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Princess Peach: Showtime! offers gentle adventure for younger Mario movie fans

Few outside of Nintendo foresaw how huge last year's Super Mario Movie would turn out to be. It was a proper blockbuste…

The Ninja Peach level I played featured the most variety to it, with brief moments where you could wall jump, or auto run and feel a bit like Sonic, or control a trundling prop version of the Kanagawa wave. Later costume transformations allow Peach to become a figure skater - something which seems to focus on tighter areas around an ice rink - as well as a Sherlockian detective, a mermaid, a superhero, a kung fu fighter and a Zorro-like "dashing thief". You can replay stages you've cleared, and it's likely you'll need to go back a second time to search through the backdrop of each level to ensure you've found all of the Theets that need saving, and coins you can exchange for cosmetic alterations to each outfit.

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