What is Peach’s Backstory?
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Peach’s backstory reveals that she grew up in the Mushroom Kingdom, but she arrived there as a baby rather than being born there, which explains why she’s the only other human in her kingdom, and the Toads took her in and raised her, crowning her Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom in adulthood. Her journey to independence began with Super Mario Bros. 2, where Peach became one of the few playable female characters in video games, imbued with the power to float over enemies and dangerous obstacles.
Frequently Asked Questions
About Peach’s Name and Kingdom
- Why did Princess Toadstool become Peach?: In Japan, her name has always been Princess Peach, but in the west, she was originally known as Princess Toadstool, due to Nintendo of America renaming her when localizing Super Mario Bros., feeling that Peach was irrelevant to the theme of the Mushroom Kingdom.
- Who is Princess Peach’s dad?: King Toadstool is a seldom-seen ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, and the father of Princess Peach Toadstool, although he is said to rule alongside his daughter, he is a figure that hasn’t appeared in the actual games.
About Peach’s Relationships
- Why does Peach reject Mario?: She doesn’t want to get into a marriage because she has a life to live, which up until this point has just been traumatic, she wants to see the world, and have adventures of her own, and she doesn’t want to marry yet.
- Who is Peach’s boyfriend?: In the Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! animated film, it’s revealed that Peach already has a boyfriend, the Prince of the Flower Kingdom, they’re shown as a couple in love at the end of the series, but it’s possible they broke up.
- Who married Peach?: The book ‘Super Mario Bros. Side-Story‘ was released in 1986 and tells the tale of Mario going to Peach’s wedding, which isn’t to him, but the Prince of the Potato Kingdom, Prince Andre.
About Rosalina
- Is Rosalina not Peach’s daughter?: Rosalina is not the daughter of Mario, Luigi, or Peach, she is Peach’s indirect ancestor and a former princess of the Mushroom Kingdom.
- Is Rosalina Luigi’s daughter?: In the final chapter of the French version of Super Mario Galaxy, Rosalina’s unknown father is described as a tall mustached man, this had led several to falsely believe that Luigi is the father of Rosalina.
- Who has a crush on Rosalina?: Daisylina is the femslash ship between Daisy and Rosalina from the Super Mario fandom.
- Why does Rosalina cover her eye?: Rosalina said, “when I was a kid, I was playing with a stick on a camping trip with my grandparents, and I accidentally cut my face”, “there wasn’t any damage to my eye, but it left this awful scar, so when school started back up, I started wearing my hair down to cover my scar, and I’ve been doing it ever since.”
About Peach’s Characteristics
- Why is Peach the only human?: Princess Peach tells Mario that she grew up in the Mushroom Kingdom, but that she arrived there as a baby rather than being born there, which explains why she’s the only other human in her kingdom.
- Why does Peach have red hair?: In official artwork by Nintendo, her hair has been blonde since the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2; however, due to the graphical limitations of the NES hardware, her on-screen sprite in the earlier Super Mario Bros. games displayed her with brown hair or red hair and outlines.
About Other Characters
- Who is Luigi’s girlfriend?: Daisy is one of the main characters of 1993’s Super Mario Bros. film, loosely based on the games, portrayed by Samantha Mathis, she is a student of archaeology at New York University whom Luigi falls in love with.
- Is Rosalina Mario’s wife?: Rosalina later returns to him when he adopts Jeffy, in Black Yoshi’s Mistake!, Mario proposes to Rosalina, surprised and delighted, she says yes.
- Who is Bowser’s wife?: He doesn’t have one per se… Nintendo of Europe comically, but non-canonically gave him a wife named Clawdia, lots of geeky internet sites such as Newgrounds and Dorkly takes this and run with the joke as if it was canonical.
- Does Rosalina have teeth?: This affects both official art and in-game models; in the vast majority of cases, Peach, Rosalina, and Pauline simply have no teeth modeled inside their mouths.