Princess Pesca – Princess Peach
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Princess_Pesca
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Peach
Princess Pesca has recently arrived from Valencia. She is the intended Governor of Puerto Nuovo. She along with Maxine Rockhoppierre, Rottingham Weiler, and Don Manzana negotiate a ceasefire over tensions each of the Spiral’s powers have against each other regarding Novus.
On our world, “Pesca” is the Italian word for “Peach”. It might be the Valencian word for peach as well.
Princess Peach is a character in Nintendo’s Mario franchise. She was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and introduced in the 1985 original Super Mario Bros. game as Princess Toadstool. She is the princess regnant and head of state of the Mushroom Kingdom, where she resides in her castle along with Toads. Since her debut, she has appeared in the majority of Mario video games as the main female character and the romantic interest of Mario. She has been voiced by Samantha Kelly since 2007.
As the lead female character in the Super Mario series, Peach’s role is typically the damsel in distress who is kidnapped by the main series antagonist, Bowser. In most of the games, her role is to be a captive until she is eventually rescued by Mario. In several multiplayer games of the series, she is a playable character, such as Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Outside the series, she has appeared as the protagonist and player character of several video games, including Princess Toadstool’s Castle Run, Super Princess Peach, and Princess Peach: Showtime!. She makes regular appearances as a playable character in Mario spin-offs and other video game series, including Mario Sports games, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Paper Mario and the fighting game series Super Smash Bros..
Peach is one of the best-known female protagonists in video game history, having appeared in more video game titles than any other female character. She has also appeared in official merchandise, comics, and animated series. In The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), she is voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy. Peach has received a mixed reception, with much commentary being critical of her longstanding repetitive role as a princess waiting to be rescued.
The current list of all the (known) Novus references are located here.
Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
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