Princess Peach cuts an impressive figure ... Nintendo’s leading lady, debuted in 1985, is one of video games’ oldest female characters, and she keeps a much higher profile than other ...

In my earliest memories of Princess Peach, she is less a video game character than an elusive goal. I must have been 5 or 6 when my parents got my siblings and me a Nintendo for Christmas ...

“[Video games] are like ... when you have a character that you’ve grown up with your whole life and to be like, ‘Wow, I’m still so into this.'” Princess Peach: Showtime!

That much should be obvious from the title, but the truth is that many Mario-adjacent games starring other ... Asked about the enduring power of Princess Peach as a character, she noted, ...

Michael McWhertor is a journalist with more than 17 years of experience covering video games ... to be enemy characters dressed up in costumes. Prior to Super Princess Peach, the ruler of the ...

Earlier this year, Princess Peach also starred in her ... Driscoll also notes the way female characters are written and portrayed in video games has gradually shifted over time.

This isn’t the first time Peach has headlined a video game, as 2005’s “Super ... but we wanted to make her a playable character and a more powerful princess,” Miyamoto said.

She had more to do as an optional character in "Super Mario Bros. Wonder." But things have come a long way for the Mushroom Kingdom monarch since "Super Princess Peach," one of the first games to ...

Throughout Nintendo’s history, Peach is a character that often hasn’t received her own individual games. Outside of the Nintendo DS title Super Princess Peach, the famous heroine often is seen ...

Princess Peach's mysterious origin in The Super ... The sequel is likely to add to the cast, and with so many iconic characters from the video games having not appeared in the first film, this ...

She’s been a part of this universe for a long time but hasn’t gotten a lot of time to shine as a main character… until now. Princess Peach is getting her own video game on Nintendo Switch in ...

Nintendo just dropped “Princess Peach: Showtime!” for the Nintendo Switch. This marks the first time the princess was leading her own game since the release of “Super Princess Peach” for ...