Daisy

Daisy in Mario Party 8.
Daisy
Species	Human
Affiliation	Sarasaland
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Voiced by	Jen Taylor (2000-2003) Deanna Mustard (2004-2023) Giselle Fernandez (2023-Present)
Debut	Super Mario Land

This article is about the Mario character. For the Pokémon character, see Daisy Oak.

Princess Daisy is a supporting character from the Super Mario series who has primarily appeared in the sports and party spin-offs of the Mario series over the years. She originally appeared in Super Mario Land, which was her only appearance in the main series until 2016's Super Mario Run.

Background

Daisy hailed from and ruled over Sarasaland, which was described as a 'world' containing four kingdoms. The space conqueror Tatanga came to Sarasaland in Super Mario Land and hypnotized the inhabitants into doing his bidding. He proceeded to kidnap Daisy and placed fakes of her at the end of each of the four kingdoms. After a long quest, Mario rescued the real Princess Daisy, and the two took off in a rocket ship that had presumably belonged to the defeated Tatanga.

She later made a brief appearance in NES Open Tournament Golf as Luigi's caddie, and at that point there was a long gap in her appearances until she returned as a playable character in Mario Tennis 64. From then on, she has acted as a constant presence in the spin-off games. She's played golf, tennis, basketball, soccer, kart races, and taken part in the myriad of Mario Parties. Not much has been learned about Daisy, although she has been shown to own her own cruise ship, as seen in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, and she has sometimes been described as being tomboyish. She has been constantly partnered with Peach (and a sometimes Luigi) as her double. It has occasionally been implied that she and Luigi possibly have a romantic interest. She has also been shown to have an infant counterpart, named Baby Daisy, who has solely appeared in the spin-off games after being introduced in Mario Kart Wii.

Daisy later made a full reappearance in adventure games with Super Mario Run. She appeared within the mode known as Remix 10, where she had gotten lost and needed to be rescued by Mario. To rescue her, all 30 courses of Remix 10 had to be cleared. After being rescued, Daisy was unlocked as a playable character. She was shown to possess a double jump as her unique ability. In Dr. Mario World, Daisy and Baby Daisy both appeared as playable doctors who could be unlocked at random through the game's Staffing feature. Dr. Daisy was added to the game in August 2019, and Dr. Baby Daisy was added in the following month. Daisy was also featured as a playable character in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, where she was among the visitors to the Flower Kingdom who fought to save it from Bowser.

In Other Mario-Related Games

Sports, Racing and Party Spin-Offs

Daisy's primary appearances have been in sports games and other related spin-offs..

• Golf: Daisy first appeared in NES Open Tournament Golf as Luigi's caddie. Daisy would later make fully playable appearances as a golfer in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Mario Golf: World Tour and Mario Golf: Super Rush. Her crown could also be seen in the Locker Room of the Marion Clubhouse in Mario Golf: Advance Tour, although it was mistranslated as Diddy's Crown.
• Kart Racing: Daisy was playable in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (as Peach's partner), Mario Kart DS (where she must be unlocked by completing the 50cc Retro Grand Prix), Mario Kart Wii (unlocked by winning the 150cc Special Cup), Mario Kart 7 (unlocked by beating the 150cc Mushroom Cup), Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (as a downloadable character) and Mario Kart Tour (unlocked at random through the game's gacha feature or in-game shop). In Tour, there were also several variations of Daisy in different outfits that were only temporarily available during certain tours: Holiday Cheer (London Tour), Fairy (Flower Tour), Yukata (Summer Festival Tour), Swimwear (Summer Tour), Farmer (Amsterdam Tour), Thai Dress (Bangkok Tour) and Sailor (Ocean Tour). Daisy also made cameo appearances in Mario Kart Arcade GP and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2.
  • Baby Daisy also made her first appearance as an unlockable character in Mario Kart Wii (unlocked by collecting one star in all 50cc Wii-Cups), and she returned as a playable character in Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Tour (where she was also available through the gacha mechanic or in-game shop).
• Tennis: Daisy was playable in Mario Tennis 64, Mario Tennis: Power Tour, Mario Tennis Open, Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash and Mario Tennis Aces.
• Baseball: Daisy was a playable team member in Mario Superstar Baseball and Mario Super Sluggers. Baby Daisy also appeared in Mario Super Sluggers as an unlockable character. Both Daisy and Baby Daisy are part of the Peach Royals.
  • Within the Challenge Mode of Mario Super Sluggers, Daisy was turned into a statue, presumably through Magikoopa magic, within the Peach Ice Gardens. The statue was first used to hold down a switch to activate the fountain's drain. She was restored and replaced with a Toad statue after Bowser Jr. was driven out of the area, and she would then be recruited into the baseball team. Baby Daisy would be found later on in the same area, where she was crying after being scared by Bowser Jr. until her rattle (which she used as a bat) was returned to her.
• Soccer: Daisy was also a playable captain in Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged and Mario Strikers: Battle League (added to the game through a free update in July 2022).
• The Olympics: Daisy was playable in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
• Other Sports: Daisy was playable in Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Mario Sports Mix and Mario Sports Superstars.

Mario Party

Daisy has become a regularly playable character in the Mario Party series, starting in Mario Party 3, where she was not playable in Story Mode. Afterwards, she has also been playable in Mario Party 4, Mario Party 5, Mario Party 6, Mario Party 7, Mario Party 8, Mario Party 9, Mario Party 10, Mario Party-e, Mario Party DS, Mario Party: Island Tour, Mario Party: Star Rush, Mario Party: The Top 100, Super Mario Party and Mario Party Superstars.

In the Story Mode of Mario Party 3, Daisy appeared after the Courage Star Stamp was won by the player to claim the Beauty Star Stamp. She nearly convinced the Millennium Star to give it to her without a test by using her charms, but the player character objected to it. This resulted in a Duel Match between the two for the Beauty stamp at Backtrack. Daisy lost the match and then ran away.

Cameos and Non-Storyline Roles

• In Super Mario Maker, Daisy appeared as one of the costumes that Mario can transform into with the Mystery Mushroom. Her costume was unlocked by by completing the event course called "Adventure in Sarasaland".
• In Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, a Yoshi design based on Daisy's appearance could be unlocked by scanning her amiibo.
• If the player scans a Daisy amiibo in Super Mario Odyssey, Uncle Amiibo will mention that Daisy is off looking for Power Moon locations.
• In Luigi's Mansion 3, Daisy could be seen on a poster for Mario Strikers Charged.

Other Appearances

Video Games

• Daisy has made several indirect appearances throughout the Super Smash Bros. series until joining the playable cast in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. From Peach's first appearance as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee until Ultimate, Peach had a color swap which matched the color of Daisy's hair and clothing, even including her flower brooch. Daisy's Crown (which includes her hair) was also made available as headgear for Mii Fighters in the 3DS/Wii U game and Ultimate. In Ultimate, she could be unlocked as a playable fighter and was designated as an Echo Fighter of Peach. Thus she was nearly identical to Peach in terms of gameplay, with only a few variations such as her Final Smash producing flowers instead of peaches and her using a blue Toad instead of a red Toad.
  • In Ultimate, she was an unlockable character who could be unlocked through the game's variable-based system of unlocking characters or by awakening her in Adventure Mode (where she was found at the Dracula's Castle area). Daisy's personal Classic Mode route was called "Sarasaland Represent!" and pitted Daisy against other characters who were princesses.
  • Throughout the series, Daisy has also appeared as a trophy in Melee, a trophy (of Striker Daisy, from Super Mario Strikers) and two stickers (from Super Mario Strikers and one with Peach from Mario Party 7) in Brawl, a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U, two more trophies (of her baseball outfit and of Baby Daisy) and a Smash Tour Item (in her baseball outfit, allowing a player to automatically catch thrown items) in the Wii U game and a Fighter Spirit in Ultimate.
• In Yakuman DS, Daisy appears as an opponent and unlockable character, being the Rank 10 opponent in Ranking Mode.
• Daisy has made playable appearances in the board game-themed crossover games Itadaki Street DS and Fortune Street.
• Daisy's dress is available as a costume for Bayonetta in the Wiii U versions of Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2. This is a shortened version of her dress that is adorned with Luigi's dolls, similar to Peach's dress in the same games.
• Daisy is available as a playable skin in Nintendo releases of Minecraft as part of the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack.
• In Miitopia, a Daisy costume can be unlocked by scanning her amiibo.

Other Media

• In the Super Mario Bros. movie, the name 'Daisy' was used for the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, who acted as the female lead of the film. She was sent to Brooklyn while she was still in her egg (with the movie having the denizens of the kingdom descended from reptiles) and raised there as an ordinary girl, until she was kidnapped and brought to Dinohatten as part of Koopa's schemes. Daisy had a romantic subplot with Luigi and was played by Samantha Mathis.
• She appeared in several issues of the Nintendo Comics System that were based on Super Mario Land.
• Daisy has made occasional appearances in the Super Mario-Kun manga.

Trivia

• She is named after the flower, which ties into Sarasaland being named after a type of floral pattern. She is also shown to have an affinity to flowers and sports flower-related accessories.
• It was Nintendo who suggested using Daisy for Mario Tennis, as Camelot wanted more human-shaped characters for the sport, and Nintendo had vetoed Camelot's first suggestion of a Wario-like counterpart for Peach.
• Her trophy in Melee is known for having several errors. The trophy has a third eye on the back of Daisy's head, behind her hair (seen by zooming in with the camera close enough), and her description erroneously says that her reappearance was in Mario Golf, which she did not appear in.
• In Mario Party 3, she mentions her father and claims that she never lost a game against him.