Super Mario Bros. The Movie is sweeping the box office by becoming one of the most successful theatrical releases of recent times. In addition, both the critics and the fans of the video game have not stopped praising the good work that was done with said production, highlighting one or another detail of the tape.
Among the aspects that have stood out the most in terms of the plot and the characters of the film about the favorite Italian-American plumber, is the case of Princess Peach, of whom many highlight the drastic change in personality that the production gave her in the movie, since they showed her much braver and she stopped being that lady in distress waiting to be rescued.
Peach stopped being a damsel in distress
Regarding the issue that Princess Peach left behind the defenseless role with which many people identified her, in an interview for VarietyShigeru Miyamoto, creator of some of the most iconic games and characters in Nintendo history, talked about how happy he is with the fact that they changed the idea they had of the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom and celebrated the adaptation they gave to the character in the movies
During said interview, the Japanese video game designer and producer celebrated that Peach was seen differently than usual and that the label of damsel in distress was removed, since the female character that the film shows us is the same as that of video games: “a strong and powerful princess”.
In the games, we kept Peach as a damsel in distress who is rescued by Mario for a while, but we wanted to make her a more powerful playable character and princess. We took that even further for the film. In video games, the character serves the gameplay. In movies, character is everything. Our history is at the service of character.
Shigeru Miyamoto pointed out that the helpless princess who was frequently kidnapped by the villain and then saved by Mario was an ideology that served the game, but for the movie to work at its best, it was absolutely necessary to show a very powerful princess. and strong, a worthy representative of an entire kingdom.
Peach has always been powerful
It should be noted that despite the fact that she is known for being a kind and gentle blonde-haired princess, the power and magical abilities that Peach has shown throughout the video games have placed her among one of the most beloved and acclaimed characters for the gamers.
That is why, faced with the idea that the princess who was always in trouble and was defended or rescued by Mario, video game fans did not wait and expressed on social networks that Peach has always shown herself as a strong and powerful character. in the world of Nintendo and not empowered as many have cataloged her in the film.
This is how they reacted in networks to Peach’s new personality:
If you don’t know if they are scared, but Peach was always powerful, the worst thing is that they want to cancel Bowser as a stalker and let’s assume that he is, where does the character end up in the movie? So if he becomes a stalker he has his deserved. The film is a woke-free gem. pic.twitter.com/KIvgwwQzhS
— Ramiro Rivera (@RamRivera) April 16, 2023