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Princess Peach as she appears now in Mario Party 8 art.

“Yeah, Peach has got it!”

—Princess Peach, Mario Kart 64

Princess Peach Toadstool (sometimes just called Peach) is a princess first appearing in Super Mario Bros. She resides in her castle. She is often the damsel in distress is most Mario games, and sometimes a playable character.

Game Appearances

Artwork of Princess Toadstool for Super Mario Bros. (later reused for Super Mario World and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2)

Peach, as she appears in many Super Mario games.

The Captive Princess

In Super Mario Bros., Peach (known as Toadstool back then) was kidnapped by King Bowser, so Mario needed to rescue her. He went through eight castles, but each of the first seven was guarded by a fake Bowser and the only person trapped there was a Toad (known as a Mushroom Retainer).

"Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!" the Mushroom Retainer said every time you met one.

After completing all seven castles, Mario finally found the princess.

A Daring Damsel

In Super Mario Bros. 2, players could actually play as Princess Toadstool (as well as Mario, Luigi and Toad) on their quest to save the dream land of Subcon from the evil Wart. Her main ability was that she could float for a few seconds after each Jump.

The Second Kidnapping

In Super Mario Bros. 3, the princess sent items to Mario and Luigi, while they saved the Mushroom Kings. However, later on, Bowser kidnaps Toadstool and the Mario Bros. must save her.

In Trouble Again

For Mario's first SNES game, Super Mario World, the game went back to the original plot: Save the Princess from King Bowser. Mario and Luigi rescued Toadstool with the help of Yoshi.

Peach Power

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, a SNES game made by Squaresoft, Toadstool was one of Mario's party, along with Mallow, Geno and Bowser. At the beginning of the game, Bowser kidnaps her. Mario comes to her aid, and fights Bowser. However Exor crashes into Bowser's Keep, and sends the three flying in different directions. Peach landed in the castle of Booster. Booster falls in love with her, and plans to force her to marry him, despite her cries of "MARIO, HELP ME! MARIO, HELP ME! MARIO, HELP ME!". In the end Mario and Bowser rescue her, and she joins their party. Her healing abilities made her one of the most important members of the group. The game also introduced a Toadstool Clone, which could use the same and more powerful attacks, such as Mega Recover.

The Castle Kidnapping

Super Mario 64 once again reverted to the old plot: Save the princess from King Bowser. Toadstool baked a cake for Mario, but when he came to the castle, Toad told him that Bowser had kidnapped Toadstool again.

A 2-Dimensional Quest

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Peach as seen in Paper Mario.

In Paper Mario, the second Mario RPG, King Bowser once again kidnapped Peach, this time using his castle to carry her away. He does this after imprisoning the 7 Star Spirits and stealing the Star Rod. Once again Mario rescues her, this time with the help of the 7 Star Spirits and party members Goombario, Kooper, Bombette, Bow, Parakarry, Sushie, Watt and Lakilester. Peach actually helped Mario save the Mushroom Kingdom. A young star spirit named Twink came to help her, and together they found a secret passage out of her room. She sabotaged Bowser's plots by supplying Mario with a relatively constant stream of information, using Twink as her messenger.

At the end of the game, Bowser ties her to the ceiling of the main hall as bait for Mario. Mario comes and fights Bowser. When he is defeated, Bowser grabs the Princess and runs to the roof of the castle. He then uses the Star Rod to make himself completely invincible. Princes Peach and Twink get into a fight with Kammy Koopa, and defeat her. Then Peach wishes that her kingdom would remain safe. Twink and Peach add their power to the Star Beam, making it able to break Bowser's invincibility.

Paradise Ruined

In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario, Peach and Toadsworth go to Isle Delfino. However, Shadow Mario (who turns out to be Bowser Jr.) has filled the island with graffiti, and Mario is forced to clean it up with FLUDD. Eventually, Bowser Jr. kidnaps Peach and Mario must once again rescue the princess. Peach turns out to be Bowser Jr.'s mother, but then Bowser admits that it was a lie.

The Neigboring Kingdom

Peach had her voice stolen by Cackletta and Fawful in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, the third Mario RPG. But it turns out that it wasn't really Peach at all; it was Birdo, who disguised herself as Peach to trick Cackletta. When Bowletta kidnaps Peach, Luigi dresses himself up in Peach's spare dress to fool Bowletta and Fawful into thinking he is Peach. The plan works, until Luigi accidentally reveals his mustache.

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Princess Peach as seen in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

A Different Captor

In the final Mario RPG, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Peach is kidnapped again, but not by Bowser - she is kidnapped by Grodus, the leader of the X-Nauts and taken to the X-Naut Moon Base. You can control Peach after each chapter, like in the original Paper Mario, and a computer named TEC falls in love with her and betrays Grodus to help Peach escape. Grodus destroys TEC when he finds out, and takes her to the Palace of Shadow, where the Shadow Queen, the ancient 1000-year old demon, possesses Peach and fights Mario. However, she finds Peach's body too weak and returns to her true form (a purple shadow creature) for the final battle.

Time Traveling

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Baby Princess Peach.

Main Article: Baby Peach

In the past, Baby Peach was still the princess even if she was a baby. Young Toadsworth always took care of the princess, since she cried a lot. Baby Mario and Baby Luigi would sometimes come to play with her. And even Baby Bowser still came to kidnap her! But one day, some weird aliens, known as Shroobs attacked. And since Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Bowser, Baby Peach and Young Toadsworth were all there, Baby Bowser called Kamek to get them out of the castle. Kamek arrived and took them out of the castle just in time.

In the present, Peach, Toadiko and Toadbert had used the time machine, that E. Gadd made, to travel back into the past, to the time where the Shroobs were attacking. When they got to the present, the Shroobs cornered Peach and the Toads. Elder Princess Shroob, the leader of the Shroobs, and Princess Shroob, the younger princess, attacked Peach. Peach grabbed the time machine's power, the Colbat Star, the thing that made the time machine work, and trapped Elder Princess Shroob inside it. Then she broke the Colbat Star into pieces, while Elder Princess Shroob was still inside. Princess Shroob, was surprised so she captured Peach.

In the present, E. Gadd said, that to save Peach, they needed to get all the Colbat Star Shards. Mario and Luigi, went to the past, teamed up with their baby selves to save Peach.

Later in the game, Peach gets eaten by Petey Piranha, but is spat out later and put behind a cage. Mario and Co. eventually find her, but with a Shroob thing on her face. Mario and Co. are surprised, but now that they saved Peach, they take her to the present. There E. Gadd tells Peach to take a rest. Peach takes a rest but then Bowser comes and kidnaps her. Bowser accidentally falls in a time hole, and goes in the past, Thwomp Volcano. Bowser meets Baby Bowser there and they team up to fight Mario and Co. Mario and Co. follow Bowser there, and beat Bowser, and Baby Bowser, saving Peach. But the Shroob Mother Ship sucks Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi and Peach in. Mario and Co. learn that, that Peach was Princess Shroob dressed as Peach! The really one is still in Shroob Castle.

When Mario and Luigi get to Shroob Castle, they get to see Peach, but Princess Shroob interrupts their conversation at the poit where Peach was going to explain why the Cobalt Star should not be completed and a battle begins. Then Baby Bowser reunites the Colbat Star Shards all together making Elder Princess Shroob appear and get all her power back! The final battle begins.

Mario and Luigi defeat Elder Princess Shroob, who turns into a Shroob mushroom. Baby Luigi grabs it, and they learn that the Shroobs weakness is baby tears. E. Gadd invents something that washes the Shroobs away. But Peach and the others are called to the main hall to discuss what to do with an unconscious Bowser. Baby Mario starts attacking him, but then the Elder Princess Shroob mushroom sneaks away from Baby Luigi, and goes in Bowser's body Another battle begins, with Shrowser. Shrowser is shortly defeated, and no more Shroobs for good. The babies go back to their own time, as Mario and Co. wave.

Kidnapped By a Kid

Princess Peach is kidnapped once again in the New Super Mario Bros.. However, like Super Mario Sunshine, the culprit is not Bowser but his son, Bowser Jr. In the beginning of the game, Peach and Mario were enjoying a peaceful walk around the castle. However, smoke began to billow from the peaceful fortress. When Mario went to investigate, Peach was nabbed by Bowser Jr. As it turns out, the fire was merely a diversion created by Junior to lure Mario away from Peach.

Ultimately, Mario chases Bowser Jr. (with Peach in tow) throughout the Mushroom Kingdom, eventually stopping the young fiend, fighting him, a long with Bowser, and after defeating them, saving Peach.

Peach To The Rescue

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A screenshot of Super Princess Peach

Finally, in 2006, the roles that had existed for the last 20 or so years were reversed - it was Princess Peach's turn to save Mario and Luigi from the dreaded King Bowser. With the aid of a talking umbrella named Perry - who was amnesiac and therefore possessed a mysterious past - Peach traveled to Vibe Island, where Bowser had moved his operations in order to obtain the Vibe Scepter. However, the Goomba who brought it to him had been affected by its magic, and with a calm, playful attitude, he used the scepter on the entire island, thereby creating chaos.

With this, Peach was capable of using four Vibe Techniques to help her through the areas.

With the Calm Vibe, she was capable of recharging her health at the cost of her vibe meter. She also continued to possess full control over Perry, unlike the other three vibes.
With the Gloom Vibe, Peach would become overwhelmed with sadness (probably at the loss of Mario) and would bawl; this wasn't very useful for defeating enemies, but would make vines grow and made her run faster as well as jump further (while running at full gait, of course).
With the Rage Vibe, she would become angry, and would gain a fiery aura, which was good at defeating foes, including being able to defeat both Boos and Dry Bones! It also weakened her jump, making her capable of only half the normal jump, but allowed her to stomp hard on the ground once landing, knocking foes over. In this "form", she was incapable of running.
Finally, with the Joy Vibe, Peach would be overwhelmed with happiness, and could float through the air, essentially giving her flight. If she stopped moving and allowed herself to drift downwards for any amount of time, she would spin, creating a whirlwind which could defeat foes, including the dreaded Chain Chomps.

Princess Peach also was capable of floating for a short period of time like she was in Super Mario Bros. 2 (and subsequently, Super Smash Bros.), only this time she used Perry to hold her aloft rather than her dress.

Eventually, she fought her way through the island's many hazards and got Mario back. Perry also became less amnesiatic as time went on, eventually recovering his memory.

Super Paper Princess

Peach is a playable character in Super Paper Mario, starting after Chapter 1. She escapes with the help of Private Koopa from Castle Bleck, and falls from the sky into Flipside. When Mario gives her Spicy Soup, she gets better and joins the adventure. She can float with her parasol using the 2 button, and if the player presses down on the D-Pad, she uses the parasol to shield from her enemies.

In Chapter 8-2, Mimi taunts her for being kidnapped so many times and for being rescued by plumbers instead of just rescuing herself. After this, for the remainder of the chapter Peach is very rude and mean to Mario and Luigi, after Luigi's remark, "Are you sure you want to fight her alone, Princess?"

Another Kidnap

In Super Mario Galaxy, Peach is kidnapped by an unknown villain (Not Bowser or maybe). She's brought into space and into the whole galaxy and Mario has to go through different planets to save her. The rest is unknown...

Other Games

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Peach hitting the ball from Mario Power Tennis.

Peach is also playable in the Mario Party. She is also in the Mario Kart series, where she is usually one of the lightest characters, as well as the Mario sports games. She is usually paired with Daisy, and is sometimes seen wearing shorts instead of her usual dress.

Peach also appeared in the "Modern" version of Donkey Kong in Game & Watch Gallery 3. Donkey Kong, (Or at least, a monkey that Looked like Donkey Kong had kidnapped her, and Mario had to rescue her. It is unknown if this is a Canon appearance. Peach was also the main character of the Modern version of cook,where she has to flip sausages, bacon, and eggs, without letting them fall. Again, this games canonity is questionable.

Super Smash Sister

Peach was one of the first playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, where she can once again float in mid-air and pull vegetables out of the ground. She can also use an umbrella (like Perry) which can be used to float to the ground and whack people with. In Adventure Mode, she is fought at the end of the first stage. The Player will have to fight her and Mario or Luigi. Princess Peach's Castle is also a course in the game. She is one of the many characters wanted by fans to appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but it is unknown whether she will or not.

Special Moves

B - Toad Block

B → - Peach Bomber

B ↑ - Parasol

B ↓ - Vegetable

Appearance

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Princess Peach's Portrait: It is noticeable that she has not had many changes about her physical features until today.

Peach has always been depicted as a blonde. Also, in official artwork by Nintendo, her hair has been blond since the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2 (a.k.a the Lost Levels). However, due to the graphical limitations of the NES hardware, her on-screen sprite in the earlier Super Mario Bros. games displayed her with brown hair or red hair and outlines (presumably, this was the reason why Peach was depicted with red hair instead of blond in the cartoons). This discrepancy was remedied in the SNES era with Super Mario World, in which was she shown with her proper hair color. Also she started to wear arm-length gloves in Super Mario World, which is added to her ensemble. In sport games, Peach wears very revealing outfits, especially so in Super Mario Strikers.

Personality

Peach's personality has varied greatly from medium to medium. In the games she is generally portrayed as a calm, generous and kind (if helpless) monarch with an avid interesting in baking. In the cartoon shows her personality was much the same as she was practical and generous to a fault; in one episode where the Mario Bros. are getting homesick, she vows to find a way to get them home and when they find it later in the episode, insists they take it even though Koopa is still on the loose. She's also shown to have an interest in surfing in the cartoons. In the Nintendo Comics System and Nintendo Adventure Books she's shown to be a competent ruler, but is also somewhat selfish, short-tempered and obsessed with cleanliness. In games like Super Mario Strikers, she has a very in-your-face attitude but, so does everyone else. Most of the time she is level-headed and calm but, like other participants, has a competitive streak when it comes to sports. Deep down inside she is very touchy about being rescued by Mario and Luigi, as seen in Super Paper Mario.

Relationships

Mario

Main article: Mario

Mario is Peach's love interest. Mario saves Peach quite often and she usually will bake him a cake or give him a kiss upon her rescue. Princess Peach occasionally saves Mario using her wits. The two are largely speculated to be in a romantic relationship and have been since their debut appearances.

Daisy

Main article: Princess Daisy

Daisy has been good friends with Peach ever since her comeback appearance in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. The two are often partnered up in Mario spin-offs. Naturally, they enjoy the occasional rivalry, but for the most part, they enjoy each other's company. By their friendship, one can assume that the Mushroom Kingdom and Sarasaland have very good foreign relations. The two share good chemistry in the game Mario Superstar Baseball. Nintendo's Mario Power Tennis Website says that Daisy is Peach's sister in arms, obviously meaning more of a brotherly love type of relationship than an actual blood relationship.

Luigi

Main article: Luigi

Luigi is Peach's friend. It is hinted that Luigi like Mario has a crush on her. Luigi is seen swooning over her in her Mario Power Tennis victory scene with hearts in his eyes, indicating that Luigi has romantic feelings for her.

Initial Stats in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Level 9
HP: 50
Speed: 24
Attack: 80 (with starting equipment) 40 (without starting equipment)
Defense: 48 (with starting equipment) 24 (without starting equipment)
Magic Attack: 40
Magic Defense: 40 (with starting equipment) 28 (without starting equipment)
Starting Equipment:
- Slap Glove: +40 Attack when equipped
- Polka Dress: +24 Defense and +12 Magic Defense when equipped
Moves
- Therapy
- Group Hug

Super Paper Mario Catch Cards

First Card

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Peach's 1st Catch Card.

Card Type: Rare

Card Description: Peach has this funny habit of getting kidnapped... But that parasol of hers is stylish and functional!

Second Card

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Peach's 2nd Catch Card.

Card Type: Uncommon

Card Description: Peach is looking fabulous in her white wedding gown! It was conjured with magic, but who designed it?

Third Card

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Peach's 3rd Catch Card.