Peach (SSB4)

Peach in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Mario
Other playable appearances	in Melee in Brawl in Ultimate
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Peach Blossom
Tier	B (20)

Peach (ピーチ, Peach) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. Her return to the series was confirmed on September 12th, 2013, the day before the 28th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., the landmark NES game in which she debuted. She is among the first wave of compatible amiibo figures.

Samantha Kelly reprises her role as Peach in Smash 4, albeit via voice clips from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Peach is ranked at 20th place out of 55 characters on the tier list, placing her at the bottom of the B tier. This is a significant improvement from her previous 19th of 38 in Brawl, where she is ranked as the lowest character in upper mid-tier. Peach's ability to float gives her a uniquely strong air game and allows her to pressure opponents safely; this along with her Vegetable projectiles makes for a good neutral game in most matchups. Peach has great combos and can perform complicated combos with high damage output. She also has surprisingly good KOing ability due mainly to the high knockback of her forward aerial.

However, Peach suffers from light weight, slow ground movement and difficulty landing safely, which can lead to her being overwhelmed by aggressive opponents.

Currently, her tier placement has been debated. Despite having mediocre representation, she has attained strong results and wins against top players, largely thanks to Samsora, who has achieved great placings at majors like GameTyrant Expo 2017. Due to this, many believe that her current place on the tier list is too low.

Attributes

Peach is a tall, light character who is quite slow in terms of walking speed, dashing speed, air speed and falling speed. While this is an unfavorable combination of traits, it is compensated by her unique floating ability. Her float ability grants her the power to hover at any height she chooses, giving her a distinct advantage in combat. This, combined with a potent aerial moveset, makes her a force to be reckoned with.

Peach can play an effective keep-away game. Vegetable serves as her projectile, and as a throwable item, it is quite a versatile one; the move also has a 1/250 chance of spawning a powerful Bob-omb and a 1/166 chance of spawning a shield-shattering Mr. Saturn. Peach's floating ability also helps her to control space; floating low to the ground and using retreating aerials makes her difficult to punish, and this greatly helps her own approach as well, as with good spacing she can attack the opponent's shield with little fear of reprisal. Float can increase her mobility and movement options, allowing her to frustrate her opponents with quick and unpredictable mixups. Her tilt attacks are less safe, but given the right opportunity have decent combo potential. She has a decent grab game, as her down throw can be followed up with a variety of moves and her back throw is relatively strong. All of this gives her a solid set of options in the neutral game.

Peach does not have trouble KOing, either. Her forward aerial's high knockback makes it her best finishing move, and it can be used while floating to "fish" for a kill with relative safety. Back throw is also a good KO option. Floating allows for effective edgeguarding as well, potentially leading to early KOs. Peach also has a potent if somewhat situational set of smash attacks; her forward smash cycles through three weapons each with their own useful properties, her down smash is a multi-hit attack good for catching rolls and edge recovery options, and her up smash is a particularly powerful move when sweetspotted.

Peach does of course have drawbacks, mainly relating to her slow movement. Faster opponents may be able to overwhelm her before she can begin throwing vegetables or otherwise defend herself. If thrown into the air she can have difficulty landing, and this along with her low weight makes her susceptible to juggling and vertical KOs. Peach's ability to approach suffers against characters with long reach and disjoints, as she lacks the agility to get in close before they can hit her. Her recovery is also a potential point of failure, as while she can travel a great deal of horizontal distance, she is left vulnerable if forced to rely on Peach Parasol, and her vertical recovery is average at best (discounting the incredibly dangerous and situational Bob-omb), as well as predictable and slow, making it possible for her to be gimped. Due to this Peach has a very high learning curve.

In terms of custom moves, Peach has a few notable ones. Sleepy Toad knocks airborne opponents and puts grounded opponents to sleep, allowing for great followups. Light Veggie is great at keeping projectiles out in the open for a while, disrupting her opponents' neutral game. Parasol High Jump addresses her issues regarding vertical recovery, but loses its ability to deal damage as it rises and severely hinders Peach's horizontal recovery. Flying Peach Bomber also assists Peach's recovery by extending her impressive horizontal distance even more, as well as dealing more damage overall, at the cost of a smaller hitbox. All of her other customs are situational to inferior in comparison to her standard moves, notably Heavy Veggie, which travels vastly less distance than the default Veggie when thrown.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Peach has received a mix of buffs and nerfs in the transition from Brawl to SSB4, but she was buffed overall relative to the cast. Peach's overall mobility has improved due to having a better double jump, quicker dashing speed, and better air speed. Her ground game has been particularly improved thanks to her stronger smash attacks, faster Peach Bomber and her tilt attacks leading to many follow ups (due to the changes to hitstun canceling). Furthermore, her dash attack, forward aerial and back throw received significant increases in knockback, improving her KO power and reducing one of the main weakness she had in Brawl. Peach's approaches from below are also safer with the gain of a new up aerial. She also has a slightly easier time defending against juggles and aerial followups due to her improved air dodge and slightly faster falling speed. Her grab game is also better as while her dash grab and standing grab are laggier, her forward, up and especial back throws are stronger and the removal of hitstun canceling has made down throw a more potent combo throw.

However, Peach has seen various nerfs as well. Her damage output and frame data are overall worse with many attacks dealing less damage and/or being laggier. While her aerial mobility was improved, her overall aerial game was not. Her aerials have higher landing lag overall and they auto-cancel later with her forward aerial in particular suffering from its later auto cancel window. Neutral aerial is slower and both it and back aerial can no longer link their clean hits into their late hits, up aerial has less combo potential and down aerial is weaker and its final hit has higher knockback making it a less effective combo tool (although this is largely compensated with the general mechanic changes). Lastly, Vegetable now takes longer to pluck as Peach has lost all of the advanced techniques she once had, worsening her projectile game.

The general mechanic changes of SSB4 both helped and hindered Peach. On the negative side, the removal of edgehogging makes it much more difficult for Peach to edgeguard while benefiting her recovery less than most other characters. Peach is also too slow to benefit from the new untechable reeling animation while still lacking reliable tools to lock opponents. The removal of chain grabbing does not highly benefit Peach as she was not only already immune to most chain grabs due to her floaty status but it also removes her ability to chain grab with down throw. Lastly, the most significant change which hindered her was the removal of glide tossing as she was one of the most prominent users of the technique in Brawl and it overall further worsens her projectile game. Due to her status as a lightweight, Peach's lackluster endurance prevents her from making effective use of the rage mechanic herself. On the other hand, her opponents can use the rage mechanic to K.O. Peach relatively early.

On the positive side however, she heavily benefits from rage if she can survive long enough make use of it due to her kill moves being even stronger and her Peach Parasol being able to kill opponents at insanely early percents. The changes to hitstun and the weakening of DI also heavily benefits her combo game as many more of her moves can link into each other while she remains fairly difficult for most characters to combo. The weakening of SDI also benefits moves such as her down smash and down aerial with the latter also benefiting from the changes to hitstun.

Despite her the nerfs to her damage output, frame data and projectile game, Peach is a stronger character overall relative to the cast having greater KO potential and being less susceptible to juggling and the changes to the game's mechanics help her more than they hinder her as she received multiple significant benefits from them while only receiving one significant hindrance. As a result, she has seen greater results in competitive play.

Aesthetics

• Due to the aesthetics being used in this game, Peach looks sleeker and more cartoony than she did in Melee and Brawl. Her facial features are softer, and her dress is more vibrant and less detailed. The lace and other parts of Peach's dress are also now fully-modeled in contrast to Melee and Brawl where they were simply textured on a flat mesh.
• Peach has received two new alternate costumes, one of which is based on her appearance as Fire Peach in Super Mario 3D World.
• Peach has a new victory pose: she now twirls with hearts surrounding her, poses, then says "This is fun!" This replaces her old victory animation where she holds her hands together.
• With the exception of her orange costume, all of her alternate costumes now have the same earring color as her default costume.
• Like other characters, Peach is more expressive. For example, she now scowls during certain attacks.
• Peach has a new running animation that is reminiscent of her running animation from Super Mario 3D World.
• Many new animations accompany Peach's established attacks in the form of hearts, rainbows, and magic sparkles.
• The underside of Peach's dress is now obscured by shadows, obscuring her undergarments that were previously visible in Melee and Brawl.
• Both of Peach's KO screams in Brawl had swapped places; the alternate KO scream is the main KO scream and vice versa, matching the order on the game files.
• Peach's previously unused damage yells from Brawl's Sound Test are now heard when taking high knockback.

Attributes

• Peach dashes faster (1.35 → 1.4175).
• Peach's air speed is higher (0.893 → 0.95).
• Peach is slightly lighter (90 → 89) hindering her endurance while making her no less susceptible to combos due to her higher falling speed/gravity.
• Peach's falling speed is slightly higher (1.05 → 1.15), although it still remains the second lowest.
• Peach's fast fall is noticeably faster (1.47 → 1.84), although it still remains the second lowest.
• Peach's gravity is slightly higher (0.0632 → 0.068).
• Peach's double jump grants much more height (multiplier 0.7x → 1x), though it still grants much less height than its Melee counterpart.
• Peach's walking speed when carrying heavy items is much faster.
• Back roll has less startup lag (frame 5 → 4) and both rolls have less ending lag (FAF 32 → 31).
• Rolls have a shorter duration (frames 4-19/5-20 → 4-17).
• Air dodge has less startup lag with a longer duration (frames 4-19 → 3-28), and it has less ending lag (FAF 50 → 34), which has ended its status as the worst air dodge among the cast.
• Spot dodge has more startup lag with a shorter duration (frames 2-20 → 3-18) and it has more ending lag (FAF 26 → 28).
• Peach's item toss is weaker (1 → 0.9633333).

Ground attacks

• Neutral attack:
  • Neutral attack's first hit deals less damage (3% → 2%).
  • The first hit has smaller hitboxes (3.5u/2.4u/3.5u/2.5u → 3u/2.4u/2.4u), and the far hitbox has been moved closer to Peach (x offset: 4 → 2.5), reducing its range.
  • Both hits have more ending lag (FAF 20 (hit 1)/23 (hit 2) → 28/30).
  • The back shoulder hitbox on both hits has been removed.
  • The second hit's near hitboxes are larger (2.4u/3.5u → 3u/4u).
  • The second hit's far hitbox is smaller (3.5u → 3u), and it has been moved closer to Peach (x offset: 4 → 2.5), reducing its range.
• Forward tilt:
  • Forward tilt's clean foot hitbox deals more knockback (35 (base), 85 (scaling) → 55/102), improving its KO potential despite its lower damage.
  • The late hit deals much more knockback (50 (base), 55 (scaling) → 40/120).
  • The changes to hitstun canceling/Directional Influence improves forward tilt's ability to set up juggles.
  • The late hit now launches opponents towards Peach (90° → 92°).
  • The late hit has a higher hitlag multiplier (1x → 1.2x).
  • Forward tilt has more startup lag with a shorter duration (frames 6-8 (clean)/9-16 (late) → 7 (clean leg)/8-9 (clean leg and foot)/10-15 (late)).
    • The increased startup lag on the foot hitbox in particular noticeably reduces the move's range below Peach.
  • The clean hit deals much less damage (13%/11%/10% → 7%/7%/8%), and it launches opponents at less favourable angles (90°/100°/80°). This hinders the body/leg hitboxes' KO potential despite their increased knockback (35 (base), 85 (scaling) → 50/102) and even the foot hitbox is weaker than the previous body hitbox.
  • The foot hitbox has been moved closer to Peach (x/y offset: 0/7 → 6/1), reducing its range.
  • The late hit's leg and body hitboxes have been removed.
• Up tilt:
  • Up tilt has less startup lag (frame 10 → 9).
    • However, its total duration was unchanged, giving it slightly more ending lag.
  • Up tilt launches opponents at a much higher angle (65° → 94°/92°), improving its KO potential, as well as improving its ability to set up juggles and greatly reducing its susceptibility to DI.
  • The body hitbox deals more knockback (60 (base), 70 (scaling) → 65/84) which along with the previous change, greatly improves its KO potential.
  • The body hitbox has been positioned lower (y offset: 17 → 13) and it now uses an extended hitbox, making it much easier to land, especially against grounded opponents.
  • The heart blast deals much less damage (13% → 8%) and its knockback was barely increased (60 (base), 70 (scaling) → 40/84), greatly hindering its KO potential despite its more favorable launch angle.
  • The heart blast is smaller (11u → 8u).
  • As the sweetspot is now positioned on Peach's body, the move is much harder to sweetspot with (especially against larger characters), due to the sweetspot being smaller and having lower priority (ID# 0 → 1).
  • Up tilt no longer grants intangibility to Peach's head and arm.
• Down tilt:
  • Peach's arm is now intangible from frames 9-14 when performing down tilt.
  • The hitbox against grounded opponents is now extended, giving it more horizontal range relative to Peach.
    • However, this hitbox is also smaller (5.1u → 3.8u), giving it less vertical range.
  • The hitbox against grounded opponent's is now static.
  • Down tilt has more startup lag (frame 12 → 13).
    • However, its total duration was unchanged, giving it slightly less ending lag.
  • Down tilt deals less damage (10% → 7%) without full compensation on its knockback scaling (100 → 105), noticeably hindering its KO potential.
    • However, when combined with the changes to hitstun canceling/DI, this improves the move's combo potential against aerial opponents.
      • However against grounded opponents, this is negated by the fact that grounded meteor smashes can now be teched, hindering the move's effectiveness against grounded opponents overall.
  • The aerial hitbox is smaller (5.1u → 4.5u), and it has been moved closer to Peach (x offset: 2 → 0), noticeably reducing its range.
  • Down tilt's arm and body hitboxes have been removed, reducing the move's range behind Peach.
    • This also means that the move can no longer meteor smash aerial opponents, significantly hindering its edgeguarding potential.
  • Down tilt has a new animation where Peach performs a straighter arm swipe. This gives the move less vertical range, especially considering the removal of the arm and body hitboxes.
    • This new animation is also longer, (34 frames → 41), increasing the amount of time Peach cannot walk after performing the move.
    • Peach also does move nearly as far forward wen performing the move, slightly reducing its horizontal range, despite its increased disjoint, and making it much less effective as a pseudo crawl.
    • Peach also does not move nearly as far back after performing the move, making it easier to whiff punish and removing the backwards slide Peach could do by interrupting the down tilt at the right time, removing down tilt's use as an advanced movement option.
• Dash attack:
  • Dash attack's first hit now has set knockback (30 (base), 50 (scaling) → 50/70 (set)/100) making it connect more reliably with the second hit at higher percents.
  • The second hit deals more damage (4% → 6%) and has increased knockback scaling (125 → 140), greatly improving its KO potential.
  • Dash attack now has a magic effect, and uses a magic sound effect, rather than a normal effect and punch sound effect respectively.
  • The first hit's angles have been altered (361° → 50°/70°).
    • This makes dash attack connect more reliably when used near an edge.
    • However, this also makes dash attack connect less reliably against aerial opponents, especially the near hitbox.
    • Additionally, this also means that the first hit can no longer occasionally lock and trip.
  • The first hit has smaller hitboxes (5u/4u/4u → 4u/3u).
  • The head hitbox on both hits been removed.
• Forward smash:
  • Forward smash cycles regularly between the tennis racket, golf club, and frying pan, instead of picking them at random, making the move much more consistent.
  • Forward smash has a shorter duration (frames 15-19 → 15-17) and it has more ending lag (FAF 40 → 46).
  • The body hitbox has been removed on all variants.
  • Peach now swings all three items in with one hand instead of both.
• Golf Club:
  • The golf club has more base knockback but less knockback scaling (50 (base), 70 (scaling) → 60/65), which makes it weaker overall.
  • The large ground hitbox is smaller (9u → 7u).
  • The handle hitbox has been moved closer to Peach (y offset: -0.4 → 0).
• Tennis Racket:
  • The tennis racket's sourspots deal more damage (12% → 13%) and knockback (40/30 (base), 60 (scaling) → 80/56).
  • The large ground hitbox deals more base knockback but less knockback scaling (40 (base), 100 (scaling) → 86/60). While this makes the move stronger when used near the horizontal blastzone, this also makes the move noticeably weaker overall.
  • The large ground hitbox is smaller (8u → 7u).
• Frying Pan:
  • The frying pan deals much more knockback (30 (base), 68 (scaling) → 70/65).
• Up smash:
  • Up smash's sourspots deal more damage (8% → 12%) and knockback (30 (base), 100 (scaling) → 40/97). The 15% sweetspot is larger (5u → 5.8u) and deals slightly more knockback as well (40 (base), 100 (scaling) → 50/97), now being more powerful than the 17% sweetspot. The late hit also has higher base knockback (40 → 60).
  • Up smash's 17% sweetspot is smaller (4u → 2.5u) and deals less knockback (40 (base), 100 scaling) → 27/97) significantly hindering its KO potential and no longer being one of the strongest up smashes. It also now takes priority over the 15% sweetspot which is not ideal due to its reduced strength.
• Down smash:
  • Down smash has a greater amount of possible hits (4 → 5). The first few hits now have set knockback (38 (base), 80 (scaling) → 30/20 (set)/100) and have altered angles (145° → 15°/170°) making them connect far more reliably. The final hit deals drastically more knockback (38 (base), 80 (scaling) → 40/180) making it stronger despite dealing less damage. Each hit also has a longer duration (1 frame → 2).
  • Down smash deals less damage (5% → 2%/3% (hits 1-4), 3% (hit 5), 20% → 11%-15% (total)). It also has more ending lag (FAF 44 → 55) and the last hit is no longer a semi-spike (145° → 361°).

Aerial attacks

• Except for neutral aerial, all of her aerials auto-cancel later (forward aerial: 20 frames → 41 frames, back aerial: 20 frames → 30 frames, up aerial 23 frames → 41 frames, down aerial: 32 frames → 38 frames). These changes make it more difficult to auto-cancel out of her float, weakening its use for shield pressure (particularly with her forward and back aerials).
• Neutral aerial:
  • Neutral aerial has more startup lag and a shorter duration (frames 3-23 → 5-19). The late hit also deals less damage (9%/10% → 5%/6%) with no compensation on its knockback. Peach can also no longer connect both hits of neutral aerial significantly reducing its maximum damage output (22% → 13%).
    • The late hit's lower power allows it to lock for longer.
• Forward aerial:
  • Forward aerial deals more knockback (60 (base), 68 (scaling) → 45/84) and has a longer duration (frame 16-19 → 16-20).
  • Forward aerial has slightly more ending lag (FAF 55 → 58). It is also a far worse spacing tool due to its worse auto-cancel window.
• Back aerial:
  • Back aerial's clean and late hitbox durations are shorter (frames 6-8 → 6-7 (clean), frames 9-19 → 8-13 (late). Back aerial's clean hit also deals less damage (14%/13% → 12%), although its knockback scaling was compensated (80 → 92). It is also no longer possible to connect both hits of back aerial and it no longer has a small hitbox in front of Peach.
  • Back aerial has increased landing lag (9 frames → 18).
• Up aerial:
  • Peach gained a new up aerial: an arm swipe that draws a rainbow, consisting of two hits dealing 4% and 6% respectively. It has greater horizontal reach, a longer duration (frames 8-12 → 10-19) a disjointed hitbox, and better juggling abilities. The first hit allows Peach to follow up with an attack that comes out on frame 10 or below, if she cancels it into the ground quickly.
  • New up aerial deals less damage (11%/12%/13% → 4% (hit 1), 6% (hit 2), 10% (total)) and the base knockback on the second hit was not fully compensated (0 → 30). It also has more startup lag (frame 8 → 10), ending lag (FAF 35 → 46) and harder to land than before due to having less range below Peach. All these changes hinder its combo potential.
  • Up aerial has increased landing lag (9 frames → 12).
• Down aerial:
  • Down aerial is much harder to SDI out of, and its last hit deals slightly more knockback (40 (base), 120 (scaling) → 60/110) improving its KO potential. The changes to hitstun cancelling also improves its combo potential beyond low percents.
  • Down aerial's first three hits deal less damage (3% → 2%/1%) and its down string has reduced (4 -> 2 on fastfaller and heavyweight) without using a midair jump or platform. The last hit's higher base knockback also hinders its combo potential as it now puts opponents into tumble at 0% making follow ups more difficult.
  • Down aerial has increased landing lag (9 frames → 13).

Throws/other attacks

• Grabs:
  • Peach's grabs have updated animations, with her standing and dash grabs now accurately matching her grabbing hand.
  • Pivot grab has less startup lag (frame 13 → 10), and a shorter total duration (FAF 40 → 38).
    • However, its total duration was not fully compensated, giving it slightly more ending lag.
  • All of Peach's grabs extend further out (z offset: 8 (standing)/5.5 (dash)/-13 (pivot) → z stretch: 8.7/10.6/14.7). This gives dash and pivot grabs more range (especially the former).
  • Standing grab has more ending lag (FAF 30 → 32).
  • Dash grab has more startup lag (frame 6 → 8) no longer being the sole fastest dash grab in the game (although it is still one of the fastest).
    • However, its total duration was unchanged, giving it less ending lag.
  • All grabs have smaller grabboxes (4u (standing/pivot)/3.5u (dash) → 3.3u/2.6u). This gives Peach's grabs less vertical range and gives her standing grab the same amount of horizontal range, despite it being stretched out further.
• Pummel:
  • Pummel has lost its head and foot hitboxes, reducing its range.
• Forward throw:
  • Forward throw has slightly increased base knockback (10 (hitbox)/45 (throw) → 12/48), slightly improving its KO potential.
  • The hitbox has a longer duration (frame 14 → 14-15).
  • Peach releases her opponent from forward throw slightly later (frame 15 → 16) and it has more ending lag (FAF 34 → 40).
  • The hitbox is slightly smaller (5.2u → 5u).
• Back throw:
  • Back throw deals much more knockback (70 (base), 40 (scaling) → 35/95), now being a viable KO throw.
  • Peach releases her opponent from back throw slightly later (frame 21 → 22).
  • The hitbox has more startup lag (frame 19 → 20).
• Up throw:
  • Up throw deals more knockback (70 (base), 56 (scaling) → 72/80), although it is still not a particularly powerful KO move.
• Down throw:
  • Down throw's hitbox now deals damage (0% → 1%), making down throw deal more damage overall (7% → 8%).
  • Down throw sends opponents at a slightly more favorable angle (108° → 106°).
  • The changes to hitstun canceling/DI greatly improves down throw's followup potential at higher percents, as Peach now has reliable followups right up until fairly high percents.
  • The removal of chaingrabbing has hindered down throw's racking potential at lower percents.
  • The hitbox has a shorter duration (frames 33-42 → 33-35).
• Edge attack:
  • Peach has a new edge attack: a hand swipe. Compared to her previous fast edge attack, it has more startup lag with a shorter duration (frames 10-16 → 18-20), less range, a less favorable angle (361° → 45°) and it has more ending lag to match other edge attacks (FAF 55 → 56).
  • Edge attack has increased intangibility (frames 1-8 → 1-15) and as with other edge attacks, it no longer has set knockback (110 (set), 100 (scaling) → 90 (base)/20).

Special moves

• Toad:
  • Toad's spores deal more knockback at close range and also turns Peach around when she is hit from behind. Toad also deals 3 more possible hits and 2% more damage if all the hits connect (18 → 20%) and the final hit deals much more knockback (40 (base), 180 (scaling) → 15/300). Toad's counter also has less startup lag with a longer duration (frames 11-31 → 10-34).
  • Toad has less ending lag (FAF 65 → 61 (counter), FAF 66 → 61 (connect)).
  • Toad has less intangibility if it connects (frames 1-4 → 1-3).
• Peach Bomber:
  • Peach Bomber has much less startup lag (frame 24 → 14 (grounded), frame 34 → 20 (aerial)) which also reduces its ending lag if Peach lands with it and Peach Bomber has gained the ability to consistently hit shields.
  • Peach Bomber has more landing lag (33 frames → 35) and much more ending lag in the air (27 frames → 50), making it less useful for recovery. It also deals less damage (15% → 10%) and is no longer a semi-spike (23° → 361°) although its knockback was compensated (50 (base), 40 (scaling) → 60/69).
• Peach Parasol:
  • Peach Parasol's jump is faster and covers more height. The introduction of rage also greatly benefits Peach Parasol as it can potentially kill opponents at 0%.
  • Peach Parasol's final hit has a longer duration (frames 31-32 → 31-33).
  • Peach Parasol's open hit deals much more knockback (35 (base), 40 (scaling) → 90/100) improving its KO potential but removing its ability to chain into itself.
  • Peach Parasol's first hit has a shorter duration (frames 7-10 → 7-9).
  • Peach will automatically close her parasol after floating for 8 seconds and will be unable to open it again until she lands.
  • Peach Parasol's last hit deals less knockback (60 (base), 120 (scaling) → 90/70). While this improves its KO potential near the upper blast zone, it significantly hinders its overall KO potential.
  • Peach Parasol no longer has a slash effect, instead having a magic effect.
• Vegetable:
  • Vegetable has an increased chance of pulling out "Stitchface" turnips, Bob-ombs and Mr. Saturns (although the chances are still very low).
  • Vegetable has more ending lag (FAF 30 → 43) and can no longer spawn Beam Swords. Additionally, Peach can no longer perform the "instant turnip pull" glitch to further reduce the startup lag. She also lost her Turnip Free Pull and bone-waling techniques hindering her mobility while plucking Vegetable. Lastly, the removal of glide tossing significantly hinders Peach's approach potential with Vegetables or any other item.
  • Vegetable makes a different sound effect when Peach is plucking them out of the ground. It now makes the same sound effect as in the international version of Super Mario Bros. 2. It still makes the normal sound effect of picking up items if she pulls out a Mr. Saturn or Bob-omb.
• Peach Blossom:
  • Peach Blossom is now capable of putting aerial opponents to sleep significantly improving its reliability.
  • Peach Blossom spawns three large peaches that each heal 20% damage, as opposed to thirteen normal-sized peaches that each heal 5%. While the total healing is slightly less (65% → 60%), the significantly reduced number of peaches makes it faster for Peach to pick them all up and reduces the chances of her opponents picking them up.
  • Peach Blossom deals less total damage (40% → 30%), has much less range and puts opponents to sleep for less time.

Update history

Game updates for Peach have been somewhat unusual, and it is debatable whether or not she has been buffed or nerfed. 1.0.4 fixed several beneficial bugs that provided with various ways of cancelling lag on her moves, while also made her aerials get stale when floating, whereas in 1.0.8 and 1.1.1 she only received very minor and nearly unnoticeable buffs.

In spite of the bugfixes, Peach has benefited noticeably from the changes to shieldstun mechanics: most of her aerial moves have became safer on shield due to their damage output and speed combined with her float ability, an example being her forward aerial working as a very useful spacing tool and her down to neutral aerial becoming very hard, if not impossible to interrupt for most characters, bar a few characters with good out of shield games. Her down smash, dot-shaped eye and stitchface turnips, Bob-ombs, Mr. Saturns and Peach Bomber also benefit from these changes, the latter two which also deal bonus shield damage. Altogether, these changes allow her to pressure opponents on shield more effectively, and to effectively wear down a shield more easily. Even so, her out of shield game itself has also been slightly nerfed to compensate, as it is harder for her to punish out of shield with an up smash or dash attack. Some of her laggier moves are also easier to punish out of shield compared to the rest of the cast.

However, 1.1.5 changed some of the type of her up aerial's hitboxes from hitting both grounded and aerial opponents to only hitting aerial ones, which has reduced significantly the amount of characters that got affected by her infinite combo, the "Umeki Rainbow". As a result, her matchups against certain characters that were vulnerable to the combo have been worsened.

In initial versions of the game, she was not able to pull out a turnip out of the ground in For Glory as that would lead into a ban for "cheating". This was remedied in patch 1.0.2.

1.0.2

• Fixed glitch where players pulling Vegetables near the start of an online match would get banned for "cheating".

1.0.4

• Peach can no longer ledge cancel Vegetable to instantly pull turnips and items.
• Fixed how aerials performed while floating would not affect the stale moves queue.
• Peach can no longer throw a turnip with down special to cancel landing lag (outside of special moves which already could not be canceled).
  • This considerably hinders the safety of her aerials and air dodge, hinders the combo potential of her aerials and it prevents Peach from canceling hitstun if she lands while in non-tumble hitstun.
• Peach can no longer throw a turnip with down special to cancel tumble hitstun.
  • This not only makes Peach considerably more susceptible to combos, since she can no longer throw a turnip to cancel the hitstun and act sooner but this also considerably hinders her endurance, since she can no longer throw a turnip and then utilise momentum canceling to survive longer.

1.0.8

• Both hits of neutral attack have bigger hitboxes.

Technical changelist 1.0.8

Change	Old value	New value
Jab 1 hitbox	2.4	3
Jab 2 hitbox	2.4	4

1.1.1

• Toad (64 → 62) and Sleepy/Grumpy Toad (66 → 61) have reduced ending lag and Toad has slightly decreased start-up (11 → 10).

1.1.5

• Portions of up aerial no longer hit grounded opponents, reducing the amount of characters that the infinite can be performed on.

Moveset

For a gallery of Peach's hitboxes, see here.

		Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack			2%	Slaps the enemy twice, with unique "slapping" sound effects. The first hit can act as a setup for a down tilt, neutral air, back air, or even a grab, though the second hit has little utility outside of spacing since it cannot KO reliably. The move is similar to her Super Slap attack in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
			3%
Forward tilt			7% (early, clean leg), 8% (clean foot), 6% (late)	Kicks forward 180 degrees from low to high. Has good range for a forward tilt, and unusually for an attack of its type, launches opponents vertically, allowing it to perform air combos.
Up tilt			10% (body), 8% (blast)	Extends her arm upward, making a pink heart burst above her head. Can KO at high percentages if the sweetspot hits.
Down tilt			7%	A downward sweep of the hand to the ground. This move can meteor smash, but on grounded opponents only. Decently strong attack with moderate startup that can follow up into a forward smash at lower percents, forward or up aerials at mid-percents, and into an up special at higher percents, should the opponent not tech the move.
Dash attack			4% (hit 1), 6% (hit 2)	Strikes with both arms extended forward, then quickly spreads her arms out. Unlike in Brawl, the first hit's knockback never grows, so both hits nearly always connect. The second hit has high knockback that can KO at high percentages.
Forward smash			15% (club), 18% (pan), 13% (racket)	Strikes with a bludgeon, cycling regularly between a golf club, frying pan, or a tennis racket. Each weapon has different properties - the frying pan has more vertical knockback (and the most damage), the golf club has more diagonal knockback (and the most range), and the tennis racket has more horizontal knockback and is the strongest semi-spike in the game.
Up smash			17% (clean arm), 15% (clean body), 12% (clean sides), 10% (late body), 12% (late hand)	Raises her arm and twirls a pink ribbon. Powerful vertical knockback if sweetspotted (Peach's body, as opposed to her arm).
Down smash			2% (hits 1-4 center), 3% (hits 1-4 edges), 3% (hit 5)	Peach does an anticlockwise spin on her left leg and utilizes the edge of her dress like a blade, slashing whoever gets caught in it. Decent knockback (lower than in Melee, higher than in Brawl).
Neutral aerial			13% (clean), 6% (late arms), 5% (late body)	Spins around at an angle with arms extended, dealing damage to her left and right sides. One of the strongest neutral aerials when hitting clean, though it is considerably weaker if the late hit connects, and it has low range.
Forward aerial			15%	Peach grabs the crown off her head with her left hand and strikes with it in a vertical arc. Has the slowest startup out of all her aerial attacks (frame 16) along with noticeable ending lag and a strict autocancel window. However, it is also her strongest aerial and one of the strongest forward aerials in SSB4, KO'ing starting at 100% at the edge of Battlefield while it also has good range above and in front of her. The sweetspot is the visible flash at the start of the swing.
Back aerial			12% (clean), 7% (late)	Peach strikes behind her with her rear. Low startup lag, making it quicker than her forward aerial, but has notable ending lag.
Up aerial			4% (hit 1), 6% (hit 2)	Strikes above her head with arms from left to right, creating rainbow trails and launching targets upward. Good for juggles. First hit is very weak with set knockback and can follow up into other attacks, if she cancels it very quickly to the ground. Most notably, she can perform zero to death combos by repeatedly footstool, float, to falling auto canceled first hit of up aerial and then neutral aerial off stage at high percent against many characters, except small characters.
Down aerial			2% (hits 1-3 leg), 1% (hits 1-3 body), 5% (hit 4)	Rapidly kicks straight downwards four times. Long duration. Fourth kick has some vertical knockback. While under the effects or rage, the move can lead into the reversed first hit of Peach Parasol at low percentages for a zero-to-death against lighter characters.
Grab			—	Reaches out with her left arm. Peach's grab range is relatively short, though it has relatively short startup and ending lag.
Pummel			2%	Kicks the opponent's shin. A fairly fast pummel.
Forward throw			2% (hit 1), 8% (throw)	Winds up and slaps the opponent away. Like her neutral attack, her forward throw has unique "slapping" sound effects. Decent knockback, though it does not KO unless used in Sudden Death.
Back throw			2% (hit 1), 9% (throw)	Places opponent behind her and bumps him/her away with her rear. It is her strongest throw, gaining KO potential starting at 130% on middleweights.
Up throw			2% (hit 1), 6% (throw)	Puts opponent above her, and strikes him/her upward. Can set up combos at low percentages and KO lightweight/floaty characters at high percentages.
Down throw			1% (hit 1), 7% (throw)	Puts opponent lying face-down on the ground and sits on him/her, knocking them upwards. Good for combos.
Forward roll Back roll Spot dodge Air dodge		—	—
Techs		—	—
Floor attack (front) Floor getups (front)			7%	Swirls around in a similar fashion to Mario's down smash.
Floor attack (back) Floor getups (back)			7%	Swings her legs around.
Floor attack (trip) Floor getups (trip)			5%	Two kicks to either side.
Edge attack Edge getups			7%	While getting up, swipes forward with a hand at ground-level.
Neutral special	Default	Toad	2% (per hit, up to 9 hits)	Peach raises Toad in front of her, using him as an unwilling counter. In other words, he absorbs damage dealt to his princess before releasing it back in the form of painful spores.
	Custom 1	Sleepy Toad	3%	Toad is pulled out out 2 frames later, and releases bubbles to inflict the sleep status ailment for a brief amount of time to grounded opponents. Airborne opponents will be pushed back. Sleep duration lasts longer at high percentages. It has slightly lower ending lag.
	Custom 2	Grumpy Toad	2.5% (per-hit near), 1.2% (per-hit clean far), 1.0% (per-hit late far) (4 total hits)	Grumpy Toad, unlike regular and Sleepy Toad, doesn't act like a counter. Instead, he automatically releases the spores to deal minor damage to opponents.
Side special	Default	Peach Bomber	10%	Peach lunges her body forward to deliver a powerful bash with her rear. Upon impact, she rebounds away from the victim, allowing for hit-and-run tactics.
	Custom 1	Flower Bomber	4%	Peach travels a much shorter distance than normal, and deals less damage. Opponents hit by it will be inflicted the flower status ailment, similar to Rest or using the Lip's Stick item. Has more ending lag than the regular Peach Bomber, but less startup lag.
	Custom 2	Flying Peach Bomber	12%	Peach launches forward and upward, travelling farther than the regular Peach Bomber. It is harder to land, but it deals more knockback and damage. It is a flame attack, akin to Melee. Severe end lag when used in mid-air.
Up special	Default	Peach Parasol	3% (first hit), 1% (middle, two hits), 4% (last hit), 3% (open)	Peach jumps upward and then opens her parasol, jabbing those above her in the process. It can then be used as a directional glide but can also be opened or closed at will. The first hit of Peach Parasol has very high base knockback and can KO at low percents against lighter characters depending on rage.
	Custom 1	Parasol High Jump	0%	As the name implies, Peach jumps much higher than usual. However, it deals no damage and she never opens her parasol, leaving herself helpless afterwards.
	Custom 2	Light Parasol	3%	At the cost of decreasing her initial jump, Peach gains additional vertical recovery every time she opens up her parasol. The move lasts roughly 2.5 seconds, with each parasol open adding a little time, just long enough to open it up to seven times while airborne. After that duration, Peach will become helpless.
Down special	Default	Vegetable	Varies (see table below)	Plucks a Super Mario Bros. 2 Vegetable from the ground. She can then throw it as a projectile item. Its face determines how much damage it will do; the rarer the expression, the stronger the turnip. Along with turnips, Peach can rarely pull out Mr. Saturns and Bob-ombs. She cannot use this in mid-air.
	Custom 1	Light Veggie	Varies (see table below)	The turnips are plucked much faster (in a similar way to Brawl's Vegetable) while dealing less damage. It travels the air more slowly and farther ahead. It will also fly back toward Peach if it hits an opponent, allowing her to throw another one while the last turnip is floating back towards her. The move will fail if there's already three Light Veggies out.
	Custom 2	Heavy Veggie	Varies (see table below)	The vegetables takes longer to be plucked. When tossed, they fly faster but don't travel as far. It deals considerably more damage and knockback.
Final Smash		Peach Blossom	30%/20%/10% (hit 1), 0% (hits 2-3)	Peach performs a mystic dance, causing all of her enemies to fall asleep. The closer they are to her when she activates it, more damage will be dealt and they'll slumber for a longer time. Sleep duration is notably shorter than in Brawl. Additionally, instead of thirteen small peaches healing 5%, three giant peaches appear, each healing 20%.

Vegetable Damage Data

Face	Vegetable	Light Veggie	Heavy Veggie
Grin	2~13.4%	7.5%	15%
Stare	2~13.4%	7.5%	15%
Closed Eyes	2~13.4%	7.5%	15%
Surprised	2~13.4%	7.5%	15%
Happy	2~13.4%	7.5%	15%
Wink	6~17.4%	10.5%	18%
Dot-Eyes	12~23.4%	15.5%	24%
Stitch-Face	23~34.4%	25.5%	37%
Mr. Saturn	—	—	—
Bob-omb	—	—	—

On-screen appearance

• Appears spinning out of a shower of hearts, then winks and poses with her parasol saying "Hi!".

Taunts

• Up taunt: Takes out and twirls her parasol. She says "Sweet!" as she does this.
• Side taunt: Dances in a taunting manner as little music notes flutter around her, while singing "La la la la laaa laaa!" in a tune similar to "Ring Around the Rosie". Unlike Brawl, she does not grab her dress.
• Down taunt: Spins around once. She then winks and points with her index finger in a somewhat bent posture and says "Uh-huh!" If Peach is facing left, she will wave instead of pointing her finger.

Up taunt	Side taunt	Down taunt

Idle poses

• Looks over her shoulders and brushes something off her dress.
• Raises arms up and stretches.
• Adjusts her ring before raising her hand and looking at it.
• Fiddles with her hair.

Crowd cheer

	English	Japanese
Cheer
Description	Prin-cess Peach!	Pea-chy!
Pitch	Group chant	Group chant

Victory poses

A flourished remix directly from Brawl based on the sound clip that would play when Mario reaches the end of a level in Super Mario Bros.

• Twirls around, and waves, saying "Awww, did I win?" condescendingly.
• Swings her arm out and puts it behind her, saying "Peachy!"
• Twirls with hearts surrounding her, poses, then says "This is fun!"

In competitive play

Official Custom Moveset Project

Character	Custom sets available
Peach	2111	2211	2311	2112	2212
	2312	1211	1311	2331	2332

Notable players

Active

•  CaptainZack - Co-main Peach with Bayonetta and is considered one of the best Peach players in the world. Has wins over ANTi, ESAM, and Chag.
•  Kie - One of the best Peach mains in Japan, ranked 56th on the JAPAN Power Rankings. Consistently ranks high in Sumabato and Umebura tournaments, and placed 17th at The Big House 6, where he infamously 3-stocked Rayquaza07 in a regional crew battle, giving Japan the victory. He has wins over players such as NAKAT, Rich Brown, and MJG.
•  Ling Ling - Considered one of the best Peach mains in the US. Placed 13th at Shine 2016, 25th at EVO 2017, and 33rd at Shine 2017. He has taken sets off of players such as ANTi, Light, Mr E, Tyroy, AC, and Xzax. Formerly ranked 6th on the New England Power Rankings.
•  lloD - Placed 17th at Super Smash Con 2015 and Glitch.
•  Meru - The best Peach in Europe. Placed 9th at B.E.A.S.T 7, PPT Berlin, and Albion 3. He has taken sets off of players such as cyve and Nicko.
•  MuteAce - Placed 33rd at CEO 2017. He has taken a set off of MkLeo at EVO 2017.
•  NotLast - Took a set from MVD at EVO 2016. Formerly ranked 18th on the NorCal Power Rankings.
•  Razo - SoCal Peach player. Has set wins over Larry Lurr, komorikiri, and Elegant. 33rd at 2GGC: MkLeo Saga. Ranked 15th on the SoCal Smash 4 Power Rankings.
•  Saj - Co-main Bayonetta with Peach. With Peach, he has placed 33rd at Too Hot to Handle. Formerly ranked 40th on the Panda Global Rankings v2.
•  Samsora (#22) - The best Peach player in the world. 13th at MLG World Finals 2015, 5th at KTAR XIX, 9th at 2GGC: Nairo Saga, 7th at GameTyrant Expo 2017, and 2nd at Super Smash Con 2018. Ranked 22nd on the Panda Global Rankings. He has wins over Ally, Abadango, CaptainZack, Dabuz, Nairo, Tweek, VoiD, and ZeRo.
•  tamim - The best Peach player in Canada. The first player to double two stock Samsora with Peach. Also has a win over Lima.
•  Twi - A "Wi-Fi Warrior" who has placed 25th at 2GGC: Nairo Saga. He has a win over CaptainZack. Formerly ranked 2nd on the Texas Power Rankings.
•  Umeki (#94) - The best Peach player in Japan, 4th at Umebura 18, 2nd at DNG Kanto Round Robin, 4th at Battle Arena Melbourne 8, 33rd at CEO 2016. Ranked 24th on the JAPAN Power Rankings. The "Umeki Rainbow" is an infinite combo from Peach that was named after him.

Inactive

•  EOE - Considered the best Peach player in Ireland before his inactivity. Placed 9th at Schism 2.
•  SlayerZ - 7th at Final Battle, 7th at Paragon Los Angeles 2015, 17th at GENESIS 3, 2nd in doubles with Samsora at 2GGT: Abadango Saga. Formerly ranked 29th on the Panda Global Rankings

Tier placement and history

Since the game's release, expectations of Peach have been those of a mid-tier, and often a high-tiered character. Players noted her steep learning curve made her a situational choice for competitive play, though others also cited her improvements since Brawl and how her playstyle was very rewarding once she was mastered to her fullest. The changes to shield mechanics were also beneficial to her as they significantly improved her pressure game. As a result, and due to hardly any nerf she got in game updates, she has always been seen as a viable, if hard to master, choice for competitive play. Despite her learning curve giving her a noticeably below average playerbase, smashers like Kie, SlayerZ, Samsora and Umeki have been able to demonstrate her capabilities in tournaments at a major degree. This led to Peach being placed at 19th in the first 4BR tier list.

Peach's results, however, while consistent, have never been as bountiful as other characters ranked above her, and eventually, other characters ranked below her, causing expectations of her to slowly drop. This was further compounded by the worsening of her infinite combo (the "Umeki Rainbow"). Because of this, she dropped on the second tier list at 26th. She then saw a moderate rise to 21st on the third tier list, and finally to 20th on the fourth and current tier list. Regardless, while her mixed perception within the community has improved for the better, and she continues to gain rather strong results, it is unknown how her tier placement will fare in the long run due to the scarcity of these results.

Trophies

Peach

Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, Peach continues to prove that "powerful" and "cute" are not mutually exclusive. In Smash Bros., Peach uses her dress to float above the fray, suddenly descending and attacking with numerous weapons. A frying pan? Umbrella? TOAD?! Where does she keep it all?

The Mushroom Kingdom's princess isn't just a pretty face - she's also strong and crafty. She can dodge attacks by gliding through the air, and she's hiding all sorts of stuff under that dress: a frying pan, a tennis racket, a golf club...even a Toad! If you're planning to take on Peach, just know that she's more than ready for you!

: Super Mario Bros. 10/1985

: Super Princess Peach 02/2006

Peach (Alt.)

Peach may be a princess, but that doesn't mean she shies away from an honest day's work. Her down special Vegetable is basically farm labor, and the fruits...er, vegetables of her work can be thrown. An angry-looking vegetable will do extra damage, too! She can also pull up Bob-ombs, or even a Mr. Saturn!

Peach normally sticks to tasks befitting a royal, but her Vegetable special is pretty much farm labour! You can tell how much damage the veggies will do by looking a them. Happy/indifferent ones just do a bit, while the ones that just look sick of life do a lot. And the ones that look like Bob-ombs or Mr. Saturn aren't veggies at all!

: Super Mario Bros. 10/1985

: Super Princess Peach 02/2006

Peach Blossom

Peach's Final Smash is quite a spectacle to behold. Giant illustrations of Peach herself frame the screen, giant peaches rain down, and all the other fighters fall asleep. The closer they are to Peach, the longer they'll stay snoozing, giving Peach plenty of time to send foes flying or to recover her health with the peaches.

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  Classic (3DS)

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  Alt. (3DS)

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  Classic (Wii U)

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  Alt. (Wii U)

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  Peach Blossom

In Event Matches

Solo Events

• All-Star Battle: Melee: Peach is one of the opponents fought in this event. All opponents debut in Melee, and reappear in Smash 4.
• Enough with the Kidnapping: The player controls Peach and must defeat Bowser and Bowser Jr.
• Princess Punch-Up!: Peach and Mario are opponents that Zelda and Link must defeat.
• Unwavering Chivalry: As Meta Knight, the player must defeat Marth while avoiding Peach and Zelda. KOing either of the princesses results in failure.

Co-op Events

• Peach in Peril: Bowser and Bowser Jr. must defeat all opponents except for Peach. KOing Peach results in failure.
• The Ultimate Battle: Two players select a character and must defeat the entire roster.
• Viral Visitors: Dr. Mario and Peach in her white alternate costume must defeat 4 Kirbys in purple costumes.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Peach in the Nintendo Direct from April 8th, 2014.

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  Peach's amiibo.

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  The pic of the day shown during Peach's reveal.

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  Her back throw on Fox.

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  Her dash attack.

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  Her forward aerial on Pit.

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  Peach teetering with Mario and Bowser.

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  Her up smash on Villager and Link. Note the new ribbon effect.

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  Peach with a Blue Pikmin.

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  Peach using Toad on Mario.

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  Her up tilt.

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  Peach in the 3DS version.

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  Peach behind Mario and Bowser on the 3D Land stage.

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  Peach and Luigi on the Wii U version of Battlefield.

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  Peach, Wii Fit Trainer, and Samus.

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  Peach and Link on Battlefield.

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  Mario and Peach's hands close up.

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  Peach grabbing on to Fox.

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  Peach's up smash with the Wii Fit Trainer using her up special move.

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  Peach using her parasol.

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  Mario, Peach, & Rosalina.

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  Peach with Toon Link.

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  Peach touching Rosalina's crown.

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  Peach with King Dedede and Zelda.

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  Peach with Link and Zelda.

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  Peach being spied on by Zelda, while hanging out with Link.

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  Peach with Zelda and Rosalina.

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  A new up aerial that generates a rainbow.

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  Peach Blossom.

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  Peach Blossom.

Trivia

• In the Nintendo 3DS version of the game, a bug existed wherein using Peach's Vegetable move in For Glory mode would rarely trigger an automatic ban for "dishonest play". It is unclear what the cause of the glitch was, but the main theories involve the player being flagged as having an illegitimate item. Nintendo acknowledged the glitch and released an update that fixed this issue.
• Peach is the only character in SSB4 to be unable to use her down special in midair at all. Palutena's Guidance even warns about this. ("I don't know about that. It seems like tossing vegetables is more her idea of fun. She'll pelt you with them the entire match if you don't watch it. But she can't reload when she's jumping, so keep your eye on what she's up to.")
• Peach's alt. trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U resembles her Adventure Mode trophy in Melee, albeit flipped.
  • Also the alt trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is very similar to her All-Star Mode trophy in Melee, but on the ground.
• Peach's dress has multiple animation bugs during her landing lag animations.
• This marks the final appearance of Peach as a starter character, as she becomes unlockable in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
• Due to Princess Daisy becoming playable in the following game, this is the last Super Smash Bros. game where Peach wears a costume themed after her to date.
• This is the first game where Peach's edge attack no longer has her attack with her rear. Instead, she attacks with her hand.