Princess Peach

Peach in Super Mario 64 DS.
Peach
Species	Human
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Blue
Voiced by	Leslie Swan (1996-1999; 2004; 2007) Jen Taylor (1999-2005; 2006) Nicole Mills (2005-present)
Debut	Super Mario Bros.

The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, she makes her debut in Super Mario Bros. after being kidnapped by Bowser, who has turned the entire kingdom into stones, boxes, and other things. As prophesied, only she was able to break the curse using her innate magical powers.

Background

Early Years

She seems to have first met Mario as a baby when she, along with several other babies, was kidnapped by Kamek and a future grown up version of Bowser during Yoshi's Island DS. She was able to use her parasol to allow Yoshi to catch air currents. She worked together with the other babies and the Yoshis to rescue Baby Luigi and other captured babies. Afterwards she would be seen playing with Baby Mario and Baby Luigi back in her own castle, such as in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. During this time she was constantly protected by the past and present version of Toadsworth and kept entertained.

Adult Life

After being kidnapped by Bowser in 'Super Mario Bros.', she suffers the same fate in 'Lost Levels', both times rescued by Mario and Luigi. In 'Super Mario Bros. 2' she shows she can keep up with the two brothers and helps to save Sub-Con. In 'Super Mario Bros. 3' she instructs Mario to help rescue several kings in the surrounding lands, but just as the brothers succeed, she too is kidnapped. As usual, she is once more rescued again. In 'Super Mario World', while vacationing with the brothers, she was kidnapped by Bowser and subsequently rescued. In 'Super Mario RPG', she was kidnapped by Bowser, but before Mario could rescue her, she was sent flying through the sky by Exor's arrival. She spent some time locked in Booster's Tower, when she was rescued by Mario and Bowser. At that point she traveled with Mario on his quest to stop Smithy.

In 'Mario 64', after she was kidnapped by Bowser shortly after inviting Mario over for cake, she was (unsurprisingly) yet again rescued. In 'Paper Mario', her castle was lifted high in the air and was locked in her room. With the help of Twink, she provided invaluable information to Mario on his quest. In 'Super Mario Sunshine', she is kidnapped while vacationing on Delfino Island, by none other than Shadow Mario. She is startled to find out that Bowser Jr. thinks she is his mother. She is (surprise!) rescued by Mario again and they enjoy the remainder of their vacation. In 'Mario & Luigi' she is about to be kidnapped, but thanks to some inside info, she quickly replaces herself with a dud. Once revealed to not have been kidnapped, she assists the brothers in a small way throughout the adventure. In 'Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door', while vacationing with Toadsworth, she finds a treasure map to the Crystal Stars. While it is in route to Mario, she is kidnapped by the X-Nauts. At their hidden base, she befriends the computer TEC and helps provide Mario with some information throughout his quest. In 'New Super Mario Bros.', Peach is yet again kidnapped by Bowser Jr. and carried across eight worlds before she is finally rescued by Mario.

Both Peach and Bowser were captured by Count Bleck in the beginning of Super Paper Mario. He forced them into marriage in order to open a Void that would consume all worlds. Peach did not agree to the marriage until Nastasia used her super-hypnotism to force her to. Peach later attempted to escape from Bleck's castle with the aid of a Hammer Bro. Although she was caught, she made a jump and wound up in Flipside. Feeling somewhat responsible for the Void, she joined with Mario's party in order to stop Bleck and the Void. Peach thus became one of the four heroes destined to stop Bleck's void.

The group was temporarily split apart between Chapters 6 and 7, when Dimentio sent them all to the Underwhere. Peach made her way to the Overthere Stair, but she fell into a deep slumber after accidentally eating a forbidden golden apple. Mario and the others were able to revive her by feeding her a Black Apple when they found her in Chapter 7-3. Peach then rejoined the group. She had a one-on-one battle with Mimi in Chapter 8-2: The Crash. Afterwards, she stayed behind to help Mimi even though the castle was collapsing. She said that she didn't like Mimi but had a need to help other people. Peach and Mimi soon took a fall after the floor collapsed, but their fall was broken by Bowser. Peach rejoined Mario for game's final battles, and afterwards comforted Merlon about the loss of Tippy.

Personality

Peach as a baby.

Peach is characteristically defined as being the nicest person you could hope to meet. Although her kingdom may lack in fundamental things such as a real military force, the people in it are generally prosperous and there is very little hardship. Though she has been kidnapped by Bowser multiple times, many of those times she has made some effort to assist Mario and Luigi in some way (whether it's throwing a Super Mushroom from the Clown Copter or sending intel she found). She has also done some work in helping other kingdoms, even if it's just sending the two plumbers to help, such as in 'Yoshi's Safari' when she sends them to help Jewelry Land. She also has large celebrity fame on the level of Mario (if not more). She has many fans and admirers around the world. Her voice itself is also considered to be exceptionally pure, so much that only hers could awaken the Beanstar. Like most of Mario's friends, she's an active racer and enjoys tennis and golf.

Abilities

Among her magic, is her ability to cast healing spells, status magic, and others. Though she is not often seen with a weapon, she does prefer a frying pan or parasol above other things. Her jumping ability is also top-notch, nearly as much as Mario's. Not only that, but she is able to suspend herself in air for a few seconds by floating.

Sports

Despite her regal bearing, Princess Peach is willing to let her hair loose and participate in a variety of sports from golf to basketball. She has appeared in nearly every Mario sports game.

• Golf: Peach appears as Mario's caddie in NES Open Tournament Golf. She later appears as a playable character in Mario Golf 64, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Golf: Advance Tour.
• Kart Racing: Peach is playable in all games. She appears in Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (where she was partnered with Daisy), Mario Kart Arcade GP, Mario Kart DS, Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, and Mario Kart Wii.
• Tennis: Peach is playable in all games. She appears in Mario's Tennis, Mario Tennis 64, Mario Tennis GBC, Mario Power Tennis and Mario Tennis: Power Tour. In Mario Tennis GBC, Mario and Peach were the final opponents of Doubles Mode, and beating them would unlock Peach as a playable character.
• Baseball: Peach is a playable captain in Mario Superstar Baseball.
• Soccer: Peach is also a playable captain in Super Mario Strikers and in Mario Strikers Charged.
• Basketball: Peach is also playable in Mario Sports 3-on-3.

Peach is also playable in every Mario Party game.

Other Major Roles

Video Games

• Peach is playable in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. She has three unlockable trophies in Melee. Her special moves include tossing vegetables (from the American Super Mario Bros. 2), using Toad as a shield and using weapons such as golf clubs and frying pans (referencing Mario Golf and Super Mario RPG).
• Peach was included as a Gamecube exclusive character in the Electronic Arts games NBA Street V3 and SSX on Tour.

Trivia

• The name 'Toadstool' is never in the Japanese games. It was a creation of translators that was later fixed in later games (most notably Mario 64) to be her name 'Peach'. As a result, Toadstool became her surname, despite not being 'canon' in Japan.
• Her father, the Mushroom King, is mentioned in the manual of Super Mario Bros. but never officially appeared. In the movie, the Mushroom King literally IS a mushroom fungus that covers the entire dinosaur city.
• She's not the first girl to be rescued by Mario. Pauline has to be rescued in the game that started it all - Donkey Kong.
• In SMB3, she says "Sorry, but you're princess is in another castle... haha! Just kidding" like the mushroom retainers do in SMB and Lost Levels.
• Technically, she is still married to Bowser following the events of Super Paper Mario.
• Peach tastes like peaches, according to Belome.