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| Princess Peach | |
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 Peach's current appearance, as depicted in Mario Party 8 |
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| Game series | Mario series |
| First game | Super Mario Bros. (1985) |
| Created by | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Voiced by | Jeannie Elias (TV) (1989-1990) Tracey Moore (TV) (1990-1991) Jocelyn Benford (Hotel Mario) Leslie Swan (VG) (1996-1999; 2004; 2007) Asako Kozuki (Mario Party and Mario Party 2) Jen Taylor (VG) (1999-2005; 2006; 2007) Nicole Mills (VG) (2005-present) Samantha Kelly (VG) (2007-) |
Princess Peach (ピーチ姫 Pīchi-hime?) is a character in Nintendo's Mario series of video games. She is the princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom, and often plays the "damsel in distress" role in the adventure series.[1][2] She was known as "Princess Toadstool" outside Japan until late 1996, when the name "Peach" was added in Super Mario 64, later solely becoming "Princess Peach". In 2008, Princess Peach landed on Forbes Wealthiest Fictional People list, with a fortune upwards of $1 billion. [1]
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Appearances
Peach first appeared in Super Mario Bros. and has been kidnapped several times by the series' main antagonist, Bowser.
Peach is portrayed as the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. King and Queen Toadstool, her mother and father, rule the kingdom. In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the princess's grandmother is shown (she has a grandmother), and the Mushroom Kingdom government is ruled by a chancellor and the mushroom retainers.
Appearances in other games
Princess Peach has appeared in nearly all of the Mario spin-off titles.
Since the first Mario Party, Peach has appeared in every single installment, including Mario Party Advance. However, like all Mario Party games, she has nothing outside appearance and voice to set her apart from other characters. An exception to this is Mario Party 7, in which both Peach and Daisy can use the Flower Orb as their special orb (that is, no other characters can receive it at orb spaces or shops).
In the Mario Kart series, she is in with the medium category characters with the fastest acceleration, the lowest top speed, and the best off-road ability to take the shortcuts on each course. In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, her special move involves flying hearts surrounding her kart, and any item that hits them becoming hers to use. She shares her special with Princess Daisy who is supposedly her cousin as stated in the Mario Kart Wii official guide, but nonetheless, she is still her best friend, and appears in a few games in the Mario series, including Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games.
In the Mario Tennis and Mario Golf series, she is labeled as a "Technique" character and has one of the lightest hits. She is a captain in the game Mario Superstar Baseball and specializes in pitching. She is also a playable character in Super Mario Strikers and its sequel, Mario Strikers Charged. Peach is fast, agile, and has good passing skills. Finally, she also appears in the first Mario basketball game, Mario Hoops 3-on-3, for the Nintendo DS, and is a technical type (good at shooting). She appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario crossover sports game, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, where she is a skill type character. Her crown appears as the "Unspeakable Wonder" in Pikmin 2.
In the Super Smash Bros. series, Peach first appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee, the second game of the series. She has the unique ability to float for a number of seconds, much as she can in Super Mario Bros. 2, an advantage which is balanced by the fact that she is one of the lighter fighters. Peach is also a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Some of her attacks include the Peach Bomber, her parasol, her back throw using Toad as a human shield, her aerial back attack using golf clubs and frying pan as mêlée weapons, and pulling vegetables from the ground.
In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Peach has brown hair instead of her now-standard blonde.
Cameos
Peach has made cameo appearances in several non-Mario games. She is a playable guest character in the GameCube ports of the Electronic Arts games NBA Street V3 and SSX On Tour.[3][4] Peach also made a minor appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, in a painting in Hyrule Castle. A Princess Peach kart toy appears and can be driven in the Labrador and Friends version of Nintendogs. Peach also made a cameo in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, appearing in a picture sent to Mr. Write from the goat in the animal village. The photo is of Peach with the name "Christine" written underneath the picture.
Appearance And Wardrobe
Princess Peach has yellow hair, azure eyes, fair skin, rosy cheeks, and a statuesque figure. She wears a pink gown with red court shoes, long white gloves, sapphire earrings, a sapphire brooch, and a gold tiara with sapphires and rubies. In older games, Peach wears a pink formal dress with pink stiletto heels, bicep-length white gloves, and her traditional jewelry. She wears a miniskirt or shorts with a sleeveless shirt, bobby socks, and tennis shoes. In older sports games she wears a pink shirtdress with knee highs and Mary Janes in older sports games. She wears various dresses, skirts, and tops in Mario Party 2. In Super Mario Sunshine, she wears a sleeveless pale pink evening gown, plum-colored ballet flats, and lots of jewelry. She wore a pink soccer uniform in Super Mario Strikers. In Mario Strikers Charged, Peach wears pink battle armor. In Mario Kart Wii, when Princess Peach rides a bike around the courses, she is in a white jumpsuit with pink lining along with pink boots, a pink scarf, pink gloves, and a pink belt with a white buckle. She wears a pink tea gown with red Sabrina heels, fancy white gloves, and jewelry including a ring in Super Smash Bros Melee. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Peach wears a pink ball gown with red dress shoes, white evening gloves, and lots of jewelry including the tiara but with pink diamonds and blue diamonds as well as a necklace and a ring. She always wears pink panties as an undergarment. She wears a sleeping gown and ballet shoes to bed. For some formal events, she wears a ballroom dancing gown with ballroom shoes, a necklace, earrings, and a gold tiara dacorated with variously colored gems. She would wear a pink and white bridal gown with pink and white bridal shoes, a pink PrincessPlus diamond and blue PrincessPlus diamond necklace, pink PrincessPlus diamond and blue PrincessPlus diamond earrings, and a gold tiara decorated with variously colored gems. She would also carry a bouquet of pink carnations. Her most formal look is a pink or other colored fairy tale gown with fairy tale shoes, a PrincessPlus diamond necklace, PrincessPlus diamond earrings, and a jewelled tiara.
Voices
In her first voiced appearance in the 1986 Japanese anime Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission To Rescue Princess Peach) Peach was voiced by Mami Yamase, a pop singer. On the cartoon segments on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Peach was usually voiced by Jeannie Elias, and on The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World cartoons, she was voiced by Tracey Moore.
In the CD-i game Hotel Mario, Peach was voiced by Jocelyn Benford.
In Super Mario 64 and the English version of Mario Kart 64, Peach was voiced by Leslie Swan, a localization manager for Nintendo of America. Swan voiced Peach again for the release of Super Mario 64 DS in 2004.[5]
In Mario Party, Mario Party 2 and the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64, Peach was voiced by Asako Kozuki.[6]
Starting with Mario Golf on the Nintendo 64, Peach has been voiced by Jen Taylor.[7]
In 2005, Nintendo used a new voice for Princess Peach. Although Super Princess Peach and Mario Hoops 3-on-3 still used Taylor's voice, other games, such as Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and Super Mario Strikers have a new Peach voice, Nicole Mills.[8] The infant form of Princess Peach that appears in Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time, Yoshi's Island DS and Mario Kart Wii, known as Baby Peach, is also voiced by Mills. However, in Super Paper Mario, Peach is once again voiced by Swan.[9] Additionally, Peach was voiced by Samantha Kelly in games such as Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Party 8, Mario Strikers Charged, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Peach is again voiced by Taylor, although much is from sound clips recycled from previous Mario games. Likewise, if a player selects Peach in Brawl using a Wii remote or classic controller, Peach's taunt from Melee (also then voiced by Taylor) will sound over the Wii Remote's speaker.
References
- ^ Princess Peach analysis Nintendoland.com. URL Accessed April 22, 2006.
- ^ Super Smash Bros. Melee Princess Peach character analysis Gamefaqs.com. URL Accessed April 28, 2006.
- ^ NBA Street V3 information Amazon.com. URL Accessed April 28, 2006.
- ^ SSX On Tour information Amazon.com. URL Accessed April 28, 2006.
- ^ Leslie Swan actress summary Imdb.com. URL Accessed April 23, 2006.
- ^ Asako Kozuki actress summary Imdb.com. URL Accessed April 23, 2006.
- ^ Jen Taylor actress summary Imdb.com. URL Accessed April 23, 2006.
- ^ Nicole Mills actress summary Imdb.com. URL Accessed April 23, 2006.
- ^ TMK | Reference | Game Credits | Super Paper Mario
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