Peach wasn’t always intended to be playable in Super Mario 3D World
Princess Peach is finally playable in a mainline Mario game. Super Mario Bros. 2 was the last title to offer something similar.
This is something that Super Mario 3D World producer Yoshiaki Koizumi is quite pleased about.
Koizumi told Polygon:
“I feel like Mario games, as you know, have done lots of representation of male characters over the years. Perhaps much more so than female — so it’s actually really nice to be able to have a female playable character in the game.”
Interestingly, Peach wasn’t always intended to be playable. But once Koizumi mentioned the idea and told the team that they should “definitely” include her, Peach’s role in 3D World was set.
According to game director Koichi Hayashida:
“I think she adds a lot to the sense of competition when you get in multiplayer. You can have different people choosing different characters based on their personality or whoever they like. And princess Peach is just really a lot of fun to play!”
