Peach’s Voice Actor Confirms She Is Still The Princess In New Switch Game

“It’s going to be amazing!”

Image: NintendoLast year, the legendary Super Mario voice actor Charles Martinet retired from the role and was replaced by Kevin Afghani, who went on to voice the famous plumber in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. The same talented voice actor also took on the voice of Wario in the new WarioWare game.

What about the future of other cast members, like the voice of Princess Peach? Well, in an update, it’s been confirmed Samantha Kelly will be reprising her role as the princess in Princess Peach: Showtime. This information comes from an expo clip doing the rounds on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), where a fan asks her if she’ll be voicing the princess in the upcoming game.

Here’s exactly what Kelly had to say:

Will you be the voice of Princess Peach in the new upcoming game?

Samantha Kelly: “Yes! It’s going to be the best game ever…It’s going to be amazing!”

The same fan also comments on Showtime! being Peach’s first big outing (and Kelly seems to acknowledge this), but as our readers here on Nintendo Life have mentioned there was the 2005 Nintendo DS title Super Princess Peach prior to this.

Kelly was also in last year’s hit, Super Mario Bros. Wonder as Princess Peach. She’s been voicing the character since Nintendo’s DS and Wii generation and has also voiced Toad and Toadette.

In yesterday’s new trailer for Showtime!, Nintendo showed off new transformations for Peach including Ninja Peach and Cowgirl Peach. You can see these versions of Peach in action in our previous story:

You’ll be able to her Kelly in her role when Princess Peach: Showtime! launches on the Switch this March. Are you glad to hear she’s staying on? What do you think of Mario’s new voice? Let us know in the comments.

When he’s not paying off a loan to Tom Nook, Liam likes to report on the latest Nintendo news and admire his library of video games. His favourite Nintendo character used to be a guitar-playing dog, but nowadays he prefers to hang out with Judd the cat.

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