History of Princess Peach

Princess Peach has made many appearances in the Super Mario franchise, from video games to publications. Her main appearances often involve her being kidnapped by Bowser.

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros.[edit]

Princess Toadstool, as she is called, is a non-playable character in Super Mario Bros. This is her first appearance overall. In the backstory, Bowser invades the Mushroom Kingdom, transforms its inhabitants into various objects, and kidnaps the princess to prevent her from being able to reverse the spell.^[1] Princess Toadstool is eventually rescued by Mario and Luigi, who went on a journey to rescue her. In both the Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe reissues, Toadstool also kisses the player character on the cheek. If the player character rescues Toadstool while in his Small form in the first remake only, he is automatically given a Super Mushroom right before the kiss,^[2] though in the second remake, Peach kneels to kiss the character in his Small form instead.^[3] The Super Mario All-Stars release shows Toadstool in a cage above the lava, which had been reverted in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, instead showing Toadstool on the ground, like in the original game.

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels[edit]

Princess Peach (which was always her name outside of anglophone regions) is a non-playable character in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. Peach is kidnapped by Bowser again and eventually rescued by Mario or Luigi after he defeats Bowser. Peach is found in a room behind a door, and her subjects celebrated around them after she recited a poem. In the Super Mario All-Stars release, Peach is located in a cage dangling above a lava pit, like in the Super Mario Bros. remake within the same game. In the second remake included in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, Peach is on the floor behind the destroyed bridge instead.

Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance[edit]

Princess Toadstool is a playable character in the Western Super Mario Bros. 2. She replaces Lina from the original game, Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. Toadstool joins Mario, Luigi and Toad, the three other playable characters, to free Subcon from Wart. Peach's main ability is briefly floating after jumping, but she has slightly poor vertical jumps. Toadstool is the weakest of the player characters, as the takes the longest to pick up or pull out items.

Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Princess Toadstool is both a supporting and a non-playable character in Super Mario Bros. 3. For most of the game, Toadstool is not the damsel-in-distress, and she helps Mario and Luigi by sending items and supplying advice via letters to them. It is not until the defeat of Ludwig when Princess Toadstool gets kidnapped, revealed in a letter from Bowser. Mario and Luigi travel to Bowser's hideout in Dark Land and rescue her. In international releases, Toadstool joking says to the player character that she can be found in another castle.^[4]

Toadstool has a slightly larger role in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. In the opening, Toadstool is shown receiving a letter about how the Koopalings are taking over various lands nearby and then dispatching Mario and Luigi. When the player character reaches the second area of World 8, Toadstool is seen transposed on a warp pipe behind a locked gate with the help bubble emerging, before suddenly vanishing while either screaming or crying for Mario. Toadstool's line of being in another castle was not retained in this version. She is displayed on the key art of the Blue Green Switch card.

For the 25th Anniversary release for Super Mario All-Stars, Nintendo submitted a letter with Toadstool being the in-universe author, in which she explains that she needs to find new pen-pals, after years of sending letters to Mario. Toadstool states that she sent a power-up for the reader and that they not tell Mario, lest he possibly get jealous, and provides a hint about how they should keep their power up handy as they re-discover their adventures in Super Mario All-Stars. Lastly, Toadstool informs the reader that they can get in touch with her "at another castle."

Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]

Princess Toadstool is a non-playable character in Super Mario World. She is on a vacation in Dinosaur Land with Mario and Luigi, only to be kidnapped by Bowser again and taken to his castle in the Valley of Bowser. Toadstool is only seen during the final boss fight and ending. In the battle, Toadstool is kept with Bowser in the Koopa Clown Car, from which she sometimes throws power-up items for the player character. After she is rescued, Toadstool kisses Mario or Luigi on the cheek, and during the credits, travels with Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi to Yoshi's House to observe the hatching of the rescued eggs with the other Yoshis.

In the reissue, Toadstool accompanies Mario and Luigi via Hot Air Balloon and looks on as Mario and Luigi explore in Dinosaur Land while in their Cape form. Mario and Luigi later return to find Toadstool gone, having been abducted by Koopas. The end sequence was slightly changed to have the Mario Bros. fly behind Toadstool, who is riding a Yoshi, to set up a picnic.

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

Peach is a non-playable character in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. She invites Mario to the Mushroom Castle for cake, although Bowser takes over the Power Stars and seals Peach in the fresco over the entrance of the castle. Mario can optionally read two memos from Peach on his journey to rescue her, including The Princess's Secret Slide^[5] and Bowser in the Dark World, teaching Mario how to fight Bowser (though it is only directly addressed as her in the original version). After Mario defeats Bowser and rescues Peach, she thanks Mario by kissing him and baking him a cake.

The localized anglophone releases mark the only instances in the Super Mario franchise to use both Peach's common name and her original Western name. International releases formerly type the latter with "Toadstool" and personally signed with "Peach" in pink underneath,^[6] marking a transition to the widespread use of Peach's name internationally. International releases added a voice clip of Peach reading the letter. Both the Shindō Pak Taiō version and Super Mario 64 DS are additionally the only instances of both "Peach" and "Toadstool" being used in the same game outside of International releases, but only from the voice clip originating from international releases of Super Mario 64.^[7]

Super Mario Sunshine[edit]

Peach is both a supporting and a non-playable character in Super Mario Sunshine. She boards an airplane to Isle Delfino with Mario and Toadsworth for a vacation. While watching the tour video, Peach notices an ominous figure resembling Mario and tries to inform Mario and Toadsworth, both of whom are too distracted by the thought of what to do on vacation. At the airstrip, Peach is unsuccessful again at informing Mario and Toadsworth of the doppelganger's presence. Before Mario leaves to find help, she warns him to be careful, as she has an ominous feeling about the situation. Not too long after, when Mario is put on trail for polluting Isle Delfino, Peach is unsuccessful at defending him and informing of the shadowy doppleganger. While Mario is cleaning Delfino Plaza as part of his sentencing, Shadow Mario grabs Peach and runs off, but Mario manages to rescue her. After Mario collects ten Shine Sprites, Shadow Mario kidnaps Peach again and takes her to Pinna Park. When Mario confronts Shadow Mario after battling his Mecha-Bowser, Shadow Mario reveals his true identity, Bowser Jr., who says that Peach is his mother and that he is protecting her from Mario. Bowser Jr. then flees with Peach to Corona Mountain. In the last area, Peach is found in a giant hot tub with Bowser and Bowser Jr. Peach is rescued again after Mario defeats Bowser, and she shows Mario that the power of the Shine Sprites brought the sunshine back to Isle Delfino. Peach, Mario, and Toadsworth then spend the remainder of their vacation as they had originally intended.

New Super Mario Bros.[edit]

Princess Peach is a non-playable character in New Super Mario Bros. Peach is first seen with Mario in the intro cutscene, taking a walk around the castle, which is then struck by lightning. As Mario investigates, Bowser Jr. sneaks behind Peach and kidnaps her. Mario chases Bowser Jr., throughout the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario is able to eventually confront both Bowser Jr. and his dad, Bowser, by rescuing Peach in the end. To show her thanks, Peach kisses Mario on the cheek, causing him to chuckle nervously.

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

Peach is a non-playable character in Super Mario Galaxy. She invites Mario to the Star Festival, only for Bowser to soon lift Peach's Castle out of the ground and take Peach to the creation of his new galaxy. Mario tries to ride the castle before being attacked by Kamek, sending him flying into space. With the help of a Luma, Mario sets off to rescue Peach. Peach sends Mario letters with 1-Up Mushrooms throughout the game. After Mario rescues Peach and the universe is saved, Mario and Peach wake up in the Mushroom Kingdom reunited.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

Peach is a non-playable character in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. It is her birthday, and Peach is celebrating it with friends at the castle. During that time, Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings bring a cake into the castle and kidnap Peach, taking her to their airship. Mario, Luigi, and both Yellow Toad and Blue Toad give chase to hold them accountable. They eventually manage to find her in Bowser's airship, but Magikoopa takes her to Bowser's Castle and locks her in a cage before disguising himself as her and locks himself in another. After being rescued, Peach takes a hot air balloon alongside Mario, and she either also alludes to a secret world that she has to tell Mario about, or otherwise asks him how his adventure was like.

Peach was initially planned to have a playable role in the game, although technical difficulties regarding her dress resulted in this concept being dropped in the final version.^[8]

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

Peach is a non-playable character in Super Mario Galaxy 2. Like the first game, the intro begins with Peach inviting Mario to the Star Festival again. When Mario arrives, a giant Bowser kidnaps Peach. Once Mario defeats Bowser, he returns to the Festival and enjoys a giant cake. In the end, when Mario collects the final Grand Star, he and Peach pose together.

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

Peach is a non-playable character in Super Mario 3D Land. She is kidnapped by Bowser while investigating the damage that a ferocious storm had dealt to the Tail Tree. When Mario and a few Toads notice this the next day, Mario gives chase to find Peach and bring her back to safety. The postcards sent by Peach reveal that she managed to knock out a Goomba and had an unsuccessful attempt at escaping before Bowser placed her in a nearby cage. After Mario defeats Bowser the first time, Peach is taken by Bowser to his second castle, where she is tied to a Goal Pole. Peach tries to warn the player character about Bowser's incoming attack. After Bowser is defeated again, Peach is freed by Mario, and they dance together briefly before the Toads reappear with Super Leaves, allowing them and Mario to fly Peach back to her castle during the credits. When the game is completed entirely, a picture is shown of Peach accidentally gaining a Tanooki Suit-styled dress.

New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Peach is a non-playable character in New Super Mario Bros. 2. She is kidnapped by the Koopalings while Mario and Luigi explore the castle grounds. Upon learning of the kidnapping, Mario and Luigi give chase to hold each Koopaling (and Bowser) accountable for the capture and rescue Peach at the end. During the credits, Peach is carried by Mario until they reach the castle, to which they then do a curtsy.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

Peach is a non-playable character in New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U. She is held captive in her own castle after Bowser throws the player characters out during a tea party. When the four notice from Acorn Plains that Peach's castle is held under siege, they give chase to rescue Peach and take back the castle. When the four reach the castle and manage to defeat Bowser for the first time, Peach can be seen high above a lone tower pleading for the heroes' help until bars and a barrier cover up the window and block further communication. She is rescued after Mario (absent from New Super Luigi U), Luigi, Yellow and Blue Toad prevail against the final battle against Bowser and Bowser Jr., and also proceeded to witness alongside the others the Koopa Troop's hasty retreat.

For the New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe installment, Toadette gains a form known as Peachette (after obtaining the Super Crown), which causes her to look much like Peach and gain Peach's Floating Jump. If the player fights Bowser and Bowser Jr. as Peachette, just prior to the boss fight, Peach will notice Peachette and express confusion before the barrier covers up the window.

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]

Princess Peach is a playable character in Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury alongside Mario, Luigi and Toad. Her inclusion was suggested by game producer Yoshiaki Koizumi.^[9] Peach is first seen in the intro, taking a nighttime walk with Mario, Luigi, and Toad. Shortly after the Mario Bros. repair a Clear Pipe, the Green Sprixie Princess emerges from it, followed by Bowser, who traps her into a jar. Peach is the first to try and stop Bowser, immediately running for the Pipe and falling into it. She joined by her friends in their quest across the realms of the Sprixie Kingdom to free the Sprixie Princesses and defeat Bowser. Peach is the second slowest playable character after the unlockable Rosalina. Peach's jumps are tied with Mario's as the third best. Peach has the ability to temporarily hover in the air, as she did in Super Mario Bros. 2. Like every other character in the game, she can use all of the power-ups that appear. Her appearance changes slightly when using some of the power-ups, most notably the Fire Flower; when she grabs one, her hair, which is normally worn hanging down, is pulled back into a ponytail. Peach's Tanooki Suit is darker and has puffy pants and dark boots, rather than its Super Mario 3D Land design. When power-up forms and items are set to match each characters' color, Peach's are always pink (Fire form aside, as that form is white and red instead), as her Cat Suit, Boomerang Suit, Koopa Shell (while shell dashing), Propeller Box, Cannon Box, Light Box, and Ice Skate are all that color.

Though Peach is not in Bowser's Fury, the kittens' colors other than the calico ones match those of Super Mario 3D World playable cast's Cat forms other than Mario, with the magenta one matching Peach's.

Super Mario Maker[edit]

Peach is a character in Super Mario Maker. In the 10-Mario and 100-Mario Challenges, Peach is kidnapped by a group of Goombas, so Mario goes to rescue her, successfully doing so in the latter challenge after the player completes a set number of levels uploaded by other players chosen at random. There is a Mystery Mushroom costume of Peach that can be unlocked either at random from completing the 100-Mario Challenge, or by scanning a Peach amiibo. The Peach costume replaces the usual Super Mario Bros. sound effects with sounds from Super Mario Bros. 2.

Super Mario Run[edit]

Peach is an unlockable playable character in Super Mario Run. While she starts as a damsel in distress at first, Peach becomes playable after Bowser is defeated in Bowser's Bob-ombing Run. As a player character, Peach special ability is her Floating Jump, which has her slowly descend in midair, rather than briefly hover.

Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

Peach is a non-playable character in Super Mario Odyssey, once again taking her signature role as the damsel in distress. In the game, Bowser makes an attempt to marry Peach, and large billboards and posters advertising the marriage can be seen throughout the different kingdoms in the game. Peach spends the majority of the game wearing a special wedding dress called the Lochlady Dress. Peach is also seen to be wearing a tiara, instead of her usual crown. The tiara is revealed to be Cappy's sister, Tiara. Peach is rescued eventually at the Moon Kingdom, and she rejects both Mario and Bowser while they argue over her, much to their disappointment. When Peach decides to leave for home on the Odyssey, she beckons them to join her. In the post-game, Peach disappears from her castle, having decided to explore the various kingdoms on her own terms with Tiara. She can be encountered at various kingdoms in a variety of outfits, where she provides Mario with the relevant Power Moon when talked with. After giving Mario the Power Moon, she then makes a brief comment that hints at her next destination. After meeting and obtaining a Power Moon from her in every kingdom, she returns to her castle, though the player can still see her in kingdoms where she was previously encountered, where she now gives comments that are related to the kingdoms.

Concept art shows that Peach at one point was going to be captured by Bowser.^[10] Another concept art from the same book indicated that Mario and Peach would have actually married.^{[11][dead link]} In addition, at least two cut outfits were unveiled in concept art, including one depicting Peach in a Japanese-style coach wearing a pink kimono as an initial version of the outfit she wore at Bowser's Kingdom. The other was her wearing a pink-colored Arabian bellydancer outfit while sitting near a camel, presumably meant to be used at the Sand Kingdom.

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

Peach is a non-playable character in Super Mario Maker 2. She appears at the end of the story mode once her castle is completed and rewards Mario with a kiss. Peach also offers two jobs, each rewarding her outfit and a wig resembling her hair for the player’s Mii. Peach's final job can be offered if the player gives Chief 1,000 coins up to ten times to complete a statue of Mario. She rewards the player with her tennis outfit once the job is completed. Her 8-bit form from the Mystery Mushroom in the previous game also briefly appears when the player starts a new game in Course World's Endless Mode.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. She has the same attributes as Mario and most other characters, so she cannot use a Float Jump. With power-ups, Peach can transform into her Elephant form, Bubble form, or Drill form. She also does not have her hair tied up into a ponytail in her Fire form, with her appearance now in line with The Super Mario Bros. Movie and her alternate costume in the Super Smash Bros. series. If Peach is chosen for the level The Final Battle! Bowser's Rage Stage, Bowser will call Peach his beloved and Peach will react in shock.

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen![edit]

Peach is the damsel-in-distress in Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!. The story begins with Mario playing a video game at night. After the power for the TV cuts out, Peach jumps from the screen with enemies chasing her. She explains that she is a princess and asks for his help. Mario instantly becomes lovestruck, but Bowser appears and kidnaps Peach, leaving behind her Brooch. The next day, Mario and his twin brother Luigi seek out the origin of the Brooch, and a dog named "Kibidango" is tasked with guiding them there. After they stumble into the Mushroom Kingdom via pipe, a wise sage reveals that Bowser is madly in love with Peach and wants to force her to marry him, hastening Mario's resolve.

After many adventures throughout the kingdom, they finally arrive at Peach's castle (then transformed into a stronghold for Bowser), and manage to defeat him. After returning the Brooch to Peach, she reveals that there is a legend of a matching gem owned by a wonderful prince. Kibidango reacts to the Brooch and transforms into his human form, Haru-ōji of Flower-koku, who is said prince. Mario is heartbroken over this, but accepts it.

Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.[edit]

In the story of Momotarō in the Super Mario anime, two elderly Hammer Brothers, Ojīsan and Obāsan, are grandparents to the beautiful girl "Princess Peach". Because of her great beauty, Bowser kidnaps her, and Momotarō (Mario) goes to rescue her.

In Issun-bōshi, another story in the series, Peach rescues a small Mario and then shows him around the city.

Finally, Peach plays the role of Snow White in the third story, Shirayuki-hime.

DIC cartoons[edit]

“The Mario Brothers will save me, and they'll wipe that reptile smile right off your rotten face!”

—Princess Toadstool, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

In the DiC Entertainment cartoons The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, Princess Toadstool appears regularly. She has red hair rather than her usual blond, as her appearance was derived directly from the NES sprite for Super Mario Bros. 2. Toadstool is usually kidnapped alongside Toad, so Mario and Luigi save her often. Toadstool also gets herself out of trouble much of the time.

Toadstool searches for someone to defeat King Koopa in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, but she also takes the time to help others. She is very charitable, helping orphanages and opening a school. A special form of Toadstool, Super Princess, appears in the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "The Trojan Koopa".

Sometime after the events of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 series finale "Super Koopa", King Koopa, the Koopalings, and their armies are banished from the Mushroom Kingdom. Princess Toadstool, Mario, and Luigi go on vacation to the Dinosaur World, but Toadstool is kidnapped by King Koopa and his minions. After adventuring and befriending Yoshi, Mario and Luigi manage to rescue Princess Toadstool from King Koopa's Neon Castle and decide to stay in Dome City with the Cave People.

Dr. Mario series[edit]

“Dr. Mario, something terrible has happened!”

—Nurse Toadstool, Dr. Mario NES manual, page 3

In the Dr. Mario series, Peach wears a pink nurse outfit. Peach is a minor character in Dr. Mario, named Nurse Toadstool in localized editions of the manual. She also had a brief cameo alongside Dr. Mario on the Japanese instructions for cleaning Famicom cassettes, with some official artwork cropping her lower half off.^[12][13] Nurse Toadstool would presumably be Dr. Mario's close personal assistant, but she does not have a major role in any version of the game and barely appears outside promotional artwork. In the Tips of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the name Nurse Peach is used instead.

In the Club Nintendo comic "Süße Weihnachten", Nurse Toadstool assists Dr. Mario.

She appears in Dr. Mario World, this time referred to as Dr. Peach and is one of the game's playable characters. She decides to assume this role in order to help out her subjects, who have been infected by the Viruses. She is available as one of the doctors after beating stage 3, or by beating the special stage in World 14. She wears a soft-pink lab coat, unlike other characters who wear white coats, and white heels instead of her usual red. When activated, Dr. Peach's skill is represented by multiple silhouettes of her, and a pink beam of light appears and clears a random column on the board.^[14] Columns with at least one virus are prioritized if one exists, followed by other column with at least one object otherwise. In stage mode, only one column is affected, but in versus, this skill hits one column at level 1, two columns at level 2 to 4 (the skill charges faster at higher levels), and three columns at level 5 (same charge speed as level 4).

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

Toadstool appears in the Nintendo Comics System comics as a semi-recurring main character with a semi-regular feature called Dear Princess Toadstool. Several characters, including Luigi and King Bowser Koopa, send letters in for her to answer.

Toadstool often appears in the main comic, usually as the damsel but sometimes as a heroine. Notable adventures of hers include A Mouser in the Houser, in which a group of Mousers crown her their queen; Bowser Knows Best, when the Koopalings kidnap Toadstool as a present for their father; Magic Carpet Madness, in which she is hypnotized into a bad girl; and The Legend, a recap of Super Mario Bros.

Notably, the comics feature one of the few direct appearances of her father, the Mushroom King. He is depicted as out of touch but ultimately benevolent. It is shown that others such as his daughter and the royal mushroom assistant, Wooster, strongly aid him in his decision-making. He would also reappear in the Nintendo Adventure Books.

Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land[edit]

In the interactive OVA Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land, Princess Peach is vacationing in Dinosaur Land with Yoshi. She sends a postcard to the Mario Bros., and they decide to join her, only to discover that, as usual, she has been kidnapped by Bowser, who has begun an invasion of Dinosaur Land. When she is rescued, she joins Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Red Yoshi for a picnic and some cake, in one of its earliest appearances.

Club Nintendo[edit]

Toadstool regularly appears in the German Club Nintendo magazine comics. After several minor appearances, she plays her first leading role in the story "Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit." With the help of a manipulated alarm clock, Dr. Wily manages to take over Mario's hometown and win Toadstool over, turning her into an evil black-dressed witch. However, this is only one of Mario's dreams.

"Super Mario in Die Nacht des Grauens" features a second major appearance of Toadstool. In this story, she lives together with Mario and several other Nintendo characters in a Brooklyn skyscraper. Wario signs a contract with Abigor, a demon, allowing Abigor to take over the skyscraper in exchange for him manipulating Toadstool's brain so she falls in love with Wario. The spell ends up turning her into a zombie. When Mario and his friends Link and Kirby try to rescue her, the only thing they find is a magical golden die, which takes them to the underworld. They meet Abigor and his allies there. After defeating them, they find the princess, who is still a zombie. Mario gives her a hug, and she returns to normal.

Super Mario Kodansha manga[edit]

Peach frequently appears in the gag manga series Super Mario by Kodansha manga, with her appearing in the Mario Kart volume as well as the cover of the Super Mario World third volume.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Peach also appears in the Japanese-exclusive Super Mario-kun manga series. She is a less frequently occurring character as Mario, Luigi, or Yoshi, but she serves her role as damsel-in-distress. Also in the manga, it is seen that she shares a good friendship with other characters, such as Rosalina. In volume 38, for example, Rosalina talks with her as if they are old friends.

Mario Roulette[edit]

In Mario Roulette, Princess Peach appears as an icon. If the player rolled that icon, it would play a cutscene where Mario and Yoshi get coins from a ? Block. After that, the player would receive more medals than a usual win.

Otenba Peach-hime[edit]

A young version of Peach appears as the lead in the manga strip Otenba Peach-hime.

Mario Golf series[edit]

NES Open Tournament Golf[edit]

Toadstool is a supporting character in NES Open Tournament Golf. She is Mario's caddy. Toadstool sometimes appears on the menu when on the green when a Cup-Out is declared. This is the only game where Toadstool does not wear her crown or any headwear, despite wearing it in the illustration of her kissing Mario. Unlike other Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System games, Toadstool is depicted with blonde hair.

Mario Golf[edit]

Peach is a playable character in the Nintendo 64 version of Mario Golf and a supporting character in the handheld version. As a player character, Peach is one of the four default characters in the single player modes. Peach has one of the lightest hits, best control, great spin, and hits the ball straight despite lacking distance. In the handheld version, Peach appears at Peach's Castle when the player gets first place in every tournament and sends a letter, inviting players to participate in her tournament. When the player gets at least third place in the tournament, Peach appears in the awards ceremony to hand out the trophy.

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour[edit]

Toadstool Tour character
Peach
Drive	203 yards
Star Drive	235 yards
Trajectory	Straight
Height	Moderate
Impact	14
Star Impact	11
Control	13
Spin	05

Peach is first seen in the opening cinematic of Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. She joins Mario, Luigi, and Daisy in a freestyle golfing exhibition. As the adventure unfolds, Peach makes her shot first, followed by the three other characters. Peach is later strolling with her friends until they see Bowser's Castle in the distance. Peach closes her eyes in defense after witnessing an explosion from the distance, caused by Mario accidentally hitting a golf ball there.

Peach is a playable character. Her shot path is straight, but her max drive is 203. Her shot height is medium. Peach's impact and control is fairly good, but her spin is low. She holds a tournament in her course named Peach's Castle Grounds. This is the first game of Peach wearing her modern and current traditional sports attire in sports games of the Super Mario franchise overall.

Mario Golf: Advance Tour[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Golf: Advance Tour. In the primary mode of this installment, she invites Neil and Ella to participate in her Open once they have proven themselves in their world. When Neil or Ella gets first place in every Tourney in singles or doubles, she sends them a letter inviting them to her tourney. When Neil or Ella gets at least third place in the tourney, Peach oversees the ceremony as Toadsworth hands out the trophy.

Mario Golf: World Tour[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Golf: World Tour. She once again plays with an easy-control, low power style. Peach has her own course, titled Peach Gardens. The player's Mii can use various Peach-related clubs and gear. Peach wears her sports dress during gameplay and her main dress during the Castle Club mode and post hole celebrations from scoring a Birdie or better as her).

Mario Golf: Super Rush[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Golf: Super Rush. She is a Control character who has the Spiral Stinger as her Special Shot and the Ribbon Dash as her Special Dash. Peach wears an outfit similar to what golfers wear in real life.

Mario Kart series[edit]

Princess Peach has always been a playable character in the Mario Kart series, where she is usually referred to as Peach. She also has several courses that are themed around her. In Mario Kart 8's Toad Harbor, a statue of Peach based on the Statue of Liberty can be seen in the background. Princess Peach also appears on the posters featuring Sweet Sweet Canyon for the sponsor Galaxy Air.

Super Mario Kart[edit]

Princess is a playable character in Super Mario Kart. When controlled by the CPU, Princess can use Poison Mushrooms to shrink the other drivers.

Mario Kart 64[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Kart 64. She is classified as a light driver. The Royal Raceway course is themed around Peach.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. She is classified as a light driver. Peach was given a different course of her own, Peach Circuit.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!![edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. She is classified as a Medium driver. Her default partner is Daisy, and their special item is the Heart. Peach's personal kart is the Heart Coach, which is available by default. Her own course is Peach Beach. Starting with this game, Peach wears her hair in a ponytail when kart racing.

Mario Kart DS[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Kart DS. She is classified as a light driver. Peach's personal karts are the Royale and the Light Tripper. Peach is advanced at drifting corners and has average item use. Peach has another themed course of her own, Peach Gardens, and GBA Peach Circuit returns as a classic course.

Mario Kart Wii[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Kart Wii. She is a Medium-size driver. Peach has an Acceleration Bonus Stat of +5, making her the easiest Medium driver to reach top speed. Peach wears a jumpsuit outfit while riding a motorbike. A statue of Peach appears in the battle course Block Plaza, a billboard featuring her appears in Moonview Highway, and her emblem is seen in Dry Dry Ruins. GCN Peach Beach and DS Peach Gardens return as classic courses.

Mario Kart 7[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Kart 7. She is a light driver. Peach has her own battle course, Sherbet Rink, but not her own race course.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Pink Gold Peach, a character who appears to be to Peach what Metal Mario is to Mario, is also introduced as an unlockable playable character in this game. Peach retains her jumpsuit from Mario Kart Wii while driving bikes/ATVs, but her signature dress is used exclusively for karts. One of Peach's tricks involves blowing a kiss that varies depending on which vehicle that she is riding; if the player is using a sport bike, she blows the kiss with her right hand,^[15] and when using a standard bike, she uses her left hand.^[16]

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Peach is an unlockable driver in Mario Kart Tour. Her special skill is the Heart.

Peach has several variants of herself appear.

• Peach (Kimono): Added in the Tokyo Tour, she has the Mushroom Cannon special skill.
• Peach (Vacation): Added in the 2019 Paris Tour, she has the Coin Box special skill.
• Peach (Wintertime): Added in the Ice Tour, she has the Dash Ring special skill.
• Peach (Wedding): Added in the Peach Tour, she has the Triple Mushrooms special skill.
• Peach (Halloween): Added in the 2020 Halloween Tour, she has the Fire Flower special skill.
• Peach (Explorer): Added in the Sunset Tour, she has the Double Bob-ombs special skill.
• Peach (Happi): Added in the Mario vs. Peach Tour, she has the Lucky Seven special skill.
• Peach (Yukata): Added in the Samurai Tour, she has the Giga Bob-omb special skill.

In total, Peach has 10 different playable variants, including the above as well as Pink Gold Peach, Cat Peach, and Dr. Peach.

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. She is selectable in the Relay Mode.

The Legend of Zelda series[edit]

Peach makes a few cameo appearances in The Legend of Zelda series, including a painting of her in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that is visible through a window at the Hyrule Castle Courtyard. In The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, a goat character named Christine sends Mr. Write a portrait of Peach through a letter. The remake replaces the portrait with promotional artwork of Peach holding her parasolMedia:PeachwithParasol.png.

Super Mario Adventures[edit]

Princess Toadstool appears in the Super Mario Adventures serial. Bowser proposes marriage to her, but she refuses. Despite being held captive by the Koopalings, she does not give in easily. In the fourth installment she beats up all the male Koopalings and locks them in her own cell, then messes up Wendy O. Koopa's room and threatens to shred her favorite dress. She then drops out of their tower, using a Cape to fly away. On the way, though, she is knocked off-course by a Bullet Bill carrying Mario and lands unconscious. Luigi, Yoshi, and Toad find her. Luigi then sets off to rescue Mario as the others keep an eye on Toadstool.

When she awakens from a nightmare, she learns from Toad that the Koopalings are holding Mario for ransom and becomes determined to break him out, despite Toad's warning that she might spoil Luigi's plan (infiltrating the tower disguised as her). With some assistance from Yoshi and Friendly Floyd, the Princess busts back into the tower, saying she will light a pack of Floyd's bombs unless Mario is set free. After a lot of chaos the group escapes Wendy's Tower.

Bowser recaptures the Princess later in the story to force her hand in marriage, also threatening to curse the Mushroom Kingdom's denizens if she refuses. However, as his planned wedding draws near, she still refuses to marry him and attacks all the Koopa Troopas attending to her in her dressing room. When trying to sweet-talk her does not work, Bowser realizes that he needs a hypnotist, so he has a Magikoopa brainwash her into agreeing to marry the Koopa King. As a result of this, she is unable to fight back until a herd of Yoshis destroy the magic wand, thus breaking the spell. Mario, Princess Toadstool, Luigi, and Yoshi escape and Toadstool kisses Mario on the cheek.

Mario Teaches Typing series[edit]

Toadstool is a playable character in Mario Teaches Typing and Mario Teaches Typing 2. She is also one of the tutors during various typing lessons.

Mario Discovery series[edit]

Toadstool is a character in a few games of the Mario Discovery series. In Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters, Toadstool travels on a wooden boat with Mario and Yoshi to go to different islands and teach about grammar and letters. She also appeared in the paired games, Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers and Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun. Toadstool appears in the CD-ROM Deluxe version of Mario is Missing! as a Curator, and her likeness based on her sprites from Super Mario World is used for the Curators in the SNES version.

Yoshi's Safari[edit]

Peach is a supporting character in Yoshi's Safari. She informs Yoshi and Mario to help Jewelry Land after Bowser took over and captured its rulers, King Fret and Prince Pine. This is the first game with a localized release where Peach is not referred to by her localized name, Toadstool.

Wario Land series[edit]

Princess Toadstool is sometimes referenced in the Wario Land series, such as being mentioned in the manual of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 and having amassive statue in her likeness playing a major role in the game's story. One of the treasures in Wario Land: Shake It! is called Peach Sandals, which claims they have been worn by a princess, probably Peach, because of the name. This treasure was found in the first underwater level of this game, Wavy Waters of Wiggly Wilds.

Hotel Mario[edit]

Toadstool is a non-playable character in Hotel Mario. She is a damsel in distress, being kidnapped by Bowser and the Koopalings, similarly to most games of the Super Mario series. Mario and Luigi set out to rescue her by destroying the hotels she is trapped in. Once the player beats Bowser, the Princess kisses Mario and Luigi on the cheek, and the three of them proceed to call the player "the best player ever".

Mario Kirby Meisaku Video[edit]

Peach has a fairly minor role in the Mario segment of the story, as she informs Mario that treasure from a certain school had been stolen by someone calling themselves the Mysterious W.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]

Peach, named Toadstool in English releases of the original version, is a playable character in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its remake. Peach is one of Mario's party members, along with Mallow, Geno and Bowser. The game starts with Bowser kidnapping Peach into his Koopa Clown Car, while she is sitting outside of Mario's Pad interacting with flowers and butterflies. Mario goes to Bowser's Keep to save her, and defeats Bowser after a battle. Shortly after, Exor crashes into Bowser's Keep, sending the three flying in different directions. Peach lands in Booster Tower. Booster instantly falls in love with her, and plans to force her to marry him, despite her cries of "MARIOHELPMEMARIOHELPME". After Mario has charged Booster Tower and defeats Knife Guy and Grate Guy, Booster grabs Peach and run away with her up Booster Hill. He reaches Marrymore, where he wants to marry Peach as soon as possible. Mario manages to stop the wedding, and take Peach back to Mushroom Kingdom. She is put under the eyes of the Chancellor, who, desperate for the princess's safety, does not want her to follow Mario on his quest against Smithy. However, Peach escapes from the Mushroom Castle with the help of her Granny, who dresses herself up as the princess, and joins Mario's party to help them defeat Smithy. At the end of the game, Peach and Mario return to Mushroom Kingdom together.

Peach also has a clone version of herself that Belome can transform into named "Peach Clone" (originally named "Toadstool 2").

Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium[edit]

Peach was a playable character in Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium. Peach proceeds to kiss Mario if he wins first prize (with Wario being "bumped").

Game & Watch Gallery series[edit]

Game & Watch Gallery[edit]

Peach is a supporting character in the Fire and Octopus games in Game & Watch Gallery. Peach blows a kiss during the 200-, 500-, and 700-point borders in Fire, which can be used to redeem an earlier miss. Peach waits in a boat for Mario to retrieve treasure while avoiding the titular creature of Octopus, and reacts joyfully if Mario returns safely with treasure.

Game & Watch Gallery 2[edit]

Peach is a non-playable character in the Modern version of Donkey Kong and a playable character in the Modern version of 'Chef. Peach is kidnapped by the titular antagonist in Donkey Kong. Peach has to flip food in Chef without letting them fall, including eggs, sausages, steaks, fish, and legs of lamb. Key artwork shows Peach flipping fish and some meat while sticking her tongue out in concentration, while Toad watches with a very obvious desire to eat the prepping food. The image representing Chef on international game covers and cartridges depicts Peach attempting to catch scrambled eggs, a sausage, and some fish that was presumably thrown at her by Luigi.

Game & Watch Gallery 3[edit]

Peach is a non-playable character in the Modern version of Turtle Bridge in Game & Watch Gallery 3. Peach acts as a recipient for Mario's gifts that Toad has to deliver. Peach also co-hosts the Gift Mode of the Gallery section, where she and Mario explain how to unlock more items as well as what is unlocked if one meets the requirements.

Game & Watch Gallery 4[edit]

Peach is a character with varying roles in Game & Watch Gallery 4. Peach appears on the swing in the lower right-hand corner in the Modern version of Rain Shower if the player gets a high enough score, and gameplay involves Mario moving her out of the way of Bowser's water balloons. Peach has the same roles in the Modern versions of Fire, Chef, Donkey Kong, and Octopus. Peach is seen in the preview animation for Donkey Kong, admirably watching Mario trying to balance on a barrel until Mario starts rolling out of control, forcing Peach to flee until Donkey Kong unwittingly saves her by standing in front of the barrel, sending Mario flying as Peach admires Donkey Kong. Peach is also in the preview animation of Chef, where she is seen flipping some eggs to Mario. Peach flips them to Mario's table at a quick enough rate that he ultimately ends up buried underneath the eggs.

Mario Party series[edit]

Peach is a playable character in every game of the Mario Party series. For the first installment, Peach competes with the others to determine which of them is the superstar. Aside from this, she also was responsible for creating the Peach's Birthday Cake board, as revealed by Toad in one of his quotes. The second installment has Peach helping out to save Mario Land from Bowser's takeover. The opening also has her suggesting they name the new theme park "Peach Land", with the rest of the cast humorously collapsing in response to this suggestion before resuming their argument. In Mario Party 3's Story Mode, the player has to defeat her on the Blowhard duel board for the Love Star Stamp. On the Mario Party 3 duel boards, she starts with Toad as her partner.

In Mario Party 4, Peach is one of the participants exploring the Party Cube which like previous installments included boards and corresponding minigames. Peach joins her friends in Mario Party 5 to save the Dream Depot. For Mario Party 6, Peach helps out to end a fight between Brighton and Twila. In Mario Party 7, her default partner is Daisy, and their Character Orb is the Flower Orb. Peach appears in Mario Party 8 participating in the Star Carnival alongside her friends. Mario Party 9, has Peach helping the rest of her friends take back the Mini Stars that were stolen by Bowser and his troops.

For the portable installments of the Mario Party series, Peach is one of the playable characters in Mario Party Advance; she must be played in the Love Quest, Love That Princess!, when visiting Mr. I. Peach's second appearance was in Mario Party DS, in which she and her friends answer a fake invitation from Bowser and then are shrunken to the size of chess pieces.

Depending on who she is teamed up with will determine their team name. Peach has earned team names such as "Fan Favorites" (when paired up with Mario in Mario Party DS), "Pink Punishers" (when paired up with Toadette in Mario Party 6), "Black Peaches" (when paired up with Waluigi in Mario Party DS), "Sweetie Pies" (when paired up with Yoshi in Mario Party DS), and "Glamour Hammer" (when paired up with Hammer Bro in Mario Party 8).

In Super Mario Party, Peach's Dice Block allows her to roll a 0, 2, 4, 4, 4, or 6.

Peach reappears in Super Mario Party Jamboree with her own Showdown minigame, Peach's Day Off.

Mario Tennis series[edit]

Peach is a playable character in every game of the Mario Tennis series. She is a Technique character with strong ball control, having the ability to send it to the edges of the court, potentially forcing the opponent to lose form while trying to retrieve the ball. Peach's weakest attribute is her power. Her serves are usually below average, putting her at a disadvantage making and returning serves.

Mario Tennis[edit]

Peach is first shown in the opening cutscene of the Nintendo 64 version of Mario Tennis. She walks in line with the other characters, giving greeting signs. Peach later wins against Birdo in a tournament to advance to the semi-finals, but loses to Luigi in the following semi-final match. Peach is caught off-guard at the arrival of Wario and Waluigi and them quarreling with Mario and Luigi. Peach later laughs after the quarreling between the four characters ends with the arrival of Bowser.

Peach is a playable character in both versions, though she has to be unlocked in the handheld version. Peach is a Technique type in home console releases, though her height to reach the ball, and her speed and ability to send the ball over the net makes her comparable to an All-Around type. Peach can be unlocked in the handheld version by completing the Doubles Mario Tour, and she is also in her castle, narrating the game while having Daisy at her side at all times.

Mario Power Tennis[edit]

Peach is first seen in the opening cinematic of Mario Power Tennis. She and Daisy are seen together on the tournament bracket with her partner Daisy. She and Daisy lose a tennis match against Yoshi and Donkey Kong, eliminating them from the tournament. During the night of the final match, Peach is caught off guard at the Peach Dome when Wario, Waluigi, and Bowser show up and cause explosives to fly everywhere, also gasping in horror upon witnessing a horde of explosives stowing aboard the underside of Bowser's balloon.

Peach is a playable character. She is classified as a technique player. Peach's control allows her to make sharp hits that touch the sides of the court. Being taller than Mario, she has slightly above average reach. Her biggest disadvantage is her lack of power; her serve is among the weakest in the game. She is also a tad slow, and her lunge is only average. Her Offensive Power Shot is the Super Peach Spin, which is an extreme curved shot that sends opponents walking toward the net, while her Defensive Power Shot is the Sweet Kiss Return, a lob shot. Peach's home turf is the Peach Dome, which is the same place where trophies get handed out when participants win tournaments. Peach appears in a few of the trophy ceremonies for specified characters (when players choose Singles Tournaments). In the event that Peach herself wins a Singles Tournament, her respective trophies are handed out by Mario and Luigi.

Mario Tennis: Power Tour[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Tennis: Power Tour. Peach is not playable in Story mode, where she invites Clay and Ace to her tournament after they complete the Island Open, and has them escorted by Mario and Toadsworth on her private plane.

Mario Tennis Open[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Tennis Open. She is classified as a Technique player. Peach has a home court titled Peach's Palace. Peach wears her usual sports minidress in this game. Her stats are the same as in Mario Power Tennis. An entire gear set of Peach can be bought from the shop for their Miis, as well as unlocking a Peach costume after they have collected at least 800 points in Ring Shot.

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash. She is a Technique character. Peach's amiibo can be used as well, and serves as a doubles partner that can be trained by the player.

Mario Tennis Aces[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Tennis Aces, as well as in its online tournament demo. In the majority of modes where Peach is playable, her Special Shot involves her forming a heart with her racket and hitting the ball.

Peach has a role in the Adventure Mode. After winning the tournament with Mario, Peach was to be "bequeathed" alongside the judges (who were later revealed to be Wario and Waluigi in disguise) with the enchanted racket Lucien. Luigi intercepts the racket, possessing him alongside with Wario and Waluigi. Peach and Daisy learn from Toad about the Kingdom of Bask and its possible connection to Lucien. Peach stayed at the stadium at Toad's request alongside Daisy, citing that Lucien alongside the possessed Wario, Waluigi, and Luigi would have exploited their absence to attack the stadium again if they had accompanied Mario and Toad. Peach and Daisy would later receive a flyer advertising that Team Mario should face Team Luigi at Marina Stadium for the five Power Stones, and revealed as much to them upon their return after learning of their discoveries. Peach, Daisy, and Mario were doubtful at the odds of defeating Lucien until being informed that Lucien only controls weak-willed individuals, and also had portions of King Bask's powers donated among them to allow them a fighting chance at defeating them and freeing them from Lucien's control. Peach and Daisy then fought Wario and Waluigi while Mario faced Luigi, ultimately succeeding in freeing them. Peach attempts to warn Bowser against stealing Lucien, and implies he is possessed by it, although Bowser makes clear that he was stealing it of his own free will and intending to settle his rivalry with Mario with it before leaving for the depths of Bask Ruins. After Mario defeats the resulting fusion between the two, Bowcien, Peach congratulated Mario for surpassing the odds and reflects that true power is to be used for protection instead of controlling others.

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Peach is one of the protagonists in Paper Mario. She is kidnapped again by Bowser, who uses his castle to carry her away. While being held captive in her own room in the castle, a Star Kid named Twink comes to help her, and together they find a secret passage out of her room. Peach sabotages Bowser's plots by supplying Mario with a relatively constant stream of information, using Twink as her messenger. She also uses a special treasure chest, where she could store items, and Mario could fetch them at the chest's counterpart at Shooting Star Summit. Peach then bakes a cake for Gourmet Guy, and also participate in the 64th Trivia Quiz-Off run by Bowser's minions. Peach wins a Sneaky Parasol, which allows her to disguise herself as one of Bowser's guards. She could use the parasol to become a Koopatrol, a Clubba and a Hammer Bro. However, her disguise is lifted by Kammy Koopa as Kammy recognizes Peach.

After his defeat, Bowser grabs the princess and runs to the roof of the castle. He then uses the Star Rod to make himself completely invincible. Princess Peach and Twink get into a fight with Kammy Koopa, and defeat her. Peach then wishes that her kingdom would remain safe. Twink and Peach add their power to the Star Beam, then called Peach Beam, enabling it to break Bowser's invincibility. Bowser finally is defeated and Peach's castle returns to its original spot in Toad Town. During the celebrations, she also proceeds to inform the gathered guests about how the Star Haven has been fully restored after Bowser's defeat, and expresses hope for peace for a long time to come before formally announcing the beginning of the celebrations. After the parade, Mario takes Peach to his place to watch the fireworks.

A character named "A gossip-loving Toad" posts gossips about Princess Peach on the back side of the notice board in Toad Town.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Peach receives the Magical Map at Rogueport, as she is told she has a pure heart, which is needed to be able to open the chest of the map. Grodus, however, kidnaps her. On the X-Naut Fortress on the moon, the base's main computer, the TEC, falls in love with her due to a short circuit in its system, and betrays Grodus to help Peach escape and send e-mails to Mario updating the latter on the X-Nauts' plans. However, Grodus discovered TEC's actions and proceeded to forcibly shut down TEC as Peach was composing and sending the final email, only barely mentioning that she's involved in the revival of the Shadow Queen. It is later revealed that Grodus has been tricked and is following the plans of the Shadow Sirens to reanimate the Shadow Queen with Peach as a vessel.

In Petalburg, there is a Koopa Troopa Peach fan who collects posters and pictures about Princess Peach. Between Chapters 2 and 3 of the game, one of his posters, which is life-sized, is mistaken by Bowser as the real thing.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Peach is a supporting character in Super Paper Mario. She, along with Bowser, Luigi, and Bowser's minions, are kidnapped by Count Bleck. Bleck forces Peach and Bowser to marry, as doing this is the only way to form the evil Chaos Heart, which would destroy the world. As Luigi, who is attending the wedding, stomps on the Chaos Heart in an attempt to stop it, everything is destroyed. Peach, however, survives and later escapes Bleck's Castle (with the help of Private Koopa and Dimentio, a follower of Count Bleck). Peach falls from the sky into Flipside; although she is temporarily unconscious when Mario find her, she recovers and joins the team after Mario gives her some Spicy Soup. Peach can float and shield herself from enemies using her parasol. Luigi and Bowser later join the cause, although Bowser has to be convinced by Peach and Mario first.

She eventually is sent to the Overthere after Dimentio seemingly vaporized her as well as Bowser and Mario, and ended up unknowingly eating a Golden Apple which left her in a deep sleep. She is eventually awoken after Mario fed her a Black Apple to forcibly wake her up.

Over time, Peach and the rest of the gang eventually make it to Count Bleck's lair. In Chapter 8-2, Mimi, a loyal minion of Count Bleck, taunts her for having been kidnapped so many times and for being rescued by plumbers instead of just rescuing herself. Peach and Mimi battle soon after. When Peach wins, a trap door is activated and Mimi falls through it. However, Peach saves her. The two fall down the shaft and are believed to be lost, but both survive. Peach comes back during the final battle against Count Bleck. As it is revealed, Dimentio was the real threat, as Bleck only wanted to destroy the world after the loss of his girlfriend. His girlfriend, however, turns out to be Tippi, a member of Mario's team. After defeating Super Dimentio and freeing Luigi, Peach witnesses the marriage of Bleck and Tippi in order to stop The Void.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

Princess Peach first appears in the intro of Paper Mario: Sticker Star, when she is hosting Sticker Fest, a holiday where wishes come true with the power of the Royal Stickers and the Sticker Comet. However, Bowser crashes the festival and steals the Royal Stickers. He also kidnaps Peach and the local Toads, sticking them with Bowser Tape. Mario soon saves the Toads and eventually Peach. She then thanks him for allowing everyone's wish to come true - a peaceful kingdom. The Sticker Fest returns and Peach once again congratulates Mario and the kingdom for their efforts.

Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

Peach first appears in the intro of Paper Mario: Color Splash, where she hands Mario a postmarked colorless Toad. She then accompanies Mario on their voyage to Prism Island. After Mario meets Huey for the first time, Peach occupies a hotel room in Port Prisma and heals Mario whenever his HP is low. However, after Mario obtains the red Big Paint Star, she is kidnapped by Black Bowser. She then sends various Holo-Peaches to Mario as he progresses throughout his adventure, telling Mario her whereabouts and spying on Bowser, attempting to learn his plans. However, after a certain point, Black Bowser finds out what she is up to and orders for her color to be drained. The final battle has a color-drained Peach on display above Bowser's throne, and is used beforehand to lure Mario into a battle with Roy.

After beating Black Bowser and restoring him to his original form, Mario recolors Peach, and together they escape Black Bowser's Castle. Peach is later seen next to Mario at Port Prisma in the celebration of the return of the Paint Stars to Prism Island, cheering him up over the loss of Huey, saying that he would probably be watching over the island right then.

Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]

“Why are you still so...flat? Why haven't you joined me in folded glory... Come...we can reshape you...”

—Princess Peach, Paper Mario: The Origami King

In Paper Mario: The Origami King, Peach invites Mario and Luigi to Toad Town to celebrate at the Origami Festival. However, she is transformed by King Olly into one of his Folded Soldiers, which causes her to obey him and her demeanor to change completely to become far more distant. When Mario encounters her in this state at the beginning of the game, she suggests in a series of questions to Mario that the Mushroom Kingdom be "refolded" and her Toad subjects be "silenced" (foreshadowing King Olly's hatred of Toads), and also offers to recruit Mario as one of the Folded Soldiers. Regardless of whether Mario replies "Yes" or "No" to her questions, she says his replies are meaningless and "paper thin" and traps him in her castle's dungeon.

Eventually, she was turned into a tapestry hanging over Olly's throne after her castle transforms into Origami Castle. She is eventually restored to her original self as a result of Olivia's wish to undo Olly's actions to the 1,000 cranes, with her wondering why Mario, Luigi, the Toad Origami Craftsman, Bowser, Bowser Jr., and Kamek were present. She eventually accompanies Mario to the Origami Festival, and upon noticing Mario staring at an empty throne in a scale model of the Origami Castle, assures Mario that Olivia is with them in spirit, and wishes she could personally thank Olivia for what she has done.

Peach, or rather her origami form, was planned to be a boss at one point, even having some moves programmed in.^[17]

Luigi's Mansion series[edit]

Luigi's Mansion[edit]

Peach is mentioned in Luigi's Mansion and its remake by Toad, who says that she sent them to look for Mario and help Luigi.

Luigi's Mansion 3[edit]

Peach is a supporting character in Luigi's Mansion 3. She is invited to The Last Resort alongside Mario, Luigi, and a few Toads, only to be trapped in a painting with the others except Luigi. Peach is the last to be freed from her painting, right after Mario is freed and leads Luigi to it. King Boo immediately traps Peach and everyone else in a single painting, also avoided narrowly by Luigi. After King Boo is defeated, Luigi frees everyone from the painting, and Peach contributes to rebuild the hotel.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

SmashWiki article: Princess Peach

Super Smash Bros. fighter Peach
Game appearances
Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (unlockable)
Special moves
Neutral:  Toad Side:  Peach Bomber Up:  Peach Parasol Down:  Vegetable Final Smash:  Peach Blossom
Battle entrance
Peach appears from a swirl of hearts with her parasol, waves and exclaims, "Hi!"

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

SmashWiki article: Peach (SSBM)

Peach is a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Peach is designed after her earlier appearances, combined with the realistic graphic style of the game. She has her own home course, Princess Peach's Castle. Several of Peach's moves are based on her abilities in Super Mario Bros. 2, in that although she is slow and not as powerful, Peach can move quicker and fall slower in the air. Peach is a lightweight fighter, weighing 89 units in this game and all subsequent installments. Peach's standard special move is Toad, in which Peach pulls out and hides behind Toad, who counterattacks if hit. Peach's side special move is Peach Bomber, in which she flies forward hips-first into opponents. Peach's down special move is Vegetable, in which she pulls a turnip out of the ground. Peach's up special move is Peach Parasol, which allows her to fly into the air and float to the ground with her parasol. Peach is fought at the end of the first stage in Adventure Mode.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

SmashWiki article: Peach (SSBB)

Peach is a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Her design was updated to be based on her more recent appearances of the time while still possessing realistic details. Peach's moveset goes unchanged, other than being given a Final Smash, Peach Blossom, which puts enemies to sleep and spawns peaches that allow Peach to recover damage. She also does not move as quickly in the air, and her second jump does not give her as much height.

Her tendency to get kidnapped by Bowser and be rescued by Mario was referenced in Solid Snake's codec call while fighting Peach. Although Mei Ling considers it somewhat romantic that someone's always there for her even in the worst situations, Snake was less than impressed, bluntly stating that Mario should be smart enough to tell Peach to stop getting herself kidnapped, with Mei Ling then inferring that Snake does not get much dates for that reason.

Role in The Subspace Emissary[edit]

Peach is first seen The Subspace Emissary watching Mario and Kirby fighting together with Zelda, and run down to assist them after the arrival of the Primids. However, she is soon captured by Petey Piranha and put into a cage along with Zelda. Kirby, who battles Petey Piranha, has the choice to rescue either Peach or Zelda. If she is not rescued, Wario appears and uses a Dark Cannon to transform her into a trophy and runs off with her. Peach is later taken by King Dedede along with Luigi and Ness. After Mario and Pit defeat Link and Yoshi in a misunderstanding (having beforehand defeated a dark clone of Zelda when Bowser ambushed and turned her into a trophy), Mario briefly sees Peach's trophy in Dedede's possession. Peach and the trophies are taken to Dedede's Castle, where King Dedede gives them special badges. However, Dedede's Castle is raided by Bowser and his forces, who takes her with him upon noticing her in the rubble. Peach's badge is knocked off when Bowser is accosted by Mario and Pit.

If Peach is rescued, she will team up with Kirby and escape the stadium on a Warp Star after Wario takes Zelda. Peach and Kirby are chased by the Halberd and are forced to land on it. However, an Arwing, which was hit by the Halberd's artillery, knocks them off the ship. Later on in the story, Kirby leaves Peach behind, making her an easy target for Bowser, who turns her into a trophy (with a clone of Peach left behind with a Dark Cannon). As Link and Yoshi slay this clone, Mario and Pit believe that they attacked the real Peach, putting the two teams into a brief conflict.

Regardless of Peach and Zelda's predicaments, the very latter part of the Subspace Emissary story shows them found on the Halberd held captive in trophy form. After Shadow Bugs sneak in to engulf their trophies and copy their forms (resulting in their forming false versions of Peach/Zelda for a second time), they challenge Meta Knight, Lucario, and Solid Snake, who just entered the room. Once the "false forms" of Peach and Zelda are defeated, Peach and Zelda are rescued, though Snake instructs they remain in the room. The princesses disobey and explore the Halberd. When Fox battles the Halberd a second time, Peach is nearly caught in the crossfire. Zelda (as Sheik) attacks the Arwing in self-defense. Before their fight can escalate, Peach breaks them up, offering tea. Shortly afterwards, the three, along with Snake, Lucario, and Falco Lombardi defeat Duon. Peach then gifts her parasol to Duon's original state, Mr. Game & Watch, after briefly scolding him. Uniting with all the other fighters, Peach also goes into Subspace with the others, where they all find Tabuu, the true enemy. She gets hit by his Off Waves and turns back into a trophy along with everyone, but Kirby, revived by one of King Dedede's badges, manages to save her and some of the others before going to face Tabuu in a final battle.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U[edit]

SmashWiki article: Peach (SSB4)

Peach is a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Peach's design is less realistic to reflect her cartoony nature. Peach has the same moveset as before, now with added aesthetic effects such as rainbows, hearts, and sparkles. Peach's running animation was changed to be more similar to Super Mario 3D World. In addition, she has two additional color palettes, with one of them being based on her Fire Flower color scheme from Super Mario 3D World. Her eighth color palette features a black dress, while the panniers, stripes, and hem are electric yellow.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

SmashWiki article: Peach (SSBU)

Peach is an unlockable playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. There are some difference with Peach than in previous games of the series. When Peach grabs an opponent, Toad appears and attacks them instead of Peach for her pummel, and two of her throws. Using the Toad special move causes Toad to appear in front of Peach instead being held up. Daisy is introduced as a playable character, being a clone of Peach. Because of this, Peach's second costume, which was based on Daisy in previous appearances, has been changed to a golden dress. Peach's forward smash is titled A Tool for Every Job, while her up smash is called Ribbon Dance. Peach's victory theme, which is the orchestral arrangement of the level clear theme from Super Mario Bros. (and is shared with Mario, Dr. Mario, Luigi, and Daisy), has been slightly shortened and sped up compared to the previous installments.

Two spirits are based on the adult form of Peach, aside from her fighter spirit. One of them is Cat Princess Peach, while the other is an Ace-class support spirit that depicts her wedding appearance from Super Mario Odyssey and helps the user recover lots of damage if they had taken a lot during a match. The Wedding Peach spirit appears in The Final Battle portion of World of Light, but it can also be obtained from Peach's Super Mario Odyssey amiibo. In the spirit battle, the player, who takes constant damage, faces Peach and Mario in their wedding costumes on the New Donk City Hall stage, but only Peach has to be defeated.

Peach's route in Classic Mode is titled No Damsel in Distress, where she fighters villains who kidnap damsels on a recurring basis. The vast majority of the fighters in this route are from the Super Mario franchise. Peach engages in the battles in the following order:

1. Bowser Jr. on Mushroom Kingdom
2. Ganondorf on Mushroomy Kingdom
3. Donkey Kong (red costume) on 75 m (Battlefield form)
4. A horde battle against Lemmy, Morton, Larry, Wendy, Iggy, Roy, and Ludwig on Mushroom Kingdom U
5. King K. Rool on Jungle Japes
6. Bowser on Peach's Castle
7. Final boss against Master Hand, as well as Crazy Hand in intensity 7.0 or higher, on Final Destination

Mario & Luigi series[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]

Prior to the events of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Peach is notified by Prince Peasley of the Beanbean Kingdom that the witch Cackletta would come and try to steal her voice. Cackletta wants to do this in order to wake the Beanstar, a star-shaped bean which can grant wishes to everyone. The Beanstar has been sleeping and can only be waken by a pure voice, in order to prevent abuse. Peach takes precautions, and when Cackletta and Fawful, dressed as ambassadors, arrive at her castle, they are not received by Peach, but by Birdo, who is disguised as the princess. Cackletta and Fawful unknowingly steal Birdo's voice and escapes from the castle, leaving Birdo with a voice of exploding characters. However, Mario, Luigi and Bowser, who are not aware of the true identity of the "princess", follow Cackletta to the Beanbean Kingdom before the real Peach is able to stop them (with Bowser's presence in particular also forcing her to avoid telling Mario and Luigi this).

After Mario and Luigi have presumably killed Cackletta at the Woohoo Hooniversity, Peach goes to the Beanbean Kingdom by plane. Peach reveals Birdo's disguise, thanks Mario and Luigi for taking care of the Cackletta problem, and decides to spend the holidays in the Beanbean Kingdom. She express the wish to travel to Little Fungitown, a settlement of Toad emigrants, which is lying across the dangerous Teehee Valley. Toadsworth insists that Mario and Luigi should accompain the princess on this journey. During their venture through Teehee Valley, Peach has to be protect from any harm in the desert. When she disappears from Mario and Luigi's view, Gritty Goombas appear instantly and take her to an underground dungeon. If talked to her, she will also head in the opposite direction, due to a suggestion made by Toadsworth earlier. At the valley's end, Peach run into Trunkle, a giant rock monster, but Mario and Luigi save her from it before it is too late.

Later, Bowletta kidnaps Peach in order to make sure to awake the Beanstar this time, which is showing angry reactions when confronted with Birdo's voice. She takes Peach, who is at the Mushroom Kingdom embassy of Little Fungitown at the time, using Bowser's Koopa Clown Car. However, because the Beanstar had earlier self-destructed under a fit of rage from the Peach-Bot's voice, Cackletta is no longer in the possession of the Beanstar itself. When Mario and Luigi meet Bowletta in Joke's End, Luigi dress himself up as Princess Peach (as Toadsworth had previously provided them with an extra dress for the princess), to fool Bowletta and Fawful, by thinking that he is Peach. The plan succeeds, and Bowletta releases the real Peach, and kidnaps Luigi instead. In the meantime, Mario receives a kiss from Peach. After Luigi's escape from the repaired Koopa Cruiser, Peach stays in the Little Fungitown embassy until Bowletta is defeated.

The key artwork for "Peach" in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions is technically Birdo in disguise, since she is shown using explosive vocabulary.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]

See also: Baby Peach

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time starts with a flashback to the past. Toadsworth the Younger greets Baby Mario and Baby Luigi and tells them that the princess needs playmates. When they enter the room she is in, Baby Bowser has taken Peach. After Baby Mario defeats Baby Bowser, the Shroobs invade the Mushroom Kingdom and attack the castle. Baby Bowser calls Kamek to escort them out of the castle, who arrives and takes them out with the Koopa Cruiser just in time.

In the present, Peach, Toadiko, and Toadbert use Prof. E. Gadd's time machine to travel back to the past, unaware of traveling to the time where the Shroobs were attacking. When they get to the past, the Shroobs corner Peach and the Toads. The Elder Princess Shroob, the leader of the Shroobs, and Princess Shroob, her younger twin sister, attack Peach. Peach grabs the time machine's power supply, the Cobalt Star, and traps the Elder Princess Shroob inside it. Then she breaks the Cobalt Star into pieces, while the Elder Princess Shroob is still inside. While the Cobalt Star shards are spread around the world, Peach is held captive by Princess Shroob.

While Mario and Luigi team up with their baby selves to recover the Cobalt shards, which they need to save Peach, according to Professor E. Gadd. However, she is swallowed by Petey Piranha. The Mario Bros. and their younger selves defeat Petey Piranha, although Kylie Koopa, who also got swallowed by Petey, says that Peach was spat out earlier. Further into the Gritzy Caves, they find Princess Shroob, disguised as Peach. She is brought to the present by the brothers accidentally. The Toads tell the fake princess to take a rest. However, while she is doing so, Bowser come and kidnaps her, believing that she is Peach. The Mario Bros. only find out the true identity of Princess Shroob when they are all dragged into the Shroob Mother Ship in the past. During all this time, the real Peach is still trapped in Shroob Castle.

When Mario and Luigi get into the Shroob Castle, they see Peach, but Princess Shroob interrupts their conversation at the point where Peach is going to explain why the Cobalt Star should not be completed and a battle begins. After it, Baby Bowser reunites the Cobalt Star Shards all together, making the Elder Princess Shroob appear and giving back all her power. During the first phase of the final battle, Peach throws stars at Mario and Luigi, which they can use to destroy the UFOs, and she occasionally heals them with mushrooms. However, she is unconcious during the second phase. After the battle, Peach and the others return to the present.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

In the third installment of the Mario & Luigi series, the Mushroom Kingdom's citizens fall victim to a mysterious disease known as the blorbs. Upon hearing this news, Peach proceeds to hold a very important meeting in her castle to discuss the matter at hand (along with Starlow, who explains further about the disease itself). As Peach is proceeding to give said details, Bowser crashes the meeting twice. Upon being knocked out by Mario, he is ejected by Peach (with the help of Starlow) the first time. But Bowser manages to return to the castle the second time, but under the control of Fawful, because he ate a Vacuum Shroom. As a result, Bowser inhales everyone at the meeting, including Peach.

Peach is found by Mario and Luigi in the Flab Zone of Bowser's body. Their reunion is cut short, however, when a group of Beta Kretins captures her and takes her deeper into the area. When the brothers catch up and free Peach, the Kretins attack and are subsequently defeated. After the said ordeal is over, Peach, along with Mario, Luigi, and Starlow, overhear Fawful conversing with Bowser about taking the princess from his body. After which, Peach theorizes that Fawful's real plan is to take over the Mushroom Kingdom by using an ancient artifact known as the Dark Star, hidden beneath Toad Town. She also informs them that she is the only one who can release the seal on the Dark Star's power. However, after relaying said information to the two about the impending danger, Fawful quickly captures her through the use of an odd invention that enables him to reach into Bowser's body with a hand-shaped beam and then takes her to her own castle (which was also under Fawful's control at the time, with it being heavily implied that he got Bowser extremely obese in the first place in order to draw Peach out into the open). While the story passes, Peach is held captive by Fawful, having her energy absorbed. She is later inhaled by Dark Star, or rather, Dark Bowser, which had been created via Dark Star absorbing parts of Bowser's DNA, in an attempt to get more dark power, although since she was devoid of dark power, he does not gain any power whatsoever. Dark Bowser eventually removes Peach from his body (off-screen) after absorbing Dark Fawful and gaining his full power back.

Upon Mario, Luigi, and Bowser finally countering the sources of the blorbs threat, along with defeating the Dark Star itself for good, everything in the Mushroom Kingdom returns to normal and Peach is rescued at last. She also manages to regain consciousness as well, after being awakened by Bowser ejecting the remaining inhabitants of Bowser's body. Though Bowser attacks the Mario Bros. and still attempts to kidnap Peach directly after the Dark Star is defeated, Peach still express her gratitude toward Bowser for his role in saving the world by sending him a cake.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]

In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toadsworth travel to Pi'illo Island for a vacation they were invited to. After arriving at Pi'illo Castle and watching a brief presentation on the history of the island, Peach begins searching the presentation room at the mention of Pi'illo Castle's hidden treasure. After being implored to stop being so reckless by Toadsworth when she steps on the nearby platform, they both accidentally cause it to blast deeper into the castle.

Peach is eventually found with Toadsworth in the same room the immobilized Prince Dreambert rests, surrounded by Smoldergeist. Mario and Luigi's arrival causes the Smoldergeist to flee, only for them to return later to attack the Bros. The group end up entering the collection room after escaping the depths of Pi'illo Castle, where Luigi takes a nap on Dreambert and a bed put on display, which creates a Dream Portal that sucks Peach into the Dream World.

She is later found in Dreamy Pi'illo Castle getting carried by the kidnapper who is revealed to be Antasma, who manages to escape the pursuing Mario and Luigi by creating a temporary path to Dream's Deep. After Mario and Luigi find access to Dream's Deep through exploring Mushrise Park and later Dreamy Mushrise Park, she and Antasma are found there. After Bowser's arrival, Mario, Luigi and Peach are all felled by Bowser's power upped flames and left there, but are rescued by Eldream who takes them back to the Real World. Eventually, Peach heads back to Pi'illo Castle with several Toads.

At some point afterwards, Peach is secretly kidnapped by Kamek, who pretends to be her until he exposes his identity to Mario and Luigi in Dreamy Driftwood Shore. She is held captive in Neo Bowser Castle from then on until Mario and Luigi's arrival at the castle's outdoor area, where a Paratroopa is holding her and eventually takes her to the balcony of the castle. She is later found in a cage, and assists in the destruction of the Dream Stone when Bowser tries to destroy the Bros. with it.

After Mario and Luigi defeat Bowser as Dreamy Bowser, the Bros., Starlow, Dreambert and Peach barely manage to escape on the Zeekeeper and safely return to the castle, where they finally begin their vacation.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]

See also: Paper Peach

In Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Peach meets her paper counterpart when Luigi accidentally releases the Paper Mario world into the Mario & Luigi universe. After some disagreements, Bowser and his paper self kidnap her and her paper counterpart, respectively, forcing Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario to rescue them. The Bowser Jrs take the princesses to Mount Brrr, where they are spotted by some Toads. Toadette builds a Papercraft version of Peach that defeats the Papercraft Bowser Jr. However, the Bowser Jrs escape with the princesses, going back to Bowser's Castle.

The princesses are able to escape at Bowser's Castle, but are soon caught and recaptured by the Bowser Jr. duo. Despite this, the Bowser Jrs are promptly defeated by Mario's team and the princesses escape with them. They return to Peach's Castle and reassemble it after it was blown up by the Koopa Troop as retaliation for the Bowser Jrs' loss to Mario's team. Once the Mario team defeats Shiny RoboBowser, they regroup at the castle. She says goodbye to her paper self as she returns to the Paper Mario world.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership[edit]

In Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Peach appears together with Dorrie and a team of characters wearing orange bands. Her role in the game is unknown.

Mario Pinball Land[edit]

Peach is a supporting character in Mario Pinball Land. She visits the Fun Fair with Mario. Peach is enthralled by the Sky Cannon and decides to try it for herself, but two Goombas rotate the cannon to point towards Bowser's Castle, blasting Peach right into the castle's gates. Mario turns into the shape of a pinball to progress through the pinball levels and rescue Peach. After Peach is rescued, the two of them both return to the Fun Fair to ride the roller coaster together.

WarioWare series[edit]

Peach makes cameo appearances in the WarioWare series. Peach appears in the NES Open Tournament Golf microgame of WarioWare: Twisted!, where she is seen smiling. Peach is one of the objects in the amiibo Tap microgame of WarioWare Gold, where Peach in her standard and wedding outfits from Super Mario Odyssey also appear as crude drawings if the player scans the respective amiibo in Wario's amiibo Sketch.

SSX on Tour / NBA Street V3[edit]

Peach appears as a guest character in the Nintendo GameCube versions of both SSX on Tour and NBA Street V3.

Mario Baseball series[edit]

Mario Superstar Baseball[edit]

Peach is first seen in the opening cinematic of Mario Superstar Baseball. She, like the other captains, each receive a flyer that reads "Challenger Wanted." During an exhibition game with Yoshi, Peach hits a home run off Yoshi after the ball bounces off a music note block. Peach is teammates with Mario during an exhibition game between Mario and Wario. Peach, Daisy, and Red Toad are seen blacking out, fearing that Mario is going to be tagged out as Donkey Kong tries to receive the ball, but Mario nevertheless scores. Peach then receives the ball from Daisy and throws the ball to Yoshi to get Waluigi out at home plate. After Mario hits a walk-off home run, Peach and others storm the field to celebrate. In the final cinematic that plays after completing Challenge Mode via Special Cup, Peach is seen with other characters at the baseball field.

Peach is both a playable character and a team captain. She is tied with Boo for having the second best pitching stat in the game, trailing only to Waluigi and Bowser. Her fielding stat is also tied for the second best in the game with Diddy Kong, only being slightly worse than Magikoopa's. Her batting is slightly below average while her running is average. Her fielding skills are the Super Catch and Quick Throw. She can also make home-runs at times even though she is not as strong as other captains. Peach's special pitch is the Heart Ball, learned in Challenge Mode by purchasing the Lovely Heart item. She is the Team Captain for the Peach Monarchs (consisting of several Toads, Toadsworth, Toadette and Daisy as sub-captain). In the Exhibition Mode, alternate names for Peach's team include the Peach Roses, Peach Dynasties or Peach Princesses. Peach is one of the playable captains in Challenge Mode, though in order to advance, Peach has to go against the other captains working toward the same goal of competing against Bowser. Upon meeting certain criteria during matches, the opposing team that Peach's team was victorious against join hers.

Mario Super Sluggers[edit]

Peach is first seen in the opening cinematic of Mario Super Sluggers. She is at the entrance of the Baseball Kingdom with Toadsworth, greeting the other players as they arrive on a yacht. Later in the scene, she is shown to be passing the ball to Mario during a game. The next cinematic with Peach is shown after defeating Bowser in Challenge Mode, where she celebrates with the other characters in the middle of the infield before making their way to the entrance of the Baseball Kingdom to gaze towards the sunset before the lights come on for the night. Peach is seen in the final cinematic, standing by a table next to the umpire Lakitu at the Daisy Cruiser, where the others are having desserts. When a display of fireworks set off, Peach and the others witness a show of Bob-omb Derby at Mario Stadium.

Peach is both a playable character and a team captain. Peach has her own stadium, which is an ice palace titled Peach Ice Garden. Peach's batting and running stats remain unchanged from before, but both her pitching and fielding have been improved, and she is now tied with Boo for having the best pitching stat in the game. She loses her Super Catch ability, but still has the Quick Throw. Peach is unlockable in Challenge mode, after rescuing her from Bowser Jr. Upon being added to the Challenge Mode roster after completing the said case involving Peach, she has a unique talent to aid in exploration around stadiums using her well-known heart trademark, resembling her overall personality. Also at that point, she is able to assist in finding the other required Team Players to make up her team, the Peach Monarchs.

Super Princess Peach[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Super Princess Peach. She is the main protagonist, and the game features a difference in roles where it is Peach who goes on a journey to rescue both Mario and Luigi from Bowser. With the aid of a talking umbrella known as Perry - who was an amnesiac and therefore possessed a mysterious past - Peach travels to Vibe Island, where Bowser moves his operations in order to obtain the Vibe Scepter. However, the Goomba who brought it to him had been affected by its magic, and with a calm, playful attitude, he uses the scepter on the entire island, thereby creating chaos. With this, Peach is capable of using four Vibe techniques to help her through the areas. Princess Peach also was capable of floating for a short period of time like she was in Super Mario Bros. 2 (and subsequently, the Super Smash Bros. series), only this time she used Perry to hold her aloft rather than her dress. This ability is available on Toad's shop, and costs 100 coins. Eventually, Peach fights her way through the island's many hazards and rescues Luigi and many Toads after defeating Giant Kamek. Perry also become less amnesiac as time went on, eventually recovering his memory. After Peach defeats Bowser, she then rescues Mario. Ignoring Luigi completely, she shoves him to the side as she runs to Mario, and they swing around together, before he picks her up into his arms and gives her some flowers. Everyone then returns home together.

Mario Strikers series[edit]

Super Mario Strikers[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Super Mario Strikers. She is a Playmaker captain in this game and its sequels. Peach's Super Strike is the Royal Strike.

Mario Strikers Charged[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Strikers Charged. Her play style is different than in Super Mario Strikers. Peach is the most agile and passes faster than the other characters, whilst her shooting ability and tackling strength is the weakest. Peach's deke involves her jumping a short distance, avoiding any possible body checks and even allowing her to jump over obstacles and goalies. Her Super Ability is Freeze Frame!, in which cameras flock in and start taking pictures of Peach, who traps any opponents in picture frames. Cameras are also seen taking pictures of Peach during her ground entrance and on certain occasions when she is celebrating after scoring a goal for her team. When Peach executes her Mega Strike, she turns into an angelic creature with wings, prior to knocking the ball down toward the goalie. Peach has a pink or blue uniform with a number 10 on it. Peach's mission level is to defeat Daisy for the Star Cup. Bowser has her as an opponent during his mission mode. Peach's theme song is a techno-inspired tune.

Mario Strikers: Battle League[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Strikers: Battle League. She is a speed-oriented character as before, with speed and technique being her strongest statistics, although at the cost of weaker strength and shooting. Peach's speed ranks among the best alongside Toad, while her strength and shooting rank among the worst.

Mario Hoops 3-on-3[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Hoops 3-on-3. She is billed a Technical character. Peach has her own court, Peach Field. Her Special Shot, the Heart Shot, causes a swarm of hearts to appear and left Peach and the ball to the goal. Peach wears her two-piece athletic uniform, but a sports dress can be unlocked as an alternative outfit by completing the Mushroom Cup as her.

Mario & Sonic series[edit]

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games[edit]

Peach is a playable character in both the Wii version and the Nintendo DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Peach is billed a Skill character, making her excel in events such as track, archery, skeet, and aquatics. Peach is tied with Tails for the lowest power out of any character, as well as poor stamina on par with Dr. Eggman's. Peach is tied with Daisy as the fastest character, despite not having a Speed classification like Daisy. In Dream Fencing, Peach charges up and releases a huge pink heart. When the heart hits her opponent it explodes into smaller hearts. It has a very long range and Peach does not have to be close to her opponents, as the heart acts like a projectile. In Dream Table Tennis, Peach can make the ball disappear making it difficult to find. When she unleashes her shot, she spins around in a sea of hearts and then hits the ball. In the opening of the Wii version only, Peach is seen in the ceremony and competing in 100m and 100m Freestyle.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games[edit]

Peach is a playable character in both the Wii version and the Nintendo DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. In the former version, Peach's costume is featured as an outfit for Miis to wear, and it can be bought from the in-game store. Peach is billed a Skill player. She and the other female participants each wear a specialized winter outfit that corresponds with and matches the overall theme of the Winter Olympic events. Peach's special abilities include the Mid-Air Float ability as well as the Princess Dash ability in the Nintendo DS version only. In the opening scene of the Wii version, Peach is seen in the ceremony and competing in Figure Skating with Amy.

In the Adventure Tours mode of the handheld version, Peach initially goes to Sparkleton to peek at the snow festival. She is challenged by Mario to the Snow Machine Fight dream event, and joins the group after losing. She later competes in the Snow Machine Fight dream event again to demonstrate her talent to a Goomba, and after winning, Peach receives a Shooting Rifle, allowing for participation in Shooting events. Back at Frostown, Peach can cheer up the Thwomp and get it to move aside, opening access to a previously blocked path.

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games[edit]

Peach is first seen in the opening of the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, first appearing at the start with the other athletes and later competing in Synchronized Swimming with Amy, Daisy and Blaze, and in Rhythmic Ribbon by herself. Peach is a playable character, and she is classified as a Skill type. Peach wears her usual athletic uniform in most Events, her winter outfit in Equestrian events, and a leotard in both Gymnastics and Aquatics events. There is a Mii outfit based on Peach, and she is one of the characters in London Party mode who can be spoken to in order to play minigames and earn stickers.

Peach is also playable in the Nintendo 3DS version. Peach is included in the Girls group, alongside Amy, Daisy, and Blaze, all of whom are playable only during certain events. In the Story Mode, Peach first appears with Blaze protecting a group of Toads from some imposters, which they manage to defeat and then rescue Daisy and Amy. When the group find Rouge, Peach defeats her in an event to stop her brainwashing, and then Rouge leads the group to the fog machine in Hyde Park, which Blaze destroys. Peach decides to stay in Hyde Park with the other Girls to keep an eye on things there, and the group later call Mario, Luigi, Sonic and Tails when they face Bowser and Dr. Eggman to offer support. Peach later appears at the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games. In the bonus episodes, Peach volunteers to help with the invitations for the Olympic Games, and when Daisy visits them and offers to take Amy shopping, Peach defeats her in an Olympic event to convince her to help. When Bowser's invitation is accidentally damaged, Peach ends up rewriting it. Peach also helps Amy defeat Bowser and Dr. Eggman when they come for their invitations early, but decides to let them have them anyway as they hadn't caused any trouble. When Peach returns after finding Bowser and Dr. Eggman's invitations missing, the group find that they have left and assume that they must have found their invitations anyway, and they head on a shopping trip to celebrate. A badge of Peach can be obtained from the badge machine.

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. She is an athlete of the Skill type with a high technique stat, as well as above average acceleration, max speed, and stamina, but low power. Peach shares special animations with Mario, demonstrating their relationship.

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games[edit]

Peach is a playable character in the Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, and arcade versions of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. She is classified as a Skill character. Peach is playable only in the Golf and 100m Freestyle Swimming events, as well as their Plus versions, in the Nintendo 3DS version.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and the arcade version. She is one of the characters whose outfits change between events. She is classified as a Technique character. Peach is playable in both the Tokyo 2020 and Tokyo 1964 events. In the Story Mode, Peach is first encountered in Chapter 11, where she is shown to be competing in the Archery event; she then joins the player's party after Daisy defeats her. Later on, in Chapter 13, she beats Larry Koopa in Equestrian in order to win back the Excitement Battery, before teaming up with Yoshi to beat Shadow and Knuckles in Badminton during Chapter 15. At the end of the game, she is shown rejoicing alongside Amy. In the game's opening, Peach is seen participating in Equestrian.

Itadaki Street series[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Itadaki Street DS and an unlockable playable character in Fortune Street. Both games include Peach's Castle as one of the playable stages. Peach can be unlocked in Fortune Street by placing first or second on the Peach's Castle board in Tour Mode, and said game also features her as a rank S character.

Mario Sports Mix[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Sports Mix. She is a Technical character with average speed, although her power stat is very low. Peach's home court is her castle which is compatible with the four featured sports (basketball, volleyball, hockey, and dodgeball). Peach's special move involves releasing four large hearts capable of stunning characters of the opposing team.

StreetPass Mii Plaza[edit]

Peach also appears on the Puzzle Swap panel "Starlets" in StreetPass Mii Plaza, alongside Rosalina, Pauline, Zelda and Toon Zelda.

The Cat Mario Show[edit]

Peach, or more accurately, her Cat Peach form, is a character on the Virtual Console series The Cat Mario Show.

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition[edit]

Peach is a helper character in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition. She is unlocked after the player completes World 8, and her attribute is Light.

As a helper, Peach's skill restores half of the party's maximum HP, while her helper skill raises the ATK of all teammates by 3x, as long as the party's current HP is at or above 50% its maximum value.

Another version of Peach, called Super Peach, can also be unlocked by completing ★World 8. Her main attribute and sub-attribute are both Light.

Super Peach's skill fully restores the party's HP, along with removing the paralysis condition from all paralyzed teammates. Her helper skill raises the ATK of all teammates by 4.5x, as long as the party's current HP is at 100% its maximum value.

All Peach variations have RCV as their strongest stat, while their HP and ATK are only at average levels.

Minecraft[edit]

Peach is a playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft. A Cat Peach skin is also playable.

Nintendo Switch Online trailer[edit]

In the Nintendo Switch Online trailer in the September 13 Nintendo Direct, Peach was seen as one of the players in various portions of the Online Play, and during the Nintendo Entertainment System portion showing online gameplay, Peach and Bowser Jr. were shown playing against each other remotely with the Nintendo Entertainment System version of Dr. Mario.

Mario Sports Superstars[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario Sports Superstars. In all sports, she is a technique-oriented player, giving her better shot accuracy or horse control. In golf, her default drive is 206 yards, and her shot travels straight and medium-low. In most sports, she wears her two-piece athletic uniform from such games as the Mario Baseball series, while in tennis and golf she wears her sports dress.

Mario + Rabbids series[edit]

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Peach, along with Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi, was sucked into the vortex linking the Rabbids to the Mushroom Kingdom at the beginning of the game, and later rejoiced when Mario returned safely. She later freed Mario and one of his Rabbid partners from Icicle Golem in the level It Came From the Freezer, and joins as a playable character afterwards.

Peach's primary weapon is a Boomshot, a short-range weapon that can hit more than one target in front of her, and her secondary weapon is a Grenaduck. Her weapons' Super Effects are Burn and Freeze. Peach has balanced offense and defense with high mobility, possessing the second highest health points after Yoshi. Her Team Jump can heal heroes within landing radius. Her techniques are a reaction shot called Royal Graze and Protect, which allows her shield her allies from damage by absorbing some (if not all) of their damage. Also, she has her Rabbid counterpart, Rabbid Peach, who gets jealous of Peach being with Mario all the time.

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope[edit]

Peach is a playable character in Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope. She now wields the Boom-Brella,^[18] an umbrella-shaped weapon with a cannon attached to it that fires a powerful cone attack. Her technique is Team Barrier, which protects her allies similar to Protection. This effect also applies with her unlockable Barrier Jump skill.^[19]

LEGO Super Mario[edit]

On Mario Day 2022, a LEGO Peach figure was announced for the LEGO Super Mario line. It was released on August 1, 2022.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]

“I'm taking you to see the princess. She can help you. She can do anything!”

—Toad, The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Peach is a major character in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. She is voiced in the English version by Anya Taylor-Joy and in the Japanese version by Arisa Shida. She presides over the Mushroom Kingdom in her castle and enlists the help of Mario and Toad on an adventure to defeat Bowser and stop him from taking over the world. Her dress is more detailed than her video game counterpart, and her crown and jewelry look more realistic. In addition, her eyebrows are longer and some pink leggings are visible under her dress. She appears in both her normal dress outfit and her biker outfit that debuted in Mario Kart Wii, and is seen wielding an axe. Her Fire Peach form also appears.

Peach announces her plans to the Toads to stop Bowser by teaming up with the Kong army. She then meets Mario, excited at meeting another human, and decides to test to "see what [Mario is] made of" as he asks to help save Luigi. During their training, she effortlessly completes the course, though despite Mario's several failed attempts, she decides to take him and Toad along.

When Peach, Mario, and Toad are camping in a field of Fire Flowers, she explains that she had originally wandered into the Mushroom Kingdom as a baby via a pipe, and was lucky enough to have encountered Toads who took her in and raised her as one of their own, eventually crowning her as their princess. Mario suggests that maybe she came from the same world as he did, and she smiles and responds by saying that there is a huge universe with a lot of galaxies, leaving her true origins ambiguous.

After Mario wins the duel at the Great Ring of Kong, she praises Mario for winning, realizing he never knows when to quit. As they drive on Rainbow Road, she and Mario interact before getting interrupted by Toad and Donkey Kong. As the Koopa army blows up Toad's kart and sends him flying, Peach immediately saves him. They are both devastated at Mario being seemingly killed by the Koopa General's attack, head back to the Mushroom Kingdom to warn the Toads, and head to the balcony to confront Bowser, who proposes to her. Though she quickly denies, she reluctantly accepts as Bowser tortures Toad.

During the reception, she knocks out Kamek, transforms into Ice Peach with the Ice Flower smuggled in her bouquet, and battles Bowser before she loses her power caused by King Bob-omb exploding. She and the others are then transported to Brooklyn and she is restrained by Bowser's army before the Mario brothers become invincible and defeat them all. A vanquished Bowser tries to plead mercy, but a disgusted Peach force-feeds him with a Mini Mushroom. She and the gang are then cheered as heroes of Brooklyn.

A portrait of Peach as she appears on her letters to Mario in Super Mario Bros. 3 can be seen in the antiques shop.^[20]

Princess Peach: Showtime![edit]

Peach is the protagonist of Princess Peach: Showtime!. One day, Peach received an invitation to the Sparkle Theater. However, while there, a witch named Grape alongside her group, the Sour Bunch, invaded the theater and took its occupants hostage. Peach teams up with the theater's guardian, Stella, to try and save everyone. Stella gives Peach the power of Sparkle in order to further assist Peach in saving the theater. After completing every stage per floor, it unlocks a dark door where a Darkle boss guards a floor. Completing all stages in a certain costume allows Peach and Stella to rescue a trapped Sparkla in the basement. Freeing all of the Sparklas allow Peach to access the dark door to Grape with the power of the Sparklas transforming her into Radiant Peach. Showing up to Grape as Radiant Peach, she defeats Grape. However, Grape reveals her true form Grape the Great and destroys the Sparkle Theater. With the help of the Theets' maximum Sparkle power, Peach becomes Super Radiant Peach, helping her defeat Grape the Great. Upon Grape the Great's defeat, she fades from existence, and Peach repairs the Sparkle Theater. At the end of the game, Peach and the Sparklas perform a curtain call.

Merchandise[edit]

A wide range of Peach-themed merchandise has appeared to the public over the years. Items include plush dolls, action figures, slippers, key chains, mugs, wallpaper, DS kits, and shampoo bottles. Peach was also included in Super Mario Chess as one of the Bishops, alongside Princess Daisy. Peach had a central role in the story accompanying the CD White Knuckle Scorin', and was even named in the opening song "Ignorance Is Bliss". Various official game soundtracks also make reference to Peach in their song title. Peach is featured in Nintendo Monopoly, where her space costs $220 and takes the place of Indiana Avenue, and Peach is one of the four base Characters included in the Standard Edition (five in the Collector's Edition) of Monopoly Gamer.

Other appearances[edit]

Princess Toadstool makes a cameo in Game B of the Nintendo Entertainment System version of Tetris alongside the Mario Bros. upon completing one of the heights, specifically height 5. Toadstool in particular is atop the highest turret applauding, and is the only one of the characters that appear that neither use a musical instrument or, in the case of the Mario Bros., do any dancing. This is one of Toadstool's only two appearances on Family Computer-related hardware depicting her with blonde hair, the only other being NES Open Tournament Golf.

In the Game Boy version of F-1 Race, Peach appears on the fourth course waving, just before the player begins the race.

Peach makes a cameo appearance in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra. She is seen in the audience with other Super Mario characters.

Many references to Peach are in the Animal Crossing series. In City Folk and New Leaf, an item is available called Peach's parasol that can be obtained respectively from Tom Nook's shop if the player earns 4,000 points or from Timmy and Tommy's store from purchasing a fortune cookies to win a prize. Pocket Camp features Peach's Crown and Peach's Dress as clothing items, and in New Horizons, the Princess Peach dress, Princess Peach crown, and Princess Peach shoes can be obtained from Nook Shopping to celebrate Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary. Additionally, the yellow variant of the tulip surprise box will, when interacted, display a Princess Peach doll.

A costume resembling Princess Peach is unlockable for Bayonetta and Jeanne in the Wii U version of Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2. The costume consists of a shortened version of Peach's dress, with Mario dolls attached to it, and golden details. A palette swap for it is available, and resembles Princess Daisy, but it lacks the Mario doll and instead has a Luigi doll. In both versions, her summon is Bowser. There is also an unlockable special moveset based on Mario and Peach's abilities.

References[edit]

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Characters	Bowser • Kamek • Luigi • Mario • Princess Peach • Toad • Wario
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