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Daisy appears as a playable character in the form of a [[Mystery Mushroom]] [[Costume Mario|costume]] in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''. She was made available with the release of the [[Adventure in Sarasaland]] event course on January 14, 2016. She is one of the few characters in the game whose costume unlock is incompatible with their respective [[amiibo]],<ref>https://www.nintendo.co.jp/amiibo/chart/index.html</ref> and instead she can only be unlocked by completing the accompanying ''Super Mario Land'' event course; this is because her amiibo was not released until later in 2016. As with many other character transformations, Daisy's uses voice clips from previous games. Upon collecting the Mystery Mushroom, Daisy shouts, "Yippee!", while the normal ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' power-up sound effect plays. Her "course clear" and "lose a life" jingles come from ''Super Mario Land'', the latter sound also having a voice clip over it. The jumping and defeated sound effects are also replaced with voice clips; the former has her occasionally saying, "Woohoo!", and the latter has her screaming, "No!" Pressing {{button|wii|padup}} makes Daisy perform a taunt, grunting and facing the screen with her hands folded on her lap like her sprite's pose in ''Super Mario Land''.

Daisy appears as one of the playable characters in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', where she shares the same abilities as the other characters (aside from the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] and [[Nabbit]]). With the corresponding items, she is able to transform into [[Fire Mario|Fire Daisy]], [[Elephant Mario|Elephant Daisy]], [[Bubble Mario|Bubble Daisy]], and [[Drill Mario|Drill Daisy]].

Additionally, [[Giselle Fernandez]] makes their debut as Daisy's new voice actor in this game, replacing longtime Daisy voice actor [[Deanna Mustard]] after over two decades.

The director of the game, [[Shiro Mouri]], revealed in an interview that Daisy was added as a playable character in part to resolve a conflict between his two daughters, who would often fight over which of the two would get to play as Peach in other titles.<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/super-mario-bros-wonder-developers-discuss-nintendos-push-to-reinvent-its-classic-side-scrolling-formula]. ''Eurogamer.net''. Retrieved September 2, 2023.</ref>

Daisy returns in the [[Nintendo Switch]] port ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. She once again shares stats with Peach and Yoshi. The [[Sweet Sweet Kingdom]] has her emblem engraved on the track, and a portrait of her can be seen inside the castle. [[Daisy Cruiser]] and [[Daisy Circuit]] also return as retro tracks in the [[Booster Course Pass]] as part of wave 5 and 6 respectively.

Daisy also appears in the arcade-exclusive ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'', as a downloadable character, added on June 2017. Here, she is a cruiser type character, with average stats, tying with Mario, Luigi and Pac-Man. This is the first and only time where Daisy is part of a weight class that's heavier than medium weight.

Daisy first appears in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] with ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. She appears as a non-playable character in the form of an unlockable [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]]. The trophy is available in both the Lottery and Regular Match in all three modes at various areas of the game. The trophy depicts her appearance from ''Mario Party 3''. The trophy's description mistakenly states that she appeared in ''Mario Golf'' for Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color due to a mistranslation; the Japanese description correctly states that she appeared in ''NES Open Tournament Golf'', which is known as ''Mario Open Golf'' in Japan. Additionally, her trophy has a third eye on the back of her head, visible only by zooming in; this was removed in later versions of the game.

Daisy appears for the first time in a ''Super Smash Bros.'' game as a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', announced during the E3 2018 Nintendo Direct alongside fellow newcomers [[Inkling]] and [[Ridley]]. In the game, she is an "Echo Fighter"—one of seven designated fighters whose movesets and animations are derived from other fighters. In her case, Daisy is Peach's Echo Fighter. Unlike all other Echo Fighters in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', Daisy has no meaningful gameplay differences whatsoever, though she still has different animations for standing and running, along with some aesthetic differences such as the use of a [[Toad (species)|Blue Toad]] instead of [[Toad]] himself or orange/yellow flower petal effects replacing Peach's pink heart effects on various attacks. As a byproduct of being directly based on Peach, she performs moves that she has never used so far in the ''Super Mario'' franchise, such as the [[Floating Jump]], and uses a [[Toad (species)|Blue Toad]] for all her grabs as well as her [[Toad (move)|standard special move]]. Like Peach, she plucks [[Vegetable (move)|Vegetables]] from the ground for her down special move, which have varying damage outputs depending on their faces, with the small chance of plucking a [[Bob-omb]] or [[Mr. Saturn]].

In the {{media link|The Super Mario Bros Movie teaser poster.jpg|teaser poster}} for ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', Daisy's emblem can be seen on a sign for a stall in front of store that resembles an aquarium.