Princess Peach: Showtime!

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Princess Peach: Showtime!
Final box art for Princess Peach: Showtime!
North American box art
For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Publisher Nintendo
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch
Release date Japan March 22, 2024[1]
USA March 22, 2024[2]
Europe March 22, 2024[3]
Australia March 22, 2024[4]
South Korea March 22, 2024[5]
HK March 22, 2024[6]
Language(s) Deutsch
English (United Kingdom)
English (United States)
Español (España)
Español (Latinoamérica)
Français (Canada)
Français (France)
Italiano
Nederlands
Português (Brasil)
Русский
한국어
日本語
简体中文
繁體中文
Genre Action-adventure
Rating(s)
ESRB:E10+ - Everyone 10+
Mode(s) Single-player
Media
Nintendo Switch:
Game Card
Digital download
Input
Nintendo Switch:

Princess Peach: Showtime! is an upcoming action-adventure game for the Nintendo Switch. It was first teased during the June 2023 Nintendo Direct and fully revealed three months later during the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, and is set to be released worldwide on March 22, 2024.[2] It is Princess Peach's first starring role in a game since Super Princess Peach released over 18 years prior.

Overview

Screenshot from Princess Peach: Showtime! of Princess Peach and two Toads arriving at Sparkle Theater
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. 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.[2]

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.

Characters

Playable characters

Character Description
Artwork of Princess Peach from Princess Peach: Showtime!
Princess Peach
The titular protagonist of the game, Princess Peach sets off to save the Sparkle Theater from Grape and the Sour Bunch.
Artwork Stella from Princess Peach: Showtime!
Stella
The guardian fairy of the Sparkle Theater, Stella assists Peach by giving her ribbon powers and allowing her to transform.

Supporting characters

Character Description
Group artwork of the Toads from Super Mario Run.
Toads
Subjects of Princess Peach, two Toads accompany her in her trip to the Sparkle Theater.
Artwork of Theets in Princess Peach: Showtime!
Caston[7]
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.
Grape artwork from Princess Peach: Showtime!
Grape
The main antagonist of the game. She is an evil witch who takes over the Sparkle Theater with the help of her minions, the Sour Bunch.

Enemies and obstacles

Enemies

Character Description
Screenshot of enemies from Princess Peach: Showtime! Short humanoid members of the Sour Bunch.
Screenshot of enemies from Princess Peach: Showtime! Short humanoid members of the Sour Bunch who wear knight attire and have swords.
Screenshot of an enemy from Princess Peach: Showtime! Short humanoid members of the Sour Bunch who hold spears and shields.
Screenshot of enemies from Princess Peach: Showtime! Short humanoid members of the Sour Bunch who wear kung fu attire.
Screenshot of enemies from Princess Peach: Showtime! Avian members of the Sour Bunch.
Screenshot of an enemy from Princess Peach: Showtime! A tall enemy who fights using kung fu.
Screenshot of an enemy from Princess Peach: Showtime! A giant purple plant that resembles a Piranha Plant.

Obstacles

Obstacle Description
Screenshot of an obstacle from Princess Peach: Showtime! Purple brambles that can only be destroyed using Swordfighter Peach's attacks.

Transformations

Artwork of Swordfighter Peach from Princess Peach: Showtime!
Artwork of Detective Peach from Princess Peach: Showtime!
Artwork of Patissiere Peach from Princess Peach: Showtime!
Swordfighter Peach
Detective Peach
Patissiere Peach
Artwork of Kung Fu Peach from Princess Peach: Showtime!
Artwork of Ninja Peach from Princess Peach: Showtime!
Artwork of Cowgirl Peach from Princess Peach: Showtime!
Kung Fu Peach
Ninja Peach[8]
Cowgirl Peach[8]

Development

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.[9] The same transformation appears in the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, revealing it to turn Peach into her Swordfighter form.[2]

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.[10] The game's final title of Princess Peach: Showtime! was announced during the September 2023 Nintendo Direct.[2]

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.[11][12]

Gallery

Logos

Artwork

Characters

Key artwork

Screenshots

Box art

Miscellaneous

References to other games

  • Super Mario Bros. 3: The curtain transition uses a similar music cue to the opening scene from the Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance 4 versions of the game.
  • Yoshi's Cookie: The cookies Patissiere Peach holds in the official key artwork are the same as the ones from this game.
  • Super Mario Odyssey: The design of Peach's Castle is based off its design in this game.[2]

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese プリンセスピーチ Showtime!ショータイム![1]
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![13]
Bìjī Gōngzhǔ Biǎoyǎnshíkè!
Princess Peach Showtime!

Korean 프린세스 피치 Showtime!쇼타임![5]
Peulinseseu Pichi Syotaim!
Princess Peach Showtime!

External links

References

  1. ^ a b プリンセスピーチ Showtime! ダウンロード版 (in Japanese). My Nintendo Store. Nintendo. Archived from the original on September 15, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Nintendo of America (September 14, 2023). Princess Peach: Showtime! - Nintendo Direct 9.14.2023. YouTube. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  3. ^ @NintendoEurope (September 14, 2023). "Transform into a swordfighter, a pastry chef, a kung fu master, a detective and much more when Princess Peach: Showtime! makes its debut on #NintendoSwitch 22/03/2024. #NintendoDirect". Twitter. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  4. ^ NintendoAU (September 14, 2023). Princess Peach: Showtime! makes its debut March 22nd, 2024 (Nintendo Switch). YouTube. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  5. ^ a b (September 14, 2023). 『프린세스 피치 Showtime!』, 『페이퍼 마리오 1000년의 문』, 『루이지 맨션 2 HD』, 『마리오 vs. 동키콩』 등, Nintendo Switch로 발매되는 타이틀의 최신 정보를 전달! Nintendo Korea. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  6. ^ (September 14, 2023). 《碧姬公主 表演時刻!》的最新資訊公開!本作預定於2024年3月22日(五)發售。 Nintendo HK. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  7. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/jp/switch/amjja/story/index.html
  8. ^ a b Nintendo (January 23, 2024). Princess Peach: Showtime! – Transformation Trailer – Nintendo Switch. YouTube.
  9. ^ Nintendo Direct 6.21.2023 - Nintendo Switch. YouTube. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  10. ^ August 3, 2023. Financial Results Explanatory Material (with Notes) (PDF). Page 21. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved September 10, 2023. (Archived August 3, 2023, 06:42:15 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  11. ^ Princess Peach Box Art Updated to Look a Little More Like She Does in the Super Mario Bros. Movie IGN. Retrieved October 13, 2023
  12. ^ Nintendo has redesigned Princess Peach to be more like the movie Metro. Retrieved October 17, 2023
  13. ^ 《碧姬公主 表演時刻!》的最新資訊公開!本作預定於2024年3月22日(五)發售。 | TOPICS | 任天堂(香港)有限公司網站. Nintendo. Retrieved September 13, 2023.