Princess Peach transforms from supporting player to leading lady in ‘Showtime!’

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Princess Peach steals the show in her first starring role since 2005’s Super Princess Peach. Nintendo

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Princess Peach Showtime! comes out in the middle of Women’s History Month — and, fittingly, it’s finally giving one of gaming’s iconic female characters the big title she’s long deserved.

Since 1985, Princess Peach has juggled roles as queen of the Mushroom Kingdom, damsel in distress, inferred love interest, and one of the only girl characters across Mario games. While she’s often playable (from Super Mario Bros 2 to the Mario Kart series to

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