This article is about the video game series. For the first video game in the series, see. For the character, see. Shantae, (Pirate's Curse and Half Genie Hero) , (all other releases), Pqube Games, Oizumi Amuzio Inc. (various platform-specific releases) Creator(s) Erin Bozon, Matt Bozon Platform(s), Platform(s) of origin Game Boy Color Year of inception 2002 June 2, 2002 December 20, 2016 Shantae is a series of developed by, with the first title having originally been distributed. The main character of the series, a half-genie named, was created by Erin Bozon, while the games themselves were created from this character by her husband Matt Bozon. The series consists of four games: (2002), (2010), (2014) and (2016).
Tinkerbat Dance. It allows Shantae to transform into a strangely powerful Tinkerbat that can also use the powers of the Monkey, Elephant, and Spider dances. It is obtained from a strange merchant in Bandit Town and is performed by pressing Down, Up, and Up. The Tinkerbat dance can only be obtained when playing on a Gameboy Advance. That is hardly surprising considering that Shantae for GBA is still a selling product and roms are illegal anyway, unless you own.
Set in the fictional world of Sequin Land, the series follows Shantae as she tries to protect her hometown Scuttle and more generally Sequin Land as a whole, from various threats, which generally involve to some extent her nemesis, the lady pirate Risky Boots. The setting, despite various fantasy, dark fantasy and steampunk elements, mostly displays oriental-inspired aesthetics. All games involve collecting new powers and items, which vary from game to game, to strengthen Shantae and unlock access to new areas.
Although releasing to strong reviews, the first game sunk into obscurity, its poor sales generally being attributed to its late release on the, which at the time had already been replaced by the. The series resurfaced in 2010 with Risky's Revenge, and has since enjoyed more commercial success and a growth in popularity. The series has been met with strong critical reception, and is considered the flagship series of WayForward Technologies. Contents. History The character of Shantae was created by Erin Bell, the wife of Matt Bozon, the game's creator. In 1994, during their engagement, Erin got a flash of inspiration while coming back from her camp counsellor days, and created the character, naming her 'Shantae' after one of the campers, as well as developing her dancing abilities.
Matt later asked her what she would come up with if she was to create a video game character, and she introduced him to Shantae. Matt liked the idea and fleshed out the mythology and cast of the game. Erin imagined that the character could summon or charm animals by belly-dancing.
This would later become the basis for the transformation dances. Matt has provided two contradictory stories about how the idea for the hair whip came to be: in one, he said he was inspired by the nine-foot-long hair of his wife, while in the other he claims that Erin's original sketches already featured Shantae using her hair as a weapon. Matt Bozon has stated that his main influences for the game series are, and anime, mostly which he claims as a heavy influence, and others like, 's films, and, as well as 80s cartoons like or, while Erin Bozon's main influence was. The signature catchphrase from the franchise, 'Ret-2-Go', was created by a friend of them who kept using it when they were working on animation clean up for the animated film, and the expression made its way into the script as an inside joke. Matt also elaborated a bit on the development of Sky's character, who was initially named 'Twitch' and had a different appearance. She was altered later on in development, and the original Twitch character served as the basis for a similarly-named character and her friend in.
When asked about whether the Shantae series was conceived as pushing feminist values because of its strong female cast, Matt Bozon acknowledged that he liked to portray the Shantae world as having the girls 'run the show' and not be defined solely by their appearances. While he admitted that most female characters had a deliberately sexy design to them, and the male characters often displayed a variety of weaknesses, he also said that he just liked depicting Shantae's world this way 'for no precise reason', and that it was certainly possible that strong male characters could appear later in the franchise's future. Characters Shantae. Main article: Voiced by: Meagan Glaser ( Risky's Revenge), (all other appearances) Shantae is a half-genie, the daughter of a human father and genie mother. She is described as having little magical abilities, including being capable to whip her hair as a weapon, but has a strong sense of right and wrong and is a skilled dancer.
Mimic Mimic is a member of the Relic Hunters, an in-universe society of treasure hunters unearthing ancient artifacts. Although not related to her by blood, he is Shantae's adoptive uncle, as he raised her after her parents' disappearance. Sky Voiced by: Sky is Shantae's life-long friend, a war bird trainer and the daughter of a Relic Hunter herself. Never seen without her pet war bird Wrench, she's described as being in a hurry to grow up, and in, is even briefly engaged to a man she just met. Sky appears as a playable character in Half-Genie Hero 's 'Friends to the End' mode. Bolo Voiced by: Nathan Sharp Bolo is Shantae's friend and sparring partner.
He is described as being rather slow and very easily attracted to girls. He is actually willing to prove himself as being capable of being a hero, or at the very least, doing something. Bolo appears as a playable character in Half-Genie Hero 's 'Friends to the End' mode. Rottytops Voiced by: Rottytops is a sentient zombie girl who is described as being mischievous and constantly looking for trouble for fun. After her first encounter with Shantae in the first game, although her behavior toward her remains ambiguous, in-game dialogue in Shantae and the Pirate's Curse reveals that she holds Shantae in great esteem and wants to be her friend. She has two brothers named Abner Cadaver and Poe.
Rottytops appears as a playable character in Half-Genie Hero 's 'Friends to the End' mode. Risky Boots Voiced by: Risky Boots the lady-pirate is Shantae's evil nemesis who is the main villain of the series (except in Pirate's Curse), constantly trying to force Sequin Land to bound to her will or trying to take revenge on Shantae for ruining her schemes. She's helped by an endless army of humanoid silent little creatures called Tinkerbats. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse reveals that she was once second-in-command to a very dangerous being named the Pirate Master, and was corrupted by dark magic while serving him.
Risky appears as a playable character in Half-Genie Hero 's 'Pirate Queen's Quest' mode. Games Aggregate review scores As of December 25, 2016.
Game (GBC) 77.88% – (WIIU) 87.50% (NDS) 86.33% (iOS) 83.00% (PS4) 75.91% (NDS) 85 (WIIU) 77 (iOS) 75 (PS4) 74 (WIIU) 84.17% (3DS) 83.75% (XONE) 82.80% (PS4) 75.57% (WIIU) 85 (3DS) 82 (XONE) 79 (PS4) 75 (WIIU) 85.00% (PS4) 81.75% (NS) 85.00% (WIIU) 84 (PS4) 81 (NS) 82 Timeline of release years 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Shantae (2002). Main article: The fourth game in the series, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero was via a campaign in 2013. The game was released digitally and physically on December 20, 2016 for, and, and digitally on,. It was also released on on June 8, 2017. Other games Some characters from the series have made crossover appearances in other games: Shantae and Bolo appear as playable characters in the game Watch Quest. A Shantae-themed microgame, 'Shantae NAB!' , was created by Matt Bozon in and distributed by Nintendo as one of its 'Big Name Games' entries.
Risky Boots is featured in the -funded by Heart Machine, in a backer-exclusive quest, as part of a mutual support action between the funding campaign for that game and Half-Genie Hero. Shantae herself will be featured as a playable supporting character in the crowdfunded game by Lab Zero Games. Shantae appeared as a guest character in and in and as a downloadable guest character. Both Shantae and Risky Boots appear in as spirits. Cancelled games Shantae Advanced Plans for a sequel to Shantae started soon after its release. Shantae Advance, also known as Shantae 2: Risky Revolution, was a sequel that was in development for the, but was canceled after not being picked up by a publisher.
A demo of the first world was developed, and while not released to the public, WayForward a full playthrough of it on October 3, 2013, as part of a promotion for the crowdfunding of Half-Genie Hero. Shantae Advance was planned to consist of eight chapters of gameplay split over seven towns, six islands, and six labyrinths; this was estimated to take about twenty hours to play through.
In addition to the regular gameplay, six minigames and a multiplayer battle mode were planned. Four of the labyrinths were supposed to be based on the four seasons; the first labyrinth, which was featured in the demo, was based on autumn, and its hub room was filled with falling autumn leaves.
The story of Shantae Advance involved Risky having her Tinkerbats dig under Sequin Land, and putting a pillar in the middle, allowing the land to be rotated. This could be used in the gameplay to rotate the world, lining up the foreground with objects in the background, thus giving the player access to new areas. New gameplay elements for Shantae Advance included the ability to move between the foreground and background, swimming, flying in 3D on the back of Sky's bird Wrench, and some new forms for Shantae to transform into; these included a new version of the spider, a crab, and a mermaid. Many of these features were ultimately implemented into later titles; background movement, swimming, and the mermaid transformation were introduced in Risky's Revenge, while flying on Wrench and all three transformations were used into Half-Genie Hero. As with the original game, Shantae Advance was developed by Matt Bozon on his own time. Shantae: Risky Waters Another attempt at a Shantae sequel was Shantae: Risky Waters, a game planned for the with experimental gameplay taking advantage of the double screen function of the console. Plans were scrapped after WayForward failed to find a publisher as well.
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