The Dark Ice & the Shadowy Stage
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The Dark Ice & the Shadowy Stage | |||
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World | BF | ||
Game | Princess Peach: Showtime! | ||
Primary power-up | Figure Skater Peach | ||
Boss | Large Icicle summoned from Sour Bunch figure skater | ||
Music track | Into The Darkness | ||
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The Dark Ice & the Shadowy Stage is a level in Princess Peach: Showtime!, and is the third and last level where Peach uses the Figure Skater Peach transformation. This stage becomes available after A Parade on Ice has been completed.
Layout
The level starts out with Peach in her Figure Skater transformation, skating rightwards and up towards an ice rink where seven Sour Bunch members stand in the way. They do however not need to be defeated to enter the portal that is past them.
Once Peach has passed through the resulting portal, she finds herself in a third bout with the Sour Bunch figure skater, this time under different rules than in the previous two bouts: Sour Bunch figure skater will spawn falling large icicles that Peach must avoid, in order for her to spin him around with pair dancing, during which time she has to spin or jump at snowflakes. Doing so at five snowflakes frees the Figure Skater Sparkla.
As a result of the icicles that fell during the bout, all the other icicles in the level are beginning to fall down too, leading to Peach and Figure Skater Sparkla having to flee from the icicles together.
On the advice of Figure Skater Sparkla, the escape section relies heavily on yellow spin jump snowflakes, to jump up to and across both tall and long obstacles, before escaping to safety. Some parts of the section also have blue snowflakes, with which Peach can lift Figure Skater Sparkle above her head for a double pirouette that can defeat Sour Bunch members even while the members themselves are spinning.
Sparkle Gems
Sparkle Gems marked with an asterisk ⁽*⁾ will always be obtained during regular gameplay.
- Defeating the seven Sour Bunch members in the initial skate rink.
- A basement pose platform is found on a platform on the left, immediately before the portal after the initial skate rink. Peach must then succeed at matching the five snowflakes.
- Collect eight Sparkle pieces during a chicane part of the escape section.
- On high ground before the ending sequence. Figure Skater Peach must backtrack a little bit to reach the Sparkle Gem.
- Finishing the show.*
Ribboner
After the initial skate rink, if the right sidepath is taken before heading into the front portal, he will be found laying down with two Sour Bunch skaters circling him. He awards the Multicolored Figure Skater Ribbon after being rescued.
- Help message: "Everything's spinning!"
- Rescue message: "Quite the dizzying spin you've got there!"
Postgame Ninja Theet
The stage has one Ninja Theet when it is played in the postgame:
- During the Sparkle piece part of the escape section, in the lower path between the sixth and seventh Sparkle pieces.
Gallery
Pictioneer's photo of the stage
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | ヤミの Yami no Hyōkai to Kuroi Butai |
Dark Chunk of Ice and Black Stage | |
Chinese (simplified) | 黑暗的冰块与黑色舞台[?] Hēi'àn De Bīngkuài Yǔ Hēisè Wǔtái |
Dark Ice Cube and Black Stage | |
Chinese (traditional) | 黑暗的冰塊與黑色舞台[?] Hēi'àn De Bīngkuài Yǔ Hēisè Wǔtái |
Dark Ice Cube and Black Stage | |
Dutch | Schaduwpodium op het duistere ijs[?] | The shadow podium on the dark ice | |
French | Glace sombre et scène obscure[?] | Dark ice and dark stage | |
German | Dunkles Eis und finstere Bühne[?] | Dark Ice and Dark Stage | |
Italian | Il palco oscuro sul ghiaccio[?] | The dark stage on ice | |
Korean | 어둠의 얼음덩어리와 검은 무대[?] Eodum-ui eoreumdeong'eori-wa geomeun mudae |
Dark Ice and Black Stage | |
Portuguese | O Rinque Sombrio e os Sincelos[?] | The Dark Rink and the Rime Ices | |
Russian | Ледопад и каток мрака[?] Ledopad i katok mraka |
Icefall and skating rink of darkness | |
Spanish | Sobre hielo y malguria[?] | On ice and darkle |