{"id":82479,"date":"2025-07-22T06:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/82479\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T06:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:26:11","slug":"princess-peachs-new-voice-actor-has-been-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/82479\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Peach’s New Voice Actor Has Been Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Princess<\/a>Image: Nintendo Life<\/p>\n

Update [Tue 22nd Jul 2025, 7am]:<\/strong> The voice actor Paul Castro Jr. has also confirmed on social media<\/a> that he is the voice of Toad in Mario Kart World<\/a>. Apart from Peach, Samantha Kelly also previously voiced this character in the video games.<\/p>\n

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Paul Castro Jr.<\/strong>: “I can finally share who I voice in MARIO KART WORLD… TOAD!(s). Male Toads you hear throughout your travels in MARIO KART WORLD are voiced by me! Been playing on my trips and it’s so much darn fun. Can’t thank Nintendo enough for letting me live out this childhood dream.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I can finally share who I voice in MARIO KART WORLD… TOAD!(s). Male Toads you hear throughout your travels in MARIO KART WORLD are voiced by me! <\/p>\n

Been playing on my trips and it’s so much darn fun. Can’t thank @Nintendo<\/a> enough for letting me live out this childhood dream. pic.twitter.com\/JfEgt36KBF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Paul Castro Jr. (@PaulCastroJr) July 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Original Story:<\/strong> Last month, alongside the launch of Mario Kart World<\/a>, Princess Peach’s voice actor Samantha Kelly revealed she was no longer voicing this iconic video game character<\/a> after 18 years.<\/p>\n

Now, in an update, it’s been confirmed that the new voice of Princess Peach (and Baby Peach) is Courtney Lin.<\/p>\n

Lin confirmed this in an announcement on her social media<\/a>. She also acknowledged how she has “so much respect” for the previous Peach voice actors and said she will do her best with “every opportunity”.<\/p>\n

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Courtney Lin<\/strong>: I can finally say\u2026 I\u2019m the voice of Princess Peach and Baby Peach in Mario Kart World! Eternally grateful for Nintendo, for trusting me to help carry the legacy of this icon.<\/p>\n

These characters are so much bigger than ourselves. I am so honored and honestly can still hardly believe it. I have so much respect for all of the Peaches that came before me, especially the one I grew up with<\/p>\n

\u2026I will do my best with every opportunity I am given, and I hope you all have been enjoying the game . Wahooo!! Sweet<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to Lin’s official website<\/a>, she has previously voiced characters in series like Monster High, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Pok\u00e9mon (Pok\u00e9mon Masters EX<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Lin’s name was previously spotted last month in the credits of Mario Kart World alongside Kevin Afghani (the voice of Mario)<\/a>, when the game was released on 5th June.<\/p>\n

I can finally say\u2026 I\u2019m the voice of \ud83d\udc51\ud83c\udf51 Princess Peach and Baby Peach in Mario Kart World! Eternally grateful for @Nintendo<\/a> , for trusting me to help carry the legacy of this icon. (Continued\ud83d\udd3d) pic.twitter.com\/7HOGTsFtCz<\/a>\u2014 Courtney Lin \ud83e\udd87\ud83d\udda4 DRACULAURA MONSTER HIGH (@thecourtneylin) July 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Once again, this confirmation follows Samatha Kelly’s update, which revealed how she found out her time as Peach was “over” as the Switch 2, and the latest Mario Kart game, was releasing.<\/p>\n

This voice actor swap for Princess Peach follows some recent updates about the voice actors playing Donkey Kong and Pauline in Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What do you think of the voice work of Princess Peach (and Baby Peach) in Mario Kart World? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n