Nintendo fans are trying to work out new character Peachette

Blink and you'd have missed it in last week's Nintendo Direct, but we got a brief glimpse at a brand new Mario character. Her name's Peachette, and she has got Nintendo fans very confused indeed.

Peachette will appear for the first time in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, the updated Switch port of the Wii U's by-the-numbers Mario sidescroller. But Peachette is not a new, individual character - you play as her when you choose Toadette and then pick up a new power-up, the Super Crown.

Going by her looks, Peachette is Peach. Sure, she has Toadette's pigtails, is slightly shorter and has a different dress. But she is human. Toadette is a Toad.

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