Platform Games

Game Title

Console

Year

Screenshots

Role

Super Mario Bros.

NES

1985

Needs rescued

Super Mario Bros. 2 (Jpn)

Famicom

1986

(Picture courtesy of VG Museum)

Needs rescued

It looks like this Peach got a graphical update since her first Super Mario appearance. She looks much better than her original incarnation, although she looks a lot like the original Princess Zelda sprite here. The color palette looks to be the same as in the original Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. 2 (US)

NES

1988

Playable

This is Peach's first playable role. She looks very different from her Super Mario Bros. sprite, and more like her later game appearances. Peach has the special ability of floating jumps that nobody else on the team has. However, she is slowest at picking up items and running while carrying something.

Super Mario Bros. 3

NES

1990

Sends hints and items after every level; needs rescued

Super Mario World

SNES

1990,91

Needs rescued

Super Mario All-Stars

SNES

1993

Reprises past roles from Super Mario Bros. 1, 2 (Japanese) - called the "Lost Levels", 2 (US), and 3. Playable in Super Mario Bros. 2 (US) only.

Super Mario Bros. DX

GB

Needs rescued

Super Mario 64

N64

1996

Needs rescued

Super Mario Sunshine

GC

2002

Needs rescued

Super Mario Advanced (SMB2)

GBA

Playable

Super Mario Advanced 2 (SMW)

GBA

Needs rescued

Super Mario Advanced 4 (SMB3)

GBA

Sends hints and items after every level; needs rescued

Super Mario 64 DS

DS

2005

Needs rescued

Super Princess Peach

DS

2006

Main character - Playable

This time around, Peach sets off to rescue Mario, Luigi, and an army of Toads from Bowser's clutches. She is aided by Perry the magical umbrella as well as some super-powered emotional vibes.

New Super Mario Bros.

DS

2006

Needs rescued

Yoshi's Island 2

DS

?

Unknown - It is believed that she is one of several babies carried around by Yoshis.

RPG Games

Game Title

Console

Year

Screenshots

Role

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

SNES

1995

Playable

Although the story starts in typical Mario fashion - Peach being carried off by Bowser - the plot takes an unusual turn when a giant sword crashes into Bowser's castle, scattering everyone inside. Peach winds up inside Booster Tower, where the owner decides he should marry her. After being rescued by Mario and his party, Peach decides to join the group and help save the world. Her specialty is healing moves, but she's a decent fighter as well.

Paper Mario

N64

Playable in between story chapters - Peach gathers useful information and items for the next part of the quest, and delivers messages to Mario through star kid Twink.

Paper Mario 2: The Thousand-Year Door

GC

Playable in between chapters - Peach collects information about the X-Nauts' plans and emails it to Mario using supercomputer TEC. She also takes showers (no, really).

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

GBA

Non-playable - The game begins with Peach's voice being stolen by an evil witch, and Mario and Luigi need to help recover it.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

DS

2005

Non-playable; Baby Peach helps in learning new abilities, while Adult Peach needs to be rescued.

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

N64

1998

Cameo appearance: Peach is featured in one of the portraits visible inside Hyrule Castle, along with Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Bowser. There are also rumors that Malon was inspired by Peach, as Talon and Ingo resemble Mario and Luigi, respectively. Malon and Talon both wear Bowser-head amulets.

Super Paper Mario

Wii

2007

Playable character; joins the party after Chapter 1-4.

Sports/Racing/Fighting Games

Game Title

Console

Year

Screenshots

Role

Kart Series

Super Mario Kart

SNES

Playable

Mario Kart 64

N64

Playable

Mario Kart Arcade GP

?

?

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

GBA

Playable

Mario Kart: Double Dash

GC

Playable

Mario Kart DS

DS

Playable

Golf Series

NES Open Tournament Golf

NES

1991

Cameo - Two nearly-identical blonde girls (Peach and Daisy?) appear in the title screen with Mario and Luigi. They're dressed in blue and green rather than pink and yellow, but I think the blue one is Daisy (her bangs are slightly different). Neither princess is wearing a crown or necklace. I think this is the first time Peach was actually shown as a blonde in-game. The girls also appear when you're within putting range on the golf course.

Mario Golf

N64

Playable

Mario Golf

GB

?

Mario Golf Mobile

?

?

Mario Golf: Advance Tour

GBA

?

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

GC

Playable

Tennis Series

Mario's Tennis

VB

?

Mario Tennis

GB

?

Mario Tennis 64

N64

?

Mario Power Tennis

?

Mario Tennis: Power Tour

?

Fighting Games

Super Smash Bros. Melee

GC

2001

Playable - Peach is one of the main selectable characters. She is armed with a floating jump, high kicks, an endless supply of veggies, and several pieces of well-concealed sporting equipment.

Other Sports

Super Mario Strikers

GC

?

Mario Strikers Charged

?

Mario Superstar Baseball

?

Mario Hoops 3 on 3

DS

?

Puzzle Games

Game Title

Console

Year

Screenshots

Role

Tetris

NES

Cameo appearance - after a player completes level 9, height 5 on "B game", the Princess appears along with Mario and Luigi on the NES characters screen.

Dr. Mario

NES

Cameo appearance - the Princess appears in the instruction manual as Dr. Mario's nurse, but she never appears in the game itself!

Yoshi's Cookie

SNES

1992, 1993

Playable - The Princess is selectable in VS mode (although her stats are very low), and she also appears in the game ending.

The graphic style for this game is unique. Mario is Super Mario World style, Yoshi looks to be from Yoshi's Island, Bowser looks like a redone version of his SMB3 form, and Peach is completely new. Her dress looks frillier than usual.

Hotel Mario

CD-i

1994

The Phillips CDi system had one Mario title and three notoriously bad Zelda games in its short run. I've never played it, but the game looked like a standard "rescue the Princess" title, set in a series of hotels in the Mushroom Kingdom. Apparently, your job is to close all the hotels by "condemning" them and keeping the Mushroom Kingdom from becoming a Koopa Resort.

Educational Games

Mario is Missing!

SNES

1993

Cameo appearance - a Peach lookalike (the sprite looks like a slight recolor of her Super Mario World sprite) appears at the INFO booths around the world, providing data on various stolen objects. She only appears in the SNES version.

Some people have theorized that this might be Daisy rather than Peach, but it's never stated one way or the other.

Mario's Early Years series

SNES

1993-1994

Playable - A badly-sprited Peach appears on the raft with Mario and Yoshi, and you can select her as your avatar character in the educational "worlds". She appears in sprites (some are okay, but most are bad) within these worlds as well.

The graphics look bootlegged, even though this is an official title. Yoshi looks too skinny and stretched out, Luigi looks like an ape, and Peach just looks awful. The only decent-looking graphics were taken from Super Mario World, and are incongruous with the other sprites. It's rather embarrassing that this is an authentic Nintendo product.

Mario Teaches Typing

PC

Playable - Peach is a selectable character, along with Mario and Luigi, who travels through an overworld, underwater, and a castle as the player types. I seem to remember her dress being purple rather than pink.

Other Games

Mario Party

N64

Playable

Mario Party 2

N64

Playable

Mario Party 3

N64

Playable

Mario Party 4

N64

Playable

Mario Party 5

GC

Playable

Mario Party 6

GC

Playable

Mario Party 7

GC

Playable

Mario Party 8

GC

Playable

Game & Watch Collection

GB

Game & Watch Collection 2

GB

Game & Watch Collection 3

GB

Game & Watch Collection 4

GB

Yoshi's Safari

SNES

?