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About the game​

Shantae is back in an adventure 20 years in the making! The nefarious pirate Risky Boots has a "groundbreaking" new plan that will leave Sequin Land spinning — by rotating the continent, she can move any town right to the coast for easy plundering! As Shantae, turn the tectonic tables on Risky by taking control of the land itself: shift, twist, navigate, and explore by swapping between mix-and-match multilayered levels! Hair-whip and belly-dance your way through scrambled lands, misplaced towns, monster-filled crypts, and daunting labyrinths. Six creature transformations, fierce boss battles, and a 4-player versus mode await!

Key Features:

• Discover the lost chapter of the Shantae saga, fully restored and released after 20 years!
• Fight and explore using your hair-whipping ability, magic items, and belly-dance transformations (including monkey, elephant, crab, and more)!
• Spin and shift Front Yard and Back Yard playfields to create new routes and solve puzzles!
• Visit towns, battle through labyrinths, purchase upgrades, find collectables, and meet with friends like Rottytops, Sky, and Bolo!
• For the first time ever in a Shantae game, four players can compete in Battle Mode! (Controllers required.)

Release Date:

August 19, 2025

Platforms:

Switch(2)
Playstation
Xbox
Steam
Game Boy Advance

Screenshots:

Deluxe Edition Available:
(It's just costumes)

Reviews:

TBA​

 

[KiteGr]

Who knew that I'll be buying a GBA game in 2025...

 

[Pejo]

Just put a few hours into it, I really like it! I thought the overlay art would be kinda tacky with the older pixel aesthetic, but it just kinda works and gives you some flavor images for the story and dialogue. The game itself is fantastic so far. Amazing what creative devs can do with 4 buttons and 16 bit limitations.

I just beat the 1st and 2nd bosses (well 2nd was probably a miniboss) and have 2 dance forms now, Monkey and Crab. Exploration feels good, but I do miss the map from later games. It's tough remembering where everything is when you have to backtrack to things after you get new abilities.

It feels nice to have puzzles that aren't just going through the motions and gameplay that demands a little more from the player. Not that the game is hard or anything, but it's an enjoyable difficulty where it keeps you interested.

I have the game downloading on my Deck right now, I'll try it out there tomorrow to see how that goes. Super happy with it overall so far though. Great game.

 

[vodka-bull]

I know LRG ran out of Vita cartridges, but they could just release it on the digital store, right?

 

[El Muerto]

I just started playing the series for the first time a few days ago. Started with Risky's Revenge Directors Cut and i'm having fun with it. Perfect for the steam deck.

 

[sigmaZ]