Princess Peach

Princess Peach
Information
First Appearance	Super Mario Kart (1992)
Latest Appearance	Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (2020)
Total Appearances	Super Mario Kart Mario Kart 64 Mario Kart: Super Circuit Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mario Kart Arcade GP Mario Kart DS Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 Mario Kart Wii Mario Kart 7 Mario Kart Arcade GP DX Mario Kart 8 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Mario Kart Arcade GP VR Mario Kart Tour
Weight Class(es)	Medium (SMK, MKDD, MKW, MK8) Light (MK64, MKSC, MKDS, MK7, MKGPDX) Strong Acceleration (MKAGP2)

Princess Peach (originally referred to as simply Princess or Princess Toadstool in Super Mario Kart) is one of the main characters in the Mario franchise, serving as the lead female character. She usually serves as the princess that gets taken hostage by Bowser and his minions, leaving Mario to save her. Peach is the love-interest of Mario, while she is also friends with Daisy, Luigi, Rosalina, Toad, Yoshi and Toadette. She is the very kind and very beautiful ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom and the tritagonist of the series.

Princess Peach also appears in the Mario Kart (series), appearing as a playable character in all the installments in the series. Her baby counterpart also appears in the series starting with Mario Kart Wii, and a metal counterpart of her, known as Pink Gold Peach, (who is similar to Metal Mario), made their debut in the series with Mario Kart 8.

Characteristics

Princess Peach, the kindhearted, caring ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Princess Peach is the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, so that may answer your question on why she is a princess. Peach's dress in a royal shade of pink. It has hot pink lace on the bottom, and a short, dark pink skirt falls over her bottom. Underneath her dress, she has pair of high heels that are also pink (what color did you expect? She's all about pink). She has white, elegant, gloves over her hands. Her hair is long and blonde, with two long bangs on either side of her face. Peach's eyes are blue, and she has long eyelashes. Her jewelry consists of a golden chest piece with a blue gem in the center, earrings that also match her chest piece, and a golden crown (because you cannot be a princess without a crown. It just will not work) with rubies and sapphires encrusted in it.

After Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Princess Peach started wearing her hair in a ponytail instead of letting her hair down behind her back. Not a bad idea, actually.

In Mario Kart Wii, Peach, along with Princess Daisy and Rosalina, changes into a biker suit when driving bikes. Hers is correspondent in color with her dress, being outlined in pink. She has pink racing boots with white heels. Peach's suit is mainly white, but she has pink stripes going down her legs and arms, and a heart shaped icon is on her back. She has a pink belt, gloves, and scarf, and all her jewelry including the crown were the same as when she is in her dress. She returns in her biker outfit in Mario Kart 8.

Princess Peach is usually calm, peaceful, and friendly in Mario games, but in Mario Kart, she get quite an attitude of competition and harshness while driving. So don't be fooled by this princess's girly and harmless appearance, because you will regret it. Guaranteed.

Game appearances

Super Mario Kart

Peach appears as one of the eight playable characters in Super Mario Kart, the first installment from the Mario Kart series. Her dress uses a more reddish color as opposed to a pink one in this game as opposed to later installments.

She and Yoshi are put into the category "The Dino and the Princess", which give the characters the highest acceleration, decent handling, but low speed. During races, Peach will lay down Poison Mushrooms on the track if she is a CPU, which shrinks any racer that hits in at normal size, though racers that hit it whilst shrunk grow back to normal size. When she is played by human-racers, her top rival will be her infamous kidnapper, Bowser.

Mario Kart 64

In Mario Kart 64, she is a lightweight, along with Yoshi and Toad, while she is the heaviest of the three. Whilst turning, her hair moves. Her home course is Royal Raceway (Peach Circuit in Japan), making this the first Mario Kart game to give her a home course.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

In Mario Kart: Super Circuit, she is a lightweight, like the previous game. Unlike previously, she is lighter than Yoshi. Her home course is Peach Circuit, which itself is revamped for the first time. Her top rival during races is the green-hatted plumber, Luigi.

This is the last game where Peach wears her hair down (up until Mario Kart Tour), so it won’t jam the motor.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Peach is given partner, which is Princess Daisy. She and Daisy are mediumweights, meaning they can use karts in their weight class unless they are paired up with a heavy character, where they are forced to use a heavyweight kart. Her default kart is the Heart Coach, and her Special Item is the Heart. Her home course is Peach Beach.

This is the first Mario Kart game where she wears her hair up in a ponytail (so her hair won't jam the motor), but the second Mario game where she wears her hair in a ponytail, and she wears her the same way in subsequent Mario Kart games and other sports games as well.

Mario Kart DS

In Mario Kart DS, Peach is a lightweight once again, being alongside Yoshi, Toad and Dry Bones. Her karts are the Royale, the Standard PC and the unlockable Light Tripper, in which the CPU-controlled Peach often chooses her Royale to race in. These karts have low-average speed, average handling, decent acceleration and extremely high drift, which are the highest in the game. Her personal course is Peach Gardens, which is a track in the Special Cup. GBA Peach Circuit reappears as a retro tracks in the Shell Cup.

Starting of the game, Peach can only choose from her personal karts. Once the player completes all cups in either the Nitro or Retro Grand Prix on 150cc, she can choose from Toad's 4-Wheel Cradle, Donkey Kong's Wildlife, Daisy's Power Flower and Dry Bones' Dry Bomber, before being able to choose between every other kart upon completing all Mirror Mode cups.

Mario Kart Wii

In Mario Kart Wii, she is once again as a mediumweight, where she can only use medium karts and bikes. Also, for the first time, Peach has an alternate costume when riding a bike. She wears pink boots with white tops and white heels, a white body suit with pink stripes on the legs and arms with a heart on the back, a pink belt with a silver buckle, pink gloves and a pink scarf around her neck. She keeps her earrings, her crown on her head, and her brooch at her chest.

She slightly boosts Speed, while her stronger boosts are Acceleration and Drift. She and Toad have the highest Drift increase in the game. Her signature vehicle is the unlockable Daytripper, while GCN Peach Beach and DS Peach Gardens reappear as retro tracks in this game. Her baby counterpart makes her debut in the series with this game.

Mario Kart 7

Peach returns in Mario Kart 7, again as a starting character. She is in the Light weight class alongside Yoshi and Daisy. Her signature kart appears to be the Birthday Girl. During Grand Prix races and Battle Mode, Donkey Kong and Lakitu compete as her rivals (but if the latter has not been unlocked yet prior to completing the 150cc Lightning Cup, Toad will replace him). As a CPU-controlled racer, she is usually seen racing in the Egg 1 or Blue Seven kart bodies, and competes with Rosalina as Toad's main rivals, she competes with Wario as Daisy's main rivals, and competes with Honey Queen as Rosalina's main rivals.

Mario Kart 8 (Deluxe)

Peach returns in Mario Kart 8 as a mediumweight. She retains her bike suit from Mario Kart Wii while driving a bike or an ATV. In Grand Prix mode, Donkey Kong and Toad will compete with her as her rivals, also she and Waluigi compete with Daisy as her main rivals, and she and Bowser compete with Mario as his main rivals. In this game, she is one of the lighter mediumweights, sharing stats with Daisy and Yoshi. Her signature kart is the Prancer. A pink gold version of herself, known as Pink Gold Peach, makes her debut in this game.

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, her stats have been changed, while she still shares her stats with Daisy and Yoshi. These stats are also shared with Birdo.

Mario Kart Tour

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Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Although she doesn't have a connectable kart for use in Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, she is playable in Relay Race, released as of the 2.0 update.

Vehicle gallery

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Her Heart Coach.

Mario Kart DS

Her Royale.

Her Standard PC.

Her Light Tripper.

Mario Kart Wii

Her Standard Kart M.

Her Standard Bike M.

Her Classic Dragster.

Her Mach Bike.

Her Wild Wing.

Her Sugarscoot.

Her Super Blooper.

Her Zip Zip.

Her Daytripper.

Her Sneakster.

Her Sprinter.

Her Dolphin Dasher.

Home Tracks

• Royal Raceway
• Peach Circuit
• Peach Beach
• Peach Gardens

Staff ghosts

• Royal Raceway (N64, Wii U*, Switch*)
• Peach Circuit (DS*)
• Peach Beach (GCN, Wii*)
• Delfino Square (DS)
• Peach Gardens (DS, Switch*)
• Moonview Highway (Wii)
• Dry Dry Desert (GCN, Wii U*, Switch*)
• Rainbow Road (GCN)
• - Retro Track

Gallery

Main Article: Princess Peach/Gallery

Official descriptions and statistics

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

• Partner: Daisy
• Weight Class: Medium
• Special Item: Heart
• Special Kart: Heart Coach
• Course: Peach Beach
• Bio1: "Normally the epitome of grace, once she's on the raceway, Guard Peach really tears it up".
• Bio2: "If you want to see style and grace whizzing around the track with reckless abandon, put Peach behind the wheel of the Heart Coach and hold on tight!"
• Bio3: "You won't catch Peach doing her makeup in the rearview mirror. When this girl gets behind the wheel, she means business!"

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

• Speed: ****
• Weight: *
• Bio: Princess Peach is one of the speediest drivers on the Super Circuit, but she has to be careful to avoid contact with other karts. One small bump and she can be knocked off the track.

Mario Kart DS

• Weight Class: Light
• Default Karts: Royale, Standard PC
• Unlockable Kart: Light Tripper
• Bio1: "A generally gentle princess, the heart of a competitor burns deep within her. She is adept at drifting".

Mario Kart Wii

• Class: Medium
• Stats:
  • Acceleration: **/***
  • Top Speed: **/***
  • Off-Road **/***
• Bio1: "Stand back! On two wheels, Peach can slice through corners like a drifting all-star."
• Bio2: "The princess has had enough of fiery pits, high towers, and giant Koopa Troopas! She has a new hobby: kart and bike racing."
• Actual Bonuses
  • Speed: +2
  • Acceleration: +5
  • Drift: +6

Trivia!

• Peach is one of the six characters to appear in every main series Mario Kart installment, along with Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Toad, and Bowser.
• Princess Peach is voiced by Leslie Swan then Jen Taylor and in 2007-present, Samantha Kelly.

Super Mario Kart racers
Light	Peach • Toad • Koopa Troopa
Medium	Mario • Luigi • Yoshi
Heavy	Bowser • Donkey Kong Jr.

Mario Kart 64 racers
Light	Peach • Toad • Yoshi
Medium	Mario • Luigi
Heavy	Bowser • Wario • Donkey Kong

Mario Kart: Super Circuit racers
Light	Peach • Toad • Yoshi
Medium	Mario • Luigi
Heavy	Bowser • Wario • Donkey Kong