Blight of the Sea

Level
Blight of the Sea
World	5F
Game	Princess Peach: Showtime!
Primary power-up	Mermaid Peach
Boss	Sour Bunch mermaids near the concert stage
Music track	Enchanting Echo of the Abyss
Music sample Normal Vocals
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Blight of the Sea is a level in Princess Peach: Showtime!, located in the upper right on the fifth floor of the Sparkle Theater. This stage is unlocked after clearing all of 4F.

Layout

The level starts out with Theets being kidnapped away by a large underwater ship in the distance. Peach recruits a yellow fish with purple fins, who seem particularly excited about Mermaid Peach's singing voice.

After swimming by and optionally rescuing Mermaid Theets on the way to catch up with the ship, she defeats four Sour Bunch mermaids with help from the fish, and makes her way into a large hole on the front right of the ship.

Finding Theets and fish trapped inside a cage in the ship, Peach recruits a school of small fish to open two fences, from which an eel emerges and is recruited to smash the cage. Peach then heads up the stairs to a concert stage, where she holds a concert similar to that of Melody of the Sea.

Sparkle Gems

Sparkle Gems marked with an asterisk ⁽*⁾ will always be obtained during regular gameplay.

Image	Location
	In the backroom pose elevator between the second and third Theets in the stair-shaped rock near the start. Inside, Peach must uncorrupt the four Theets inside with her mermaid voice, which has the same effect on Theets as Sparkle.
	Within the clamshell on top of the same stair-shaped rock as above.
	In the autoscrolling second section, within the clamshell in a bottom left sideway, after the first corrupted Theet.
	Reaching the pirate ship entrance section.*
	Inside the pirate ship, there is a grate on the floor that small fish can swim through. The Sparkle Gem is found below the grate.
	Reaching the section where the eel smashes the cage.*
	Making all fishes in the final concert glow up. If one of the fish heads in the opposite direction, a red "X" will appear.

Ribboner

Ribboner's location

Mermaid Ribbon: Ribboner can be found after recruiting the yellow fish very soon after the start of the level, if Peach then goes back to the start of the level and opens the far upper left clamshell. He awards the Stella ribbon for Stella.

• Help request: "I'm stuck in here!"
• Rescue message: "Your singing is enchanting!"

Postgame Ninja Theets

The stage has three Ninja Theets when it is played in the postgame:

1. Behind the starting platform.
2. Soon after the start below the peak of a cliff range where many clams and sad Mermaid Theets are.
3. On the immediate right after entering the hole of the ship.

Gallery

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  Pictioneer's photo of the stage

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  The poster for the play after It's Showtime, Grape!

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ブライト・オブ・オーシャン Buraito Obu Ōshan	Blight of Ocean
Chinese	海洋的光明 Hǎiyáng De Guāngmíng	The Light of the Ocean
Dutch	Plaag van de zee	Plague of the sea
French	Le fléau de la mer	The scourge of the sea
German	Meer in Gefahr	Sea/Ocean in Danger
Italian	Sventura in mare	Sorrow/Misfortune in the sea
Korean	브라이트 오브 오션 Beuraiteu Obeu Osyeon	Blight of Ocean
Portuguese	A Maldição do Mar	The Curse of the Sea
Russian	Бич морей Bich morey	The scourge of the sea
Spanish	Los infortunios del mar	The misfortunes of the sea

Trivia

• In this level, Peach can cheer up dark-clouded Theets who feel down through singing with her Mermaid transformation, something normally only done with Sparkle.