One free Princess Peach: Showtime! demo is now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop, Nintendo announced this on Wednesday. Nintendo surprise launched the demo ahead of the game’s March 22 release date.
Princess Peach: Showtime! puts Peach in the spotlight for the first time in almost twenty years. Peach’s job? Saving the Sparkle Theater from the villains Grape and the Sour Bunch. To save the theater, Peach enters several plays – with different costumes and unique abilities – to take down the bad guys. The free demo allows players to don the Swordfighter Peach and Pâtissier Peach costumes and adventure through their respective levels. You can see different parts of it Princess Peach: Showtime!‘s gameplay in a new trailer released alongside the announcement – the clips show the aforementioned Swordfighter Peach, Ninja Peach, Figure Skater Peach and a few others.
Nintendo also showed off an additional mode, Rehearsal, where Peach can take on waves of enemies and earn rewards, such as new ways to customize Peach’s outfits. (You can also customize her companion Stella.)
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game a “charming, simple adventure”, but noted that the game sometimes struggled to perform on the Nintendo Switch’s outdated hardware. Princess Peach: Showtime! was first revealed in September 2023 following a teaser in June. Nintendo’s last game starring Peach Super princess peach, which was released in 2005 for the Nintendo DS. Of course you can also play as her Super Mario Bros. Miraclewhich came out in October.
Princess Peach: Showtime! will be released on March 22 for the Nintendo Switch.