Princess Peach: Showtime!: Difference between revisions

'''''Princess Peach: Showtime!''''' is an upcoming action adventure game for the [[Nintendo Switch]]. It was first teased during the June 2023 Nintendo Direct, and is set to be released worldwide on March 22, 2024.<ref name=SepDirect>Nintendo of America (September 14, 2023). [https://youtu.be/qfj6ZEpf78g Princess Peach: Showtime! - Nintendo Direct 9.14.2023]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 14, 2023.</ref> It is [[Princess Peach]]'s first starring role in the ''Super Mario'' franchise since ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' released over 18 years prior.

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 (character)|Grape]] takes over the theater. Peach and the theater's guardian [[Stella]] team up and decide to take it back and restore it 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 [[Peach's Crown|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]], [[Pâtissière 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.<ref name=SepDirect/>

|The titular protagonist of the game, Princess Peach sets on to save the Sparkle Theater from Grape and the Sour Bunch, with the help of its guardian, Stella, who helps her transform to various forms.

|The villain of the game. An evil witch who takes over the Sparkle Theater with the help of her minions, the Sour Bunch.

|A tall enemy who fights kung fu.