The Dark School & the Twisted Fist
| Level | |
|---|---|
| The Dark School & the Twisted Fist | |
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| World | BF |
| Game | Princess Peach: Showtime! |
| Primary power-up | Kung Fu Peach |
| Boss | Kung fu master |
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The Dark School & the Twisted Fist is a level in Princess Peach: Showtime!, located on the sixth-from-left on the top section of the basement of the Sparkle Theater. It is the third level where the Kung Fu Peach transformation is used.
Layout
The show starts with Princess Peach in her Kung Fu transformation, and is pretty short before reaching the boss fight. After passing a couple boulders and a red staircase, Sour Bunch ninjas attempt to trap her inside boulders, which goes poorly for them as Peach can break them.
As Peach continues her journey through platforms, buildings, boulders, and Sour Bunch ninjas on poles and on the ground, they arrive inside the academy to find Kung Fu Sparkla captured, and the kung fu master challenging Peach to a new bout.
In this bout, the kung fu master has replicated himself into three clones. The right one fights conventionally as in the previous bouts, while the left one uses jump attacks and different attack speeds. The one in the center is fought last, and throw fastballs and curve balls that Peach must kick back, similar to in A Kung Fu Legend, but can in this fight change between throwing from the left or right. A final large thrown ball requires multiple kicks from Peach to kick it back at him.
With Kung Fu Sparkla saved, kung fu master makes one last attempt to fight back in a puppet form. With Peach and Kung Fu Sparkla parrying a couple attacks from him, Peach and Kung Fu Sparkla makes one final duo kick to defeat him once and for all.
Sparkle Gems
Sparkle Gems marked with an asterisk ⁽*⁾ will always be obtained during regular gameplay.
- On a small cliff immediately upwards from the start platform.
- A backroom pose elevator on some dark brickstones soon after the first attempt by the Sour Bunch to trap her. Peach must use horizontal and vertical spin poles to make her way up to the gem.
- On the upper left of the platforms, where the first boulder after the first trap has fell.
- After the clouds have cleared after the pole Sour Bunch ninjas have been defeated, there is a path on the right. The gem is partially obscured by a large 10-coin.
- Defeat the kung fu master.*
Ribboner
Ribboner can be found behind a breakable boulder on a platform immediately after the start of the level. He awards the Multicolored Kung Fu Ribbon for Stella.
- Help request: "This rock is so heaaavy..."
- Rescue message: "Phew, thanks a bunch!"
Lobby Shop stock
Completing the level allows Peach to buy the Special Kung Fu Dress for 300 coins at the Lobby Shop.
Postgame Ninja Theet
- On the immediate right end of the red staircase, very close to the start of the level.
Gallery
Pictioneer's photo of the stage
Kung Fu Sparkla as he appears during the end of the level
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヤミの Yami no Dōjō to Ankoku Ken |
Dark Dojo and Dark Fist | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 黑暗的道场与暗黑拳[?] Hēi'àn De Dàochǎng Yǔ Ànhēi Quán |
Dark Dojo and Dark Fist | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 黑暗的道場與暗黑拳[?] Hēi'àn De Dàochǎng Yǔ Ànhēi Quán |
Dark Dojo and Dark Fist | |
| Dutch | De duistere vechtschool[?] | The dark fighting school | |
| French | École sombre et poing maléfique[?] | Dark school and evil fist | |
| German | Die Faust der dunklen Schule[?] | The Fist of the Dark School | |
| Italian | La scuola e il pugno oscuro[?] | The school and the dark fist | |
| Portuguese | Lições Sombrias do Punho Perverso[?] | Dark Lessons from the Wicked Fist | |
| Russian | Школа кун-фу и кулаки мрака[?] Shkola kun-fu i kulaki mraka |
Kung Fu School and Fists of Darkness | |
| Spanish | El puño de la malguria[?] | The darkle fist |
