10 interesting facts about Princess Peach

10 interesting facts about Princess Peach

---

She wears a pink dress and is usually rescued by Mario, but surely there's a lot more to know about Princess Peach?

Whether you're wondering how she came about or you are simply a game lover wanting to learn more, you've come to the right place.

Here are 10 interesting facts about Princess Peach.

Her original form was changed after that.

Princess Peach was originally designed by Miyamoto, a video game designer who joined Nintendo in 1977.

However, he was not satisfied with the way she appeared, and as a result he asked Yōichi Kotabe to create a new design.

Kotabe, born in 1936, designed for Nintendo from 1985 to 2007.

He was given specific designs for Princess Peach, and was instructed to draw her as 'stubborn, but cute'.

Princess Peach could be Princess Daisy's cousin.

Princess Peach and Princess Daisy are very good friends, but some think their relationship might actually be a bit more than that.

The Prima tutorial for Mario Kart Wii includes a quote describing Daisy and Peach as cousins.

However, this has never been confirmed and there is no further evidence.

She didn't move until 1988.

Until 1988, designers believed it was too complicated to turn Peach into a portable character.

However, with the introduction of Super Mario Bros 2 into North America, the playable character is Princess Peach.

Now, not only can the player control her in the game, but Peach can also jump further than the other three characters.

She's smart, she's pretty and she's rich!

In 2007, Princess Peach entered Forbes' richest fiction list.

At the age of 23, she has a huge net worth of $ 1.3 billion - money she earned through inheritance and divorce.

Koopalings should be in Super Princess Peach.

Super Princess Peach is a Nintendo DS game released worldwide in 2006.

The creators and designers intended to include Koopalings (seven siblings) in this game, but for unknown reasons, they were scrapped.

The final game, however, has included sprite for each of the seven characters.

Princess Peach is based on Olive Oyl, Popeye's girlfriend.

Nintendo originally wanted to create a Popeye-style video game in the 1980s, but due to copyright, this was not possible.

However, the creators didn't want to completely give up the idea, so they emulated Mario following Popeye and the female character (Peach's predecessor) on Olive Oyl.

No one called her Princess Peach outside of Japan until 1994.

Before 1994, she was only known as Princess Peach in Japan.

Everyone outside of this country called her simply "Princess Toadstool".

Although the name "Peach" began to gain popularity in the regular Mario language, it was only really in 1996 that the name became more widely used.

This is due to the N64 version of Super Mario 64, although Yoshi's Safari (released in 1993) also used the name "Princess Peach".

She is the most popular among all women.

In the Mario games, Princess Peach has appeared more times than any other female character.

Her total appearances in the games were 61, while she was a playable character out of a total of 41 games (as of June 2016).

Peach made her debut in 1985, with the release of Super Mario Bros.

Who is Peach's real boyfriend?

The anime movie, Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!, Meaning "Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach", was released in 1986.

The end of the movie shows Princess Peach marrying Prince Haru, to whom she was promised.

This leaves fans of the game Super Mario Bros a bit confused, but Nintendo has confirmed that Mario is indeed Peach's real boyfriend.

Princess Peach isn't Mario's first love!

Before Princess Peach appeared, Mario kept an eye on a character named Pauline.

She was featured in the Donkey Kong video game in 1981, although many assume this is Princess Peach.

However, this was not possible because Peach was not created until 1985.