System.[39]

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. ^ Super Mario Bros. instruction booklet (pdf). Nintendo (jp). Page 4. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  14. ^ Super Mario Bros. Famicom 40th Anniversary site. Nintendo (jp). Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  15. ^ Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!
  16. ^ Bota e Super Marios - Episoda 8 | Linja telefonike festive (Dublimi Shqip, Çufo)
  17. ^ سوبر ماريو - سبيس تون
  18. ^ 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.)
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Never Koop a koopa (Dansk)
  21. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (EP1 - Dansk - Den nærsynede fugl)
  22. ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) No. 2. Page 4.
  23. ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic. Page 30.
  24. ^ Super Mario Bros 1 VHS (Suomi)
  25. ^ French manual of Super Mario Bros. 2. Page 8.
  26. ^ «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.
  27. ^ The Super Mario Bros Super Show! Folge 1 Sauberkeit ist alles / Der Vogel! Der Vogel!
  28. ^ Super Mario World - Episode 8 - Gopher Bash Greek Audio
  29. ^ Super Mario bros super show ita 1x01 Vola!Vola!
  30. ^ The Super Mario Bros Super Show S01E01 - The Bird! The Bird!/Neatness Counts (Norsk Fox Kids)
  31. ^ Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Apresentação Conta / O Pássaro, O Pássaro! (Alta Qualidade)
  32. ^ May 20, 2015. "Princess Toadstool for President", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo. Odnoklassniki (OK.ru). Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  33. ^ Приключения братьев Супер Марио 3 (все серии) (6+)
  34. ^ Super Mario Brothers Super Show in Spanish / En Español- ¡El pájaro! ¡El pájaro! - Episode 1
  35. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 - La princesa Sapolina para presidente (Doblaje castellano original)
  36. ^ Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 1 - Swedish
  37. ^ UIP Thailand (November 30, 2022). Thai version of the official trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie. YouTube. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  38. ^ "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.
  39. ^ April 1997. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #49. Page 39Media:NMS Australia 49 MK64 drivers and items.jpg.