Rumors of a Princess Peach: Showtime! demo from Nintendo surfaced this week, and now it's officially confirmed.
A free trial of Princess Peach: Showtime! is now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop, Nintendo announced Wednesday. Nintendo has suddenly released the trial ahead of the game's official launch on March 22.
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Princess Peach: Showtime! puts Peach in the spotlight for the first time in nearly two decades. Peach's job? To save the Sparkle Theater from the villains Grape and the Sour Bunch. To save the theater, Peach takes part in various plays – wearing different costumes with unique abilities – to thwart the villains. The free demo version allows players to don the Swordfighter Peach and Pâtissier Peach costumes and wander through their respective levels. You can check out some gameplay snippets from Princess Peach: Showtime! in a new trailer released alongside the announcement – the snippets show off the aforementioned Swordfighter Peach, Ninja Peach, Figure Skater Peach, and a few more.
Nintendo also showed off an additional game mode, Sterile, where Peach can face waves of enemies and earn rewards, including new ways to customize Peach's looks. (You can also customize her companion, Stella.)
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After playing Princess Peach: Showtime! at a preview event in February, Polygon called the game a “charming, simple adventure,” but noted that the game sometimes struggles to perform on the Nintendo Switch’s aging hardware . Princess Peach: Showtime! was first revealed in September 2023 after a teaser in June. Nintendo’s last game starring Peach was Super Princess Peach, which came out in 2005 for the Nintendo DS. Of course, you can also play as her in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which came out in October.
Information source: polygon.com
