It feels like the writers did the thing where they write a vibrator bit in as a joke thinking it will get rejected, but the higher ups don't get it so the script gets approved and now they have to do it
This game is the epitome of "no one will actually play this game seriously, so let's have all the fun while making it ourselves". And whoever directed this game must've just let the team go ape shit on every aspect.
I get that its supposed to be vibe like 'emotions' but man, someone at the Nintendo of America translation team was laughing their ass off while working on this.
I mean, he wanted to kidnap Peach and they fucked up, and i would be surprised because you gotta be a a dumb guy if you're the only one who ever messed up that job in decades
God I hope it’s somewhat of a sequel. I wonder why they never did that tho. Is it because it was made by the same guys that made Starfy? That’s my only guess
my sister and i were OBSESSED with this game as kids and to this day i’ve never felt the need to play any other mario game because it could never be as fun as lighting people on fire with your rage on command, something every girl has probably wished she could do at least once in her life
For some of us it's definitely a good thing that we can't >.> I don't think "They made me so mad that my emotions caused them to spontaneously combust" holds up as a court defense...
I remember hearing the vibe scepter exists in Super Mario RPG. It's hidden behind a wall in Peach's room and if you find it, a maid comes and takes it from you and pays you to forget you saw it. and the end of this game confirms what we were all thinking
Actually I remember hearing about that in a video, but heard it was an alcohol reference instead. I recall an unused sprite being one of those cartoony xxx bottles, but it's been so many years I don't recall what video brought it up
I had to scroll down farther than I expected to have to for this, was about to comment about this as well. Never knew Nintendo confirmed that random Mario RPG easter egg in a later game...
Peach's emotions are extremely controlled in this game actually. She can go to extremes of particularly feelings and then calm right back down like flipping a switch.
i love the fact: Luigi, despite his fear, faces the ghosts. Peach having to be the heroine is still a sweet and gentle princess. in mario and luigi 3 rpg, bowser even appearing to be one of the protagonists was still the fearsome king koopa with his own reasons. I mean, regardless of the role, they do not lose their essence
To be fair, at least in the main series games, there's not much to go on for Peach outside of baking cakes, getting kidnapped and calling out to Mario. They could have made Peach secretly a biker, a punk girl or a metalhead and it would have fit, she doesn't have much characterization in most of the platformers to conflict with. All of what we know of her personality comes from the various RPGs and spin-off games... and this game.
Well what’s funny to me is that a lot of the bosses are rehashed from super Mario sunshine. Not sure if anyone else realized. You even fight Petey and wiggler the same exact way as sms
To be honest Peach has her emotions on comand. She isn't portrait as emotional but as a sociopath who uses her "emotions" as weapons to reach her goal.
My older sister had this game on the DS and it’s both one of our favorites. Before she graduated college we actually beat it together and it was one of the happiest memories I’ve ever had.
This was literally one of the only games I had on my DS and the fact that someone is finally talking about it makes me so unbelievably happy even though I never beat it
I remember having this game and I always loved playing it, unfortunately I think I had a scuffed 100 games in 1 kind of ds card and I had cheats on and for some reason it did not allow me to turn them off, there was this one cheat that caused peach to jump really high (basically allowing flight) and I could never get past the place where you had to make peach look like the statues to get past bowser. Bahahaha I guess thats where cheating gets me
Alpharad really unlocked my suppressed memories of being bullied in school for playing a ‘girl game’ as a dude. 90% of my bullies wound up being trans in high school.
Just imagining a kid finishing the game and innocently going to their mom and ask "mom, where'd you hide the vibe scepter? I want to use it's magical powers pleeaaase" is terrifying
Honestly these "basically unknown games that actually kinda slaps in their own weird way" videos are my favorite. You can never predict what these off-beat games will throw at you and Alpharad just is great at reacting to nonsense.
9:52 Her power actually fits perfectly with the lore of the mario games: Since she sets on fire or creates a flood when being mad or sad, she stays neutral which explains her lack of personality
That's a bit of a stretch but it is shown at times she has some hidden magic powers (see how Peach just easily swatted Bowser in the start of Bowser's Inside Story).
I mean, there are some people that theorize it fits in with Japanese culture and the legends of Japanese deities. Kami, the four Mitama representing her different emotional states, among other things. Considering how much respect Nintendo's devs have said they have for Peach (since the mother is the cornerstone of the Japanese household), it makes some sense.
I got this because I’m a girl and anyone in my family who bought me DS games as a gift would never buy me Mario stuff- but I was super happy with this game! I think maybe it’s purpose was to make it to the audience of young girls whose parents would most likely buy them this game instead of a Mario game. Getting to kick a bunch of enemies butts as Peach was entirely new to me, and it made me want to dress up as her for Halloween that year. I still love the OST with the full reprise of Parry’s Backstory song being my favorite. The game is more similar to a Yoshi’s Island game which I think features a lot more creative puzzles and abilities than a typical Mario game. (Also I’m not entirely sure, but I think using Peach’s emotions as powers was like… because Bowser was using the Scepter to throw everyone’s emotions out of wack, except Peach who had strong enough control over her emotions to not be affected by it. I *think* that was the game’s reason but I’m not sure, my point being that I don’t think it was really misogynistic) I’ll always appreciate that I was one of the few people who played this game as a kid.
Agreed, I don't think it was misogynistic either. Even the final koopa guard poking fun at Peach for making it this far. The same thing could've been said if it was Luigi so there's that too.
It’s a bit misogynic in that it’s a…VERY common trope to make women’s powers (if they have them) be Emotion Based. But it’s not the same as “women soooo hysterical~” since like. She uses it on her terms. It’s just tonedeaf. Like, if they just gave her elemental powers vs adding in the Emotions aspect? No big deal!
I'd argue that it's not misogynistic at all since Peach (a woman who's gender makes her the "more emotional one") was the only one who had control of her emotions enough to save her hero and her kingdom mostly under her own power. Proving that she can save the day just like Mario often does. It made Peach cooler and more independent. Far from misogynistic.
I don't think it was intentionally misogynistic, but I do think it was just a little bit. I mean, I find it logical to assume that Peach's powers being her emotions, rather than because "girls are emotional", it was because it looked cute, and that would have been much more accepted by the players than the usual princess in distress suddenly being as strong as the ones who have to save her every other game. So, like, I think calling it misogyny would be going a bit too far because it wasn't meant to be harmful (probably), but there is a bit of sexism in there anyway. Further than that, I'm the kind of person who doesn't mind that kind of stuff as long as the game is fun
Isn't Peach literally just the one in perfect control of her emotions? Kinda the opposite of what he said at the beginning. Like the game shows her guards all unable to control their emotions at all, and Peach here is still in perfect control and able to use the amplified emotions to save Mario and everything else. Like, yeah you can make it misogynistic if you ignore the actual story entirely. They used emotion for her powers because that's just in line with the game itself. Like how the Vibe Scepter affects emotions, the only person seemingly unaffected by it is the princess who has perfect control of her emotions
The thing about it is that even if she’s in control, it’s still a game where the princess uses her hysterically intense emotions to achieve her goals. That was their decision for the ONE game Princess Peach headlines - to make the game revolve around her emotions.
@@Necroskull388 in pizza tower, Peppino uses his anxiety and anger to achieve his goals, whats wrong with that? if you want to actually see a character acting hysterical play that game instead
like, you have to be very cynical to portray this game's aesthetics and intentions that way instead of the obviously cute/trying to appeal to the girl market way
Everyone's already pointed out that Peach actually has control of her emotions, but I don't see anyone mention that Bowser's henchmen didn't screw up, the were told to take the entire kingdom, but Peach wasn't there.
Honestly, I don’t think the emotion powers are so bad since she has them in control. This is one of the first times we see an expressive Peach. But it’s also a power I can image the other Mario characters using
I remember back in elementary school, everybody knew me as the guy with the DS. One day, a girl I hung out with a lot with gave me Super Princess Peach, and told me to finish it. I actually beat the game in a week, but after I did, the girl told me to keep the game. I still proud of myself for that.
When I was a kid, I wanted nothing more in the world than to play Super Princess Peach simply because I liked Mario games and I LOVED Princess Peach. Never did play it but definitely holds a place in my heart
I owned this game as a kid and I still have it. I absolutely adored it!!! The music was so fun, the replay is worth it, and finding all the toads is so much fun!!! Ugh, it is such an amazing game
The fact that I actually played this game as a kid and vividly remember those four coloured hearts on the screen is astonishing to me as all memories of the gameplay have been completely forgotten
When I was younger I apparently had a cartridge of this game, but I didn’t play it, until years later when I was bored and was like “you know what? Sure.” It was a lot of fun, and I managed to get to the final world, but somehow I lost the cartridge and couldn’t find it anywhere which sucked
And in today’s installment in “Alpharad plays questionable games,” Peach and Perry the Parasol chase after a Vibrator with the power of exaggerated emotions and Vore!
I never played this but I always wanted to. The thought of a hero with the powers of the 4 humors was always a cool idea to me. Plus she can float with an umbrella? Thats a great powerset
Despite the constant references to the lost woods for pure guessing, the lost woods puzzle actually involves the music. It gets quiet when you are near a wrong path, but loud when there is the correct path near you.
Somehow I had unknowingly managed to purge Mighty No.9 and this line from the trailer for it from my memory, and you just caused me to remember all of it just as unwillingly as I had forgotten it. Thank you.
This was one of my favorite games as a kid and seeing Alpharad cheese it through the entire game using the powers makes me die a little inside because I'd always do it the way intended and never beat it lol
0:16 - about the “made her fight with her uncontrolled emotions” actually she’s the only one with control of her emotions in the entire game. The story states that everyone in the mushroom kingdom lost control of their emotions and because of that everything went to shit. Princess peach then, being the only one that can actually control her emotions (that even translates to gameplay, since you can literally choose the emotion you want at any given time) has to then fight her way through all of this to fix the situation. The marketing for this game also stated that she’s in complete control of her emotions and that’s why she can change it at any time. So it’s not being sexist, the game is trying to do the exact opposite and say that the “powerful woman has control”
Thanks for bringing that up. Many hook on the typical but the game made it quite clear that Peach's the only one not being wildly effected by the vibe scepter. I wish we did get that squeal or will eventually. This kinda game play was fun.
Correction, her emotions are so under control she can call upon literally fires rage, right after torrential sadness right after actually walking on air..
17:57 Yeah, if I've learn something about Nintendo games is, don't make jokes, they KNOW you are going to make them, and they will make them before you do.
Man i loved this game as a kid I never saw it as sexist either, because the main character defeats all the enemies while being in perfect control of her emotions. Watching it now as an adult, the sex jokes are making me think twice about that lol but I also feel like it's one of those Spongebob moments where the game works for children and adults in different ways. It's just that I don't like the way it works for adults whatsoever
Dude I played this game SO much as a kid, and now looking back at it as an adult, the misogyny and sex jokes definitely caught me off guard. I did not think of any of those from my pure innocent childhood memories XD
I mean he kind of leaves out how everyone else is fully unable to control their emotions in this game due to Bowser doing something or whatever, and Peach is actually the only one not unable to control her emotions
Whenever I think of SPP, I always feel like it's closer to a Yoshi's Island game not only because of the enemies and the change in character line-up but also in gameplay. It's hard to describe.
IMO, it's a better sequel to Yoshi's Island then Yoshi's Island DS. It ain't perfect. The minigames are meh, the subrella is unnecessary, it's generally pretty easy, and it occasionally gets just a little to cute with it's level design, but it's overall a nice, fun little game.
I think an argument can be made both ways about the power set in this game. Yes, Peach uses her ~womanly emotions~ to save the day, but also Peach turns her EMOTIONS into WEAPONS and that’s still badass in my book. Aso, Bowser and his minions are dealing with the exact same uncontrollable emotions so they’re technically on equal footing and Peach still wins in the end.
I think about it like this, the negative stereotypes for dudes get to show in games all the time, dumb, angry, and/or aggressive characters are all over the place. What the heck is so wrong about having the same kind of thing for negative female stereotypes too?
@@murderman7265 True, being able to just go and say you get mad and combust. Damn I kind of want them to reference this games powers in other Mario games, like for her to get mad and slap some and actually see some sparks come off the collision. Would make her feel like she's more than *just* a damsel in distress ... It would also explain why Bowser puts her in a cage and never uses rope cause if she wanted she could burn that stuff with a thought.
Super Princess Peach is very weird but very charming. Like if I ever need to play something cozy, I play this one. It’s got a very special place in my heart
I really enjoyed this game. People think that princess peach’s only purpose is to be kidnapped and that she never fights back. This clearly shows how fierce and strong she can be.
And with that comment you have missed the point entirely. Her total control over these wild emotions, to the point where she can freely flip between crying and getting mad in the blink of an eye, and use all of these to help progress the quest? This here is very much a useful power in itself when all the enemies except Bowser are stuck in just one single emotion. If anything, this game sends a "pro-woman" message when you start looking at it from the correct angle.
I remember playing this game all the time when I was a kid. It was a ton of fun, but I could never complete it because I couldn't find all the Toads to unlock the final level. Honestly, I would love for this game to get a sequel. Could even have a four player option where you play as Peach, Daisy, Rosalina, and Pauline.
I can guarantee that some kid played this game, found their mothers Hitachi Wand, then ran around the house pretending to be Princess Peach with the Vibe Scepter.
i find the fact that this is an actual game is so interestingly funny and the fact that it has similar boss fights to super mario sunshine in it too is kinda cool ngl
If anything, Peach was in total control of her emotions (via you the player), meanwhile the enemies are stuck with one emotion and are running around wily-nily.
Was gonna make a joke about woman's emotions being the most powerful tool, but this honestly was a way better game then one would've originally suspected. Good looking style and wtf ending
The Lost Woods are actually a bad comparison for the the old "guess the right exit or be sent back to the start" - riddle, since you don't have to brute-force them. The music of the area gets louder when you are near the right exit, they are not about memorization.
@@gigakid3 The first one in the NES game had a solution besides brute-forcing it as well, you could pay a NPC who would tell you the correct order. They would also be a bad example in this context, since you are not supposed to be brute-forcing them either, which is the game design Alpharad is critizising. Since he did use OOT in his video, this is a moot point anyway. Even if another Zelda game had a section called Lost Woods that relied purely on brute-forcing the problem, as long as OOT is shown in the video, it doesn't matter, the wrong comparison stands.
I remember running around in the level desperately trying to find all the puzzle pecies and music notes, never found all of them sadly- This game was funny and fun in its own wacky way. Seeing you play this is a surreal experience that I find hilarious. A ds game series you should really look into is "Drawn to Life" and "Drawn to life the Next Chapter." I will warn you the second made me cry. The second game was a huge game in my childhood. This one was up there too!
It feels like the writers did the thing where they write a vibrator bit in as a joke thinking it will get rejected, but the higher ups don't get it so the script gets approved and now they have to do it
bahaahahaahha ahahaahaahahha such a thing to slip in!
@@micosstarbtuh
the fact that they dont know what a vibrator is might be telling of her wives sexual lives... js
@@waddledeedeee Their sex lives are fine. Just their husbands have nothing to do with it.
That was definitely the translators' work. The word for the wand in Japanese just means "human emotion."
This game is the epitome of "no one will actually play this game seriously, so let's have all the fun while making it ourselves".
And whoever directed this game must've just let the team go ape shit on every aspect.
Including some they definitely shouldn’t have *cough* petey fight *cough*
@@eldritchcupcakes3195 someone at Nintendo had a "plant dilf" fetish, and I find that hilarious.
Well, they were so convinced that the game would succeed they already had a sequel in mind before even releasing this game
Everyone talks about Petey but is that not what you do on sunshine
@@Last_Person yeah but it isnt tears
I get that its supposed to be vibe like 'emotions' but man, someone at the Nintendo of America translation team was laughing their ass off while working on this.
wait ‘till you see the end lol
Probably need to go to hell but yea
@@playstation.e7703 they deserve a spot in heaven for this
I don't know why the translator team turned it into a vibrator joke, it's a bit inappropriate (actually VERY inappropriate).
@@eatcarpetIt is kinda funny tho. And done in a way to where it is not entirely obvious to a child
Absolutely brilliant to tell kids to ask their parents where the “vibe scepter” is in their own house
Surely it has happened, right (LMMFAO)
RIGHT after that finished the game too
they did a little trolling 😎
0:28 "Is that a vibrator joke?"
17:57 "IS THAT A VIBRATOR JOKE?!"
This is the best full circle moment I've ever seen
Nintendo dafuq!?
Yes, this game has an unusually high concetration of dad jokes.
the peaches secret thing in mario rpg has come full circle baby
Nintendo was wildin back in the day
I don’t get it
I feel the kidnapping part for bowser always goes smoothly no matter who it is. Begs the question why he just doesn't kidnap everyone at once.
I mean, he wanted to kidnap Peach and they fucked up, and i would be surprised because you gotta be a a dumb guy if you're the only one who ever messed up that job in decades
To be fair that’s basically what happens in super Mario 64 DS. He just forgot yoshi I guess
@@kurovah5475 and waluigi, but he is used to beinf ignored
He's like Megamind and wants to barely be defeated
I'd guess a manpower issue
I hope he titles his playthrough of the new Peach game “Apparently, Nintendo made ANOTHER Princess Peach game.”
thats right, were gonna have a new peach game!! and shes gonna be wearing her hair in a ponytail!!
God I hope it’s somewhat of a sequel. I wonder why they never did that tho. Is it because it was made by the same guys that made Starfy? That’s my only guess
@@asherrudick3912It seems more like a separate series...looks good but it has a different feel to me than SPP.
She's going after the ultimate weapon, the Badd Ragon.
_looks at Princess Peach: Showtime_
Your wish has been granted.
my sister and i were OBSESSED with this game as kids and to this day i’ve never felt the need to play any other mario game because it could never be as fun as lighting people on fire with your rage on command, something every girl has probably wished she could do at least once in her life
For some of us it's definitely a good thing that we can't >.>
I don't think "They made me so mad that my emotions caused them to spontaneously combust" holds up as a court defense...
I remember hearing the vibe scepter exists in Super Mario RPG. It's hidden behind a wall in Peach's room and if you find it, a maid comes and takes it from you and pays you to forget you saw it.
and the end of this game confirms what we were all thinking
Actually I remember hearing about that in a video, but heard it was an alcohol reference instead. I recall an unused sprite being one of those cartoony xxx bottles, but it's been so many years I don't recall what video brought it up
I had to scroll down farther than I expected to have to for this, was about to comment about this as well. Never knew Nintendo confirmed that random Mario RPG easter egg in a later game...
@@Lunar_willoww probably a did you know gaming video
Yep, remember seeing that scepter at one point
@@Lunar_willoww it was probably a didyouknowgaming video but they implied it was a vibebrator since xxx is also used in explicit material as well
Peach's emotions are extremely controlled in this game actually. She can go to extremes of particularly feelings and then calm right back down like flipping a switch.
she was just a theater kid in highschool
BPD
I mean, she is a monarch, so that is a good skill to have for a ruler
almost like they're controlled by the press of a button
Yeah. She controls her emotions better than anyone else in the game lol
i love the fact: Luigi, despite his fear, faces the ghosts. Peach having to be the heroine is still a sweet and gentle princess. in mario and luigi 3 rpg, bowser even appearing to be one of the protagonists was still the fearsome king koopa with his own reasons. I mean, regardless of the role, they do not lose their essence
Sweet and gentle is not how I would describe the scene where they saved mario but ok
To be fair, at least in the main series games, there's not much to go on for Peach outside of baking cakes, getting kidnapped and calling out to Mario. They could have made Peach secretly a biker, a punk girl or a metalhead and it would have fit, she doesn't have much characterization in most of the platformers to conflict with. All of what we know of her personality comes from the various RPGs and spin-off games... and this game.
Wouldnt exactly call her a heroine when she's a side character in her own game
and then they play sports together
And mario doesn't pay even a cent to Wario when he takes thw giant Peach statue from pirates in Wario land 1. What an arse
I loved this game and I thought the enemy designs were fantastic
And her spinning the Toads after saving them was just so wholesome
Well what’s funny to me is that a lot of the bosses are rehashed from super Mario sunshine. Not sure if anyone else realized. You even fight Petey and wiggler the same exact way as sms
@@thebrownshinobi9790 I actually never played SMS so I didn't know that, that's cool to know!
Spinning with Toads is my favorite part, tbh.
All of the enemies in this game are from the first Yoshi’s island game
I actually think the art style is based off of the yoshi’s island artstyle
To be honest Peach has her emotions on comand. She isn't portrait as emotional but as a sociopath who uses her "emotions" as weapons to reach her goal.
That was such a stupid thing to say.
@@MouldMadeMind how lmao, it's funny af
*Perchance...
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mmmh yes ableism against neurodivergent people
My older sister had this game on the DS and it’s both one of our favorites. Before she graduated college we actually beat it together and it was one of the happiest memories I’ve ever had.
That’s nice
That's super wholesome. I remember playing this on my DS with my friends at school. Ah...the memories.
Did she found the vibe staff in her house? Maybe thats how she was able to beat it xD
@@edwardrichtofen611 Ah that might be why she's happy.
Uhhhhhh...
This was literally one of the only games I had on my DS and the fact that someone is finally talking about it makes me so unbelievably happy even though I never beat it
Holy shoot same! It was like 10 years ago but i still remember it so well. Hell, i even remembered the ice boss being very out of place haha
I remember having this game and I always loved playing it, unfortunately I think I had a scuffed 100 games in 1 kind of ds card and I had cheats on and for some reason it did not allow me to turn them off, there was this one cheat that caused peach to jump really high (basically allowing flight) and I could never get past the place where you had to make peach look like the statues to get past bowser. Bahahaha I guess thats where cheating gets me
SAME. I never beat it I got stuck on a boss 🤣
Alpharad really unlocked my suppressed memories of being bullied in school for playing a ‘girl game’ as a dude. 90% of my bullies wound up being trans in high school.
happy pride
LOL. Perhaps they were in denial the whole time.
Projection may be a more common problem then we think. 😅😂
Damn… they were really projecting hard.
🥚
Just imagining a kid finishing the game and innocently going to their mom and ask "mom, where'd you hide the vibe scepter? I want to use it's magical powers pleeaaase" is terrifying
My god.
@@barrettross3772There's more
No!
I think it's even scarier if the kid *doesn't* ask and just finds it in the house.
@@kaazmun9964 because game is Japanese and they aren't Christian weirdos
Honestly these "basically unknown games that actually kinda slaps in their own weird way" videos are my favorite. You can never predict what these off-beat games will throw at you and Alpharad just is great at reacting to nonsense.
THIS
It's like watching a proper B-movie.
Okami or Custom Robo (Arena) could also fit nicely, I think
Did he ever play Donkey Kong Jungle Climber? Because that's genuinely an S-tier game and I never hear anyone talk about it
@@dr.robertnick9599 Okami is a masterpiece though
"fight with uncontrolled emotions"
Literally controlling her emotions as abilities.
The vibe scepter is making everyone else emotional, but Peach has such good control of her emotions that she can use them to solve puzzles.
9:52 Her power actually fits perfectly with the lore of the mario games: Since she sets on fire or creates a flood when being mad or sad, she stays neutral which explains her lack of personality
That's a bit of a stretch but it is shown at times she has some hidden magic powers (see how Peach just easily swatted Bowser in the start of Bowser's Inside Story).
Yes, idk why alpha would go for the "woke" argument 💀
@@S4leaguer999 what?
@@hardi2217 ignore it. "Woke" is so overused by dipshits it has lost all meaning at this point.
I mean, there are some people that theorize it fits in with Japanese culture and the legends of Japanese deities. Kami, the four Mitama representing her different emotional states, among other things. Considering how much respect Nintendo's devs have said they have for Peach (since the mother is the cornerstone of the Japanese household), it makes some sense.
I got this because I’m a girl and anyone in my family who bought me DS games as a gift would never buy me Mario stuff- but I was super happy with this game! I think maybe it’s purpose was to make it to the audience of young girls whose parents would most likely buy them this game instead of a Mario game. Getting to kick a bunch of enemies butts as Peach was entirely new to me, and it made me want to dress up as her for Halloween that year.
I still love the OST with the full reprise of Parry’s Backstory song being my favorite. The game is more similar to a Yoshi’s Island game which I think features a lot more creative puzzles and abilities than a typical Mario game.
(Also I’m not entirely sure, but I think using Peach’s emotions as powers was like… because Bowser was using the Scepter to throw everyone’s emotions out of wack, except Peach who had strong enough control over her emotions to not be affected by it. I *think* that was the game’s reason but I’m not sure, my point being that I don’t think it was really misogynistic)
I’ll always appreciate that I was one of the few people who played this game as a kid.
Agreed, I don't think it was misogynistic either.
Even the final koopa guard poking fun at Peach for making it this far. The same thing could've been said if it was Luigi so there's that too.
I loved this game as a kid! I always really liked peach and I was so excited to play as her :D
It’s a bit misogynic in that it’s a…VERY common trope to make women’s powers (if they have them) be Emotion Based. But it’s not the same as “women soooo hysterical~” since like. She uses it on her terms. It’s just tonedeaf.
Like, if they just gave her elemental powers vs adding in the Emotions aspect? No big deal!
I'd argue that it's not misogynistic at all since Peach (a woman who's gender makes her the "more emotional one") was the only one who had control of her emotions enough to save her hero and her kingdom mostly under her own power. Proving that she can save the day just like Mario often does. It made Peach cooler and more independent. Far from misogynistic.
I don't think it was intentionally misogynistic, but I do think it was just a little bit. I mean, I find it logical to assume that Peach's powers being her emotions, rather than because "girls are emotional", it was because it looked cute, and that would have been much more accepted by the players than the usual princess in distress suddenly being as strong as the ones who have to save her every other game. So, like, I think calling it misogyny would be going a bit too far because it wasn't meant to be harmful (probably), but there is a bit of sexism in there anyway.
Further than that, I'm the kind of person who doesn't mind that kind of stuff as long as the game is fun
Isn't Peach literally just the one in perfect control of her emotions? Kinda the opposite of what he said at the beginning. Like the game shows her guards all unable to control their emotions at all, and Peach here is still in perfect control and able to use the amplified emotions to save Mario and everything else. Like, yeah you can make it misogynistic if you ignore the actual story entirely. They used emotion for her powers because that's just in line with the game itself. Like how the Vibe Scepter affects emotions, the only person seemingly unaffected by it is the princess who has perfect control of her emotions
The thing about it is that even if she’s in control, it’s still a game where the princess uses her hysterically intense emotions to achieve her goals. That was their decision for the ONE game Princess Peach headlines - to make the game revolve around her emotions.
@@Necroskull388 in pizza tower, Peppino uses his anxiety and anger to achieve his goals, whats wrong with that? if you want to actually see a character acting hysterical play that game instead
like, you have to be very cynical to portray this game's aesthetics and intentions that way instead of the obviously cute/trying to appeal to the girl market way
Yeah. Unfortunately, outrage gets clicks.
@@danielbob2628 yeah, negativity tends to be a bigger draw than neutral or positive unless it's something extremely cute or otherwise good
Everyone's already pointed out that Peach actually has control of her emotions, but I don't see anyone mention that Bowser's henchmen didn't screw up, the were told to take the entire kingdom, but Peach wasn't there.
It’s incredible that, in typical Alpharad fashion, this video went full circle with a vibe joke that Jacob didn’t even know was canon
This game has been criminally underrated for the longest time. My sister used to play the crap out of it as a kid
@breadandcircuses8127If your name is "No one", sure
Honestly, I don’t think the emotion powers are so bad since she has them in control. This is one of the first times we see an expressive Peach. But it’s also a power I can image the other Mario characters using
I remember back in elementary school, everybody knew me as the guy with the DS. One day, a girl I hung out with a lot with gave me Super Princess Peach, and told me to finish it. I actually beat the game in a week, but after I did, the girl told me to keep the game.
I still proud of myself for that.
My man!
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
i would want you as my best friend in school
She's a keeper 😳
The genuine surprise at the ending plot twist, truly a wonderful piece of writing that even Jacob wasn't expecting
Yes
0:53
a parasol?
*insert fedora*
PERRY THE PARASOL!
0:53 Dr Doofenshmirtz: Curse you Perry the parasol!
Lmao
The way how he unintentionally predicts the most unlikely of crude jokes just goes to show how dangerous this man's powers are.
It's called the vibe sceptor my man
@@psgamer-il2pt it's a scepter... you watched the video before you commented
@@Faude18 yes I did
When I was a kid, I wanted nothing more in the world than to play Super Princess Peach simply because I liked Mario games and I LOVED Princess Peach. Never did play it but definitely holds a place in my heart
me too!
Chiaki pfp too, based
massive L energy ngl
Above me are two kinds of people
@@notinsideyourwallsLMAO
I owned this game as a kid and I still have it. I absolutely adored it!!! The music was so fun, the replay is worth it, and finding all the toads is so much fun!!! Ugh, it is such an amazing game
Man predicted the new peach game
I remember that I asked my mom where her happy stick was because of this game.
Her: "...how does he know"
What did she say!?
@@SPACE.KITTY. she hit me with the coldest stare of my life
@@Do_tart_tycoon 💀
Lmfao
The fact that I actually played this game as a kid and vividly remember those four coloured hearts on the screen is astonishing to me as all memories of the gameplay have been completely forgotten
I listened to the toad shop music and the memories came back
It's so crazy how I vividly remember all the bosses as I thought I never finished the game
ironic how alpha would play this game from 2005 less than a month before the successor is announced
When I was younger I apparently had a cartridge of this game, but I didn’t play it, until years later when I was bored and was like “you know what? Sure.”
It was a lot of fun, and I managed to get to the final world, but somehow I lost the cartridge and couldn’t find it anywhere which sucked
“Uncontrolled emotions”
The game:”control your emotions to defeat bowser’s forces”
And in today’s installment in “Alpharad plays questionable games,” Peach and Perry the Parasol chase after a Vibrator with the power of exaggerated emotions and Vore!
Kinda reminds me of kir-
I never played this but I always wanted to. The thought of a hero with the powers of the 4 humors was always a cool idea to me. Plus she can float with an umbrella? Thats a great powerset
Despite the constant references to the lost woods for pure guessing, the lost woods puzzle actually involves the music. It gets quiet when you are near a wrong path, but loud when there is the correct path near you.
A story about Peach traveling to save her boyfriend and get her vibrator back sounds hilarious tbh
"Damn both my toys are gone"
Crazy that it's official tho
@@mechanicalhoundz Thea hoes ain’t shit 😢
@@mechanicalhoundz
Bowser just terminated her sex life, all the emotions are justified.
Finally, a game that makes you feel the same emotions as an anime fan on prom night.
MIGHTY NUMBER 69
And has more innuendos than you’d think
Somehow I had unknowingly managed to purge Mighty No.9 and this line from the trailer for it from my memory, and you just caused me to remember all of it just as unwillingly as I had forgotten it.
Thank you.
Lmao 😂
Me, an anime fan who graduated school in 2020:
This was one of my favorite games as a kid and seeing Alpharad cheese it through the entire game using the powers makes me die a little inside because I'd always do it the way intended and never beat it lol
3:52
It’s been a month.
This has aged like fine wine.
As a Super Princess Peach speedrunner, I can confirm that this game sure exists.
Stop lying, we all know you don't exist, there's no such thing as super princess peach
@@Dado_nastro well shit you got me
As a Princess Peach fan, I can confirm us fans do not exist.
Excellent pixel art.
Excellent music.
Fun gameplay.
Love this game.
Don't forget the crazy kinks and intense emotional manipulation
@Franklin Bell ok
Love the Soul and Emotion the game has, no pun intended
@@justanothergamer64Naur
@@aquaabouttogetfunky yes
0:53 what kinda parasol are you, a yellow parasol? Perry the yellow parasol? PERRY THE PARASOL
So they're actually making a sequel, or so it seems
Eat your heart out, Ken Penders
0:16 - about the “made her fight with her uncontrolled emotions” actually she’s the only one with control of her emotions in the entire game. The story states that everyone in the mushroom kingdom lost control of their emotions and because of that everything went to shit. Princess peach then, being the only one that can actually control her emotions (that even translates to gameplay, since you can literally choose the emotion you want at any given time) has to then fight her way through all of this to fix the situation. The marketing for this game also stated that she’s in complete control of her emotions and that’s why she can change it at any time. So it’s not being sexist, the game is trying to do the exact opposite and say that the “powerful woman has control”
True, most people are just gonna see woman + Extreme emotions = Sexist tho
@@hariodinio agreed, it was poorly executed. But the intention was there
@@hariodinio without context is sure does resemble that
@@enderspider5001 it wasn't just the presentation that was poorly executed sadly.
Thanks for bringing that up. Many hook on the typical but the game made it quite clear that Peach's the only one not being wildly effected by the vibe scepter. I wish we did get that squeal or will eventually. This kinda game play was fun.
Correction, her emotions are so under control she can call upon literally fires rage, right after torrential sadness right after actually walking on air..
3 months on HRT, and can I just say.. I WISH my emotions came with superpowers. I've cried more in 3 months than in 10 years.
17:57 Yeah, if I've learn something about Nintendo games is, don't make jokes, they KNOW you are going to make them, and they will make them before you do.
Alpharad: (looks at umbrella) a parasol?
Parasol: (gets in Peach’s hand)
Alpharad: PERRY THE PARASOL?!?!?
Man i loved this game as a kid I never saw it as sexist either, because the main character defeats all the enemies while being in perfect control of her emotions. Watching it now as an adult, the sex jokes are making me think twice about that lol but I also feel like it's one of those Spongebob moments where the game works for children and adults in different ways. It's just that I don't like the way it works for adults whatsoever
Dude I played this game SO much as a kid, and now looking back at it as an adult, the misogyny and sex jokes definitely caught me off guard. I did not think of any of those from my pure innocent childhood memories XD
I mean he kind of leaves out how everyone else is fully unable to control their emotions in this game due to Bowser doing something or whatever, and Peach is actually the only one not unable to control her emotions
I don't think that scepter was meant as a sex joke, just a really unfortunate way to tell kids about emotions and stuff lol...
@@islandboy9381I don’t really see how it could be used like that 😭 either way its pretty hilarious
@@islandboy9381The scepter is pretty obviously supposed to be a vibrator.
Ain't no way SilvaGunner made a reference to 8:48 man.
0:49 “A sentient Parasol?”
*Perry puts on their fedora*
*gasp* “PERRY THE SENTIENT PARASOL!?”
Whenever I think of SPP, I always feel like it's closer to a Yoshi's Island game not only because of the enemies and the change in character line-up but also in gameplay. It's hard to describe.
The paratroopas in this one seem to have longer wings like the ones in Yoshi's Island too and this one loves using large common enemies as bosses
Yet again making me wonder: How has Petey Piranha never appeared in a Yoshi game?
@@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas naval piranha my beloved😊
@@moosesues8887 mmm… not enough
IMO, it's a better sequel to Yoshi's Island then Yoshi's Island DS.
It ain't perfect. The minigames are meh, the subrella is unnecessary, it's generally pretty easy, and it occasionally gets just a little to cute with it's level design, but it's overall a nice, fun little game.
I can't be the only one that thinks that the art of the game looks REALLY good, those dry bones may be the best I have ever seen beside literal 3d
Ikr like the music, art and sprites are so aesthetic I stg.
“A sequel that did not happen”
Aged like fine milk.
that new game is very different
i watched a part of this video just before nintendo announced a new princess peach game. fate.
This game holds a special place in my heart. Thank you for playing it!
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING BOUT! This game was awesome!
:))
Maybe just maybe...the vibe scepter is hidden in a special place in your house.
Thought this was a innuendo
I think an argument can be made both ways about the power set in this game. Yes, Peach uses her ~womanly emotions~ to save the day, but also Peach turns her EMOTIONS into WEAPONS and that’s still badass in my book. Aso, Bowser and his minions are dealing with the exact same uncontrollable emotions so they’re technically on equal footing and Peach still wins in the end.
I think about it like this, the negative stereotypes for dudes get to show in games all the time, dumb, angry, and/or aggressive characters are all over the place. What the heck is so wrong about having the same kind of thing for negative female stereotypes too?
@@prw56 they made questionable decisions back in the day.
In Peach's case, it's not even uncontrollable. She has the emotional control that they (except Bowser) lacked.
Steven universe moment
@@theoriginalredbirdgamer3607 Disney channel original moment
here after the nintendo direct talking about a new peach game
Welp theres gonna be a new peach game
I think the emotions showcase how much control she has over them, since she can just turn it on and off like that
That's kinda badass ngl
@@murderman7265 True, being able to just go and say you get mad and combust. Damn I kind of want them to reference this games powers in other Mario games, like for her to get mad and slap some and actually see some sparks come off the collision. Would make her feel like she's more than *just* a damsel in distress ... It would also explain why Bowser puts her in a cage and never uses rope cause if she wanted she could burn that stuff with a thought.
This game went insanely hard
I would say the end went harder
3:52 This aged like fine wine
3:53 after the lastest nintendo direct, this aged pretty badly
Super Princess Peach is very weird but very charming. Like if I ever need to play something cozy, I play this one. It’s got a very special place in my heart
I can just imagine the board of directors coming up with Peach's powers in a meeting
*Token female* Isn't that kinda sexist? Can't we figure literally anything else out?
*Rest of the Board* Did you guys hear something?
"Women...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
*Sips coffee cups furiously
@@Anvil296 Exactly lol
@@Anvil296 real women moment
Peach in the games: the damsel in distress
Peach in this game: uses her emotions to fight
Peach in the Mario movie: a bad ass
3:55 Yeah...about that...
Who knows the un name peach game is probably the sequel to super princess peach who knows
@@Kirbysansandbootlegsansshowit 70% is
aged like milk ngl
Hehe I think it's already released (this is as far as I know)
@@Kirbysansandbootlegsansshownope :D we got Goku Peach
This game is honestly so much fun and so solid as a platformer
I really enjoyed this game. People think that princess peach’s only purpose is to be kidnapped and that she never fights back. This clearly shows how fierce and strong she can be.
@@ohitsarcangel2182 Princess Peach honestly solos
@@ohitsarcangel2182 she fights with her woman powers like... crying and getting mad... maybe the game is not that good actually
And with that comment you have missed the point entirely. Her total control over these wild emotions, to the point where she can freely flip between crying and getting mad in the blink of an eye, and use all of these to help progress the quest? This here is very much a useful power in itself when all the enemies except Bowser are stuck in just one single emotion.
If anything, this game sends a "pro-woman" message when you start looking at it from the correct angle.
@@gengarzilla1685 In that case she'd be a sociopath who can activate her emotions at will to get her way.
Damn, I can really relate to the ending. I personally have a Vibe Scepter hidden inside my home.
Do you use it often?
@@Zero-ontheleft You just had to ask huh?
@@Zero-ontheleft Very.
Based, me too.
@@Kurai_Kagex No, someone else would do it, i just too impatient
Nintendo liked this video so much they gave Peach another game
Crazy that this dropped a month before nintendo announces a new peach game 😲
Peach: “Whose idea was this?!” 😡
Daisy: “Whose idea was this?!” 😆
Rosalina: “…whose idea was this…?” 😕
Glorg the eater of worlds: "Whose idea was this?!" 🌅
Gorg the destroyer: Whose idea was this 👑
I remember playing this game all the time when I was a kid. It was a ton of fun, but I could never complete it because I couldn't find all the Toads to unlock the final level.
Honestly, I would love for this game to get a sequel. Could even have a four player option where you play as Peach, Daisy, Rosalina, and Pauline.
Oh yeah, I could use a game featuring Rosa.
A game with all 4 Mario heroines as the main characters?? Now that’s a game I’d pay full price for
Would be cool to see a sequel to this game, though I can't really see the emotion thing work with a character like rosalina, she seems too calm.
@@mavi3348 maybe each person is 1 emotion?
3:53 Well, that might be happening now…
Super Princess Peach 2 coming
I can guarantee that some kid played this game, found their mothers Hitachi Wand, then ran around the house pretending to be Princess Peach with the Vibe Scepter.
i find the fact that this is an actual game is so interestingly funny
and the fact that it has similar boss fights to super mario sunshine in it too is kinda cool ngl
Hey Alpha. About Peach getting a new game…
for a sec i thought this was a reaction video to yesterdays direct
The "LOST WOODS" parts of the video were just peak comedy to be honest
Title of the next video: Apparently, Nintendo made a NEW Princess Peach game…
Well apparently she's about to get another one next year
If anything, Peach was in total control of her emotions (via you the player), meanwhile the enemies are stuck with one emotion and are running around wily-nily.
Was gonna make a joke about woman's emotions being the most powerful tool, but this honestly was a way better game then one would've originally suspected. Good looking style and wtf ending
The Lost Woods are actually a bad comparison for the the old "guess the right exit or be sent back to the start" - riddle, since you don't have to brute-force them. The music of the area gets louder when you are near the right exit, they are not about memorization.
You’re right but depending on how old you were when you played it that might not click for you before you just happen to get the right exit.
excuse me WHAT
the more you know i guess, thank you very much /gen
i know he used the OOT art, but OOT was not the first lost woods. and the first one did not have music
@@gigakid3 The first one in the NES game had a solution besides brute-forcing it as well, you could pay a NPC who would tell you the correct order. They would also be a bad example in this context, since you are not supposed to be brute-forcing them either, which is the game design Alpharad is critizising.
Since he did use OOT in his video, this is a moot point anyway. Even if another Zelda game had a section called Lost Woods that relied purely on brute-forcing the problem, as long as OOT is shown in the video, it doesn't matter, the wrong comparison stands.
And now they have a new peach game today.
This had always been one of my favorite childhood games. Minigames and all included with it
To be fair, this also shows peach has perfect control over her emotions
I remember running around in the level desperately trying to find all the puzzle pecies and music notes, never found all of them sadly- This game was funny and fun in its own wacky way. Seeing you play this is a surreal experience that I find hilarious. A ds game series you should really look into is "Drawn to Life" and "Drawn to life the Next Chapter." I will warn you the second made me cry. The second game was a huge game in my childhood. This one was up there too!
The SECOND Peach oriented game.
Jacob's ability too turn his random jokes into reality is truly something else xD
17:05
Damn peach, that's his brother😨