Princess Peach Showtime Review

Princess Peach Showtime is a recently released 1-player game that Stars Princess Peach. It has new power-ups, stages and more. The graphics in this game are just amazing! the cutscenes, stories and music are also very well done.

This game is a 1-player game for the Nintendo Switch and stars Princess Peach with her new friend Stella. There are 6 worlds and four levels in each except the basement which has 10. Each world has one Boss level.

The graphics are very well done. It reminds me so much of Yoshi’s Crafted World, with the cardboard play sets instead of the crafted things in Yoshi’s Crafted World. It is made from the same game makers so that’s no surprise.

There is ten different power ups; Swordfighter, Patissiere, Detective, Cowgirl, Ninja, Superhero, Thief, Mermaid and Kung Fu. Peach gets a new look and abilities for each power up. Keeping this game interesting and fresh.

Princess Peach Showtime is a great game for those who like variety. Like if you can’t decide what kind of game to play, get Princess Peach Showtime! it’s got just about everything. Side scrolling, platform levels, boss fights, and puzzles.

It’s only 1-player but loads of fun. It’s also a lot like Yoshi’s Crafted World but that’s 2-players and stars Yoshi. Princess Peach Showtime is good for those who like Yoshi and want more levels or things to do.

Comparable Games

Yoshi’s Crafted World is a lot like this game. Play as different colored Yoshis and crafted levels while collecting Sunflowers. Yoshi’s Crafted World is up to 2-players unlike Princess Peach Showtime that is only 1-player.

For some reason this game reminds a little of Sonic Forces. Sonic forces is a 1-player platform game. Make avatars, race through levels and more. Princess Peach Showtime does have Platform levels but the whole game it’s just platform levels, like I said it’s has lots of different things mixed into one game.

How We Test Games

For testing games we use a Nintendo Switch firmware version 2H. Hardware includes Joy-con and Pro controller on a large screen TV. Tests are done with up to 5 players. We take turns playing and evaluating games.

Whenever possible we play multiple players. We also use a Nintendo 2DS, DS XL, and for PC games we use a Ryzen 7 1700x CPU, AMD RX580, running on Win 10.

This game is only 1-player and it’s for the Nintendo Switch. We’ve been taking turns for our tests.

Pros

Some pros are there is a lot of variety. I mean some levels are about solving mysteries and others are about saving the world.

My favorite part is all the variety. Like how one levels you’re a swordfighter clashing with sword and another you baking treats for cute little things called “Theets”.

You can also customize Peach’s and Stella’s dresses. There is a dress to go with each power-up and more.

Cons

Some cons are there isn’t all that many things to do after completing everything. After collecting everything there isn’t all that much to do. The variety is there but the total content is thin.

What I mean is once you 100% the game there isn’t really anything to do which I guess happens with a lot of games.

The Mermaid level’s Singing section was a bit hard to understand at first. Because at the bottom was green fish, top purple, left blue and right red. The notes to hit where matching colors so I tried to point down when is was green but I just kept failing. After a few tries I tired something different, I tried point the song to the note instead of the matching-colored fish and it worked. I wish they made that clearer in the How to.

Summary

Overall, Princess Peach Showtime is a fun game to play. I wouldn’t say all the levels are just pick up and play because some levels can be a Half Hour. Our review gives it 9 out of 10 stars because it’s fun to play the first time but replaying isn’t as much fun as the first time.

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