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Princess Peach: Showtime! is clever and playful, but Peach deserves more
Next time, Nintendo, give Peach a gun.
There were a lot of moments when Peach struck a heroic pose where you could see the jagged edges around her model, and some loading screens were unforgivably long in this ninth generation of consoles. This time around, she’s at the center of her own story and able to tap into all sorts of interesting powers that don’t play off the harmful stereotype of “women be having emotions.” But the two games feel too similar, too simplistic. Taken together, they give the impression that Nintendo doesn’t think a solo Peach game has an appeal outside of young girls, or worse yet, they don’t want to take the risk to see if she does.
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