Update: Well, who knew? As has helpfully been pointed out to us, it's actually National Peach Month — as in the fruit — and Nintendo appears to be jumping on the bandwagon with this announcement.
Original story: Nintendo sure loves its themed time periods — who could forget the Year of Luigi — and now the company has revealed that August is officially the Month of Peach in North America.
It's not known if Nintendo has any special events planned to celebrate the event, but this is as good an excuse as any to crack out that copy of Super Princess Peach on the DS and pay tribute to one of the downright nicest royals in the Mushroom Kingdom.
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/statuses/497132658494013440
Thanks to Ryan Millar for the tip!
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Well, I'm not a fan of jumping to conclusions, but... Super Princess Peach on WiiU?
@Kaze_Memaryu That or a new sequel...return of the Vibe Scepter....
A new mario and luigi game where you play as princess peach?
Might as well break out my Super Princess Peach cart for the occasion! I've been wanting a sequel to since forever!
I dislike Peach's modern voice more than Daisy's. (Not as much as just what I needed Mario) .
besides super mario kart are there any games with peach in them coming out this month?
I don't think it's officially Princess peach month, they were just piggybacking on peach month to tweet about the Princess. Kotaku have pointed this tweet out as 'what marketing regret looks like'. Some if the replies on twitter are hilarious, completely mocking how much of a shallow stereotype Peach is
Super Princess Peach for WiiU VC pls
If we were to argue Nintendo's claim to August being connected to the Princess, would that be an impeachment?
Yup, that was a bad joke....
@Damo It's quite obviously not Princess Peach month, it's just "#PeachMonth" (as in the fruit), so I can pretty much guarantee you there will be no announcements
Super Princess Peach on Wii U VC?
I guess they want to forget that menstrual title. (not being mean but her powers in that game are pretty f'ed up. "Lets give Peach her own game! Oh I KNOW lets make her moodswings part of her powers.
Please Nintendo! Give us SPP.
@unrandomsam I assume you're talking about the GBA remakes of the original SMB games with "just what I needed" Mario? If so, yeah I found that voice somewhat annoying too though mainly through Super Mario Advance (SMB2).
Another NSMBU DLC bases on Peach would be great, but Nintendo already said it was too much effort as she'd require whole new animations (but they didn't get flamed like Ubisoft).
Rosalina is better!
I'd really like Nintendo's princesses to get involved in a Super Princess game, though.
So SPP DS VC for free to celebrate it Nintendo?
@TheWPCTraveler
It's Peach's month. Wait for Rosalina's. It's like attending a party and saying, "my other friend's party is better! " on the host and the attendees.
I agree. They should make a game with Peach, Daisy Rosalina and [s]Toad[/s] Toadette as the main characters saving Mario & Luigi.
I loved Super Princess Peach on DS it was very underrated in my opinion. To me the entire Nintendo generation should have embraced this. Not only that , its a great game worthy of any 2D style Mario game.
Yes i do still have my Original DS retail copy, i would actually double dip on this, dont know why, well if it was on eshop WiiU anyway
@Peach64 That's interesting I might go have a read, I was having a discussion with some of my students about stereotypes in the media recently, I found their prospectives on the subject very interesting. For example many 'old' stereotypes are not prevalent enough in modern day media for them to notice or even identify as sterotypes (race ones are holding strong though lol).
Strangely enough when i think about it when we spoke about women, none of them brought up the old damsel in distress stereotype. They mostly spoke about femme fatale, the ugly to sexy or unpopular to popular switch and women as sexual objects or possessions/trophies.
These kids are all 16-18 btw and we didn't talk about games much but I wonder if younger gamers find characters like Peach refreshing now that everyone (protagonists at least) is a survivor/bad ass or if they feel she's unrealistic and patronising.
Super princess peach with the DS rumble pack was really cool and fun just a really short game if they can sync the gamepad/pro controller to rumble like the DS did I would be all over it
@BlueStar101
Yeah!
I completely forgot. I edited my original comment
@BlueStar101 Whoa now can't forget about Birdo then.
Guys guys Year of Princess/Rosalina inbound then, and hopefully screw over Daisy.
In US only.
Luigi gets a year worldwide, Peach gets a month nationwide.
In Nelson's voice: Ha-ha!
I wouldn't mind a new Princess Peach game. Maybe a sequel to SPP.
I'm still holding out for Super Princess Peach sequels on both 3DS and Wii U.
Hell, I would even settle for New Princess Peach U DLC for New Super Mario Bros. U… but who else would be playable…? Peach and Daisy are a given. Pauline can be included as she too is a damsel in distress (and proud of it?!)… which leaves an opening for Toadette, Rosalina or even Birdo (with Birdo being invulnerable, helping fill the shoes of Nabbit for novice players).
With that said though, I would prefer a sequel made from scratch which features the hand-drawn aesthetic of Super Princess Peach/Wario Land: The Shake Dimension.
@unrandomsam I agree. Its just nagging! Like Lessile Swan's voice better to be honest.
I got that game MIB from Glyde.com for $5.99 and was totally shocked when used copies were selling for $34.99 at GameStop.
this made me laugh because they are calling it that but it is a useless statement. They are not going to do anything related to Peach. Even more so that they named it this after the month started.
I'd love to see a Princess Peach diorama like the one from Luigi's Mansion, on Club Nintendo... But since it's actually peach month apparently, it's probably nothing.
My sister enjoyed Super Princess Peach a good bit, although unfortunately I never beat it as I was distracted by Bowser's Inside Story at the time.
Perhaps I should retry it.
Peach? No, that is Princess Toadstool. If it were the month of peach there would be a release or a specialty console.
I want a Super Princess Peach sequel badly. Perry's story deserves a proper ending!
Over analyzing their tweet. I don't expect any games related to her coming out this month.
Saw super princess peach for $50 used at gamestop.
No more super princess peach... plz no..
peach is purdy
Peach being my favorite Mario character ever. This actually made me mad when I saw it. Peach deserves a year. She deserves more then that honestly, but I wouldn't expect that. The worst thing is that they are completely disrespecting my waifu. If they were serious about this being "#PeachMonth" they would actually be tweeting about this instead of only making one dumb tweet by now. Not to mention the chances of them doing anything cool related to Peach are slim. Super Princess Peach would be great. They'd never do that though. Chances are they'll use "#PeachMonth" as an excuse to tweet more memes. More memes. Nintendo has left me, and many others deeply angered with this. They messed with the wrong group of people, and the Peach Cartel plans to make their feelings known.
I need a sequel to Super Princess Peach !!
Super Princess Peach 2/New Super Princess Peach confirmed???
Peach DLC for New Super Mario Brothers U??
Remember that time that Peach got kidnapped and stood around helplessly... No, no not that time, it was another one.... No, that was Princess Toadstool, anther time.... Wait that was Princess Daisy.... No, there were no Kooplings... Yes, browser was responsible.... Yeah, that one. She was totally cool as a helpless object to be saved.
I never got to play Super Princess Peach, and to get a copy nowadays is kind of a rare thing. So, having Super Princess Peach as the first DS title for Wii U Virtual Console would be really cool.
Pretty indifferent toward Peach. She's okay in the games where she doesn't play a completely passive role (getting kidnapped, etc.), but otherwise she's been portrayed as quite dopey outside of those games.
As I am in GA (the peach state), I am exceptionally excited about this!
Let's see a Year of Princess Peach then
and for 2015, the Year of Princess Daisy~
Rosalina should get a month too! XD
So 2015 is the Year of Bowser, am I right Nintendo?
Well if it's announced by NOA all it probably means is we're getting different Princess Peach photos on their social websites.
Why don't they make a Princess Peach 3DS XL?!
@Undead_terror Oh myyy...
@Kaze_Memaryu I'd actually would love to see it for 3DS. I never have played it before and supposedly it's hard to get.
I would LOVE a proper Princess Peach platformer. That is, one that doesn't assume the player is an idiot or use a sexist emotion system to solve environmental puzzles.
Here's hoping for Super princess Peach. Never played that one.
@Ralizah Prove it's sexist.
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