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Daisy is portrayed as a tomboy with an extroverted personality and tough demeanor. She can be described as energetic, loud, cheerful, and confident. In the song ''Save Me With Your Charm'', she was shown to speak with a British accent, although in later appearances, when speaking, she uses American slang and has a twang to her voice. She also has a sassy side, often regarded for her wittiness and attitude. Unlike Peach, Daisy is not as proper or poised as she would be based on her appearance and status as royalty; such as standing with her hands on her hips, exhibiting hotheadedness in defeat, showboating in victory, and showing off to get her way. It has been suggested her choice of colors could reflect her personality<ref>''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' Daisy (Tennis Outfit) trophy</ref>, with orange being her favorite<ref>''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' Baby Daisy trophy</ref>. She likes to go shopping and dine at fine restaurants, but gladly passes up such enjoyments to train instead.

In ''Fortune Street'', Daisy's personality is more heavily explored with the robust amount of dialogue among characters. She is shown to be impulsive and excitable, eager to take on big challenges and try new things; like scaling the [[Colossus]] and riding the flying train at the [[Observatory]]. She considers becoming a professional athlete when tasked to pick a new trade in [[Alltrades Abbey]], and she repeatedly remarks on wanting to take home cute creatures like [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] and [[Slime]] to have as pets. Daisy is shown to be domineering and direct to others, teasing and bossing [[Luigi]] around when his shops are not large enough. She also talks down to enemies like [[Wario]], [[Waluigi]], and [[Bowser]], refusing to congratulate their success and criticizing their shops, believing they would use foul play. The same game also shows she's not above pitching a fit or forcing others to pay up to allow her to get an expensive item at her request, based on some of her comments. It's also hinted in her bio for ''Mario Party 3'' as well as her comments to Birdo that she is a bit vain regarding her appearance.

Overall, Princess Daisy is an all-around or technique character in sports games. In ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'', she is a Balanced player who leans towards Technique, and in ''Mario Power Tennis'', she is a purely Technical player. ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games'' was the first time Daisy was classified as a Speed player, but even then, her rounded technique still qualified her for a balanced range of event handicaps. Like other ''Mario'' characters, Daisy can [[punch]], [[kick]], [[jump]], [[Wall Jump|wall kick]], and [[Ground Pound|ground pound]], as well being able to [[Double Jump|jump in midair]] in ''Super Mario Run''. She has also been occasionally shown to have a strong swing, having the longest non-star drive of any human player in ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour''.

In ''Super Mario Strikers'', Daisy is an offensive captain. Her Super Strike is called the [[Super Strike#Princess Daisy - Torpedo Strike|Torpedo Strike]], and once more involves flower visuals behind her. However, in the sequel, ''Mario Strikers Charged'', Daisy is a defensive captain instead, and is uniquely associated with crystal summoning abilities, having them erupt from the playing field for her [[Crystal Smash!]] [[Super Ability]], and encasing her own fist in them to punch the ball towards the goal during her Crystallized Daisy [[Mega Strike]].

Along with Luigi, Daisy's other closest friend is [[Princess Peach]]. Daisy is often initially partnered with Peach in spin-off installments for the ''Mario'' series. The two share a team orb, the [[Flower Orb]], in ''Mario Party 7'' and share a team item, the [[Heart (item)|Heart]], in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''. Daisy and Peach share good chemistry in the ''Mario Baseball'' series, and Daisy is also on Peach's team in the Challenge Mode of ''Mario Super Sluggers''. In ''Fortune Street'', Daisy is encouraging Peach when she's going to win: "I'm lovin' the girl power, Peach! Win this one for the ladies!" ''Mario Power Tennis''{{'}}s website says that Daisy is Peach's "sister in arms". Her bio from the Wii U version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U)|Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'' says she makes plans to go shopping with Peach in her downtime. In the [[Prima Games|Prima]] guides for ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' and ''Mario Kart Wii'', Daisy is incorrectly stated to be Peach's cousin<ref>https://twitter.com/taddlelegacy/status/1011749866509295616</ref>, a claim that has not been confirmed by Nintendo. Prior to her official return in ''Mario Tennis'' and by extension the start of Peach and Daisy's friendship, a 4-koma segment of the manga ''Super Mario Kun'' depicted Daisy as being a rival of Peach, with the latter being jealous enough of Mario giving Daisy constant attention that she threw a mushroom at him in anger.

Daisy and [[Mario]] are also shown to be friends. After Mario rescues Daisy from Tatanga in ''Super Mario Land'', she gives him a kiss, but since then, Mario and Daisy have not shown any particularly friendly interactions until ''Mario Tennis Aces''. In ''Mario Party 6'', Mario and Daisy are given the team name "Nice Couple" when paired together, while they have neutral player chemistry in ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' or its [[Mario Super Sluggers|sequel]]. In ''Mario Tennis Aces'', she offered to come with Mario to help him save Luigi, and also was the first to tell them about the flier. In addition, she also made clear that Mario beat Lucien anyway despite the racket's fearsome powers when reminding Waluigi and Wario about how the greedy duo caused disaster from the last time they tried to get Lucien.

Daisy is also shown to to be great friends with [[Amy Rose]] and [[Blaze the Cat]] from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise. She and Peach are seen next to them in the opening of ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'' with she and Blaze bonding in Ultimate Figure Skating. In ''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games'', she and Amy are often seen hanging out together as close friends.

Daisy, like any friend of Mario, has an antagonistic relationship with Bowser. With a surprising amount of strength, she smacks the Koopa King into the sky in ''Mario Party 3'', and refers to him as a misfit in ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'' after he and [[Dr. Eggman]] are defeated in the Adventure Tours mode. She also shares negative chemistry with Bowser in ''Mario Superstar Baseball''. In ''Fortune Street'', Daisy sees no threat or significance in Bowser<ref>"I bet Bowser seriously thinks this goofy castle is totally intimidating. As if!" - Daisy, in ''Fortune Street''</ref>. If Bowser is about to win the game, Daisy says she refuses to congratulate Bowser "no matter how awesome he did". Bowser, likewise, denigrates Daisy's efforts, seeing her as lower than Peach in ''Fortune Street''. In ''Mario Tennis Aces'', she indicates that one of the biggest reasons she loathes Bowser is because of his willingness to cause conflicts or even worsen them just to settle his arch-rivalry with Mario, especially when Bowser tries empowering himself by stealing Lucien and the Power Stones while she, Peach, and Mario were dealing with the possessed Wario, Waluigi, and Luigi. After witnessing Lucien possess them, as well as learning its possible origin, she was shown to be very disturbed by the racket, and was somewhat shaken even after its ultimate destruction.