The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents
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| The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents | |||
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| Level code | BF | ||
| Game | Princess Peach: Showtime! | ||
| Primary power-up | Mermaid Peach | ||
| Music track | The Dark Sea Currents | ||
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The Dark Depths & the Swirling Currents is a level in Princess Peach: Showtime!, located on the right on the bottom part of the basement of the Sparkle Theater. This stage becomes available after Blight of the Sea has been completed. It is the third level where the Mermaid transformation is used.
Layout
The level starts out with a strong backwind current towards Peach, although she can stand still in the current. A group of whirlpools are seen in the background.
Large clamshells walk by in the background, and Peach has to start out by recruiting a school of five fish, and then have the fish open yellow floating clams where fish are inside, to end up with 15 fish.
The clams walk by in groups of two, and Mermaid Sparkla is in the second one. As the two of them make an attempt to swim off, the currents get stronger, and both Peach and Mermaid Sparkla begins floating slightly backwards if they stay still.
With the current getting steadily worse, Mermaid Sparkla invites Peach to sing a duet, to encourage nearby sea turtles and fish. As the fish bounce back and forth between the two singers, the whirlpools calm down, and the problems go away.
Sparkle Gems
- Found in a sub-area at the first section of the stage. Mermaid Peach must strike a pose to access the sub-area. To obtain the Sparkle Gem, Mermaid Peach must guide fish to open the glowing clam containing the Gem.
- Reach the section where Mermaid Sparkla is saved from the clamshell.
- Beneath one of the floating snail-shaped pieces in the heavy-current section.
- Make all fish in the duet concert glow.
- Completing the concert.
Ribboner
Ribboner awards the Multicolored Mermaid Ribbon for Stella. He is trapped in a green clam near the start of the stage, which flies sporadically quickly by in the upper right, and will award Peach Ribbon after he is freed.
- Help request: "It's so dark in here."
- Rescue message: "You're a big help!"
Lobby Shop stock
Completing the level, allows Peach to buy the Special Mermaid Dress for 300 coins at the Lobby Shop.
Postgame Ninja Theets
- Immediately after the start of the level.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ヤミの Yami no Shinkai to Uzumaku Kairyū |
Dark Deep Sea and Swirling Currents | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 黑暗的深海与漩涡海流[?] Hēi'àn De Shēnhǎi Yǔ Xuánwō Hǎiliú |
Dark Deep Sea and Whirlpool Current | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 黑暗的深海與漩渦海流[?] Hēi'àn De Shēnhǎi Yǔ Xuánwō Hǎiliú |
Dark Deep Sea and Whirlpool Current | |
| Dutch | Draaikolken in de duistere diepte[?] | ? | |
| French | Abysses sombres et tourbillons[?] | Dark abyss and whirlpools | |
| German | Dunkle Tiefen, wirbelnde Strudel[?] | ? | |
| Italian | Oscuri abissi e correnti vorticose[?] | Dark abyss and swirling currents | |
| Korean | 어둠의 심해와 소용돌이치는 해류[?] Eodum-ui simhaewa soyongdol-ichineun haelyu |
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| Portuguese | As Profundezas Sombrias e os Redemoinhos[?] | The Dark Depths and the Whirlpools | |
| Russian | Глубины мрака и водовороты[?] Glubiny mraka i vodovoroty |
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| Spanish | Remolinos de malguria[?] | Swirls of darkle |
