Princess Peach: Showtime!

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Princess Peach: Showtime!
Key art with logo for Princess Peach: Showtime!
For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Publisher Nintendo
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch
Release date March 22, 2024[?]
Mode(s) Single-player
Input
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Princess Peach: Showtime![1] is an upcoming game for the Nintendo Switch set to be released on March 22, 2024.[2] It is Princess Peach's first starring role in the franchise since Super Princess Peach.

The game has a stage play-themed setting. It takes place in a venue called Sparkle Theater, which a Toad invited Peach to; after a witch called Grape takes over the place, Peach and her new sidekick Stella decide to take it back and restore it by battling her minions, the Sour Bunch. At the beginning of the game, Stella gives Peach her power, turning her hair in a ponytail tied with a magenta bow instead of her usual crown. Stella can turn into a long ribbon Peach can use to interact with on-stage elements, such as props and characters. When she enters a particular spot on stage, Peach is also capable of transforming into various costume-like forms that match the stage, such as Swordfighter Peach, Detective Peach, Patissier Peach, and Kung-Fu Peach. Every form has her own fighting style, such as Swordfighter Peach using her rapier or Kung-Fu Peach doing martial arts moves.[1]

In Nintendo's financial report for the first quarter of their fiscal year ending 2024, the game is listed in the launch schedule as "Princess Peach will star as the main character in a brand new game". This sentence is explicitly treated as a tentative title for the game.[3]

Story

Screenshot from Princess Peach: Showtime! of Princess Peach and two Toads arriving at Sparkle Theater. Some Theets and some statues of Sparklas are also seen.
Peach and two Toads arriving at the Sparkle Theater

One day in the Mushroom Kingdom, a Toad is sent a flier advertising a show at the Sparkle Theater, and Princess Peach and some Toads decide to go see it. Suddenly, the wicked Grape and the Sour Bunch invade and take over the theater.

Princess Peach partners up with the teather's guardian Stella to call curtains on this tragedy by using a powerful ribbon and taking on several starring roles — each with their own look and abilities.

Characters

Playable

Supporting

Antagonists

Development

The game was first teased during the June 21, 2023 Nintendo Direct, alongside Super Mario RPG and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD. Also teased in the trailer was a new transformation Peach undergoes during the game, which turns her dress pale blue if she stands on a particular spot on stage. During the transformation, Stella, who was still unnamed, turns into a ribbon and twirls around her, taking the color of her dress.[2]

Gallery

References to other games

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese プリンセスピーチ ショータイム![?]
Purinsesu Pīchi Shōtaimu!
Princess Peach Showtime!
Chinese (traditional) 碧姬公主 表演時刻![4]
Bìjī Gōngzhǔ Biǎoyǎnshíkè!
Princess Peach Showtime!

References

  1. ^ a b Nintendo of America (September 14, 2023). Princess Peach: Showtime! - Nintendo Direct 9.14.2023. YouTube. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Nintendo Direct 6.21.2023 - Nintendo Switch. YouTube. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  3. ^ August 3, 2023. Financial Results Explanatory Material (with Notes) (PDF). Page 21. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved September 10, 2023. (Archived August 3, 2023, 06:42:15 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  4. ^ 《碧姬公主 表演時刻!》的最新資訊公開!本作預定於2024年3月22日(五)發售。 | TOPICS | 任天堂(香港)有限公司網站. Nintendo. Retrieved September 13, 2023.