Princess Peach: Showtime!

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Princess Peach: Showtime!
North American box art For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Developer	Good-Feel
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
Rating(s)	ESRB: - Everyone 10+ PEGI: - Seven years and older CERO: - All ages ACB: - Parental Guidance USK: - Six years and older GRAC: - All ages GSRR: - Six years and older FPB: - Thirteen years and older Gmedia: - Seven years and older NMC: - Seven years and older
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input	Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Pro Controller

Princess Peach: Showtime! is an action-adventure game released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch on March 22, 2024. First teased during the June 2023 Nintendo Direct, the game was fully revealed three months later during the September 2023 Nintendo Direct. It is Princess Peach's first starring role in a game since Super Princess Peach released over 18 years prior.

A free demo of the game was released on the Nintendo eShop on March 6, 2024.

Overview

Peach and the Toads arriving at the Sparkle Theater.

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, which she lost when Grape showed up. 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.

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. Throughout the game, Peach and Stella takes on challenges within the theater that involve the former transforming into one of ten outfits: Swordfighter, Detective, Patissiere, Kung Fu, Ninja, Cowgirl, Figure Skater, Dashing Thief, Mermaid, and Mighty. Eventually, Peach and Stella comes face to face with Grape. Peach transforms into Radiant Peach, and later, Super Radiant Peach, in order to battle Grape. However, the Sparkle Theater is destroyed during the battle. Once Grape is defeated, Peach rebuilds the theater with her powers. She transforms back into her normal self as the Theets approach her and Stella. They all turn to the camera, take a bow (with the exception of Peach, who curtsies instead) and wave goodbye as confetti falls. Finally, Peach winks and thanks the player.

During the credits, photos show highlights from the game, before coming to still shots of Peach reuniting with the Toads. The pink ribbon that held Peach's hair in place magically unties itself. One of the Toads hands Stella the crown, which she places on Peach's head. The credits end with a photo of Peach and Stella high-fiving surrounded by the Theets, and zooms out to reveal an envelope, a letter, and Peach's crown, all sitting on Peach's bedside table.

Characters

Playable characters

Character	Description
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 usage of Sparkle power and allowing her to transform.

Supporting characters

Character	Description
Toads	Subjects of Princess Peach, two Toads accompany her in her trip to the Sparkle Theater.
Theets	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. Enemies and obstacles Enemies Character Description Short humanoid members of the Sour Bunch. Short humanoid members of the Sour Bunch who wear knight attire and have swords. Short humanoid members of the Sour Bunch who hold spears and shields. Short humanoid members of the Sour Bunch who wear kung fu attire. Avian members of the Sour Bunch. A tall enemy who fights using kung fu. A giant purple plant that resembles a Piranha Plant. Obstacles Obstacle Description Purple brambles that can only be destroyed using Swordfighter Peach's attacks. Transformations Swordfighter Peach Fend off the Sour Bunch with graceful slashes, dodges, and counterattacks as a sensational swordfighter. Detective Peach Don your sleuthing cap to question locals, uncover clues, and solve a classic “whodunnit” mystery as a clever detective. Patissiere Peach Bake and decorate sweets with a dollop of cream and charm as a talented patissiere. Whip something up within the time limit! Kung Fu Peach Defend the school with artful jabs, kicks, and jumps as a disciplined kung fu master. Send foes flying with strength and balance. Ninja Peach Hide in the scenery using props, jump wall to wall, and take out foes with kunai as an agile ninja. Move swiftly and strike! Cowgirl Peach Toss enemies and grab items with a lasso and saddle up your trusty horse as a quick-flingin’ cowgirl. Yeehaw! Figure Skater Peach Join the other dancers on stage in a dazzling performance filled with quick-timed spins and jumps. Dashing Thief Peach Hack and sneak through the Sour Bunch’s defenses. Embrace the thrills (and charms) of espionage! Mermaid Peach Use Peach’s magical voice to control schools of fish to reveal hidden pathways and harmonize with an aquatic orchestra. Mighty Peach Go from hero to superhero! Defend the locals with powerful punches and superhuman strength. Radiant Peach A mythical dress imbued with Sparkle. Super Radiant Peach The ultimate dress imbued with maximum Sparkle. Plays 1F The Castle of Thorns Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids Cowgirl in the Wilderness Welcome to the Festival of Sweets Darkle Boss: Disco Wing 2F The Ghostly Castle The Perfect Infiltration A Snow Flower on Ice The Case of the Missing Mural Darkle Boss: Light Fang 3F Mighty Mission: Alien Invasion Cowgirl at Dusk Welcome to the Spooky Party Melody of the Sea Darkle Boss: Purrjector Cat 4F Ninjitsu: The Art of Flames The Stolen Statue A Kung Fu Tale The Case of the Rainy-Day Plot Darkle Boss: Spotlion 5F Mighty Mission: The Rescue A Kung Fu Legend A Parade on Ice Blight of the Sea BF The Dark Swordfighter & the Arena The Dark Ninja & the Legion of Guards The Dark Locomotive & the Doomed Town The Dark Baker & the Bewitching Sweets The Dark Prison & the Dangerous Trap The Dark Ice & the Shadowy Stage The Dark Museum & the Purple Mystery Dark Space & the Great Meteor The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents The Dark School & the Twisted Fist It's Showtime, Grape! Wardrobe It has been requested that this section be rewritten. Reason: images are preferred over relatively long-winded description (tagged on 14:51, March 23, 2024 (EDT)) Dresses Regular dress: Peach's default appearance. The dress is mainly pink, while the collar, panniers, and hem are magenta. The bow that converts Peach's ponytail is bright magenta. Polka-dot dress: Peach's default dress is decorated by a series of white polka-dots, while the bow in Peach's hair also has white polka-dots. Horizontal-stripes dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with white bar lines traveling in horizontal direction, while the bow in Peach's hair also has white bars lines traveling in horizontal direction. Vertical-stripes dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with white bar lines traveling in vertical direction, while the bow in Peach's hair also has white bars lines traveling in vertical direction. Two-tone dress: The dress is mostly by default, although the upper body part is recolored white, and the bow in Peach's hair is a brighter pink color. Gradient dress: It's similar to the Two-tone version, although the colors are more saturated with the upper body being ultra pure white, while the collar, panniers, and hem have a slighter darker shade of magenta. The bow in Peach's hair is ultra pure white. Starry dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with stars colored magenta, and the bow in Peach's hair also has stars colored magenta. Heart dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with hearts colored magenta, and the bow in Peach's hair also has hearts colored magenta. Geometric dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with zigzag line patterns colored magenta and white on the skirt area. Checkered dress: The dress is modified with plaid checkers in pink, bright azalea pink, white, and ultra pure white. The bow in Peach's hair also has plaid checkers of the same mentioned colors. Scaly dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with triangles in pink, radish pink, and magenta, and the bow in Peach's hair also has triangles of the same mentioned colors. Swordfighter dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with rose patterns colored magenta and plum purple on the skirt area. Special swordfighter dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with rose patterns and thorns colored magenta and plum purple, while the bow on Peach's hair bears the same mentioned pattern in the same color. Ninja dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with floral patterns and fang lines in white and magenta. Special ninja dress: Peach's dress is decorated with diamond shapes with floral patterns in pink, magenta, and white, while the collar, panniers, and hem have a darker saturation of magenta. The bow in Peach's hair also bears a similar pattern with the same mentioned colors. Cowgirl dress: Peach's dress is mainly white with boulder designs in pink. The bow in Peach's hair is white with a pink boulder design. Cowgirl dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with horses, horizontal lines, and triangular patterns in pink, magenta, and white. The bow in Peach's hair also bears the mentioned design. Patissiere dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with strawberries, horizontal wave patterns, and sliced fruits in pink, magenta, and white on the skirt area. Special Patissiere dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with plaid checkers and various cookie designs in pink, magenta, and white. The bow in Peach's hair also has a plaid checker design. Dashing Thief dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with various jewel patterns in magenta on the skirt area. Special Dashing Thief dress: Peach's dress is decorated with a city pattern with a moon and stars, while the collar, panniers, and hem are a slightly darker magenta color. The bow in Peach's hair also has white stars overlaid. Figure Skater dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with horizontal lines, triangular patterns, and snowflakes in white on the skirt area. Special Figure Skater dress: Peach's dress is mainly a brighter pink color with snowflake patterns in white, magenta, and purple, while the collar, panniers, and hem are English lavender. The bow in Peach's hair is also a brighter pink color with white snowball patterns. Detective dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with magnifying glasses and question marks in white and magenta on the skirt area. Special Detective dress: Peach's dress is mainly a sandy brown color with decorations involving yellow keys and chocolate brown magnifying glasses. The collar, panniers, and hem are a standard brown color. The bow in Peach's hair has a plaid checker design in various brown shades. Mighty dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with UFOs, triangular patterns, and stars in Magenta and purple on the skirt area. Special Mighty dress: Peach's dress is mainly violet decorated with planets, constellations, and stars. The collar, panniers, and hem are Spanish violet. The bow in Peach's hair is violet with white circle patterns. Mermaid dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with wave patterns in white, magenta, and radish pink, while the bow in Peach's hair bears a similar design. Special Mermaid dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with angled line patterns in white and music notes in magenta, while the bow in Peach's hair is decorated with white horizontal lines. Kung Fu dress: Peach's default dress is decorated with cloud patterns in magenta on the skirt area. Special Kung Fu dress: Peach's dress is mainly orange with a dragon pattern colored Orioles orange, cloud patterns in white, and diamond wave line patterns in darker orange. The collar, panniers, and hem are cherry red. The bow in Peach's hair is orange with diamond line patterns in darker orange. Disco dress: Peach's dress is designed with disco dimensions in white, magenta, violet, and purple. The collar, panniers, hem, and hair bow are purple. Fang dress: Peach's dress is mainly green decorated with lime green squares and white wheels overlapping. The collar, panniers, hem, and hair bow are purple. Purrjector dress: Peach's dress is mainly yellow decorated with circles and wheels in old gold. The collar, panniers, hem, and hair bow are purple. Spotlion dress: Peach's dress has different shades of blue in vertical patterns with cruiser windows engraving the skirt area. The collar, panniers, hem, and hair bow are purple. Radiant dress: Peach's dress is mainly a translucent pink color decorated with star bits in ultra pure white. The panniers and hem are also ultra pure white, but the collar is in bright azalea pink. The bow in Peach's hair is a translucent pink color with bright white circle designs. Grape dress: The upper body of the dress is violet, while the skirt area bears vertical lines in indigo, violet, and sapphire blue. The collar, panniers, and hem are Russian violet. The bow in Peach's hair also has the same vertical design of colors that cover the skirt area. Sparkle dress: The dress is mainly a metallic rose pink color decorated with diamond patterns in standard pink with stars, sparkles, and curtain lines in vast white on the skirt area. The collar, panniers, and hem are paradise pink. Special dress: The dress is mainly Italian sky blue decorated with sparkle patterns in pink and indigo. The hair bow and collar are Italian sky blue, the panniers saturate by pink and indigo, and the hem below the skirt area is vast white. Secret dress: The dress is mainly pale azalea pink decorated with Theet patterns in yellow. Other designs include bubbles and star bite in magenta and bright azalea pink. The collar remains the same color as the dress, while the hair bow, panniers, and hem are misty rose pink. Development The initial key art, featuring Peach with more whimsical facial expressions. 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. The same transformation appears in the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, revealing it to turn Peach into her Swordfighter form. 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. The game's final title of Princess Peach: Showtime! was announced during the September 2023 Nintendo Direct. 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. 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. Notably, both Super Mario-franchise games developed on the engine are made by Good-Feel. Promotion Pin and notebook Shopping bag Products distributed with the game on the European My Nintendo Store Customers who purchase this game on the European My Nintendo Store receive an additional pin and notebook showing Princess Peach and Stella. A special bundle containing the game and a reusable shopping bag featuring Peach's transformations is also available for purchase on this store. Gallery For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Princess Peach: Showtime! Princess Peach Swordfighter Peach Detective Peach Patissiere Peach 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. Mario Kart Wii: One of Toad's voice clips from this game is reused in the opening cutscene. Super Mario Odyssey: The design of Peach's Castle is based off its design in this game. References in other games Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: An event called "Showtime and Wonder Spirits" added two new spirits based on Princess Peach: Showtime!, with those being Peach & Stella and Swordfighter Peach. Super Mario Run: A 9-mission event based on the game was released, with each three missions completed awarding the player with statues based on Patissiere Peach, Swordfighter Peach and Peach with Stella. Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Notes Japanese プリンセスピーチ Showtime!ショータイム！ 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). Chinese (traditional) 碧姬公主 表演時刻！ Bìjī Gōngzhǔ Biǎoyǎnshíkè! Princess Peach Showtime! Korean 프린세스 피치 Showtime!쇼타임! Peulinseseu Pichi Syotaim! Princess Peach Showtime! 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