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When you're happy and you know it...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 115 / 123
Date: February 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Now, I wrote this review way back in November, when I first got hold of the Japanese version of Super Princess Peach. My understanding of the Japanese language is limited, which was probably why my translations of Peach's emotions (ok, "vibes") in the review didn't correspond with what's in the English version of the game. Anyhow, if you see the terms "happiness, anger, sadness and delight", simply substitute that with "joy, rage, gloom, and calm" respectively, and you should get the picture. With this settled, let's proceed to the review proper.

Mario and Luigi have been kidnapped, and Princess Peach goes on a trip to rescue them. This, in a nutshell, describes Super Princess Peach, Nintendo's latest platformer for the DS. For too long, the princess has been troubling the Mario brothers simply by being regularly captured by Bowser and the likes, so it's only right for her to do some work this time round. The role reversal results in an adventure that's not unlike previous titles in the Mario series, but still engaging enough to keep you glued to your DS.

True to the nature of the series, Peach's journey to achieve her objectives is divided into worlds of different themes. These worlds are in turn divided into stages. During these stages, Peach will need to fend off enemies, solve environmental puzzles, and rescue the many captured toads that will pave the way to the freedom of Mario and Luigi. Each world also has a boss at the end, which provides a more challenging sequence that requires Peach to pit her fighting skills against tougher opponents.

To do all these, Peach is given an array of skills. Apart from the usual jumping and sliding, Peach also has an umbrella that doubles up as her weapon. As the game advances, Peach will unlock new moves, which allow her to challenge the environment better. One such moves, for example, allows Peach to use her umbrella to "hang" in the air longer, while another lets her perform a downward-stomping attack. Some of these moves are required to solve puzzles, and are therefore important for Peach's progress.

Jumping, sliding and attacking, however, are not the only weapons in Peach's arsenal. It happens that Peach is also a highly emotional lady, and her emotions bear great powers. These emotions are happiness, anger, sadness and delight, and Peach can use them to work wonders. When Peach is happy, she doesn't actually clap her hands. Instead, she spins around until she begins to fly, and we all know that flying is good in a platformer. When she's angry, Peach turns into a human torch (take that, Johnny Storm!), and she can burn wooden bridges to reach hidden areas beneath them. When she's sad, she cries, and her tears are useful in growing giant beanstalks or creating an icy platform, which will in turn help her reach (yet) more hidden areas. Last but not least, when she's delighted, she'll laugh so much until her life bar gets replenished. With powers like this, you may begin to wonder how she managed to get kidnapped so many times in the past.

Apart from solving puzzles, Peach's emotions are, as mentioned earlier, important during boss fights. Every boss she faces in the game will require some form of emotional attack or two, which makes mastering them a must for any player of this game. Thankfully, using emotions is as easy as tapping the four "emoticons" on the touch screen. Using them, however, also depletes her emotional health rapidly, so knowing when to use the correct emotion will definitely help conserve some energy. Nevertheless, replenishment are liberally scattered throughout the stages, so it's quite impossible to run out of ammunition. Even so, Peach can use her umbrella to scoop up most enemies and literally "eat" them to regain emotional strength. Now you know why they said that eating relieves stress.

Your interaction with the touch screen doesn't just stop at controlling Peach's emotions though. Prior to facing a boss, Peach will have to navigate through a series of obstacles without the use of the D-pad. For example, in the first level, Peach has to jump up a series of elastic bands to take on the boss, but guarding the bands are some enemies. To make her jump up successfully, you'll have to hold and drag the band that Peach is on with the stylus, adjust the direction that you want her to jump while making sure that she won't hit an enemy on the way up, and then release the band so that she could be catapulted to a higher band. In other areas, Peach could be floating down from a hilltop, only to be greeted with projectiles underneath, and touching these projectiles with your stylus is the only way to prevent her from being hit. While these are not exactly difficult to do, they do add a new dimension to the gameplay, and make this rather simple game a little more challenging.

The graphics in Super Princess Peach are visually appealing. Nintendo is keeping faith with the simple, yet stunning 2D graphics that made games like Super Mario Bros. III and Yoshi's Island great, and it's not difficult to see why. Watching the action in Super Princess Peach is like reading a beautifully colored fairytale - the pictures may not be top-notch, but the vibrancy of the presentation makes it an immersive experience. Needless to say, the approach may not be everyone's cup of tea, but fans of the series will no doubt appreciate the blast of nostalgia that Nintendo has introduced into this game. To make it an even more retrospective experience, the audios in this game also utilizes a classic cutesy approach. To sum up the sound effect in one sentence, just remember the all familiar "ding" when Peach jumps up to grab a coin.

All in all, Super Princess Peach is a nice little adventure that should appeal to fans of the action platformer genre. The story mode itself is not exactly long, with an approximate life span of eight hours. However, completists could still find it worthwhile to spend time unlocking all items and enemies, as well as engaging in mini-games and bonus stages. The only gripe I've for this game is that it's perhaps a little too easy for seasoned gamers, and this could be a major hindrance for those who'd prefer a tougher challenge. Still, the gameplay, graphics and audios are more than adequate reasons for you to make a date with Princess Peach.

Just Peachy!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: February 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

For twenty years, Princess Peach has been the damsil in distress. Having to be saved by Mario. Now the tables have turned. Peach finally gets her very own game, and this time it's Mario that's in distress.

Near the Mushroom Kingdom is the Vibe Island, which holds the Vibe Scepter. Bowswer gets a hold of this scepter and manages to take the mushroom kingdom hostage. The drawback, however, is that Peach is no where to be found as it turns out she was on a stroll at the time. Mario, Luigi and several residents of the Mushroom Kingdom make fantastic hostages, though. Playing as Peach, and using her talking umbrella, Perry, you'll go through a fantastic adventure to save your friends.

Super Princess Peach has everything you could hope for in a platformer. She can run and jump on enemies. Just as well, she can use Perry for a number of tasks. He can be used as a weapon, or to glide over distances. Perry can also be a boat, a submarine, and many other things. You can purchase other abilities and attributes for Perry at the Item Shop inbetween levels.

Peach also has a set of her own abilities. Her emotions. You can use these emotions via the touch screen. She has four different emotions. Joy, Rage, Gloom and Calm. Joy lets her float through the air, Rage causes her to erupt in flames and makes her heavy, Gloom causes her to cry and run fast, while Calm heals her.

Her emotions (also known as vibe powers) are helpful for getting her through the games levels. You'll come across puzzles as you trek through these levels causing you to use these emotions sooner or later. It might take a moment, but you'll recognize when you need to use these emotions. You'll have to destroy platforms, make plants grow and more.

Each level also has a boss at the end of it. If you can't figure out what to do the game will give you some hints. These boss battles aren't particularly hard, though, and shouldn't take too much of the veteran gamer's time.

This is exactly where Super Princess Peach falls short. The difficulty. It's not a hard game. This may not seem like much, but compared to earlier Mario games, this is a downer. Most Super Mario games are hard. A good challenge. Super Princess Peach is not. For one, she's got a lot of health. When she takes damage she only loses half a heart. As the game goes on she'll get more. Not only that, but you can just as easily use Calm to restore her health. Health restoring items are also pretty abundant. If you're an experienced gamer with 2D platforming, this game is not going to challenge you at all. It's the biggest problem with Super Princess Peach. All the Mario games were a good challenge the first time through, Super Princess Peach is not, and it's disappointing.

At least there's a good amount of collecting to be done. These levels are huge. It isn't just a straight-forward path. There are hidden paths and side paths. There's music tests to be found, puzzle pieces, mini games, and three toads in each level (which you'll have to find sooner or later). You'll find yourself backtracking a lot. So it isn't your typical platformer.

It's also nice that after defeating Bowser, there's more to do. More items show up in previous levels, and more levels are added. So there is a good dose of replay value. It also ensures you'll spend more time with the game than you previously thought.

Super Princess Peach is a beautiful game. The sprites are colorful and detailed, and the backgrounds are a nice treat. It's just an all around good looking game. The music can sometimes drag, but it is, for the most part, not a terrible soundtrack.

Super Princess Peach is a good game. I'd recommend it to any Mario fan or 2D Platform lover. You will not find anything challenging in the game, but it's still a lot of fun to play. I just wish Nintendo would put as much effort into this game as they did their Mario games.

The Good
+Play through the entire game as Peach
+Neat Gameplay
+Big levels
+Colorful graphics
+Lots of collecting

The Bad
-The game feels short, despite how much collecting is to be done
-It just isn't a challenge

You don't have to yell, I'm right here!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 34
Date: March 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is about a princess out to rescue the two guys who usually rescue her. Various gaming magazines say this game should hold fans over until "the real deal, New Super Mario Bros." comes out. I'm not waiting for that game, I'm doing fine with just this one. Enough rammbling though.

Super Princess Peach essentially plays like a standard side-scrolling Super Mario video game, except that you don't use fire flowers, leaves, or various animal suits to power up. Instead, you rely on raw emotion, which you can activate by touching the screen. You can also buy new special effects for your umbrella as well.

Not a very effective review, I know. This is my second draft.

The game is rumble-pak compatible. I got mine with Metroid Pinball, but you can get one by itself from Nintendo's official website.

The gameplay is solid, but the control set-up is not perfect. A for jump and B for attack would be a good thing if this were a Game Boy game, but the buttons are laid out differently on the DS as I explained in my DS/Mario Kart bundle review.
A for Jump.
B or Y for Attack.
X for picking stuff up. Then press down to have the umbrellas go Kirby and swollow your eneimes to refil your Vibe powers bar.
Holding L or R allows you to move slower. This is good for walking across unsteady bridges and blocks.

12 out of 17 people found my initial review helpful. A shame I had to reset that number by rewriting my review but a few differences have come up. I had previously said that Tomb Raider Legend was not announced for any Nintendo console. That has changed.

Princess Peach To The Rescue

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: March 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for my birthday and it is the best Nintendo DS game I have. Since I am only 11 this game for me is very challenging. This game is really cool! Princess Peach has an umbrella that helps her get through the whole game. This game is very excellent and I hope people will buy this.

coooooooooool<3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: March 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i think this is very good that its reversed and peach has a chance to save mario......
Good job nintendo for MaKiNg ThIs GaMe

Princess Peach

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am an adult woman that loves DS games. I enjoy Super Princess Peach. It is fun. Not all that difficult. Some of the toads are hard to fine but you can keep going back into a level to find them all. I asked my 10yr old son and his friend if they wanted to play it and they said "NoWay". But I find it enjoyable.

not just a kid's game or a game for girls....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

it's just a great super-fun game period. i love nintendo. they focus on making good games for good handheld systems. super princess peach is just another in the long line of nintendo hits. with new super mario bros., pokemon diamond/pearl, and all the rest (zelda, FF3, etc) joining the already solid DS lineup (mario and luigi, mario kart, mario 64, meteos, resident evil DS, castlevania, jump superstars, animal crossing, nintendogs, brain training, advance wars, etc) not to mention the extensive GBA library (too many great titles to mention), it appears that the nintendo domination of handheld gaming is past, present, and future. sweet.

romp through very familiar Nintendo territory with plenty of length and variety

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am liking the Princess Peach game quite a bit now. I think I will eventually want to play through it at least once after I collect and complete everything I can this time through. And there is a lot to collect, though so far most of it is very easy to find. (I am a bit tired of going just slightly out of my way and solving an easy puzzle only to find yet another Toad and nothing else.)

I like the game's length, I like the multiple paths through many stages, I like its variety, and I definitely like all the old Mario creatures, although some of them are not as interesting as they used to be. Meeting up with hammer brothers is no longer a thrill, because they are just so much less of a threat than they were in SMB and SMB3. Strangely, I haven't found a single SMB2 enemy in the game yet.

I am surprised that Princess Toadstool, erm, Peach would kill so many things, and I am surprised that she would team up with someone who eats living creatures just to steal their emotions. The Princess is quite a bada$$ in this game. If you decide that the game designers made a bad choice and shouldn't have placed Enemy X in such and such place, just get mad, start a fire, and chances are the enemy is dead.

The game isn't perfect, some segments are not that interesting or just too easy, but if Nintendo makes a spinoff this interesting, just maybe the new Mario Bros. game will stand up to the high standard the old games in the series set.

Princess Power!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: March 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I really like Super Princess Peach! It's absoulutly fun! You can find things around you! Absorb enemies so you can use the vibes! Re fil Peaches HP (lives) with either finding a heart or being happy with the vibes and find crystals or absorb enemies! There was this flower and mushroom part with cool music that I loved! You have to use your smarts, eyes, ears, and memory of controls and you can get through it! Ohh and get the Super Princess Peach Bundle to go with your game!

Super Princess Peach Power!!!! Peach Rules!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: March 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is so cool!I've always been a Mario fan;but I never thought that Princess Toadstool(Peaches real name)would star in her very own game!I think that it's cool that[even though she's a girl],she gets to star in her very own game.I don't exactly own the game[yet].But I'm gonna' get it soon.I hope more games like this will come out soon!Whoever invented this game is a genius!!!

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