Princess Peach
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| Princess Peach | |
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 Peach's current appearance |
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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 video game character in Nintendo's Mario video games series, often playing the "damsel in distress" role in the adventure series.[1][2] Peach is the human princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom. She was known as Princess Toadstool in the West until late 1996, when she added the name "Peach" to her signature in the opening scene of Super Mario 64.
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[edit] Appearances
Peach first appeared in Super Mario Bros. and has been kidnapped several times by foe and counterpart of Mario, Bowser.
Peach is portrayed as the beautiful princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. No larger reigning monarch appears to exist. In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the princess's grandmother is shown, and the Mushroom Kingdom government is ruled by a chancellor and the mushroom retainers. In Mario Superstar Baseball, Lakitu mistakenly calls Toadsworth her grandfather likely due to a translation error.[citation needed] Like most characters from the Mario franchise, her backstory is purposefully left vague and undeveloped (nothing is known about her age, her height, and the royal family which she belongs to), though at the beginning of Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, it was revealed that she has been kidnapped repeatedly by Bowser since she's worn diapers Some say that she was destined to be captured at birth. The mushroom king was a common character in the Nintendo Comics System stories, in which he was portrayed as a forgetful person; however he has never appeared in the games. Princess Peach's father is the Mushroom King and her mother is unknown.
[edit] Appearances in other games
Princess Peach has appeared in nearly all of the Mario spin-off titles. It can be assumed that some of these games, though a Mario product, may not be considered official.
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 of 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 good friend, whatever their relations, 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. Her appearance changes in Mario Golf and Mario Tennis, and she wears a skirt instead of a dress, as she normally wears a pink ball gown with red dress shoes, sapphire earrings, a sapphire brooch, long white evening gloves, and gold crown with sapphires and rubies. She has golden hair, fair skin, and sky-colored eyes. 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 and Mario crossover sports game, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, where she is a skill type character. Whilst Peach doesn't appear personally in the game, 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.
[edit] Cameos
Peach has also made cameo appearances in a few 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, appearing in a painting within Hyrule Castle. A Princess Peach Kart toy can be found and driven in Nintendogs, although it is only found in the Labrador and Friends version, unless a player gives away a Peach Kart over "Bark Mode". Peach also made a cameo in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, appearing in the 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.
[edit] 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 assigned 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 and Yoshi's Island DS, 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 once again, voiced by Taylor even though much is from sound clips recycled from previous Mario games. Likewise, if the 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.
[edit] 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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