Princess Peach: Showtime! Reviews

Princess Peach: Showtime! is ranked in the 60th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
9 / 10.0
Mar 21, 2024

Help Peach save the Sparkle Theater from the wicked Grape and the Sour Bunch, who have set the stage for the ultimate tragedy. Joined by Stella, the theater’s guardian, Peach is ready to save the day! Review copy provided by company for testing purposes. Princess Peach: Showtime! has a surprising amount of depth, making one of the best Super Mario spin-offs to date.

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GameCentral
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5 / 10
Mar 21, 2024

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.

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7 / 10
Mar 21, 2024

Even with some flaws, Princess Peach: Showtime is worth its price of admission. Peach shows her superstar potential by stepping into nearly a dozen roles and nailing them all. After spending almost four decades as a princess, it's nice to see her show some range.

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Mar 21, 2024

Princess Peach: Showtime is a very approachable game and tries a lot of different ideas, which makes it perfect for extremely casual players or a younger audience. It's just a shame that it doesn't capture the 'kids of all ages' feeling of Mario's adventures or the aforementioned Luigi's Mansion. It's more like Yoshi's Crafted World, which makes sense as the two games were developed by Good-Feel. Though a significant step up from Super Princess Peach, Princess Peach: Showtime tries a little too much, and that means its best performances are overshadowed by discordant notes from the understudies.

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Mar 21, 2024

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.

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Saudi Gamer
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7 / 10
Mar 21, 2024

"I actually enjoyed playing it, despite its ease, and I don't see the point in limiting it to a younger audience. It suits everyone who wants an easy platform game after a hard day's work or who is looking to try a Nintendo product at various levels.

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Dawn
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8 / 10.0
Mar 21, 2024

What it lacks in depth and challenge, Princess Peach: Showtime! makes up for in variety and charm, making it an excellent entry-level point to its various gameplay styles for younger and less experienced players. Its appealing presentation style is let down only slightly by a surprisingly poor framerate during loading and transition screens that can hopefully be fixed with a performance-focused patch in the future. Although it never quite reaches the heights of a more focused gameplay experience, the variety of gameplay presented in Princess Peach: Showtime! make it an easy recommendation to make.

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7.5 / 10.0
Mar 21, 2024

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.

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7.5 / 10.0
Mar 22, 2024
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7.7 / 10.0
Mar 22, 2024

I loved the many mini-adventures within Princess Peach: Showtime! and hope that it inspires folks to enjoy the theater with its imagination-fueled campaign full of dress-up challenges that'll make you believe you can be anything you set your heart to. 👸

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Guardian
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Mar 22, 2024

Kids will enjoy the pomp and colour, but Princess Peach's long-awaited star turn is disappointingly shallow

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8.5 / 10.0
Mar 22, 2024

Fans of Princess Peach had to wait eighteen years for a new game starring the princess, but it was well worth it. While the game doesn't offer too much of a challenge and is rather on the short side, Princess Peach: Showtime nonetheless provides hours of fun. The diversity of costumes ensures that you won't get bored and can't wait for the next level of each costume.

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Mar 23, 2024

I went into Princess Peach: Showtime expecting Nintendo-quality filler. A game to pad out the year’s release schedule without being a particularly memorable effort by the company. Instead, we get a wonderful, playful and clever little game that allowed Nintendo to make Peach a multifaceted hero without needing to subvert all those years spent building this incredibly valuable character. This feels like it could be the start of another very valuable property for the company.

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7 / 10.0
Mar 26, 2024

Princess Peach: Showtime! offers a wide variety of gameplay in exchange for a lack of depth. Short and simple, it’s a fun adventure that anyone can enjoy but will be more suited to younger players.

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Mar 26, 2024

Showtime embraces Peach's femininity and uses it to fuel her newfound heroics. Transforming into a graceful figure skater, a beautiful songstress or a cutesy chef is her way of saving those in need, and it's truly cathartic. On top of that, the levels are simply a whole lot of fun to play, despite how easy you might find them.

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7 / 10.0
Mar 26, 2024

With a focus on style over substance and a lack of any real friction in gameplay, Princess Peach: Showtime! is not going to provide a deeply engrossing experience. However, fans of the character and people looking for a relaxing jaunt into the dramatic arts will find plenty to enjoy

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7 / 10.0
Mar 27, 2024

Princess Peach: Showtime! definitely could have been more than what we ultimately got. This game is a solidly crafted game that lacks heart and soul. Fortunately, it's a light, short enough adventure that little ones should have a pretty good time with. The low entry threshold, as well as the short duration of the individual levels, make it an ideal production for children who would like to start their adventure not only with platformers, but with video games in general.

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GamingBolt
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7 / 10.0
Mar 27, 2024

Princess Peach Showtime! is a fun, charming, and well made game. It has its issues, but very few that its intended audience will care about. Hopefully it gets a follow up that gets to iterate on the core ideas.

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GameSpew
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7 / 10.0
Mar 27, 2024

Princess Peach: Showtime! feels like a safe release from Nintendo, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing: it’s fun, it’s inventive, and it looks wonderful. Its quirky level designs and Peach’s range of fancy costumes will no doubt put a smile on your face but ultimately, there’s little more here than that — a pretty, if shallow, Nintendo adventure that’s best played in 30-minute bursts.

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7.5 / 10.0
Mar 28, 2024

Princess Peach: Showtime! tells an interesting story in a realistic historical setting with some outstanding combat mechanics but lets its dated open-world design and poor performance drag it down.

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