20th January 2017, 2:51 PM
It's true that she had a pretty decent appearance in Mario RPG, but that was by Square, not an internal Nintendo team. A game by Nintendo itself counts for more I think, since it shows what they think of the franchise and not another team... though, if I'm thinking of a hierarchy, a game from the series' main developer would count for the most, which is why it was pretty cool to see all the major characters finally playable in Mario 3D World... and why it's disappointing that the next one is going back to the not as good old "Mario only" stuff. Or in Zelda, how she is treated even worse because all games with Zelda as an actual playable character are either from external teams or Smash games, never main-series Zelda titles. But yeah, whether you care more about how characters are treated in the story or about who is playable has the key role in deciding who is worse between Zelda and Peach, I agree on that.
(If we're talking playable female characters in main-series Zelda games, there really are only three: the Satellaview game where you play as your Satellaview avatar instead of Link, Zelda's spirit controlling those statues in Spirit Tracks, and Midna in Twilight Princess, who is pretty much playable when you're wolf Link. Of those three the Satellaview game is surely best, but Midna has a pretty good part in TP for sure.)
(If we're talking playable female characters in main-series Zelda games, there really are only three: the Satellaview game where you play as your Satellaview avatar instead of Link, Zelda's spirit controlling those statues in Spirit Tracks, and Midna in Twilight Princess, who is pretty much playable when you're wolf Link. Of those three the Satellaview game is surely best, but Midna has a pretty good part in TP for sure.)