Princess Peach: Showtime!

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Princess Peach: Showtime!
File:Princess Peach Showtime Box Art Prerelease.png
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
Mode(s) Single-player
Media
Nintendo Switch:
Game Card
Digital download
Input
Nintendo Switch:

Princess Peach: Showtime! is an upcoming game for the Nintendo Switch set to be released worldwide on March 22, 2024.[2] It is Princess Peach's first starring role in the Mario franchise since Super Princess Peach.

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 and decide to take it back and restore it 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 enters a particular spot on stage, Peach is also capable of transforming into various costume-like forms that match the stage, such as Swordfighter Peach, Detective Peach, Pâtissière 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]

Story

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. Peach teams up with the theater's guardian Stella to stop them.

Characters

Playable

Supporting

Antagonists

Transformations

A screen shot of Swordfighter Peach from Princess Peach: Showtime!
A screen shot of Detective Peach from the Princess Peach: Showtime! Trailer
Swordfighter Peach
Detective Peach
Pâtissière Peach
Kung-Fu Peach

Development

The game was first teased during the June 21, 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 stage. During the transformation, Stella, who was still unnamed, turns into a ribbon and twirls around her, taking the color of her dress.[7] The same transformation appears in the September 14, 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 is 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.[8]

Gallery

References to other games

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese プリンセスピーチ ショータイム!
Purinsesu Pīchi Shōtaimu!
Princess Peach Showtime!

Chinese (traditional) 碧姬公主 表演時刻![9]
Bìjī Gōngzhǔ Biǎoyǎnshíkè!
Princess Peach Showtime!

Trivia

References

  1. ^ File:PPShowtimejppromo.jpgMedia:PPShowtimejppromo.jpg
  2. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ (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. ^ Nintendo Direct 6.21.2023 - Nintendo Switch. YouTube. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  8. ^ 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.)
  9. ^ 《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.