Princess Peach: Showtime!
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 North American box art For alternate box art, see the game's gallery. | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Nintendo | ||||||||||||||
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch | ||||||||||||||
| Release date | Template:Release | ||||||||||||||
| Language(s) | English (United Kingdom) English (United States) French (France) French (Canada) German Spanish (Spain) Spanish (Latin America) Italian Dutch Portuguese (Brazil) Russian Japanese Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Korean | ||||||||||||||
| Genre | Action-adventure | ||||||||||||||
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| Mode(s) | Single-player | ||||||||||||||
| Input | Nintendo Switch:
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- Everyone 10+
- Seven years and older
- All ages
- Parental Guidance
- Six years and older
- All ages
- Six years and older
Princess Peach: Showtime! is an upcoming action-adventure game for the Nintendo Switch. It was first teased during the June 2023 Nintendo Direct and fully revealed three months later during the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, and is set to be released worldwide on March 22, 2024.[1] It is Princess Peach's first starring role in a game since Super Princess Peach released over 18 years prior.
Overview
The game has a stage play-themed setting. It takes place in a venue called Sparkle Theater, which a Toad invited Peach to. Once they arrive, a witch called Grape takes over the theater. Peach and the theater's guardian Stella team up to take back the theater by battling Grape's 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 stands on a particular spot on the stage, Peach is capable of transforming into various costume-like forms that match the stage, such as Swordfighter Peach, Detective Peach, Patissiere Peach, and Kung Fu Peach. Every form has her own fighting style, such as Swordfighter Peach using a rapier or Kung Fu Peach doing martial arts moves.[1]
Plot
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, leaving Peach trapped inside. Peach teams up with the theater's guardian Stella to stop them.
Characters
Playable characters
| Character | Description |
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 Princess Peach |
The titular main protagonist of the game, Princess Peach sets off to save the Sparkle Theater from Grape and the Sour Bunch. |
 Stella |
The guardian fairy of the Sparkle Theater, Stella assists Peach by giving her ribbon powers and allowing her to transform. |
Supporting characters
| Character | Description |
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 Toads |
Subjects of Princess Peach, two Toads accompany her in her trip to the Sparkle Theater. |
 Theets[2] |
Short dot-eyed creatures with spherical heads and big spherical noses. They come in various colors and accessories and appear to work as employees of the Sparkle Theater. |
 Grape |
The main antagonist of the game. She is an evil witch who takes over the Sparkle Theater with the help of her minions, the Sour Bunch. |
Enemies and obstacles
Enemies
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Short humanoid members of the Sour Bunch. |
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Short humanoid members of the Sour Bunch who wear knight attire and have swords. |
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Short humanoid members of the Sour Bunch who hold spears and shields. |
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Short humanoid members of the Sour Bunch who wear kung fu attire. |
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Avian members of the Sour Bunch. |
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A tall enemy who fights using kung fu. |
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A giant purple plant that resembles a Piranha Plant. |
Obstacles
| Obstacle | Description |
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Purple brambles that can only be destroyed using Swordfighter Peach's attacks. |
Transformations
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Fend off the Sour Bunch with graceful slashes, dodges, and counterattacks as a sensational swordfighter. |
Don your sleuthing cap to question locals, uncover clues, and solve a classic “whodunnit” mystery as a clever detective. |
Bake and decorate sweets with a dollop of cream and charm as a talented patissiere. Whip something up within the time limit! |
Defend the school with artful jabs, kicks, and jumps as a disciplined kung fu master. Send foes flying with strength and balance. |
Hide in the scenery using props, jump wall to wall, and take out foes with kunai as an agile ninja. Move swiftly and strike! |
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Toss enemies and grab items with a lasso and saddle up your trusty horse as a quick-flingin’ cowgirl. Yeehaw! |
Join the other dancers on stage in a dazzling performance filled with quick-timed spins and jumps. |
Hack and sneak through the Sour Bunch’s defenses. Embrace the thrills (and charms) of espionage! |
Use Peach’s magical voice to control schools of fish to reveal hidden pathways and harmonize with an aquatic orchestra. |
Go from hero to superhero! Defend the locals with powerful punches and superhuman strength. |
Development
The game was first teased during the June 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 the stage. During the transformation, Stella, who was still unnamed, turns into a ribbon and twirls around her, taking the color of her dress.[5] The same transformation appears in the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, revealing it to turn Peach into her Swordfighter form.[1]
In Nintendo's financial report for the first quarter of their fiscal year ending 2024, the game was 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.[6] The game's final title of Princess Peach: Showtime! was announced during the September 2023 Nintendo Direct.[1]
In October 2023, the game's box art and key artwork were modified to give Peach more determined facial expressions, which have been compared to Peach's appearance in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.[7][8]
In February 2024, it was confirmed that Princess Peach: Showtime! was being developed on the Unreal Engine 4 engine, making it the second game in the Super Mario franchise after Yoshi's Crafted World and the third Nintendo game as a whole after Pikmin 4 to be developed with this engine.[9]
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Princess Peach: Showtime!
The Sour Bunch
Key artwork
References to other games
- Yoshi's Cookie: The cookies Patissiere Peach holds in the official key artwork are the same as the ones from this game.
- Super Mario Odyssey: The design of Peach's Castle is based off its design in this game.[1]
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | プリンセスピーチ Purinsesu Pīchi Shōtaimu! |
Princess Peach Showtime! Like the Japanese title for Super Princess Peach, the Japanese word for princess「姫」(hime) is not used, but rather the transliterated English equivalent「プリンセス」(purinsesu). |
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| Chinese (traditional) | 碧姬公主 表演時刻！[11] Bìjī Gōngzhǔ Biǎoyǎnshíkè! |
Princess Peach Showtime! | |
| Korean | 프린세스 피치 Peulinseseu Pichi Syotaim! |
Princess Peach Showtime! |
External links
- Official North American game page
- Official Canadian (French) game page
- Official Latin American game page
- Official Brazilian game page
- Official Japanese game page
- Official United Kingdom game page
- Official Belgium (Dutch) game page
- Official Belgium (French) game page
- Official German game page
- Official España game page
- Official French game page
- Official Italian game page
- Official Dutch game page
- Official Austrian game page
- Official Portuguese game page
- Official Swiss (German) game page
- Official Swiss (French) game page
- Official Swiss (Italian) game page
- Official South African game page
- Official Australian game page
References
- ^ a b c d e Nintendo of America (September 14, 2023). Princess Peach: Showtime! - Nintendo Direct 9.14.2023. YouTube. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/princess-peach-showtime-switch/
- ^ a b Nintendo (January 23, 2024). Princess Peach: Showtime! – Transformation Trailer – Nintendo Switch. YouTube.
- ^ a b c d Nintendo (Februarty 14, 2024). Princess Peach: Showtime! – Transformation Trailer: Act II – Nintendo Switch. YouTube.
- ^ Nintendo Direct 6.21.2023 - Nintendo Switch. YouTube. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ 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.)
- ^ Princess Peach Box Art Updated to Look a Little More Like She Does in the Super Mario Bros. Movie IGN. Retrieved October 13, 2023
- ^ Nintendo has redesigned Princess Peach to be more like the movie Metro. Retrieved October 17, 2023
- ^ https://twitter.com/Akfamilyhome/status/1757301713248366855/photo/2
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