Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
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| Developer(s) | WayForward Technologies |
| Publisher(s) | WayForward Technologies Marvelous USA |
| Director(s) | Matt Bozon |
| Producer(s) | Christopher Shanley Glenn Seidel |
| Designer(s) | Matt Bozon James Montagna |
| Programmer(s) | Walter Hecht |
| Composer(s) | Jake Kaufman |
| Series | Shantae |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Wii U Xbox One |
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, stylized as Shantae: ½ Genie Hero, is a platform video game developed by WayForward Technologies for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, and Xbox One. It is the fourth game in the Shantae series, following Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, and the first to be specifically developed for high definition game platforms. The game was released in December 2016.
The game was funded via Kickstarter, and although the campaign ended in October 2013, WayForward still accepted donations via PayPal on its website up to December 2014.
Like the previous installments of the series, the player takes control of Shantae, a half-genie who can use her hair as a whip to attack enemies. Throughout the game, Shantae can obtain dances that allow her to transform into various forms, each with their own abilities. Along with returning abilities, such as the monkey and elephant transformations, new forms include a bat that can cross long gaps, a crab that can maneuver underwater, and a mouse that can crawl into small mazes. These transformations can be further upgraded with new abilities. The game is divided up into several action stages, which can be replayed to obtain new items that become accessible with the use of certain powers, some of which are required to progress through the story. A new magic meter is added to the game, which allows Shantae to use unlocked spells at will instead of purchasing them individually. The game is presented in high definition, with 2D vector character sprites on 3D environments, unlike previous entries' dedicated pixel art aesthetic.
Forthcoming updates will add additional playable characters to the game, each with their own story campaigns and gameplay styles. The first planned update will add Shantae's nemesis, Risky Boots, who uses "Tinker-tools" as substitutes to Shantae's powers, similar to Shantae's abilities in Pirate's Curse. The game in this case follows a similar structure to that of Shantae's mode. Additional characters will include Sky, who can use birds, Bolo, who uses a ball-and-chain, and Rottytops, whose playstyle will be based on feeding and self-dismemberment.
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