If you’ve played through its demo or have watched some trailers, you’re probably wondering who voices Princess Peach in Princess Peach: Showtime! Fortunately for you, we’ve found out who’s providing the titular character’s voice in the new game starring everyone’s favourite princess.
Nintendo is yet to officially reveal who is voicing the character but thanks to a clip that has done the rounds on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter), we know for sure who is providing the voice.
Given the changing of the guard from long-time voice actor Charles Martinet over to Kevin Afghani as Mario in Super Mario Bros Wonder and Wario in WarioWare: Move It, it’s fair enough if you thought Princess Peach has a new voice actor, too.
Keep reading to find out who the Princess Peach voice actor is in Princess Peach Showtime and to find out what else she has appeared in over the years.
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Samantha Kelly is the voice actor for Princess Peach in Princess Peach Showtime. The long-time Princess Peach voice actor has been confirmed to be reprising her role thanks to a video clip from a fan at an event.
Rumours had been circulating that Peach was given a new voice actor for Showtime but that is not the case. While not officially confirmed by Nintendo, we’ve got confirmation from Samantha Kelly herself thanks to a short clip posted on X by CattyPeachy.
Check out the clip below to hear her confirm the news for yourself:
It’s nice to know at last who is voicing Princess Peach in Showtime. Although it should be noted that this isn’t Princess Peach’s first major game! That was Super Princess Peach on the DS back in 2005.
While Samantha Kelly is famous for providing the voice of Princess Peach, you may have seen her in any number of other films or TV shows. You will have heard her as the voice of Toad and Toadette in many a Nintendo game, at least.
Samantha Kelly’s IMDb page lists nearly 300
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