Princess Peach

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A cosplayer as Princess Peach

Princess Peach ( Jap . ピーチ姫 , Pichi-hime , outside Japan formerly Princess Toadstool called) is a character from the video games of the Super Mario series. In the majority of these platformer games , you play the role of the princess to be rescued. In the Nintendo DS game Super Princess Peach , she is the main character who has to save the kidnapped Mario. She also appears in Super Mario Bros. 2 and Mario games of other genres as a selectable character.

Emergence

In the arcade game Donkey Kong (1981), the first title with Nintendo's Mario (who was still called "Jumpman" at the time), Pauline, one of the most famous video game characters of the " maiden in need " type, appears . In 1985 the game Super Mario Bros. appeared , in which Peach (In the United States Toadstool ; "Peach" only established itself with the game Super Mario 64 ) took on the role of the miss to be rescued.

The first drawing of the figure comes from the Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto and is part of the graphic on the Japanese game module to Super Mario Bros . Based on this representation, the anime artist Yōichi Kotabe created all subsequent designs of the figure. He followed the guidelines of Miyamoto, who wanted a figure that was stubborn but also cute and had cat-like eyes.

Appearance

Princess Peach has long, layered blonde hair, blue eyes and a slim figure. She wears a pink ball gown , white gloves, round earrings and a small, jagged gold crown. In the Mario sports games, she also wears pink sports clothes and her hair is tied in a braid.

Appearances

Video games

For the first time joined Princess Peach in Super Mario Bros. on. In this game, she is kidnapped and held captive by Mario's archenemy Bowser . She often has to be rescued in subsequent jump-and-run games. The American and European editions of the game Super Mario Bros. 2 - a version of the Japanese video game Doki Doki Panic with Mario characters - includes Princess Peach as a playable character. It is possible for the player to hover in the air for a short time. In the third Mario Bros game she has to be rescued by Mario again. In Super Princess Peach for the handheld Nintendo DS , Peach is the protagonist and has to free Mario and his brother Luigi from Bowser's violence.

In addition to the jump 'n' runs, Peach appears as a playable character in video games of other genres. She is a recurring character in the titles of the Mario Kart racing game series. Peach also appears in the series Super Smash Bros. and Mario Party , in the Super Nintendo role-playing game Super Mario RPG and the Wii title Super Paper Mario, as well as in sports games (baseball, basketball, soccer, golf, tennis).

TV Shows

In the series, The Super Mario Brothers by DIC Entertainment Peach is a regularly appearing characters. In contrast to the templates, Peach is not kidnapped by Bowser in the series, but instead actively helps Mario in his adventures.

criticism

The princess is given as an example of the woman to be forever protected / saved, who must be freed by her hero.

The behavior in the Mario games, in which the princess can be played, often corresponds to that of a typical blond and helpless princess who starts to sulk when she cannot achieve her goal. A game review attested the game Super Princess Peach “sexist undertones” because Peach's secret weapon was that she could unexpectedly get emotional outbursts.

Regardless of this, Princess Peach is particularly popular with girls as a playable character. Both her magical abilities and her conception as a pretty princess help her to become more popular with girls. Boys, on the other hand, see them as weaker because of their femininity.

See also

Notes and individual references

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