Why Princess Peach May Never Get Kidnapped Again

It's Princess Peach's Showtime now, the time of being kidnapped is over! At least, that's what I think we're heading towards, as Nintendo has steadily been putting Peach in more playable roles in Mario games. Let me explain to you why Bowser may never get his hands on Peach again!
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[@DoctorSanity]

One thing we're curious about is the ebb and flow of nostalgia versus new, by that we mean we can't help but notice that Mario's most straightforward kidnappings of peach tended to be around the New Super Mario Bros era, or the one where Mario stagnated referencing SMB1-3 heavily. The current Mario era is somewhat similar to the gamecube one in that it's experimenting and trying out a lot of new things. As a result we're not fully sold on the idea Peach won't be kidnapped again.
But! We still agree on you for quite a few things. It all depends on how much Nintendo has sort of realized that... they just don't really need Peach to do basically the same plot? The pixies, the flower kingdom, etc, aren't really different from Peach in execution, and all for the better we'd argue. It lets us find out about new characters or locales, iconic as the mushroom kingdom is.
Peach just being one of the casual fun characters featured is honestly sort of refreshing. Peach is a hyper femme, dolled up princess who loves to bake and dance and sing, but those elements don't inherently say anything bad about women. Her still getting to be that but just allowed to *join in on the fun* is, well, it's nice!

[@gcam26]

They probably noticed the mario series was a bit more boy-sided for a little while during the switch era, and toadette just doesn't have the same appeal of peach for girls. The movie and Showtime were definitely a big push towards making her character a lot more prominent, both in the games and marketing, and I have a feeling they will be experimenting even more with the status quo of the series, after all we got princess Daisy playable in Wonder after them experimenting with her inclusion in Mario Run many years before.

[@jamesheatherly4209]

I think that it’s most likely because the story was getting old.