Peach (Smash Plus)

Peach is a playable character in Super Smash Brothers Plus for the Nintendo Switch Plus. Representing the Super Mario Bros. franchise, Peach is listed as Fighter #3 in Smash's modified numbering system and is classified as a lightweight fighter. She is hidden at the start of the game, but can be unlocked through random encounters in Versus Mode, or by scoring at least 10 KO's in a single match on the Princess Peach's Castle stage.
On paper it seems that Peach would be difficult to win a match with, given her slow speed (especially for a lightweight character) and relatively weak attacks. This is made even worse by the loss of her primary projectile weapon. However, Peach has several new weapons at her disposal to try and off set the loss, namely her Vibe Scepter, which can buff her attacks and movement options, depending on which Vibe is used. These factors have made Peach a much more technically minded fighter, and players have to be able to find the right opportunity to use her abilities to their advantage. Peach has two normal jumps and, other than her floating ability, has no additional movement options.
==Moveset==
===Basic Attacks===
*Special Gimmick: Peach has the unique ability to float in midair, hovering along a horizontal plain for a little under three seconds for as long as the jump button is held down. She can only do this once per jump before she has to land, and while floating she can move left or right freely, while also performing her forward aerial attack with a simple press of the attack key.
*Neutral Jab- Peach performs a two handed slap attack that launches foes on the second hit.
*Side Tilt- Peach kicks forward straight up at a 180 degree angle from low to high, with a sweet spot for damge located at the tip of her foot.
*Up Tilt- Peach shoots her arm straight up, creating a heart shaped magical aura briefly above herself to launch foes.
*Down Tilt- Peach performs a low angle sweep kick directly in front of herself.
*Dash Attack- Peach performs a shoving motion that creates magical sparks in front of herself, with the 2nd hit doing more damage than the first.
*Grab & Pummel- Peach grabs with both arms from an average distance. She pummels by lifting her knee into them.
*Forward Throw- Peach performs a backhanded slap that launches foes away forward at a low angle.
*Back Throw- Peach places the opponent behind herself and then hip checks them backwards a fair amount of distance.
*Up Throw- Peach tosses the opponent in the air and then strikes with a double handed punch like she was setting a volleyball, knocking them straight upwards.
*Down Throw- Peach slams the opponent on the ground, stomps on them once and then kicks them away, with the stomp doing the most damage out of the three hits.
*Neutral Air- Peach spins around clockwise at a slightly diagonal angle, her entire body becoming a hit box (but doing more damage on her arms then on the body.)
*Forward Air- Peach performs a double axehandle directly in front of herself that can spike opponents right at the beginning of the move.
*Back Air- Peach performs a hip check directly behind herself, similar to the Peach Bomber. Has the most knockback of any of Peach's aerial moves.
*Up Air- Peach swipes her arm overhead, leaving a rainbow aura that can hit foes late.
*Down Air- Peach rapidly kicks straight downward with several strikes, with the 4th hit launching foes.
===Smash Attacks===
*Side Smash- Peach swings away with a blunt object, with the trajectory and power of the hit varying depending on which item she hits. No angle to the control stick will cause Peach to swing with a golf club, which does average damage and knockback. Angling the control stick up will launch with the frying pan, which has the shortest range and most endlag of the three swings, but does the most damage and launches straight up. Angling down will swing with a tennis racket, which does the most knockback but the least amount of damage of the three swings.
*Up Smash- Peach will swing her arm over her head, similar to her up air, creating a rainbow aura that will hit enemies multiple times before launching with the final hit. Will do the most damage if the hand hits at the start of the arc.
*Down Smash- Peach ducks down and spins around clockwise three times with her dress extending a hitbox around her. Hits multiple times and launches on the final hit.
===Special Moves===
*Neutral Special: Vibe Scepter- Peach will pull out her Vibe Scepter and hold it high in the air, bringing up a selector wheel similar to Shulk's Monado Arts. She can then use one of the 4 Vibe Energies she has at her disposal. Each Vibe will affect Peach's stats in someway. Each Vibe stays active for 10 seconds and has a 10 second cooldown before it can be used again. Vibes cannot be switched, and using Neutral Special while using a Vibe will create a different attack for Peach to use.
The Joy Vibe will increase her attack speed and the height of her jumps, while slightly reducing her attack strength. It will also increase her floating time in the air from 2.5 seconds to 4 seconds. Her Neutral Special will turn into the Joy Spinner, which causes Peach to spin in place as long as the Special button is held down, dealing multiple hits of damage. 
The Rage Vibe will greatly increase her attack strength, but cuts her ground speed in half as well as nullifies her floating ability. Ut also decreases her overall jump height. Her Neutral Special will become Rage Aura, which engulfs Peach in a fiery aura as long as the Special Button is held down, dealing flinching damage to nearby opponents and nullifying weak projectiles. 
The Gloom Vibe will increase her ground speed and greatly improve her defense stats, making her nearly impossible to launch. It however cuts her attack strength and launching power in half, making it far more defensive in nature. Her Neutral Special will become Princess Tears, which causes two streams of tears to come down on either side of her face which can damage foes on contact as long as the special button is held down.
The Calm Vibe will slightly downgrade Peach's defensive stats, but while active it will also cause her to heal damage to the tune of 1.75% per second (for a total of 17.5% damage for the duration of the attack.) Her Neutral Special will become Zen Shield. This shield will appear around herself briefly, and will counter any attack with a magical spell that puts nearby opponents to sleep. This shield cannot be held in place, though, unlike the other Vibe Neutral Specials.
*Side Special: Peach Bomber- With a mighty "Hi-YA!", Peach will launch herself forward with a hip check attack, smashing into any enemy in her way and launching them forwards. Comes out quickly but has severe endlag if it misses. Smash inputting the move will cause it to travel slightly farther.
*Up Special: Parasol- Peach jumps upwards at an angle and, once she reaches the apex of her jump, opens up her parasol and begins to descend to the ground. The move damages on the jump and the opening of the parasol, afterwards the hitbox vanishes. While descending, Peach's air speed falls dramatically and she can float down to the ground, independent of her horizontal floating ability. Pressing any attack button though will end the parasol float and cause Peach to enter freefall once the attack is concluded.
*Down Special: Toadsworth- Peach covers her ears with a terrified expression and summons her faithful majordomo, Toadsworth, to stand guard briefly. While Toadsworth appears, any attack will be countered by Toadsworth firing off multi-hitting spores in the direction the attack came from. This attack also works from behind, switching Toadsworth and Peach's positions if necessary.
*Final Smash: Peach Blossom- Peach performs a quick dance and causes all enemies on the stage to suddenly fall asleep. The length of their sleep is greater if they were closer to Peach when the Final Smash began. It also creates three giant peaches that can heal up to 20% of health each, but these peaches can be eaten by anyone.
===Miscellaneous===
*Entry Animation- Peach appears out of a shower of hearts, winks at the camera and says "Hi!" before assuming fighting stance.
*Idle Animation 1- Peach looks over her shoulders and dusts something off her dress.
*Idle Animaton 2- Peach fiddles with her crown on her head before resuming battle stance.
*Side Taunt- Peach performs a taunting dance while looking at the camera and sings "La La La La Laa Laa!"
*Up Taunt- Peach pulls out her parasol and twirls it over her shoulder while saying "Sweet!"
*Down Taunt- Peach winks at the camera and blows a kiss in an exaggerated fashion before giggling.
*Victory Animation 1- Peach clasps her hands together as if being sincere and tauntingly asks "Aw...Did I Win?!?" before turning to the camera with fake innocence on her face.
*Victory Animation 2- Peach leans on her parasol and twirls it around before placing it on her shoulders and saying "That was fun!"
*Victory Animation 3- Peach waves to the crowd and blows them a kiss, laughing and saying "You're too kind!"
==How to Unlock==
Peach can be unlocked in the game any of the following ways: 
*Playing versus matches until she randomly shows up as a "Challenger Approaching" fight. Defeat her to unlock her.
*Score at least 10 KO's on a single match on the Princess Peach's Castle stage.
*Unlock her in the Finale of World of Light by defeating her.
*Paying 1,000 gold in a shop, where he can randomly appear (though rarely).
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