“We pushed that even further for the movie.” “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 playable character and a more powerful princess,” Miyamoto said. Movie,” rather than a passive royal in need of saving. creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri discussed making Princess Peach a fearless leader in “The Super Mario Bros. In their Variety cover story, Super Mario Bros. This isn’t the first time Peach has headlined a video game, as 2005’s “Super Princess Peach” on the Nintendo DS followed the leader of the Mushroom Kingdom as she journeyed out to Vibe Island to rescue Mario and Luigi - a reversal of the classic Super Mario narrative.
