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Peach's Castle (also known as Princess Peach's Castle or the Mushroom Castle) is the castle situated within the Mushroom Kingdom and its most prominent landmark. Princess Peach and many Toads, including Toad and Toadsworth, reside in it. The rooms inside the castle vary from game to game, as does the castle's location. Its general appearance was codified in Super Mario 64, where it is characterized by a tall tower supported by four towers along the outside walls. It is usually surrounded by a moat and located in a hilly grassland. Some games also have a town of varying size in its proximity, which is often named Toad Town.
Description[]
In most games, the castle is normally gray marble, but in some games, it is white and even a light cream (Super Princess Peach). Since 1996 it has kept its original highest tower emerging from a wider circular tower underneath - both always in the center of the castle. Normally, the main feature of the castle is a rectangular or square shape, with nearly always four towers supporting this part. The roof is nearly always a shade of red, but in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, it was a pale orange.
A window is usually present at the front of the palace. There is an image of Princess Peach embedded, painted or carved onto the window. In Super Mario 64, this was the part of the castle Princess Peach was concealed in and is only released when Bowser is defeated.
In Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS, the castle is a huge palace with many rooms and secrets. Despite having many rooms, there are no regular "living" rooms, such as a bedroom or kitchen. Most of the rooms simply have a large painting in them. The castle also has a basement, the floor of which is oddly coated with water. The castle grounds were also quite spacious in this game. There are plenty of trees that can be climbed up, and the land itself is quite large. A body of water surrounds the castle, which eventually leads into a small pond. In this game, the castle is reached via Warp Pipe.
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Super Mario 64[]
In Super Mario 64, the Castle and its surrounding areas make up the Hub, providing access to the game's Worlds. It is in this game that we are given our first, in-depth look at the Castle, establishing many of its recurring themes; including it's stain-glass Portrait of the Princess, it's bridge & moat, red-tile roof, and it's light grey brick exterior.
Super Mario Galaxy[]
In Super Mario Galaxy, Bowser uses the power of the Grand Stars to transport the Castle, with Princess Peach within, to the Center of the Universe. In appearance, the Castle looks like a modernized version of its Super Mario 64 design, maintaining all major elements from its Predecessor.
Super Mario Galaxy 2[]
While only seen during the Introduction, and End Credits, the Castle makes no changes to its Super Mario Galaxy design.
Super Mario Odyssey[]
After rescuing Princess Peach from Bowser in the Moon Kingdom, Mario can travel to the Mushroom Kingdom, where he can enter Princess Peach's castle. While the castle's interior is heavily based on the version seen in Super Mario 64, there are very noticeable differences, such as most of the doors that lead to the paintings are missing, and the Big Star Door on the first floor is replaced with a throne.
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