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Announced at [[E3]] 2001, '''Peach''' ({{ja|ピーチ|Pīchi}}, ''Peach'') is a [[starter]] character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and it was her first appearance in the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series.  
'''Peach''' ({{ja|ピーチ|Pīchi}}, ''Peach'') is a [[starter character]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. Announced at [[E3]] 2001, it is her first appearance in the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series.


{{s|mariowiki|Jen Taylor}}, Peach's voice actress from various titles around the time of ''Melee''{{'}}s release, including ''{{iw|mariowiki|Mario Golf|Nintendo 64}}'', ''{{iw|mariowiki|Mario Tennis|Nintendo 64}}'', and ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Party 3}}'', reprises her role as Peach in the game.
{{iw|mariowiki|Jen Taylor}}, who portrayed Peach in ''{{iw|mariowiki|Mario Party 3}}'' and ''{{iw|mariowiki|Super Mario Advance}}'', reprises her role in ''Melee'' with new voice clips.


Currently, Peach is 6th in the A tier in both the NTSC and PAL versions of the game, giving her the highest rank of any ''Mario'' character. Peach's float cancel and DJC give her a fantastic aerial game. She also has good chaingrabbing abilities, which is particularly useful against higher tiered characters. She is also the owner of [[Vegetable]], one of the best projectiles in the game. Additionally, Peach's recovery is among the best in the game, with many options available to her, allowing her to recover at almost any angle. However, Peach's primary flaw is her light weight and floatiness, which makes her more susceptible to KOs, especially on the upper blast lines. Additionally, her slow dash and weak ground attacks, save for her down smash and dash attack, impair her approach while on the ground.
Currently, Peach is 7th in the A tier in NTSC version and 6th in the PAL version. Peach's float grants her a slew of unique tools in movement and aerial combat. Her ability to stall in place midair grants her the best option coverage in the game with regards to edgeguarding, allowing her to easily react to any opponent’s recovery options. Her float cancel and DJC, combined with her fast aerial attacks, give her a fantastic aerial game and pressuring ability. She also has good chaingrabbing abilities, strong KO moves in her down smash, neutral aerial and forward aerial, and numerous setups to lead into them, which is particularly useful against fastfallers. Her down smash is notorious for its high damage output, capable of dealing over 40 percent in one use if not properly DI’ed, and makes [[crouch canceling]] extremely dangerous against her. She is also the owner of [[Vegetable]], one of the best projectiles in the game. Additionally, Peach's recovery is among the best in the game; her float and up special allow her to travel extremely far horizontally, and her [[Peach Parasol]] grants her great protection at the ledge due to its large disjointed hitbox.
 
However, Peach's primary flaw is her slow ground movement and floatiness, which impair her approach, especially on the ground, and she gets easily outmaneuevered by faster characters such as {{SSBM|Fox}} and {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}. Her lack of disjointed range on most of her attacks results in her getting walled out by characters with large hitboxes, most notoriously against {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}}, who can easily outspace Peach with her back aerial alone. Peach’s light weight and floatiness also makes her more susceptible to KOs, especially on the upper blast lines.


==Attributes==
==Attributes==
Peach does not fall into any specific archetype of a fighting game character; her attributes are quite varied, with average weight, a low [[falling speed]], and among the slowest [[dash]]es in the game, alongside a high [[air speed]]. These attributes form the crux of Peach's combat: a focus on aerial combat while forgoing most of her ground-based options.
Peach does not fall into any specific archetype of a fighting game character; her attributes are quite varied, with average weight, a low [[falling speed]], and among the slowest [[dash]]es in the game, alongside a high [[air speed]]. These attributes form the crux of Peach's combat: a focus on aerial combat while forgoing most of her ground-based options.


Arguably Peach's primary strength is her dominant air game. Despite a poor [[SHFFL]] due to a low falling speed and high jumping speed, Peach's unique ability to [[float]] gives her an enormous advantage in the air over other characters; in addition to allowing her to easily and effectively pursue characters she has knocked into the air, her midair jump's unusual properties allow her to utilize the [[Double Jump Cancel]], a technique that allows her to quickly perform aerials in rapid succession. Outside of this, Peach's fast neutral and back aerials make them potent [[out of shield]] options. As a further benefit from her excellent aerial game, Peach's [[vegetable]]s can become a powerful approaching technique compounded with her DJC.  
Peach's primary strength is her dominant air game. Despite a poor [[SHFFL]] due to a low falling speed and high jumping speed, Peach's unique ability to [[float]] gives her an enormous advantage in the air over other characters; in addition to allowing her to easily and effectively pursue characters she has knocked into the air, her midair jump's unusual properties allow her to utilize the [[Double Jump Cancel]], a technique that allows her to quickly perform aerials in rapid succession. Outside of this, Peach's fast neutral and back aerials make them potent [[out of shield]] options. As a further benefit from her excellent aerial game, Peach's [[vegetable]]s can become a powerful approaching technique compounded with her DJC.


As a result of her powerful aerial game, Peach owns among the most powerful, albeit specialized, approaches in the game. Against primarily ground-based opponents with poor aerial games, such as the {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}} or {{SSBM|Luigi}}, Peach can quickly overwhelm such opponents. Her vegetables can also allow her to easily [[camp]] against other characters, and due to their propensity to "bounce" upon striking other characters, they can be compounded with her DJC to combo either by themselves or with her aerials.
As a result of her powerful aerial game, Peach owns among the most powerful, albeit specialized, approaches in the game. Against primarily ground-based opponents with poor aerial games, such as the {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}} or {{SSBM|Luigi}}, Peach can quickly overwhelm such opponents. Her vegetables can also allow her to easily [[camp]] against other characters, and due to their propensity to "bounce" upon striking other characters, they can be compounded with her DJC to combo either by themselves or with her aerials.
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Regardless of her average grab range, Peach also owns a powerful throwing game. Her up throw can potentially [[chain throw]] characters with high [[falling speed]], as well as lead into her other throws. Peach's down throw can also lead to a variety of options for herself, including another throw, a tilt, or a DJCed aerial. In addition, her forward throw and back throw can both be used as KO moves, with the former having the highest knockback for a forward throw in the game and the latter allowing her to easily segue into her powerful edgeguard game.
Regardless of her average grab range, Peach also owns a powerful throwing game. Her up throw can potentially [[chain throw]] characters with high [[falling speed]], as well as lead into her other throws. Peach's down throw can also lead to a variety of options for herself, including another throw, a tilt, or a DJCed aerial. In addition, her forward throw and back throw can both be used as KO moves, with the former having the highest knockback for a forward throw in the game and the latter allowing her to easily segue into her powerful edgeguard game.


As a final, powerful benefit for Peach, she also boasts arguably one of the best recoveries in the game. With a high air speed, low falling speed, the ability to float, a long midair jump, the ability to recover with her [[Peach Bomber|side special]] and a [[Peach Parasol|long recovery special]], Peach is extremely difficult to KO off the edges, even with her below average weight. Her fast neutral, up, and back aerials can also act as deterrents to edgeguarders, while her vegetables, if they are in hand during her recovery, can further aggravate such pursuers. Despite this powerful recovery, Peach's low falling speed and below average weight can also allow her to be easily KO'd via the upper [[blast line]], and vertical finishers can more easily KO Peach than other top tiered characters.
As a final, powerful benefit for Peach, she also boasts one of the best recoveries in the game. With a high air speed, low falling speed, the ability to float, a long midair jump, the ability to recover with her [[Peach Bomber|side special]] and a [[Peach Parasol|long recovery special]], Peach is extremely difficult to KO off the edges, even with her below average weight. Her fast neutral, up, and back aerials can also act as deterrents to edgeguarders, while her vegetables, if they are in hand during her recovery, can further aggravate such pursuers. Despite this powerful recovery, Peach's low falling speed and below average weight can also allow her to be easily KO'd via the upper [[blast line]], and vertical finishers can more easily KO Peach than other top tiered characters.


Barring her grab and throw game, however, Peach suffers on the ground. Peach's side and down tilt attacks are slow, though good reads by players can potentially allow for her to use them as combo starters. Peach's smashes also suffer from similar problems, though her down smash can inflict significant damage to opponents and shields, while her up smash can potentially act as a potent KO move. A slow dashing speed (the second lowest in the game) also prevents her from easily pursuing opponents on foot, and her various attributes give her the shortest wavedash in the game, preventing her from taking advantage of wave smashing. Arguably Peach's best attack on the ground takes form of her dash attack; the attack can act as a useful combo starter, but barring this, the use of Peach's ground game for approaching should be avoided by players, and instead, they should be used to either continue combos or to finish them.
Barring her grab and throw game, however, Peach suffers on the ground. Peach's side and down tilt attacks are slow, though good reads by players can potentially allow for her to use them as combo starters. Peach's smashes also suffer from similar problems, though her down smash can inflict significant damage to opponents and shields, while her up smash can potentially act as a potent KO move. A slow dashing speed (the second lowest in the game) also prevents her from easily pursuing opponents on foot, and her various attributes give her the shortest wavedash in the game, preventing her from taking advantage of wave smashing. Arguably Peach's best attack on the ground takes form of her dash attack; the attack can act as a useful combo starter, but barring this, the use of Peach's ground game for approaching should be avoided by players, and instead, they should be used to either continue combos or to finish them.
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|game=SSBM
|game=SSBM
|neutralcount=2
|neutralcount=2
|neutralname=(Double) Royal Slap
|neutralname=Royal Slap ({{ja|ロイヤルびんた|Roiyaru Binta}}) / Double Royal Slap ({{ja|ロイヤル往復びんた|Roiyaru Ōfuku Binta}}, ''Royal Round-Trip Slap'')
|neutral1dmg=3%
|neutral1dmg=3%
|neutral2dmg=2%
|neutral2dmg=2%
|neutraldesc=Slaps the opponent twice. The first hit is usually used to start [[combo]]s.
|neutraldesc=Slaps the opponent twice. The first hit is usually used to start [[combo]]s.
|ftiltname=Can-Can Kick
|ftiltname=Can-Can Kick ({{ja|カンカンキック|Kankan Kikku}})
|ftiltdmg=13%/11%/10% (clean), 6% (late)
|ftiltdmg=13%/11%/10% (clean), 6% (late)
|ftiltdesc=Does a 180 degree kick. Capable of seriously [[juggling]] heavies at low percentages if they lose their second jump. Can KO opponents above 120%.
|ftiltdesc=Does a 180 degree kick. Capable of seriously [[juggling]] heavies at low percentages if they lose their second jump. Can KO opponents above 120%.
|utiltname=Crown Bash
|utiltname=Crown Bash ({{ja|ヘディングクラウン|Hedingu Kuraun}}, ''Heading Crown'')
|utiltdmg=12%
|utiltdmg=12%
|utiltdesc=Bashes her head upwards. Does not have much combo potential, but can be followed up by correctly [[Spacing|spaced]] aerials and [[Peach Parasol]]. Peach's head is intangible while the hitboxes are out.
|utiltdesc=Bashes her head upwards. Does not have much combo potential, but can be followed up by correctly [[Spacing|spaced]] aerials and [[Peach Parasol]]. Peach's head is intangible while the hitboxes are out.
|dtiltname=Elegant Sweep
|dtiltname=Elegant Sweep ({{ja|エレガント足もとすくい|Ereganto Ashimoto Sukui}}, ''Elegant Foot Sweep'')
|dtiltdmg=12%
|dtiltdmg=12%
|dtiltdesc=Sweeps the ground with her arm and hand. It [[meteor smash]]es if the opponent hits her forearm and not her hand. The meteor smash is usually used over the ledge against aerial or recovering opponents. The meteor can KO grounded opponents under 150%. This meteor smash is moderately difficult to land on aerial opponents because of its small [[hitbox]] and can only be used effectively over a ledge to KO. Whether this attack is [[sweetspot]]ted or [[sourspot]]ted on grounded opponents, it has good combo potential, as it can set up floating aerial strings.
|dtiltdesc=Sweeps the ground with her arm and hand. It [[meteor smash]]es if the opponent hits her forearm and not her hand. The meteor smash is usually used over the ledge against aerial or recovering opponents. The meteor can KO grounded opponents under 150%. This meteor smash is moderately difficult to land on aerial opponents because of its small [[hitbox]] and can only be used effectively over a ledge to KO. Whether this attack is [[sweetspot]]ted or [[sourspot]]ted on grounded opponents, it has good combo potential, as it can set up floating aerial strings.
|dashname=Royal Push
|dashname=Lady Push ({{ja|レディープッシュ|Redī Pusshu}})
|dashdmg=12%/9% (clean), 8%/7% (late)
|dashdmg=12%/9% (clean), 8%/7% (late)
|dashdesc=Called "the push" by most competitive players, the attack makes Peach lunge forward and split her hands apart. Good for juggling opponents at low damage percentages, and makes for a fantastic combo starter, as it can be follow up by all her aerials, up tilt, and even [[Peach Parasol]] for flashy plays. It can also set up her up throw [[chain grab]]. Overall, an integral move in Peach's competitive [[metagame]].
|dashdesc=Called "the push" by most competitive players, the attack makes Peach lunge forward and split her hands apart. Good for juggling opponents at low damage percentages, and makes for a fantastic combo starter, as it can be followed up by all her aerials, up tilt, and even [[Peach Parasol]] for flashy plays. It can also set up her up throw [[chain grab]]. Overall, an integral move in Peach's competitive [[metagame]].
|fsmashname=Peach Swing
|fsmashname=Peach Swing ({{ja|ピーチスマッシュ|Pīchi Sumasshu}}, ''Peach Smash'')
|fsmashdmg=Golf club: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|17}}/{{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|13}}<br/>Frying Pan: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|17}}/{{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|15}}<br/>Tennis Racket: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|12}}
|fsmashdmg=Golf club: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|17}}/{{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|13}}<br/>Frying Pan: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|17}}/{{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|15}}<br/>Tennis Racket: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|12}}
|fsmashdesc=Swings one of the following. Damage and knockback vary with each weapon, though all three possess very low knockback.
|fsmashdesc=Swings one of the following. Damage and knockback vary with each weapon, though all three possess very low knockback.
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*Frying pan - Strongest of the three, KOing at about 120%. Sends opponents upwards. Sweetspot is the head of the frying pan.
*Frying pan - Strongest of the three, KOing at about 120%. Sends opponents upwards. Sweetspot is the head of the frying pan.
*Tennis racket - Weakest of the three, uncharged hit does not KO until ridiculously high percentages. Good for [[edgeguarding]].
*Tennis racket - Weakest of the three, uncharged hit does not KO until ridiculously high percentages. Good for [[edgeguarding]].
|usmashname=Pirouette
|usmashname=Pirouette ({{ja|オルゴールダンス|Orugōru Dansu}}, ''Orgel Dance'')
|usmashdmg={{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|8}} (sides), {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|15}} (hand), {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|19}} (arm)
|usmashdmg={{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|8}} (sides), {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|15}} (hand), {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|19}} (arm)
|usmashdesc=Twirls around with arm raised upwards. If sweetspotted (located her palm and her hand), the attack sends opponent upward with high vertical knockback. If sourspotted (located her shoulders and her finger), the move has weak vertical knockback. When sweetspotted, this move can KO opponents at around 73% when fully charged. When sourspotted, it can combo into an aerial attack against [[fastfaller]]s at high percentages. Both of Peach's arms and hand are intangible while the hitboxes are active.
|usmashdesc=Twirls around with arm raised upwards. If sweetspotted (located on her shoulder) the attack sends opponent upward with high vertical knockback. If sourspotted (the strong sourspot is located on her hand, the weak sourspots are located on Peach's sides), the attack will either have weak vertical knockback or moderately powerful knockback (capable of KO'ing around 110%-120%). When sweetspotted, this move can KO opponents at around 73% when fully charged. When sourspotted, it can combo into an aerial attack against [[fastfaller]]s at high percentages. Both of Peach's arms and hand are intangible while the hitboxes are active.
|dsmashname=Double-Edged Gown
|dsmashname=Double-Edged Gown ({{ja|ドレスエッジ|Doresu Ejji}}, ''Dress Edge'')
|dsmashdmg={{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|12}}/{{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|14}} (5 hits) ({{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|12}}-{{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|70}} total)
|dsmashdmg={{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|12}}/{{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|14}} (5 hits) ({{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|12}}-{{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|70}} total)
|dsmashdesc=Does an anticlockwise tornado spin on her left foot, hitting multiple times. This move has extremely high horizontal knockback if it is fully charged and multiple hits land. If the opponent is above 100% it has moderate horizontal knockback scaling since it deals only one hit on opponent, but it can KO at high percentage if first hit landed. Deals more damage if the opponent attempts to crouch cancel or two metal opponents is very close to Peach. Multiple hits are [[semi-spike]]s. Most damaging move in ''Melee''. Can be used to [[shield stab]] opponents. When fully charged and multiple hits land, this move can KO opponents at low percentage under 20% due to the very powerful semi-spike. Multiple hits cannot hit opponents above 100%.
|dsmashdesc=Does an anticlockwise tornado spin on her left foot, hitting multiple times. This move has extremely high horizontal knockback if it is fully charged and multiple hits land. If the opponent is above 100% it has moderate horizontal knockback scaling since it deals only one hit on opponent, but it can KO at high percentage if first hit landed. Deals more damage if the opponent attempts to crouch cancel or two metal opponents is very close to Peach. Multiple hits are [[semi-spike]]s. Most damaging move in ''Melee''. Can be used to [[shield stab]] opponents. When fully charged and multiple hits land, this move can KO opponents at low percentage under 20% due to the very powerful semi-spike.
|nairname=Princess Twirl
|nairname=Princess Twirl ({{ja|ピーチスピン|Pīchi Supin}}, ''Peach Spin'')
|nairdmg=14% (clean), 9% (late body), 10% (late arms)
|nairdmg=14% (clean), 9% (late body), 10% (late arms)
|nairdesc=Twirls in the air. Can KO at high percentage. Good [[OoS]] option because of its speed (frame 3).
|nairdesc=Twirls in the air. Can KO at high percentage. Good [[OoS]] option because of its speed (frame 3).
|fairname=Crown Smack
|fairname=Crown Smack ({{ja|クラウンナックル|Kuraun Nakkuru}}, ''Crown Knuckle'')
|fairdmg=15%
|fairdmg=15%
|fairdesc=Bashes her crown in front of her for huge knockback. It is arguably her best aerial for KOing. If spaced correctly, a float canceled, falling fair can combo into a dash attack.
|fairdesc=Bashes her crown in front of her for huge knockback. It is arguably her best aerial for KOing. If spaced correctly, a float canceled, falling fair can combo into a dash attack.
|bairname=Flying Hip
|bairname=Flying Hip ({{ja|スカイヒップ|Sukai Hippu}}, ''Sky Hip'')
|bairdmg=14% (clean), 10% (late)
|bairdmg=14% (clean), 10% (late)
|bairdesc=Sticks out her rear backwards for good knockback, with the hitbox centralized around her pelvis. Has passable power for it to be a finisher. Good [[OoS]] option.
|bairdesc=Sticks out her rear backwards for good knockback, with the hitbox centralized around her pelvis. Has passable power for it to be a finisher. Good [[OoS]] option.
|uairname=Floating High Kick
|uairname=Floating High Kick ({{ja|ギリギリハイキック|Girigiri Hai Kikku}}, ''Last-Minute High Kick'')
|uairdmg=11% (body), 12% (leg), 14% (foot)
|uairdmg=11% (body), 12% (leg), 14% (foot)
|uairdesc=A quick kick at an upwards angle. Can KO opponents at above 110%.
|uairdesc=A quick kick at an upwards angle. Can KO opponents at above 110%.
|dairname=Stiletto Kick
|dairname=Stiletto Kick ({{ja|スーパーピストンキック|Sūpā Pisuton Kikku}}, ''Super Piston Kick'')
|dairdmg=3% (hits 1-4)
|dairdmg=3% (hits 1-4)
|dairdesc=Kicks downward four times. Good combo starter but deals low damage and produces barely any knockback. This attack's hitboxes push the opponent upward and can easily set up a KO from a neutral aerial, forward aerial, or back aerial depending opponent's DI.
|dairdesc=Kicks downward four times. Good combo starter but deals low damage and produces barely any knockback. This attack's hitboxes push the opponent upward and can easily set up a KO from a neutral aerial, forward aerial, or back aerial depending opponent's DI.
|grabname=
|grabname=Grab ({{ja|つかみ|Tsukami}})
|grabdesc=
|grabdesc=
|pummelname=&nbsp;
|pummelname=Heel Stomp ({{ja|ヒールスタンプ|Hīru Sutanpu}}, ''Heel Stamp'')
|pummeldmg=3%
|pummeldmg=3%
|pummeldesc=Stomps opponent with her left foot.
|pummeldesc=Stomps opponent with her left foot.
|fthrowname=&nbsp;
|fthrowname=Royal Slap ({{ja|ロイヤルびんた飛ばし|Roiyaru Binta Tobashi}}, ''Royal Slap Launch'')
|fthrowdmg=2% (hit 1), 8% (throw)
|fthrowdmg=2% (hit 1), 8% (throw)
|fthrowdesc=Slaps the foe in front of her for very good knockback. Strongest forward throw in the game.
|fthrowdesc=Slaps the foe in front of her for very good knockback. Strongest forward throw in the game.
|bthrowname=&nbsp;
|bthrowname=Iron Hip ({{ja|アイアンヒップ|Aian Hippu}})
|bthrowdmg=2% (hit 1), 9% (throw)
|bthrowdmg=2% (hit 1), 9% (throw)
|bthrowdesc=Puts opponent behind her and hits them with her rear. The throw can KO opponents above 170% if used near the edge.
|bthrowdesc=Puts opponent behind her and hits them with her rear. The throw can KO opponents above 170% if used near the edge.
|uthrowname=&nbsp;
|uthrowname=Gut Punch ({{ja|ハンドトス|Hando Tosu}}, ''Hand Toss'')
|uthrowdmg=2% (hit 1), 6% (throw)
|uthrowdmg=2% (hit 1), 6% (throw)
|uthrowdesc=Puts opponent above her, and volleys him/her upward. Can [[chaingrab]] characters with moderate to [[floaty]] [[falling speed]]s at 0%. Fast-fallers must be around 40% damage in order to chain grab this way. She can finish with an up smash or an aerial.
|uthrowdesc=Puts opponent above her, and volleys them upward. Can [[chaingrab]] characters with moderate to [[floaty]] [[falling speed]]s at 0%. Fast-fallers must be around 40% damage in order to chain grab this way. She can finish with an up smash or an aerial.
|dthrowname=&nbsp;
|dthrowname=The Royal Treatment ({{ja|ピーチドロップ|Pīchi Doroppu}}, ''Peach Drop'')
|dthrowdmg=0% (hit 1), 7% (throw)
|dthrowdmg=0% (hit 1), 7% (throw)
|dthrowdesc=Puts opponent down and sits on them. Can [[chaingrab]] floaty characters, heavyweights and fast-fallers at high percentages. It can lead into her forward tilt depending on character's weight, fall speed, and DI.
|dthrowdesc=Puts opponent down and sits on them. Can [[chaingrab]] floaty characters, heavyweights and fast-fallers at high percentages. It can lead into her forward tilt depending on character's weight, fall speed, and DI.
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|dsname=Vegetable
|dsname=Vegetable
|dsdmg=Varies
|dsdmg=Varies
|dsdesc=Pulls out a vegetable, which can be used as a [[projectile]].  
|dsdesc=Pulls out a vegetable, which can be used as a [[projectile]].
}}
}}


{|class=wikitable
{|class=wikitable
|+Vegetable Damage Data
|+Vegetable damage data
! Face
! Face
! Damage
! Damage
! Pull Rate
! Pull rate
|-
|-
| Grin || 1-9% || 60.34%
| Smiley || 1-9% || 59.87%
|-
|-
| Stare || 1-9% || 10.34%
| Bored || 1-9% || 10.26%
|-
|-
| Closed Eyes || 1-9% || 8.62%
| Sleepy || 1-9% || 8.55%
|-
|-
| Surprised || 1-9% || 5.17%
| Shocked || 1-9% || 5.13%
|-
|-
| Happy || 1-9% || 5.17%
| Laughing || 1-9% || 5.13%
|-
|-
| Wink || 5-13% || 6.90%
| Wink || 5-13% || 6.84%
|-
|-
| Dot-Eyes || 11-19% || 1.72%
| Dot-Eyes || 11-19% || 1.71%
|-
|-
| Stitch-Face || 29-37% || 1.72%
| Stitch-Face || 29-37% || 1.71%
|-
|-
| [[Mr. Saturn]] || — || 0.33%
| [[Mr. Saturn]] || — || 0.39%
|-
|-
| [[Bob-omb]] || — || 0.33%
| [[Bob-omb]] || — || 0.26%
|-
|-
| [[Beam Sword]] || — || 0.33%
| [[Beam Sword]] || — || 0.13%
|}
|}
===Stats===
{{technical data|Needs double jump height}}
{{Attributes
|cast = 26
|weight = 90
|rweight = 12-14
|dash = 1.2
|rdash = 24
|run = 1.3
|rrun = 23-24
|walk = 0.85
|rwalk = 19-21
|trac = 0.1
|rtrac = 1-4
|airfric = 0.005
|rairfric = 21-26
|air = 1.1
|rair = 5
|baseaccel = 0.01
|rbaseaccel = 25-26
|addaccel = 0.06
|raddaccel = 2-3
|gravity = 0.08
|rgravity = 21-22
|fall = 1.5
|rfall = 22-23
|ff = 2
|rff = 21-24
|jumpsquat = 5
|rjumpsquat = 16-22
|jumpheight = 31.36
|rjumpheight = 16
|shorthop = 16.8
|rshorthop = 5
|djump = ?
|rdjump = ?
}}
===[[Announcer]] call===
[[File:Peach Announcer SSBM.wav]]


===[[Taunt]]===
===[[Taunt]]===
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|desc-us=Go-Peach!
|desc-us=Go-Peach!
|desc-jp=Pea-chy!
|desc-jp=Pea-chy!
|pitch-us=Group chant
|pitch-us=Group chant
|pitch-jp=Male}}
|pitch-jp=Male}}


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==In [[competitive play]]==
==In [[competitive play]]==
===[[Character matchup (SSBM)|Matchups]]===
===Most historically significant players===
{{SSBMMatchupTable|peach=yes}}
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Peach has a very strong matchup spread when compared to the rest of the cast. She is soft countered by 5 characters, has 3 even matchups, soft counters 9 characters, counters 5, and hard counters 3. She does incredibly well against characters who she can easily edgeguard and space out with her aerials, such as {{SSBM|Roy}}, {{SSBM|Pikachu}}, and especially the {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}}. Peach generally fares poorly against characters that can exploit her light weight and floatiness; in particular, {{SSBM|Fox}}, {{SSBM|Sheik}}, and {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} all have reliable KO setups against her because of these properties. She also fares poorly against characters who have such a superior ground game that her advantages in the air are neutralized, such as the aforementioned Fox and Captain Falcon, as well as {{SSBM|Marth}}, who outranges and outspaces her and can stifle her aerial approaches with timely aerials of his own. Peach especially has trouble against characters who have a better aerial game than she does, such as {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}}, who can easily edgeguard her and space her out with forward and back aerials.


===Current metagame===
:''See also: [[:Category:Peach players (SSBM)]]''


Overall, Peach does well against almost every character in the game and has the tools to effectively fight the most of the cast, despite having trouble in some matchups in the top tier. Metagame developments since the creation of this matchup chart have suggested that Peach actually has an even matchup against Sheik and a close to even matchup with Marth, meaning that she fares slightly better in the present than she did in the past.
*{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} - One of the [[Five Gods]], and widely recognized as the undisputed best Peach player of all time. Armada was known for his unforgiving [[punish]] and [[edgeguarding]] game, and for holding positive matchups against almost every other top player despite Peach's relative position on the tier list. Armada is also the only Peach player to have achieved a #1 world ranking, and established themselves as a consistent favorite to win majors.
 
*{{Sm|Bladewise|USA}} - A [[Pacific Northwest|Washington]] Peach main best known for his experience in the {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} matchup (popularizing the use of an [[air dodge]] to escape his {{Mvsub|Captain Falcon|SSBM|down throw}}-to-[[Captain Falcon (SSBM)/Forward aerial|knee]] combo), and for defeating {{Sm|Mang0}} at {{Trn|Rule 6: NorCal Regional}} in 2012.
Peach's tournament viablity as a solo character, however, is crippled by a nearly unwinnable matchup against Jigglypuff, as Jigglypuff's disjointed {{Mvsub|Jigglypuff|SSBM|back aerial}} beats out all of Peach's approach options, and it is almost impossible for Peach to edgeguard it. Most players consider the matchup to be at least 35-65 or worse in Jigglypuff's favor; this is supported by the fact that {{Sm|Armada}} was never able to take a single game off of {{Sm|Hungrybox}}'s Jigglypuff from 2009 to 2013, even while Armada was a contender for best in the world and Hungrybox was only a top five player. Armada's losing record against Hungrybox resulted in him counterpicking with other characters, such as {{SSBM|Young Link}} and {{SSBM|Fox}}.
*{{Sm|Cort|USA}} - A [[Connecticut]] Peach who achieved multiple top eight placings while active from 2006 to 2009, including 4th at {{Trn|Super Champ Combo}} and 4th at {{Trn|Pound 3}}, defeating players such as {{Sm|Azen}}.
 
*{{Sm|Kalamazhu|USA}} - A Peach player originally from [[Michigan]] known in particular for his 9th place run at {{Trn|The Big House 4}}, where he defeated {{Sm|Lucky}}, as well as other top Peach players, including {{Sm|MacD}} and {{Sm|VaNz}}; he also placed 7th at {{Trn|GENESIS 8}} in 2022.
===Notable players===
*{{Sm|lloD|USA}} - Considered the best Peach main in the post [[COVID-19]] era. His 11th place ranking on the [[SSBMRank 2022]] marks the highest ranking for a Peach main other than Armada. In 2022, he notably defeated {{Sm|Leffen}}, a player known for his prowess in the Peach matchup, as well as #1 ranked {{Sm|Zain}}. He also has four online set wins vs. {{Sm|Hungrybox}}.
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*{{Sm|MacD|USA}} - While active, was recognized as the second best Peach main behind Armada, ranked as high as 15th on the [[SSBMRank 2015]], with a notable win over {{Sm|Mang0}} at {{Trn|HTC Throwdown}}. MacD was known for his heavy usage of {{Mvsub|Peach|SSBM|down smash}}.
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*{{Sm|Mikael|Japan}} - Known as one of the best players in [[Japan]] during ''Melee''{{'}}s early years (placing 5th at {{Trn|Jack Garden Tournament}}), and for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duZYUfxDkTI his matches with Ken] in 2006.
 
*{{Sm|Mike G|USA}} - Often credited as one of the inventors of the Peach metagame,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://smashboards.com/threads/top10-most-influencial-smashers-on-todays-metagame.92698/|title=Top10 Most Influencial Smashers on todays Metagame}}</ref> Mike G was known for his highly aggressive, combo-based style of play. His best placings included 5th at {{Trn|MOAST 3}} and 4th at {{Trn|BOMB 4}}.
''Any number following the Smasher name indicates placement on the [[Summer 2019 MPGR]], which recognizes the official top 50 players in the world in [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]] from February 1st, 2019 to July 7th, 2019.''
*{{Sm|Polish|USA}} - A top Peach main in the post COVID-19 era, ranking 23rd in 2022, notably defeating {{Sm|Cody Schwab}} at {{Trn|Tipped Off 14: Resurgence}}. They also defeated {{Sm|Hungrybox}} twice in late 2021, becoming the first Peach to defeat Hungrybox in an offline tournament set since his rise to dominance.
 
*{{Sm|Sastopher|USA}} - Known for achieving some of the best Peach results during ''Melee''{{'}}s early years, including 4th at {{Trn|Tournament Go 6}} and 2nd at {{Trn|MELEE-FC3}}; he defeated {{Sm|Ken}} at both tournaments, becoming one of the first competitors to set off of the best player of the era.
====Active====
*{{Sm|Trif|Spain}} - A Peach main recognized as one of the best players in Europe since 2014. Despite competing in North America less frequently, Trif became the third Peach main (along with Armada, MacD, and lloD) to place top 20 on an annual global rankings, earning 16th on the [[MPGR 2019]] (after defeating {{Sm|Mew2King}} at {{Trn|GENESIS 6}}).
*{{Sm|Azusa|USA}} - Was ranked 59th on the [[2017 SSBMRank]]
*{{Sm|VaNz|USA}} - Known as one of the best Peach players in the United States during his prime from 2009 to 2012. His 7th place finish at {{Trn|Pound V}} marked the highest placing at a supermajor for a non-Armada Peach main during the era of the Five Gods; he also notably took a game off of {{Sm|Hungrybox}} at {{Trn|Apex 2010}}.
*{{Sm|Alan|USA}} - Was ranked 21st on the [[SoCal Melee Power Rankings]] and the [[NorCal Melee Power Rankings]]
*{{Sm|Vidjogamer|USA}} - Ranked 10th on the 2006 [[Smash Panel Power Rankings]] (the highest ranked Peach player), with notable results including 3rd at {{Trn|MELEE-FC6}}. Vidjogamer is also the namesake of Vidjo-dropping and Vidjo-canceling, two advanced techniques using Peach's [[Turnip]]s.
*{{Sm|Aura|USA}} (#60) - The beat Peach player in Oregon. Placed 17th at {{Trn|Mainstage}}. Has wins over {{Sm|ARMY}}, {{Sm|Westballz}}, {{Sm|Bladewise}}, and {{Sm|HugS}}.
*{{Sm|Wife|USA}} - While better known as a commentator and for his involvement in [[The Smash Brothers]], Wife first gained recognition as a top Peach player in the United States, with strong results including 7th at {{Trn|MLG Atlanta 2005}}, 9th at {{Trn|MLG Chicago 2006}}, and 9th at {{Trn|MLG Dallas 2006}}. With {{Sm|Husband}}, he also formed a part of {{Team|The Newlyweds}}, one of the most well-known doubles teams of the era.
*{{Sm|Fiction|USA}} (#15) - Fox main with a Peach secondary.
*{{Sm|Squid|USA}} (#49) - Falco main with a Peach secondary.
*{{Sm|Ares|Austria}} - Ranked 1st on the [[Austria Power Rankings]]
*{{Sm|Bladewise|USA}} - Ranked 1st on the [[Washington Power Rankings]] and 44th on the [[2018 MPGR]]
*{{Sm|Hanky Panky|USA}} - Ranked 71st on the [[2014 SSBMRank]]
*{{Sm|Iori|USA}} - Ranked 2nd on the [[Tennessee Power Rankings]]. Has wins over {{Sm|Nintendude}} and {{Sm|Overtriforce}}.
*{{Sm|Kalamazhu|USA}} (#40) - One of the best Peach players in the world. Placed 17th at {{Trn|GENESIS 6}} and 17th at {{Trn|Full Bloom 5}}. Has wins over {{Sm|Gahtzu}}, {{Sm|Lucky}}, and {{Sm|Nintendude}}.
*{{Sm|lloD|USA}} - Ranked 25th on the [[2019 MPGR]]. Has wins over {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, {{Sm|Zain}}, {{Sm|S2J}}, and {{Sm|aMSa}}.
*{{Sm|Mayb|USA}} - Ranked 12th in [[New York City Power Rankings]]
*{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}} - Sheik/Marth main, counterpicks Peach against Ice Climbers
*{{Sm|Polish|USA}} - Has wins over {{Sm|KJH}}, {{Sm|ChuDat}}, {{Sm|HugS}}, {{Sm|Michael}}, {{Sm|Abate}}, {{Sm|Nintendude}}, {{Sm|Jerry}}, {{Sm|Kels}}, {{Sm|Boyd}}, {{Sm|Free Palestine}}, and {{Sm|Bobby Big Ballz}}
*{{Sm|Ryobeat|USA}} - Ranked 11th in [[New York City Power Rankings]]
*{{Sm|Shippu|Japan}} - Ranked 4th on the [[Japan SSBM Rank 2018]].
*{{Sm|Swedish Delight|USA}} (#13) - Sheik main, counterpicks Peach against Ice Climbers
*{{Sm|Trif|Spain}} (#12) - Ranked 12th on the [[Summer 2019 MPGR]], 2nd on the [[European Melee Power Rankings]], and 1st on the [[Spanish Power Rankings]].
*{{Sm|Vanity Angel|United Kingdom}} - Ranked 96th on the [[2016 SSBMRank]], 18th in [[European Melee Power Rankings|Europe]], 3rd in [[United Kingdom Power Rankings|the UK]] 2016
*{{Sm|Wife|USA}} - A prolific commentator and one of the two remaining members of Team Ben.
 
====Inactive====
*{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} - One of the [[Five Gods]]. Co-mained Peach along with Fox and is widely considered the best Peach player of all time. He retired from competitive singles in October 2018, but is still active in doubles.
*{{Sm|CAOTIC|Australia}} Was ranked 13th in SoCal before moving to Australia
*{{Sm|Mafia|USA}} - Was ranked 46th on the [[Summer 2017 SSBMRank]] but was banned from tournaments in his region and excluded from the [[2017 SSBMRank]] after accusations of emotional abuse and sexual assault by his ex-girlfriend.
*{{Sm|Cort|USA}}
*{{Sm|Mikael|Japan}}
*{{Sm|Pink Shinobi|USA}}
*{{Sm|Sastopher|USA}}
*{{Sm|Vidjogamer|USA}}
*{{Sm|DoH|USA}}
*{{Sm|Excel_Zero|Puerto Rico}} - Ranked 60th on the [[2014 SSBMRank]]
*{{Sm|KirbyKaze|USA}} - Sheik main, counterpicks Peach against Ice Climbers
*{{Sm|MacD|USA}}  
*{{Sm|Mike G|USA}}
*{{Sm|VaNz|USA}}
*{{Sm|Vwins|Canada}}
*{{Sm|XIF|USA}}


===Tier placement and history===
===Tier placement and history===
Due to Peach's great aerial potential and [[combo]] ability, she has been a character consistently ranking in the top tiers of the ''Melee'' [[tier list]]. However, she has generally been regarded as below the other top tiers in terms of tournament viability, due to her slow movement speed and floatiness. During the 2000s, several Peach players, including {{Sm|Sastopher}}, {{Sm|Cort}}, and {{Sm|DoH}}, were able to defeat top players and frequently, albeit inconsistently, place in the top eight at majors. However, Peach's tournament representation truly shined during {{Sm|Armada}}'s reign of dominance from 2009 to 2013, where he placed 1st or 2nd at nearly every tournament he entered in the United States, defeating North America's top players with Peach.  
Due to Peach's great aerial potential and [[combo]] ability, she has been a character consistently ranking in the top tiers of the ''Melee'' [[tier list]]. However, she has generally been regarded as below the other top tiers in terms of tournament viability, due to her slow movement speed and floatiness. During the 2000s, several Peach players, including {{Sm|Sastopher}}, {{Sm|Cort}}, and {{Sm|DoH}}, were able to defeat top players and frequently, albeit inconsistently, place in the top eight at majors. However, Peach's tournament representation truly shined during {{Sm|Armada}}'s reign of dominance from 2009 to 2013, where he placed 1st or 2nd at nearly every tournament he entered in the United States, defeating North America's top players with Peach.


However, Peach's tournament viability has always been held back by her nearly unwinnable matchup against Jigglypuff. Armada was unable to take a single game off of Hungrybox's Jigglypuff with Peach from 2009 to 2013, despite being considered a more skilled player at the time. He eventually gave up using Peach to try defeating Hungrybox, and switched to counterpicks such as {{SSBM|Young Link}} and {{SSBM|Fox}}, with which he had much greater success. He also brought out the Fox counterpick against other players, such as fellow Swedish player {{Sm|Leffen}}, whom he found it increasingly difficult to defeat with Peach. It is generally acknowledged that Peach's tournament success was largely due to Armada's incredible abilities as a player, rather than Peach being better than the other top tiers. This is supported by the fact no other Peach player besides Armada has been able to consistently place in the top sixteen of majors during the modern era. Following Armada's retirement from competing in 2018, Peach's representation in tournaments dropped significantly.  
However, Peach's tournament viability has always been held back by her extremely unfavorable matchup against Jigglypuff. Armada was unable to take a single game off of Hungrybox's Jigglypuff with Peach from 2009 to 2013, despite being considered a more skilled player at the time. He eventually gave up using Peach to try defeating Hungrybox, and switched to counterpicks such as {{SSBM|Young Link}} and {{SSBM|Fox}}, with which he had much greater success. He also brought out the Fox counterpick against other players, such as fellow Swedish player {{Sm|Leffen}}, whom he found it increasingly difficult to defeat with Peach. It is generally acknowledged that Peach's tournament success was largely due to Armada's incredible abilities as a player, rather than Peach being better than the other top tiers. This is supported by the fact that only a handful of other Peach players have been able to consistently place in the top sixteen of majors during the modern era. Following Armada's retirement from competing in 2018, Peach's representation in tournaments dropped significantly.


Today, Peach is generally considered among the least viable of the top tier characters, and is often seen as having the worst matchup spread among all the top tiers. Her lopsided matchup vs. Jigglypuff is considered the single hardest counter among any of the top tier matchups, and she is seen as clearly losing every other top tier matchup (with the exception of Falco). A 2019 community voted tier list placed Peach at 7th, below even {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}, who has often been considered a nonviable character.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBM/comments/aoiyo3/community_voted_melee_tier_list_results/|title=reddit community voted tier list}}</ref> Nonetheless, she has remained a popular counterpick against {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}} players, even as a pocket pick, especially when [[wobbling]] was legal and widespread.
Today, Peach is generally considered among the least viable of the top tier characters, and is often seen as having the worst matchup spread among all the top tiers. Her lopsided matchup vs. Jigglypuff is considered the single hardest counter among any of the top tier matchups, and she is seen as clearly losing every other top tier matchup (with the exception of Falco). As a result of this perception, she has dropped to 7th on the thirteenth and latest tier list, at the bottom of A tier.


====PAL viability====
====PAL viability====
Peach did not receive any changes from NTSC to PAL, but several characters that would years later be placed higher than her on the tier list did; Fox now has a harder time KOing Peach and gets edgeguarded much more easily, Sheik has no guaranteed followups with her down throw and relies more heavily on zoning, and Marth has slightly lower air speed and weight, improving Peach's chances in those matchups. Peach is still ranked 6th in the PAL tier list, but is notably placed in her own tier at B, where most European players can see a noticeable difference in viability between Sheik, Peach, and Captain Falcon.
Peach did not receive any changes from NTSC to PAL, but several characters that would years later be placed higher than her on the tier list did; Fox now has a harder time KOing Peach and gets edgeguarded much more easily, Sheik has no guaranteed followups with her down throw and relies more heavily on zoning, and Marth has slightly lower air speed and weight, improving Peach's chances in those matchups. Peach is still ranked 6th in the PAL tier list, but is notably placed in her own tier at B, where most European players can see a noticeable difference in viability between Sheik, Peach, and Captain Falcon.


==In Single Player Modes==
==In 1-P Mode==
===In {{SSBM|Classic Mode}}===
===In {{SSBM|Classic Mode}}===
Peach can appear in one-on-one battles, as an ally, on a team with {{SSBM|Bowser}}, {{SSBM|Mario}}, {{SSBM|Ness}}, or {{SSBM|Zelda}}, or as a metal opponent. Peach is fought on {{SSBM|Battlefield}} when on a team with Bowser or in the metal battle, at [[Onett]] when on a team with Ness, and on [[Temple]] when on a team with Zelda. In other cases, she is fought on either [[Princess Peach's Castle]] or [[Mushroom Kingdom II]]. Unusually, unlike every other ''Mario'' character (including sub-series), Peach does not appear as a giant opponent, making her the only ''Mario'' character overall that is ineligible for this battle type.
Peach can appear in one-on-one battles, as an ally, on a team with {{SSBM|Bowser}}, {{SSBM|Mario}}, {{SSBM|Ness}}, or {{SSBM|Zelda}}, or as a metal opponent. Peach is fought on {{SSBM|Battlefield}} when on a team with Bowser or in the metal battle, at [[Onett]] when on a team with Ness, and on [[Temple]] when on a team with Zelda. In other cases, she is fought on either [[Princess Peach's Castle]] or [[Mushroom Kingdom II]]. Unusually, unlike every other ''Mario'' character (including sub-series), Peach does not appear as a giant opponent, making her the only ''Mario'' character overall that is ineligible for this battle type.
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*'''[[Event 38: Super Mario Bros. 2]]''': The player must KO Mario, Luigi, and Peach in a 2 stock battle.
*'''[[Event 38: Super Mario Bros. 2]]''': The player must KO Mario, Luigi, and Peach in a 2 stock battle.


===Ending images===
===[[Congratulations_screen#Super_Smash_Bros._Melee|Congratulations Screens]]===
<center><gallery>
<center><gallery>
PeachClassicMode.jpg|Classic Mode
PeachClassicMode.jpg|Classic Mode
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==Trophies==
==[[Trophies]]==
In addition to the normal trophy about Peach as a character, there are two trophies about her as a fighter that are unlocked by completing the [[Adventure Mode|Adventure]] and [[All-Star]] modes on any difficulty with Peach.
In addition to the normal trophy about Peach as a character, there are two trophies about her as a fighter that are unlocked by completing the [[Adventure Mode|Adventure]] and [[All-Star]] modes on any difficulty with Peach.


:'''Peach'''
{{Trophy/Fighter
:''Princess Peach presides over the Mushroom Kingdom from her huge castle. Her loyal subject Toad does his best to protect her but always seems to fail spectacularly. Besides her royal duties, Peach is interested in both tennis and golf; since she's so magnanimous, she'll even deign to play a few matches with the evil Bowser.''
|name=Peach
::Super Mario Bros. <br> 10/85  
|image=Peach Trophy Melee.png
|mode=Classic
|desc=Princess Peach presides over the Mushroom Kingdom from her huge castle. Her loyal subject Toad does his best to protect her but always seems to fail spectacularly. Besides her royal duties, Peach is interested in both tennis and golf; since she's so magnanimous, she'll even deign to play a few matches with the evil Bowser.
|gamelist={{Trophy games|game1=Super Mario Bros.|release1=10/85}}
|game=Melee
}}
{{clrl}}


:'''Peach''' [<span style="color:#FF0000">SMASH</span>]
{{Trophy/Fighter
:''Peach's ability to float is invaluable in Super Smash Bros. Melee, as she can return from incredible distances. Balancing this talent, though, is the fact that she's quite light and can be sent flying with a single powerful attack. Her attacks are fairly weak, so you'll have to hang around to win.''
|name=Peach
::B: [[Toad]] <br> Smash B: [[Peach Bomber]]
|image=Peach Trophy (Smash).png
|mode=Adventure
|desc=Peach's ability to float is invaluable in Super Smash Bros. Melee, as she can return from incredible distances. Balancing this talent, though, is the fact that she's quite light and therefore can be sent flying with a single powerful attack. Her attacks are fairly weak, so you'll have to hang around to win.
|gamelist=:B: Toad
:Smash B: Peach Bomber
|game=Melee
}}
{{clrl}}


:'''Peach''' [<span style="color:#0000FF">SMASH</span>]
{{Trophy/Fighter
:''Peach's Smash A attack will set her swinging with either a frying pan, tennis racket, or golf club. These bludgeoning devices appear randomly and have different reaches and power levels. The princess uses Toad to absorb attacks, and he counters by sending spores out at attackers. Don't worry about the little guy, though; he takes his job seriously.''
|name=Peach
::Up & B: [[Peach Parasol]] <br> Down & B: [[Vegetable]]
|image=Peach Trophy (Smash 2).png
 
|mode=All Star
<center>
|desc=Peach's Smash A attack will set her swinging with either a frying pan, tennis racket, or golf club. These bludgeoning devices appear randomly and have different reaches and power levels. The princess uses Toad to absorb attacks, and he counters by sending spores out at attackers. Don't worry about the little guy, though; he takes his job seriously.
<gallery>
|gamelist=:Up & B: Peach Parasol
Peach Trophy Melee.png|Classic
:Down & B: Vegetable
Peach Trophy (Smash).png|[<span style="color:#FF0000">SMASH</span>]
|game=Melee
Peach Trophy (Smash 2).png|[<span style="color:#0000FF">SMASH</span>]
}}
</gallery>
{{clrl}}
</center>


==[[Alternate costume (SSBM)#Peach|Alternate costumes]]==
==[[Alternate costume (SSBM)#Peach|Alternate costumes]]==
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<gallery>
SSBM Peach HQ.jpg|Official artwork of Peach.
SSBM Peach HQ.jpg|Official artwork of Peach.
SSBMWebsitePeach1.jpg|[[Taunt]]ing next to {{SSBM|Bowser}} and {{SSBM|Mario}} on [[Princess Peach's Castle]].
SSBMWebsitePeach2.jpg|[[Floating]] away from Bowser on [[Great Bay]].
PeachBomberMelee.jpg|Using [[Peach Bomber]] on [[Onett]].
SSBMWebsitePeach4.jpg|Using her [[forward smash]] on {{b|Mushroom Kingdom|Adventure Mode}}.
VeggieMelee.jpg|Using [[Vegetable]] on [[Yoshi's Story]].
SSBMWebsitePeach6.jpg|Using {{b|Toad|move}} on {{SSBM|Samus}}' [[Missile]] on [[Pokémon Stadium]].
BowserClassicMode.jpg|Standing on a ledge on [[Fountain of Dreams]].
BowserClassicMode.jpg|Standing on a ledge on [[Fountain of Dreams]].
MarioAdventureMode.jpg|[[Taunt]]ing next to {{SSBM|Mario}} on [[Princess Peach's Castle]].
MarioAdventureMode.jpg|Taunting next to Mario on Princess Peach's Castle.
DrMarioAdventureMode.jpg|Standing next to {{SSBM|Dr. Mario}} on [[Jungle Japes]].
DrMarioAdventureMode.jpg|Standing next to {{SSBM|Dr. Mario}} on [[Jungle Japes]].
JigglypuffAdventureMode.jpg|Holding a [[Fire Flower]] with {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} on [[Green Greens]].
JigglypuffAdventureMode.jpg|Holding a [[Fire Flower]] with {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} on [[Green Greens]].
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*When Peach uses Peach Parasol at the end of the match, she will be rewarded with the Parasol Finish [[list of bonuses|bonus]]. In addition, if she uses it with the Parasol item, her up special animation will remain the same, but with the Parasol in her hands instead.
*When Peach uses Peach Parasol at the end of the match, she will be rewarded with the Parasol Finish [[list of bonuses|bonus]]. In addition, if she uses it with the Parasol item, her up special animation will remain the same, but with the Parasol in her hands instead.
*The animation filenames for Peach's Neutral special and Down special are swapped, originally intended for Toad to be a Down special move, just like all other counter specials featured in the series.<ref>https://tcrf.net/Super_Smash_Bros._Melee#Peach</ref>
*The animation filenames for Peach's neutral special and down special are swapped, likely indicating that Toad was originally designed as a down special, similar to other counter moves.<ref>https://tcrf.net/Super_Smash_Bros._Melee#Peach</ref>
*Peach and {{SSBM|Donkey Kong}} are the only characters in ''Melee'' who cannot use their down special in the air.
*Peach and {{SSBM|Donkey Kong}} are the only characters in ''Melee'' who cannot use their down special in the air.
*Peach is the only character in ''Melee'' to be in their own tier (in the PAL version) and also not be ranked first or last.
*Peach is the only character in ''Melee'' to be in their own tier (in the PAL version) and also not be ranked first or last.
**Across the whole series, she shares this trait with the {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} on the NTSC ''Brawl'' tier list and {{SSBB|Diddy Kong}} on the PAL ''Brawl'' tier list, though she is the only one of the three that is not ranked 2nd.
**Across the whole series, she shares this trait with the {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} on the NTSC ''Brawl'' tier list and {{SSBB|Diddy Kong}} on the PAL ''Brawl'' tier list, though she is the only one of the three that is not ranked 2nd.
*Peach is the only ''Mario'' character in ''Melee'', including sub-series {{uv|Donkey Kong}} and {{uv|Yoshi}}, that cannot appear as a giant character in Stage 5 of {{SSBM|Classic Mode}}.
*Peach is the only ''Mario'' character in ''Melee'', including sub-series {{uv|Donkey Kong}} and {{uv|Yoshi}}, that cannot appear as a giant character in Stage 5 of {{SSBM|Classic Mode}}.
*Peach's design in this game, like the rest of the cast, is based on her appearance in the Nintendo 64 era. This is one of two Gamecube games to do this, with the other being ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''. Her design in her next appearance, ''Super Mario Sunshine'', with the finalized version being ''Mario Party 4'', would be changed to her current dress design, which has been used in every ''Smash'' game since.
*Peach's design in this game, like the rest of the cast, is based on her appearance in the Nintendo 64 era. This is one of two GameCube games to do this, with the other being ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''. Her modern design was standardized in ''Mario Party 4'', and has been used in every ''Smash'' game since.
*This marks the only time Peach's Daisy costume is designed to make her look exactly like Daisy, as opposed to simply recoloring her with Daisy's colors, as in ''Brawl'' and ''Smash 4''.
*This marks the only time Peach's Daisy costume is designed to make her look exactly like Daisy, as opposed to simply recoloring her with Daisy's colors, as in ''Brawl'' and ''Smash 4''.
**This makes her the first non-''Pokémon'' playable character to have an alternate costume that changes their appearance completely, rather than simply just the colors of their clothes, although only in this game.
**This makes her the first non-''Pokémon'' playable character to have an alternate costume that changes their appearance completely, rather than simply just the colors of their clothes, although only in this game.
*Peach, {{SSBM|Mario}}, {{SSBM|Yoshi}}, {{SSBM|Young Link}}, {{SSBM|Kirby}}, {{SSBM|Falco}}, and {{SSBM|Pikachu}} are the only characters whose portraits on the [[character select screen]] match their [[character artwork|official artwork]].
*Peach, {{SSBM|Mario}}, {{SSBM|Yoshi}}, {{SSBM|Young Link}}, {{SSBM|Kirby}}, {{SSBM|Falco}}, and {{SSBM|Pikachu}} are the only characters whose portraits on the [[character select screen]] match their [[character artwork|official artwork]].
*Peach is the only fighter in ''Melee'' to have new voice clips from an English voice actress. The other fighters with English voices — Mario, {{SSBM|Dr. Mario}}, {{SSBM|Luigi}}, and {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} — reuse material from previous games.
**While {{SSBM|Fox}} and Falco have new voice clips from English voice actors, these are only used for the [[Star Fox Smash Taunt]] on [[Corneria]] and [[Venom]], and their playable appearances use their Japanese voices instead.


==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/1002/index.html Peach's page at Smabura-Ken]
*[[smashwiki:26TP/Peach|Translation]]


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This article is about Peach's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Melee. For the character in other contexts, see Princess Peach.
Peach
in Super Smash Bros. Melee
Peach SSBM.jpg
MarioSymbol(preBrawl).svg
Universe Mario
Other playable appearances in Brawl
in SSB4
in Ultimate
Availability Starter
Tier A (7) (North America)
B (6) (Europe)
Peach (SSBM)

Peach (ピーチ, Peach) is a starter character in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Announced at E3 2001, it is her first appearance in the Super Smash Bros. series.

Jen Taylor, who portrayed Peach in Mario Party 3 and Super Mario Advance, reprises her role in Melee with new voice clips.

Currently, Peach is 7th in the A tier in NTSC version and 6th in the PAL version. Peach's float grants her a slew of unique tools in movement and aerial combat. Her ability to stall in place midair grants her the best option coverage in the game with regards to edgeguarding, allowing her to easily react to any opponent’s recovery options. Her float cancel and DJC, combined with her fast aerial attacks, give her a fantastic aerial game and pressuring ability. She also has good chaingrabbing abilities, strong KO moves in her down smash, neutral aerial and forward aerial, and numerous setups to lead into them, which is particularly useful against fastfallers. Her down smash is notorious for its high damage output, capable of dealing over 40 percent in one use if not properly DI’ed, and makes crouch canceling extremely dangerous against her. She is also the owner of Vegetable, one of the best projectiles in the game. Additionally, Peach's recovery is among the best in the game; her float and up special allow her to travel extremely far horizontally, and her Peach Parasol grants her great protection at the ledge due to its large disjointed hitbox.

However, Peach's primary flaw is her slow ground movement and floatiness, which impair her approach, especially on the ground, and she gets easily outmaneuevered by faster characters such as Fox and Captain Falcon. Her lack of disjointed range on most of her attacks results in her getting walled out by characters with large hitboxes, most notoriously against Jigglypuff, who can easily outspace Peach with her back aerial alone. Peach’s light weight and floatiness also makes her more susceptible to KOs, especially on the upper blast lines.

Attributes[edit]

Peach does not fall into any specific archetype of a fighting game character; her attributes are quite varied, with average weight, a low falling speed, and among the slowest dashes in the game, alongside a high air speed. These attributes form the crux of Peach's combat: a focus on aerial combat while forgoing most of her ground-based options.

Peach's primary strength is her dominant air game. Despite a poor SHFFL due to a low falling speed and high jumping speed, Peach's unique ability to float gives her an enormous advantage in the air over other characters; in addition to allowing her to easily and effectively pursue characters she has knocked into the air, her midair jump's unusual properties allow her to utilize the Double Jump Cancel, a technique that allows her to quickly perform aerials in rapid succession. Outside of this, Peach's fast neutral and back aerials make them potent out of shield options. As a further benefit from her excellent aerial game, Peach's vegetables can become a powerful approaching technique compounded with her DJC.

As a result of her powerful aerial game, Peach owns among the most powerful, albeit specialized, approaches in the game. Against primarily ground-based opponents with poor aerial games, such as the Ice Climbers or Luigi, Peach can quickly overwhelm such opponents. Her vegetables can also allow her to easily camp against other characters, and due to their propensity to "bounce" upon striking other characters, they can be compounded with her DJC to combo either by themselves or with her aerials.

Regardless of her average grab range, Peach also owns a powerful throwing game. Her up throw can potentially chain throw characters with high falling speed, as well as lead into her other throws. Peach's down throw can also lead to a variety of options for herself, including another throw, a tilt, or a DJCed aerial. In addition, her forward throw and back throw can both be used as KO moves, with the former having the highest knockback for a forward throw in the game and the latter allowing her to easily segue into her powerful edgeguard game.

As a final, powerful benefit for Peach, she also boasts one of the best recoveries in the game. With a high air speed, low falling speed, the ability to float, a long midair jump, the ability to recover with her side special and a long recovery special, Peach is extremely difficult to KO off the edges, even with her below average weight. Her fast neutral, up, and back aerials can also act as deterrents to edgeguarders, while her vegetables, if they are in hand during her recovery, can further aggravate such pursuers. Despite this powerful recovery, Peach's low falling speed and below average weight can also allow her to be easily KO'd via the upper blast line, and vertical finishers can more easily KO Peach than other top tiered characters.

Barring her grab and throw game, however, Peach suffers on the ground. Peach's side and down tilt attacks are slow, though good reads by players can potentially allow for her to use them as combo starters. Peach's smashes also suffer from similar problems, though her down smash can inflict significant damage to opponents and shields, while her up smash can potentially act as a potent KO move. A slow dashing speed (the second lowest in the game) also prevents her from easily pursuing opponents on foot, and her various attributes give her the shortest wavedash in the game, preventing her from taking advantage of wave smashing. Arguably Peach's best attack on the ground takes form of her dash attack; the attack can act as a useful combo starter, but barring this, the use of Peach's ground game for approaching should be avoided by players, and instead, they should be used to either continue combos or to finish them.

Moveset[edit]

Peach's aerial attacks.

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

  Name Damage Description
Neutral attack Royal Slap (ロイヤルびんた) / Double Royal Slap (ロイヤル往復びんた, Royal Round-Trip Slap) 3% Slaps the opponent twice. The first hit is usually used to start combos.
2%
Forward tilt Can-Can Kick (カンカンキック) 13%/11%/10% (clean), 6% (late) Does a 180 degree kick. Capable of seriously juggling heavies at low percentages if they lose their second jump. Can KO opponents above 120%.
Up tilt Crown Bash (ヘディングクラウン, Heading Crown) 12% Bashes her head upwards. Does not have much combo potential, but can be followed up by correctly spaced aerials and Peach Parasol. Peach's head is intangible while the hitboxes are out.
Down tilt Elegant Sweep (エレガント足もとすくい, Elegant Foot Sweep) 12% Sweeps the ground with her arm and hand. It meteor smashes if the opponent hits her forearm and not her hand. The meteor smash is usually used over the ledge against aerial or recovering opponents. The meteor can KO grounded opponents under 150%. This meteor smash is moderately difficult to land on aerial opponents because of its small hitbox and can only be used effectively over a ledge to KO. Whether this attack is sweetspotted or sourspotted on grounded opponents, it has good combo potential, as it can set up floating aerial strings.
Dash attack Lady Push (レディープッシュ) 12%/9% (clean), 8%/7% (late) Called "the push" by most competitive players, the attack makes Peach lunge forward and split her hands apart. Good for juggling opponents at low damage percentages, and makes for a fantastic combo starter, as it can be followed up by all her aerials, up tilt, and even Peach Parasol for flashy plays. It can also set up her up throw chain grab. Overall, an integral move in Peach's competitive metagame.
Forward smash Peach Swing (ピーチスマッシュ, Peach Smash) Golf club: 17%/13%
Frying Pan: 17%/15%
Tennis Racket: 12%		 Swings one of the following. Damage and knockback vary with each weapon, though all three possess very low knockback.
  • Golf club - Sweetspot at tip is somewhat powerful, KOing at 130% if fully charged. Sourspot, however, will not KO until over 200% regardless of charge. Good for edgeguarding.
  • Frying pan - Strongest of the three, KOing at about 120%. Sends opponents upwards. Sweetspot is the head of the frying pan.
  • Tennis racket - Weakest of the three, uncharged hit does not KO until ridiculously high percentages. Good for edgeguarding.
Up smash Pirouette (オルゴールダンス, Orgel Dance) 8% (sides), 15% (hand), 19% (arm) Twirls around with arm raised upwards. If sweetspotted (located on her shoulder) the attack sends opponent upward with high vertical knockback. If sourspotted (the strong sourspot is located on her hand, the weak sourspots are located on Peach's sides), the attack will either have weak vertical knockback or moderately powerful knockback (capable of KO'ing around 110%-120%). When sweetspotted, this move can KO opponents at around 73% when fully charged. When sourspotted, it can combo into an aerial attack against fastfallers at high percentages. Both of Peach's arms and hand are intangible while the hitboxes are active.
Down smash Double-Edged Gown (ドレスエッジ, Dress Edge) 12%/14% (5 hits) (12%-70% total) Does an anticlockwise tornado spin on her left foot, hitting multiple times. This move has extremely high horizontal knockback if it is fully charged and multiple hits land. If the opponent is above 100% it has moderate horizontal knockback scaling since it deals only one hit on opponent, but it can KO at high percentage if first hit landed. Deals more damage if the opponent attempts to crouch cancel or two metal opponents is very close to Peach. Multiple hits are semi-spikes. Most damaging move in Melee. Can be used to shield stab opponents. When fully charged and multiple hits land, this move can KO opponents at low percentage under 20% due to the very powerful semi-spike.
Neutral aerial Princess Twirl (ピーチスピン, Peach Spin) 14% (clean), 9% (late body), 10% (late arms) Twirls in the air. Can KO at high percentage. Good OoS option because of its speed (frame 3).
Forward aerial Crown Smack (クラウンナックル, Crown Knuckle) 15% Bashes her crown in front of her for huge knockback. It is arguably her best aerial for KOing. If spaced correctly, a float canceled, falling fair can combo into a dash attack.
Back aerial Flying Hip (スカイヒップ, Sky Hip) 14% (clean), 10% (late) Sticks out her rear backwards for good knockback, with the hitbox centralized around her pelvis. Has passable power for it to be a finisher. Good OoS option.
Up aerial Floating High Kick (ギリギリハイキック, Last-Minute High Kick) 11% (body), 12% (leg), 14% (foot) A quick kick at an upwards angle. Can KO opponents at above 110%.
Down aerial Stiletto Kick (スーパーピストンキック, Super Piston Kick) 3% (hits 1-4) Kicks downward four times. Good combo starter but deals low damage and produces barely any knockback. This attack's hitboxes push the opponent upward and can easily set up a KO from a neutral aerial, forward aerial, or back aerial depending opponent's DI.
Grab Grab (つかみ) —
Pummel Heel Stomp (ヒールスタンプ, Heel Stamp) 3% Stomps opponent with her left foot.
Forward throw Royal Slap (ロイヤルびんた飛ばし, Royal Slap Launch) 2% (hit 1), 8% (throw) Slaps the foe in front of her for very good knockback. Strongest forward throw in the game.
Back throw Iron Hip (アイアンヒップ) 2% (hit 1), 9% (throw) Puts opponent behind her and hits them with her rear. The throw can KO opponents above 170% if used near the edge.
Up throw Gut Punch (ハンドトス, Hand Toss) 2% (hit 1), 6% (throw) Puts opponent above her, and volleys them upward. Can chaingrab characters with moderate to floaty falling speeds at 0%. Fast-fallers must be around 40% damage in order to chain grab this way. She can finish with an up smash or an aerial.
Down throw The Royal Treatment (ピーチドロップ, Peach Drop) 0% (hit 1), 7% (throw) Puts opponent down and sits on them. Can chaingrab floaty characters, heavyweights and fast-fallers at high percentages. It can lead into her forward tilt depending on character's weight, fall speed, and DI.
Forward roll
Back roll
Spot dodge
Air dodge 		— —
Techs — —
Floor attack (front)
Floor getups (front) 		  6% (front hit), 8%/6% (back hit legs/body) Performs a sweep kick while getting up.
Floor attack (back)
Floor getups (back) 		  6% Performs a sweep kick while getting up.
Edge attack (fast)
Edge getups (fast) 		  6% Launches herself onto the stage, rear-first.
Edge attack (slow)
Edge getups (slow) 		  10% (feet), 8% (body) Slowly gets up and swirls her foot in a 360° motion in front of herself, similar to Mario's down smash, only much weaker and less range.
Neutral special Toad 3% (hits 1-7) Holds a Toad in front of herself, being a counterattack. When an attack hits Toad, he will fire spores at the opponent, with the spores having the same knockback regardless of the attack countered. The spores themselves can be absorbed. Compared to moves such as Fox's Reflector and Marth's Counter, it is somewhat laggy.
Side special Peach Bomber 16% (normal), 18% (smash attack) Lunges forward, hitting opponents with her rear. If Peach hits opponent, it will produce an explosion and knock them away. When inputted as a smash attack, the move deals more damage and knockback.
Up special Peach Parasol 5% (hit 1), 1% (hits 2-11), 3% (parasol) Jumps upward while holding her parasol, a recovery move. Her parasol allows her to descend very slowly (similarly to the Parasol item), and it is possible to put the parasol down at any time to fast fall - it is even possible to put the parasol back up. The parasol itself does slash damage. Can be used as a followup to an up tilt and dash attack. The parasol itself can damage opponents during Peach's descent.
Down special Vegetable Varies Pulls out a vegetable, which can be used as a projectile.
Vegetable damage data
Face Damage Pull rate
Smiley 1-9% 59.87%
Bored 1-9% 10.26%
Sleepy 1-9% 8.55%
Shocked 1-9% 5.13%
Laughing 1-9% 5.13%
Wink 5-13% 6.84%
Dot-Eyes 11-19% 1.71%
Stitch-Face 29-37% 1.71%
Mr. Saturn — 0.39%
Bob-omb — 0.26%
Beam Sword — 0.13%

Stats[edit]

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Stats Weight Dash speed Walk speed Traction Air friction Air speed Air acceleration Gravity Falling speed Jumpsquat Jump Height Double jump Height
Value 90 1.2 – Initial dash
1.3 – Run		 0.85 0.1 0.005 1.1 0.01 – Base
0.06 – Additional		 0.08 1.5 – Base
2 – Fast-fall		 5 31.36 - Base
16.8 - Short hop		 ?

Announcer call[edit]

Taunt[edit]

  • Performs a spin, then poses and winks, saying "Sweet!"
Peach-Taunt-SSBM.gif

Idle poses[edit]

Note: According to the debug menu in Melee, Peach will always perform the idle pose listed first, then will randomly perform any of the idles poses listed below.

  • Looks over both her shoulders and rubs something off her dress.
  • Raises her arms up and stretches.
  • Looks at her hands.
  • Brushes her hair. (Will always perform this idle pose when holding a small item (Capsules, Poké Balls, etc.))
Peach Idle Pose Melee 1.gif Peach Idle Pose Melee 2.gif Peach Idle Pose Melee 3.gif Peach Idle Pose Melee 4.gif

Crowd cheer[edit]

English Japanese
Cheer
Description Go-Peach! Pea-chy!
Pitch Group chant Male

Victory poses[edit]

An orchestrated cover of the iconic "Level Completed" music from Super Mario Bros.
  • Turns around and waves to the screen while winking.
  • Looks up towards her right and says, "Oh, did I win?"
  • Holds her hand out, then says, "This is fun!"
Peach-Victory1-SSBM.gif Peach-Victory2-SSBM.gif Peach-Victory3-SSBM.gif

In competitive play[edit]

Most historically significant players[edit]

See also: Category:Peach players (SSBM)
  • Sweden Armada - One of the Five Gods, and widely recognized as the undisputed best Peach player of all time. Armada was known for his unforgiving punish and edgeguarding game, and for holding positive matchups against almost every other top player despite Peach's relative position on the tier list. Armada is also the only Peach player to have achieved a #1 world ranking, and established themselves as a consistent favorite to win majors.
  • USA Bladewise - A Washington Peach main best known for his experience in the Captain Falcon matchup (popularizing the use of an air dodge to escape his down throw-to-knee combo), and for defeating Mang0 at Rule 6: NorCal Regional in 2012.
  • USA Cort - A Connecticut Peach who achieved multiple top eight placings while active from 2006 to 2009, including 4th at Super Champ Combo and 4th at Pound 3, defeating players such as Azen.
  • USA Kalamazhu - A Peach player originally from Michigan known in particular for his 9th place run at The Big House 4, where he defeated Lucky, as well as other top Peach players, including MacD and VaNz; he also placed 7th at GENESIS 8 in 2022.
  • USA lloD - Considered the best Peach main in the post COVID-19 era. His 11th place ranking on the SSBMRank 2022 marks the highest ranking for a Peach main other than Armada. In 2022, he notably defeated Leffen, a player known for his prowess in the Peach matchup, as well as #1 ranked Zain. He also has four online set wins vs. Hungrybox.
  • USA MacD - While active, was recognized as the second best Peach main behind Armada, ranked as high as 15th on the SSBMRank 2015, with a notable win over Mang0 at HTC Throwdown. MacD was known for his heavy usage of down smash.
  • Japan Mikael - Known as one of the best players in Japan during Melee's early years (placing 5th at Jack Garden Tournament), and for his matches with Ken in 2006.
  • USA Mike G - Often credited as one of the inventors of the Peach metagame,[1] Mike G was known for his highly aggressive, combo-based style of play. His best placings included 5th at MOAST 3 and 4th at BOMB 4.
  • USA Polish - A top Peach main in the post COVID-19 era, ranking 23rd in 2022, notably defeating Cody Schwab at Tipped Off 14: Resurgence. They also defeated Hungrybox twice in late 2021, becoming the first Peach to defeat Hungrybox in an offline tournament set since his rise to dominance.
  • USA Sastopher - Known for achieving some of the best Peach results during Melee's early years, including 4th at Tournament Go 6 and 2nd at MELEE-FC3; he defeated Ken at both tournaments, becoming one of the first competitors to set off of the best player of the era.
  • Spain Trif - A Peach main recognized as one of the best players in Europe since 2014. Despite competing in North America less frequently, Trif became the third Peach main (along with Armada, MacD, and lloD) to place top 20 on an annual global rankings, earning 16th on the MPGR 2019 (after defeating Mew2King at GENESIS 6).
  • USA VaNz - Known as one of the best Peach players in the United States during his prime from 2009 to 2012. His 7th place finish at Pound V marked the highest placing at a supermajor for a non-Armada Peach main during the era of the Five Gods; he also notably took a game off of Hungrybox at Apex 2010.
  • USA Vidjogamer - Ranked 10th on the 2006 Smash Panel Power Rankings (the highest ranked Peach player), with notable results including 3rd at MELEE-FC6. Vidjogamer is also the namesake of Vidjo-dropping and Vidjo-canceling, two advanced techniques using Peach's Turnips.
  • USA Wife - While better known as a commentator and for his involvement in The Smash Brothers, Wife first gained recognition as a top Peach player in the United States, with strong results including 7th at MLG Atlanta 2005, 9th at MLG Chicago 2006, and 9th at MLG Dallas 2006. With Husband, he also formed a part of The Newlyweds, one of the most well-known doubles teams of the era.

Tier placement and history[edit]

Due to Peach's great aerial potential and combo ability, she has been a character consistently ranking in the top tiers of the Melee tier list. However, she has generally been regarded as below the other top tiers in terms of tournament viability, due to her slow movement speed and floatiness. During the 2000s, several Peach players, including Sastopher, Cort, and DoH, were able to defeat top players and frequently, albeit inconsistently, place in the top eight at majors. However, Peach's tournament representation truly shined during Armada's reign of dominance from 2009 to 2013, where he placed 1st or 2nd at nearly every tournament he entered in the United States, defeating North America's top players with Peach.

However, Peach's tournament viability has always been held back by her extremely unfavorable matchup against Jigglypuff. Armada was unable to take a single game off of Hungrybox's Jigglypuff with Peach from 2009 to 2013, despite being considered a more skilled player at the time. He eventually gave up using Peach to try defeating Hungrybox, and switched to counterpicks such as Young Link and Fox, with which he had much greater success. He also brought out the Fox counterpick against other players, such as fellow Swedish player Leffen, whom he found it increasingly difficult to defeat with Peach. It is generally acknowledged that Peach's tournament success was largely due to Armada's incredible abilities as a player, rather than Peach being better than the other top tiers. This is supported by the fact that only a handful of other Peach players have been able to consistently place in the top sixteen of majors during the modern era. Following Armada's retirement from competing in 2018, Peach's representation in tournaments dropped significantly.

Today, Peach is generally considered among the least viable of the top tier characters, and is often seen as having the worst matchup spread among all the top tiers. Her lopsided matchup vs. Jigglypuff is considered the single hardest counter among any of the top tier matchups, and she is seen as clearly losing every other top tier matchup (with the exception of Falco). As a result of this perception, she has dropped to 7th on the thirteenth and latest tier list, at the bottom of A tier.

PAL viability[edit]

Peach did not receive any changes from NTSC to PAL, but several characters that would years later be placed higher than her on the tier list did; Fox now has a harder time KOing Peach and gets edgeguarded much more easily, Sheik has no guaranteed followups with her down throw and relies more heavily on zoning, and Marth has slightly lower air speed and weight, improving Peach's chances in those matchups. Peach is still ranked 6th in the PAL tier list, but is notably placed in her own tier at B, where most European players can see a noticeable difference in viability between Sheik, Peach, and Captain Falcon.

In 1-P Mode[edit]

In Classic Mode[edit]

Peach can appear in one-on-one battles, as an ally, on a team with Bowser, Mario, Ness, or Zelda, or as a metal opponent. Peach is fought on Battlefield when on a team with Bowser or in the metal battle, at Onett when on a team with Ness, and on Temple when on a team with Zelda. In other cases, she is fought on either Princess Peach's Castle or Mushroom Kingdom II. Unusually, unlike every other Mario character (including sub-series), Peach does not appear as a giant opponent, making her the only Mario character overall that is ineligible for this battle type.

In Adventure Mode[edit]

Peach appears in the second portion of Stage 1 along with Mario or Luigi on Princess Peach's Castle.

In All-Star Mode[edit]

Peach and her allies are fought on Princess Peach's Castle.

In Event Matches[edit]

Peach appears in the following event matches:

  • Event 10: All-Star Match 1: Peach is the fourth of five opponents the player must fight in this series of staged battles. The player's character battles her on the Princess Peach's Castle stage, and their character has 2 stock while Peach has 1. With a timer of four minutes, the player must defeat her and the other four characters one-by-one with the overall time and life the player has: Mario, Donkey Kong, Bowser, and Yoshi.
  • Event 15: Girl Power: Peach is one of the opponents fought along with Samus, and Zelda. The player's character is tiny and must KO all opponents in a two stock battle.
  • Event 19: Peach's Peril: As Mario, the player must prevent Peach from being KOed by Bowser for 1 minute. If Mario or Peach dies, the event results in a failure.
  • Event 25: Gargantuans: A tiny Peach makes a cameo appearance in this event. She is not required to be KO'd to complete the event, though she can be KO'd without penalty.
  • Event 35: Time for a Checkup: As Luigi, the player must KO Dr. Mario and Peach in a 1 stock battle. Peach wears her white alternate costume in this event to emulate the white garb traditionally worn by nurses.
  • Event 38: Super Mario Bros. 2: The player must KO Mario, Luigi, and Peach in a 2 stock battle.

Congratulations Screens[edit]

  • Classic Mode

    Classic Mode

  • Adventure Mode

    Adventure Mode

  • All-Star Mode

    All-Star Mode

Trophies[edit]

In addition to the normal trophy about Peach as a character, there are two trophies about her as a fighter that are unlocked by completing the Adventure and All-Star modes on any difficulty with Peach.

Classic Mode trophy
Peach
Princess Peach presides over the Mushroom Kingdom from her huge castle. Her loyal subject Toad does his best to protect her but always seems to fail spectacularly. Besides her royal duties, Peach is interested in both tennis and golf; since she's so magnanimous, she'll even deign to play a few matches with the evil Bowser.
Super Mario Bros. (10/85)
Adventure Mode [Smash] trophy
Peach [Smash]
Peach's ability to float is invaluable in Super Smash Bros. Melee, as she can return from incredible distances. Balancing this talent, though, is the fact that she's quite light and therefore can be sent flying with a single powerful attack. Her attacks are fairly weak, so you'll have to hang around to win.
B: Toad
Smash B: Peach Bomber
All-Star Mode [Smash] trophy
Peach [Smash]
Peach's Smash A attack will set her swinging with either a frying pan, tennis racket, or golf club. These bludgeoning devices appear randomly and have different reaches and power levels. The princess uses Toad to absorb attacks, and he counters by sending spores out at attackers. Don't worry about the little guy, though; he takes his job seriously.
Up & B: Peach Parasol
Down & B: Vegetable

Alternate costumes[edit]

Peach Palette (SSBM).png
Peach (SSBM) Peach (SSBM) Peach (SSBM) Peach (SSBM) Peach (SSBM)

Gallery[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • When Peach uses Peach Parasol at the end of the match, she will be rewarded with the Parasol Finish bonus. In addition, if she uses it with the Parasol item, her up special animation will remain the same, but with the Parasol in her hands instead.
  • The animation filenames for Peach's neutral special and down special are swapped, likely indicating that Toad was originally designed as a down special, similar to other counter moves.[2]
  • Peach and Donkey Kong are the only characters in Melee who cannot use their down special in the air.
  • Peach is the only character in Melee to be in their own tier (in the PAL version) and also not be ranked first or last.
    • Across the whole series, she shares this trait with the Ice Climbers on the NTSC Brawl tier list and Diddy Kong on the PAL Brawl tier list, though she is the only one of the three that is not ranked 2nd.
  • Peach is the only Mario character in Melee, including sub-series Donkey Kong and Yoshi, that cannot appear as a giant character in Stage 5 of Classic Mode.
  • Peach's design in this game, like the rest of the cast, is based on her appearance in the Nintendo 64 era. This is one of two GameCube games to do this, with the other being Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Her modern design was standardized in Mario Party 4, and has been used in every Smash game since.
  • This marks the only time Peach's Daisy costume is designed to make her look exactly like Daisy, as opposed to simply recoloring her with Daisy's colors, as in Brawl and Smash 4.
    • This makes her the first non-Pokémon playable character to have an alternate costume that changes their appearance completely, rather than simply just the colors of their clothes, although only in this game.
  • Peach, Mario, Yoshi, Young Link, Kirby, Falco, and Pikachu are the only characters whose portraits on the character select screen match their official artwork.
  • Peach is the only fighter in Melee to have new voice clips from an English voice actress. The other fighters with English voices — Mario, Dr. Mario, Luigi, and Jigglypuff — reuse material from previous games.
    • While Fox and Falco have new voice clips from English voice actors, these are only used for the Star Fox Smash Taunt on Corneria and Venom, and their playable appearances use their Japanese voices instead.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Top10 Most Influencial Smashers on todays Metagame.
  2. ^ https://tcrf.net/Super_Smash_Bros._Melee#Peach

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Fighters in Super Smash Bros. Melee
Veterans Captain Falcon · Donkey Kong · Fox · Jigglypuff · Kirby · Link · Luigi · Mario · Ness · Pikachu · Samus · Yoshi
Newcomers Bowser · Dr. Mario · Falco · Ganondorf · Ice Climbers · Marth · Mewtwo · Mr. Game & Watch · Peach · Pichu · Roy · Young Link · Zelda (Sheik)
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Enemies in Adventure Mode (SSBM)
Mushroom Kingdom Goomba · Koopa Paratroopa · Koopa Troopa · Yoshi Team · Mario · Peach · Luigi
Kongo Jungle Tiny Donkey Kongs
Jungle Japes Giant DK
Underground Maze Octorok · ReDead · Like Like · Links · Zelda/Sheik
Brinstar Samus
Green Greens Kirby · Kirby Team · Giant Kirby
Corneria Fox · Falco
Pokémon Stadium Pikachu · Jigglypuff · Pichu
F-Zero Grand Prix Captain Falcon
Onett Ness
Icicle Mountain Topi · Polar Bear · Ice Climbers
Battlefield Fighting Wire Frames · Metal Mario · Metal Luigi
Final Destination Giant Bowser · Giga Bowser
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Mario (universe) Mario universe
Fighters Mario (SSB · SSBM · SSBB · SSB4 · SSBU) · Luigi (SSB · SSBM · SSBB · SSB4 · SSBU) · Peach (SSBM · SSBB · SSB4 · SSBU) · Bowser (SSBM · SSBB · SSB4 · SSBU) · Dr. Mario (SSBM · SSB4 · SSBU) · Rosalina & Luma (SSB4 · SSBU) · Bowser Jr. (SSB4 · SSBU) (Koopalings) · Daisy (SSBU) · Piranha Plant (SSBU)
Assist Trophies Hammer Bro · Waluigi · Lakitu & Spinies · Chain Chomp · Thwomp · Flies & Hand
Bosses Metal Mario and Luigi · Petey Piranha
Stages Peach's Castle · Mushroom Kingdom (SSB) · Princess Peach's Castle · Rainbow Cruise · Mushroom Kingdom (SSBM) · Mushroom Kingdom II · Delfino Plaza · Mushroomy Kingdom · Figure-8 Circuit · Luigi's Mansion · Mario Bros. · 3D Land · Golden Plains · Rainbow Road · Paper Mario · Mushroom Kingdom U · Mario Galaxy · Mario Circuit · Super Mario Maker · New Donk City Hall
Mushroom Kingdom (Adventure Mode)
Items Bob-omb · Fire Flower · Green Shell · Red Shell · Super Star · Super Mushroom · Poison Mushroom · Freezie · Metal Box · Golden Hammer · Lightning Bolt  · Hothead · Banana Peel · Boomerang · Fire Bar · POW Block · Bullet Bill · Spiny Shell · Super Leaf · Grass · Super Launch Star
Enemies Banzai Bill · Bill Blaster · Bullet Bill · Chain Chomp · Flame Chomp · Goomba · Giant Goomba · Hammer Bro · Koopa Paratroopa · Koopa Troopa · Lakitu & Spinies · Magikoopa · Shy Guy · Spike Top
Other Birdo · Boo · Cappy · F.L.U.D.D. · Geno · Ghosts · Kamek · Koopa Clown Car · Molten Fortress · Nabbit · Pauline · Pidgit · Shellcreeper · Shy Guy · Sidestepper · Toad · Warp Pipe
Trophies, Stickers and Spirits Trophies (SSBM · SSBB · SSB4) · Stickers · Spirits
Music Brawl (Mario Kart) · SSB4 · Ultimate (Mario Kart)
Masterpieces Super Mario Bros. · Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels · Super Mario Bros. 2 · Dr. Mario · Super Mario World · Super Mario Kart
Related universes Donkey Kong · Yoshi · Wario · Wrecking Crew
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