Princess Peach: Showtime! is clever and playful, but Peach deserves more

Delightful design and the beloved royal badass isn’t enough to save Peach’s first game in 19 years from being a touch boring.

By Ash Parrish, a reporter who has covered the business, culture, and communities of video games for seven years. Previously, she worked at Kotaku.

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It’s been 35 years since the Princess debuted as a playable character in Super Mario Bros. 2 and another 19 years since the Mushroom Kingdom’s monarch has had a starring role in her own game. Though Princess Peach: Showtime! vastly improves over its predecessor, Super Princess Peach, it feels a little too simple for a game two decades in the making.

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