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Shantae: Risky's Revenge was announced on Septemfor Nintendo DSiWare as a 3- part episodic sequel. For now, it sits on my hard drive." Bozon also said Wayforward has constantly been experimenting with Shantae on a variety platforms including the Gamecube, GBA, DS and Wii in both 3D and 2D.Īfter countless years of waiting, Shantae fans finally received some long overdue good news. If we find that an opportunity exists, we could still release that in some form down the line. In an interview in 2007 with IGN, Matt Bozon, the creator of Shantae said "It's a shame that Shantae Advance dried up…the overall effort was about 50% done. Surprisingly the game also featured a 4-player battle mode that could be played with a single cart but not much else is known about it.Īs the years passed on the information released for Shantae Advanced reached a screeching hault and although never officially announced it's assumed to of been canceled. The game seemed to play similar to the style of the original Shantae and featured a revamped graphical design that managed to be even more colorful than the original. Way back in 2003, shockingly, a demo was released to the press for Shantae's next adventure "Shantae 2:Risky Revolution" or more commonly known as just Shantae Advance. Shantae without a doubt was one of the best handheld games of it's time, it shared significant similarities to games like Metroid, Castlevania, and Zelda while still having it's own quirks and improving over some the mechanics in those games like Castlevania II's night system. Basically what I'm saying is if you like Zelda games Shantae may be worth a look, in some ways Shantae feels like an improved version of Zelda II. Bosses, Keys and power ups they're all present in Shantae's dungeons. Transformations like the monkey will make you more agile and capable of jumping walls or later game transformations like the Harpy will give you the ability to fly. As I said earlier, you'll unlock a plethora of transformations throughout the various dungeons in the game. The puzzles for the most part are very comparable to Zelda, not ridiculously complex but still enough to get you thinking. The dungeons throughout the game are made up of puzzle solving, combat and platforming. Luckily you'll be able to find hidden "Warp Squids" throughout the game which allow you to teleport back to specific towns by using Shantae's magical genie dance moves. Unlike other games similar in style to Shantae though, Shantae has NO MAP, while it certainly doesn't benefit the game much, it does to some degree add to the old school exploration elements of the game. The game has a fairly big over world consisting of a variety of environments, towns and dungeons. The story is by no means the main draw of the game but it does a good job at going along with the gameplay and without being intrusive.Īs for the game itself, Shantae is an exploration based 2-D platformer, or as the cool cats on the internet would call it, a Metroidvania.

You'll have to explore a variety of dungeons, find the relics necessary to run the Steam engine and keep them away from Risky Boots. An evil pirate named Risky Boots attacks Scuttle Town and steals the newly invented Steam engine and of course wants to do bad things with it, so you have to stop her. The story is very simplistic and doesn't go into too much depth. Shantae can also use her genie dancing transformation skills to take the form of a variety of animals and beasts, when unlocked the transformations will allow you to progress to different locations similar in style to Super Metroid. What almighty weapon does this magical genie use to protect this town you ask? HER HAIR OF COURSE! that's right in addition to being insanely sexy, Shantae's hair also doubles as a mass killing machine. You're probably wondering now, just what the hell is a "Shantae"? Well "Shantae" is a cutesy half-genie put in charge of defending a small fishing port by the name of Scuttle Town. Three top investment pros open up about what it takes to get your video game funded.