Princess Peach: Showtime!
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Princess Peach: Showtime! Trailers
Princess Peach: Showtime! — Launch Trailer — Nintendo Switch
Princess Peach: Showtime! – Overview Trailer – Nintendo Switch
Princess Peach: Showtime! – Transformation Trailer: Act II – Nintendo Switch
Critic Reviews for Princess Peach: Showtime!
Princess Peach: Showtime! is a simple, cheery romp with a variety of neat styles and a fun theater-inspired setting.
Nintendo's second-ever Peach game finally realises the character is destined for smart level design and center stage.
A disappointingly shallow and unfocused adventure that is aimed solely at a young audience – and even they're likely to feel somewhat bored and patronised by the end.
Princess Peach: Showtime fills its short runtime with a tremendous variety of levels and transformations, elevating each with charming details and a surprising amount of spectacle. Its only real limitation is its own lack of ambition, leaving this a memorable adventure, but not one for the ages.
Princess Peach: Showtime could be a decent first game for young Peach fans, but longtime Nintendo players looking for the Princess’ equivalent of a quality Kirby platformer will likely be underwhelmed. Stylistically, however, the game is a success and, in typical Nintendo fashion, features an exciting finale. I just wish the difficulty had been more balanced in one direction or the other.
Princess Peach Showtime is a breezy exploration of genres aimed at novice gamers.
I was pleasantly surprised by Princess Peach: Showtime, and the aforementioned unpredictability is a huge reason why it will likely remain in my permanent rotation of Mario games going forward. I’d love to see Nintendo give more mascots a showcase like this, with a similar go-for-broke variety format. Keep ’em coming!
Princess Peach: Showtime! It is a game that should be looked at from the perspective that it is a product for all audiences, with all the good and bad that this entails. It may not be the game you were hoping for, but it is the one that is sometimes necessary to take care of the inner child in you.
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