Princess Peach: Showtime! Nintendo Switch Review - Is It Worth It? 

I dig the concept of Peach dressing up in various costumes and having different abilities in a hijacked theater. It feels like multiple Video Game Genres coming together in a spectacular love letter to The Princess. But I will admit that some of Peach's transformations are better than others.

My daughter is super psyched for this, she's been playing the demo over and over again.

My daughter has replayed the demo at least 27 times (I can only count the times I was present for, possible many more on her own or with my wife) so I'd say even if the game was nothing but more of what the demo offered, it'd be worth it to her.

As an adult with no kids, I’m enjoying playing this game for myself. I’m bad at Mario so it’s nice to have a spin-off I can play without struggling.

The game looks so cute and charming. I find it so funny that there's always a spotlight shining down on Peach, even when she's supposed to sneak around unseen.

I still love how cute this game looks, thinking of getting it to play with my niece

I just realised that Princess Peach: Showtime has the same opening scene as Tenet.

This game sounds like a better version of Balan Wonderworld

Got this game a bit early and played most of it tbh. Game is surprisingly solid imo. Don't make the mistake I did and presume the demo reflects the entire game. It's way more creative and engaging as you'd expect.

This 57 year old kid has pre-ordered. Looks like good fun!!

I love the reaction I get from my nieces and nephews when I call her Princess Toadstool

Good Feel is such an underrated studio. Their games are super innovative and look amazing.

This reminds me of classic platformers I played when I was a kid, with different designs for each level and minigames galore. Definitely will pick up!

Crazy experience for Princess Peach!

This looks way better than I was expecting! Actually really want it now!

As someone who was a HUGE fan of the Super Princess Peach game on NDS, this looks exciting! Glad its really good.

I love the design of the outfits and sometimes it's nice to have a nice easy game to play

Got my copy today!! Idk why they delivered it early but I’m very happy

0:01 Hey, it's _Back to the Future part III_ for the Genesis!

"...written by the superb PJ O'Reilly 'and' adapted for video by me" That's the kind of linguistic team building that I like to see in my reviews.

This game is by the same folks behind Kirby's Epic Yarn and Yoshi's Wolly World, Good-Feel, which explains the difficulty.

While the demo didn’t necessarily sell me on the game, but it’s nice to see it review well! Might pick it up later in the year

Who else has watched enough Nintendo Life reviews that they're able to recite the intro together with Alex?

now that i've played the game, it's honestly super fun! my only complaint with the game at all is that if you miss a sparkle gem, you have to replay the whole level without skipping any cutscenes to get it again. i definitely would have preferred something like celeste where once you beat a level you can restart it from anywhere to get any collectibles you might have missed. would definitely make some difficult sections like the second patisserie level much quicker to complete.

Just starting it and it kinda reminds me of WarioWorld on GameCube. (just hopefully it's longer than WarioWorld). Very simplistic gameplay with barely any challenge but entertaining enough. Perfect for younglings and a fine distraction for adults.

Super Princess Peach on the DS was AMAZING!!!

Yeah I'm getting this game and don't give a crap what others think of me as an adult. These games just scream joyful fun :-)

Hmm, I wonder when the review embargo dropped, I could never guess based on the exact upload time of this video…

I'm getting it Day 1! Played the demo, enjoyed and can't wait to see the rest of the costumes and whatever else is in store.

Great review! I'm kind of interested now

I’ll be buying this for my sister… That I don’t have 😂

Was waiting for this review

I wouldn’t be surprised if this somehow wound up being the Switch’s bestselling game this year. I dunno if I’m interested enough, it always looked relatively shallow and I’m reading mixed things on it; I’m glad the resounding consensus seems to be that it’s a lot of fun. Nintendo does fun like no other

How is this the one game without a second player assist mode. Between Stella being a perfect reticle character and the game being designed for kids, you'd think it'd be an obvious addition.

These games are the reason Nintendo still rocks.

This game looks great, Im a 30 year old guy and have ordered a copy hoping it arrives tomorrow to play it through the weekend

Was sceptical but really enjoyed the demo. Nice, simple, chilled pallette cleanser of a game. Definitely picking up at some point.

Personally, I feel like saying this game is for children does it a disservice. I find it so cozy and fun. Its something that I don’t have to think too hard about when I’m playing and that’s so nice for my stressed out adult brain Lol

My only problem is its too short. Should be twice as long. Other than that its great!

Having just finished the game....I mostly agree. I wish there were more control customization options as it only lets you flip A & B functions with zero ability to say map jump to B & actions to Y for example. And I ultimately ended up hating the patisserie stages....the timing on the cake parts is really fiddly & constantly seems to not do what you want it to, and making the cookies to fend off the "zombies" in the 2nd stage just wasn't a fun time at ALL. Plus you can't skip cutscenes or dialogue and if you miss a sparkle or dress/ribbon, you have to replay the whole stage again. Overall still a mostly fun time though with a nice soundtrack.

I was really hopeing that we were gonna get more details of the game like The Grape's backstory and all that.

3:40 whoa ive already heard at least like three points that directly contradict ign.

need that Ninja Peach costume in Dauntless

Alex’s opinion was the one I was waiting for, as he didn’t seem too hot for it after the preview. But I’m very happy he is now onboard!

Sooo excited to get this game!

So am I the only one here who kept seeing a Kirby game with a Peach re-skin? The costumes are basically the equivalent of Kirby's transformations (including one that's straight up the yarn mechanic from Kirby's Epic Yarn). That's not a bad thing, mind you. Kirby's great and I think Nintendo made the right call here.

I played the demo and it was just so fun honestly

That was a pleasant review

I don't know man... Maybe the game gets better after the demo but I didn't find anything here that exciting. It's pretty obvious this was made to promote the main characters of the Mario movie, but that doesn't mean it didn't have to have more substance.

I hope my soon to be 3 year old niece will try playing this with me when she visits!

this feels like the kind of game that will skyrocket in price in the secondary market after Nintendo retires the Switch. I guess the lighting explains the usage of Unreal Engine instead of Nintendo's in house engine. They probably needed better lighting to properly have a stage show vibe.

It's a kiddy game, and there's nothing wrong with that. Maybe not for me personally, but I'm sure it's gonna do alright.

I’ve got it coming looks like a fun game with nice graphics and a feel good game

This is a must buy for me

I can't wait to watch my daughter to play and enjoy this!!

After playing the demo, call me skeptical about this one... I think we might be puffing it up a bit in this review.

I really don't mind easy games but playing the demo I felt bored. I don't know where it stumbled for me, I feel the experience felt too pre-authored and playing was a bit too much like just going through the motions. I'd love to hear the game picks up more after that start.

Have they fixed the fuzzy blurry framerate?

Everyone is talking about how they can't wait for their niece/nephew/young children to play this game, and here I am, a man in my 30s, considering buying it for myself.

May pick it up if it ever drops to $30.

Really enjoyed the demo as a mid 20s dude. I would grab a copy of it, but not at full price.

Hi: Please, could someone help me? No matter how fast I press B I cannot cookies cook fast enough to get all 3 collectibles you can get in that part of the level. What can I do? The max I've been able to do is only one collectible of the three possible before the zombies get to me.

My 27 year old over here geeking about this game! Ive never been one to play alot of spin off mario games but showtime has is really fun?!

Great! Now do the same for Zelda, would love a Shiek game.

This is like kirby and the forgotten land it's easy but fun

🍑Peachy🍑

Is there more costumes than the ones officially revealed?

Demo is really fun, however I will be passing on the full game until there's a price drop. Apparently you can beat the game in about 5 hours (10-12 hours if you go for 100%). I'm not paying $60 for a one day experience, sorry. If it was $20-30, then I would 100% buy it on release. Til then, I'm waiting for a price drop, or will pick it up used off ebay a few weeks from now.

Got it today for my neices birthday 🎂 hope she loves it !

This feels like a game you want to watch someone play rather than playing it.

So much Sailor Moon vibes. The teansformations as a crossover with Sailor Moon. Thief Peach gives me Tuxedo Kamen vibes.

We're Leaving the Mushroom Kingdom with this one

Actually love this.

So PJ is ok with this game being easier, but god forbid Mario vs Donkey Kong be aimed at a younger audience haha

Thanks for the review. I was a tiny bit skeptical. I played the demo and enjoyed it. Now, I know this is a solid buy. Thanks so much!

My 5 and 7 year olds keep hogging the demo and I just want a chance to give it a try. It truly looks fun

This game was developed by Good-Feel. Don’t expect a lot.

My 7 year old daughter loves this game. Worth it. ❤

So my take away is: A fantastic game, just not a game for me. My fiancée wants to get it though, so I hope she’ll like it!

Do you think the play time is comparable to a game like Yoshi’s Crafted World? That’s one of my favorite chill games to play, and if they’re similar, I’d definitely want to snag this one.

I'm very interested in this game, but just not 60 bucks worth of interested yet. Will definitely pick this one up in a future sale!

as a male in his 30s im enjoying this game

Funny ending to thid video 😄

I already got my physical copy, and so far it’s a 6/10 for me.

Is there a Daisy cameo in form as a skin?!!! I wanna know the important stuff

Played the demo. It was fun. I absolutely would NOT pay full price for it though 🤷🏾‍♂️.

So when is the next one??!!

Im thinking on getting it for my gf to play

I do wish that Nintendo could have upped the difficulty on this one. Princess Peach is my favorite character in the franchise but I’m personally not interested in playing a kids game. They could have at lease added a hard mode I think.

Seems fun, but ABSOLUTELY NOT worth $60.

Princess Peach fights a Kirby villain. I'm here for it.

When you can be just about anything, you can't really do any one thing particularly well.

Interesting

how is there not multiplayer. I mean, there is Rosaaline, Pink Toad, etc. Multiplayer on these kinds of games is just hilariously chaotic. Doesn't even matter if you beat the level.

Preordered it then dropped it once I played the cake decorating levels. They were a big turn off 😢

I never did finish Super Princess Peach but as a 30-year-old grown ass man maybe I'll give it a shot😅

Super Princess Peach was a proper adventure, ijs

How long is this game roughly? Does anyone know

I played the demo and had a great time with it. It reminded me of Mickey's Magical Quest on the SNES with the visual charm of Luigi's Mansion 3. I'm a big fan of these off-kilter interesting/creative takes on series like Luigi's Mansion, Majora's Mask, and Yoshi's Wooly World.

I played the demo and I didn't care for the chef lv but the rest of it I enjoyed. My biggest concern is how long of a game is it? I'm tired of paying $60 for a game that takes less then 24 hours to beat.