Sparkle Theater
| Sparkle Theater | |
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| First appearance | Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024) |
| Inhabitants | Theets, Stella |
- “Come experience dreams, mystery, and adventure with us!”
- —Flyer, intro cutscene
Sparkle Theater is a large theater run by Theets and the main location of Princess Peach: Showtime!. It is made up of various buildings and located on a small island near a seaside town. During the game, Princess Peach, along with a few Toads, visits the theater to watch a show, but are interrupted by the arrival of Grape and the Sour Bunch, who take over the venue and trap them and other Theets present inside. Peach then sets out with the theater's guardian Stella in order to defeat them and save the theater.
Staff Member Theets and other Theets who happened to be trapped inside as well analyze the situation and alert Peach if any paths are blocked off or if something seems odd, such as doors and staircases.
96 Theets are present in the five main lobby floors combined after the main game has been completed.
Layout[edit]
Inside, the Sparkle Theater is spacious and elegant, featuring numerous plays spread across five floors and a basement. On each floor, posters and banners featuring the floor's plays decorate the area, stairs to access the other floors, and a central section where Theets can sit on the stairs and where dark doors show up. There is also a Star Lift that can also be accessed to reach any respective floor automatically once the third floor has been completed. While each floor is controlled by its respective Darkle boss, it features purple lighting, Sour Bunch posters and banners replacing the regular ones and threads blocking the stairs to the next floors.
The four regular stages on each of 1F through 5F can be played in any order in order to unlock each floor's boss levels.
Levels 1 through 3 of all transformations, and the bosses on 1F through 4F, must be cleared in order to enter the final boss. The rehearsal "EX" bonus levels are not required.
When first entering 3F after defeating Light Fang, the Star Lift becomes available for Peach to use as an elevator between floors. If Peach stands on a Star Lift platform while it is glowing, the player can press 
to make a list of available floors show up which can be selected from.
Floor plan[edit]
For the German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese versions of the game, 1F is numbered as the ground floor, with higher floors starting from 1 and up. For instance, 4F in the English version would be 3F in those languages. Asian languages and Russian use the English version's floor numbers.
| Locales | Entrance floor | Second floor | Third floor | Fourth floor | Top floor |
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1F | 2F | 3F | 4F | 5F |
      
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Lobby | 1F | 2F | 3F | 4F |
1F[edit]
The first floor in the Sparkle Theater, also known as the Lobby. It features the main entrance to the Sparkle Theater. The Lobby Shop, a store selling dresses and Stella ribbons, can be found there, manned by the Shopkeep Theet. A second Shopkeep Theet will also appear to decorate all the floors of the Sparkle Theater (except the Basement) in exchange for Sparkle Gems. The carpets and walls of this floor are colored red. Two large disco balls can be found on the ceiling, which disappear when the boss of the floor, Disco Wing, is defeated.
| Image/Name | Transformation | Lobby Shop stock (Peach) |
Lobby Shop stock (Stella) |
Earned directly when won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Castle of Thorns |
 Swordfighter Peach (-1) |
Polka-Dot Dress Horizontal-Stripes Dress Vertical-Stripes Dress Two-Tone Dress Gradient Dress |
Red Ribbon Blue Ribbon Yellow Ribbon Blue Ribbon Orange Ribbon Lime Ribbon Light-Blue Ribbon Black Ribbon |
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 Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids |
 Ninja Peach (-1) |
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 Cowgirl in the Wilderness |
 Cowgirl Peach (-1) |
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 Welcome to the Festival of Sweets |
 Patissiere Peach (-1) |
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 Darkle Boss: Disco Wing |
 Sparkle Peach |
Disco Dress | ||
 Swordfighter Rehearsal |
Swordfighter Peach (-EX) |
Starry Dress | ||
- Swordfighter Sparkla and Ninja Sparkla are located on this floor after being rescued from the basement.
- Other Theets of note on the floor: Pictioneer, Heart Charm Staff Member
2F[edit]
The second floor in the Sparkle Theater. The carpets and walls of the floor are colored green. Three large sets of green and yellow stage lights can be found on the ceiling, which disappear when the boss of the floor, Light Fang, is defeated.
| Image/Name | Transformation | Lobby Shop stock | Earned directly when won |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Ghostly Castle |
Swordfighter Peach (-2) |
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 The Perfect Infiltration |
 Dashing Thief Peach (-1) |
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 A Snow Flower on Ice |
 Figure Skater Peach (-1) |
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 The Case of the Missing Mural |
 Detective Peach (-1) |
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 Darkle Boss: Light Fang |
Sparkle Peach |
Fang Dress | |
 Dashing Thief Rehearsal |
Dashing Thief Peach (-EX) |
Heart Dress | |
- Dashing Thief Sparkla and Figure Skater Sparkla are located on this floor after being rescued from the basement.
3F[edit]
The third floor in the Sparkle Theater. The carpets and walls of the floor are colored yellow. Two large movie projectors can be found on the ceiling, which disappear when the boss of the floor, Purrjector Cat, is defeated.
| Image/Name | Transformation | Lobby Shop stock | Earned directly when won |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mighty Mission: Alien Invasion |
 Mighty Peach (-1) |
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 Cowgirl at Dusk |
Cowgirl Peach (-2) |
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 Welcome to the Spooky Party |
Patissiere Peach (-2) |
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 Melody of the Sea |
 Mermaid Peach (-1) |
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 Darkle Boss: Purrjector Cat |
Sparkle Peach |
Purrjector Dress | |
 Cowgirl Rehearsal |
Cowgirl Peach (-EX) |
Geometric Dress | |
- Patissiere Sparkla and Cowgirl Sparkla are located on this floor after being rescued from the basement.
4F[edit]
The fourth floor in the Sparkle Theater. The carpets and walls of the floor are colored blue. Six large spotlights can be found on the ceiling, which disappear when the boss of the floor, Spotlion, is defeated.
| Image/Name | Transformation | Lobby Shop stock | Earned directly when won |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ninjutsu: The Art of Flames |
Ninja Peach (-2) |
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 The Stolen Statue |
Dashing Thief Peach (-2) |
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 A Kung Fu Tale |
 Kung Fu Peach (-1) |
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 The Case of the Rainy-Day Plot |
Detective Peach (-2) |
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 Darkle Boss: Spotlion |
Sparkle Peach |
Spotlion Dress | |
 Kung Fu Rehearsal |
Kung Fu Peach (-EX) |
Checkered Dress |
- Kung Fu Sparkla and Detective Sparkla are located on this floor after being rescued from the basement.
5F[edit]
The fifth and top floor in the Sparkle Theater. Three large windows decorate the back of the floor where stairs would be. The carpets and walls of the floor are colored white and gray. Four purple flames can be found floating near the ceiling. They disappear when Grape, the final boss, is defeated. This floor has no boss.
The rear window constantly has fireworks fired into the air behind it, regardless of whether the theater has been saved or not, and indicating that 5F is always at nighttime when Peach goes up to it.
| Image/Name | Transformation | Earned directly when won |
|---|---|---|
 Mighty Mission: The Rescue |
Mighty Peach (-2) |
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 A Kung Fu Legend |
Kung Fu Peach (-2) |
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 A Parade on Ice |
Figure Skater Peach (-2) |
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 Blight of the Sea |
Mermaid Peach (-2) |
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 Mighty Rehearsal |
Mighty Peach (-EX) |
Scaly Dress |
- Mighty Sparkla and Mermaid Sparkla are located on this floor after being rescued from the basement.
- Other Theets of note on the floor: Ribboner (postgame)
BF[edit]
The basement of the Sparkle Theater. This room contains ten locked doors, each containing one of the theater's Sparklas. In order to access each, Princess Peach must obtain that respective Sparkla's Sparkla Spirit to unlock the door. The final boss Grape can be fought here after all Sparklas have been rescued.
Completing The Dark Swordfighter & the Arena is mandatory in order to face Darkle Boss: Light Fang on 2F. The other nine Sparkla plays can be played in any order and any time before It's Showtime, Grape!.
| Image/Name | Transformation | Lobby Shop stock |
|---|---|---|
 The Dark Swordfighter & the Arena |
Swordfighter Peach (-3) |
Special Swordfighter Dress |
 The Dark Ninja & the Legion of Guards |
Ninja Peach (-3) |
Special Ninja Dress |
 The Dark Locomotive & the Doomed Town |
Cowgirl Peach (-3) |
Special Cowgirl Dress |
 The Dark Baker & the Bewitching Sweets |
Patissiere Peach (-3) |
Special Patisserie Dress |
 The Dark Prison & the Dangerous Trap |
Dashing Thief Peach (-3) |
Special Dashing Thief Dress |
 The Dark Ice & the Shadowy Stage |
Figure Skater Peach (-3) |
Special Figure Skater Dress |
 The Dark Museum & the Purple Mystery |
Detective Peach (-3) |
Special Detective Dress |
 Dark Space & the Great Meteor |
Mighty Peach (-3) |
Special Mighty Dress |
 The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents |
Mermaid Peach (-3) |
Special Mermaid Dress |
 The Dark School & the Twisted Fist |
Kung Fu Peach (-3) |
Special Kung Fu Dress |
  It's Showtime, Grape! |
 Radiant Peach  Super Radiant Peach |
Radiant Dress Grape Dress Radiant Ribbon Grape Ribbon |
Gallery[edit]
1F as it looks like in the prologue before Grape's invasion.
The exterior of the Sparkle Theater after Grape's invasion, in the demo's title screen
The door to Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids being fenced off in the demo
A dark door that shows up in the center of a floor after the floor's regular stages have been completed.
A Sparkla parade street downstairs from the Sparkle Theater's entry staircase and its seaside avenue
Sparkle Theater seen during daytime, which only occurs in the cutscene after It's Showtime, Grape!
A drawing on the flyer in the intro cutscene
Media[edit]
 Welcome to Sparkle Theater - The background theme played on all saved floors of Sparkle Theater | File info |
| Uneasy Intermission - Played on non-BF floors that have not been saved yet | File info |
| The Basement - Played in BF during the maingame | File info |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | キラメキ Kirameki Gekijō |
Sparkle Theater | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 灿光剧场[1] Cànguāng Jùchǎng |
Sparkle Theater | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 燦光劇場[1] Cànguāng Jùchǎng |
Sparkle Theater | |
| Dutch | Sprankeltheater [1] | Sparkle Theatre | |
| French | Théâtre de l’Étincelle[1] | Theater of the Sparkle | |
| German | Funkeltheater [1] | Sparkle Theater | |
| Italian | Teatro Splendente[1] | Shining Theatre | |
| Korean | 반짝임 극장[1] Banjjagim Geukjang |
Sparkle Theater | |
| Portuguese | Teatro Esplendor[1] | Splendor Theater | |
| Russian | Театр искр[1] Teatr iskr |
Theater of Sparks | |
| Spanish | Teatro Esplendor[1] | Splendor Theater |
Trivia[edit]
- It is strongly implied in the game that the regular plays on 1F through 5F have spectator crowds that consist primarily of Theets, but neither the spectators or the stands are ever seen, and they can only be heard clapping at certain times, for instance when Peach strikes a pose in a designated pose spot.
