Shantae is an adventure developed by WayForward, released 2 June 2002 on Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy Color.
What Shantae is
Shantae is an adventure game developed by WayForward and released in 2002. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy Color.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A gang of pirates, the Tinkerbats, led by Risky Boots, attacks Scuttle Town and steals a prototype steam engine from Mimic, the town's resident treasure hunter. Mimic tells Shantae, the guardian of Scuttle Town, that if Risky retrieves four magical "elemental stones", she could power up the steam engine and create an unstoppable weapon out of it. Shantae travels across Sequin Land, determined to retrieve the steam engine and the elemental stones and stop Risky. With help from her friends Bolo and Sky and her acquaintance Rottytops, she gains access to three dungeons where she retrieves three of the stones. At the fourth dungeon, Shantae finds the fourth stone, but is ambushed at the exit by…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Shantae launched on 2 June 2002, within three weeks of Medal of Honor: Frontline, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Neverwinter Nights and Grand Prix 4.
Released around the same time: Medal of Honor: Frontline, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Neverwinter Nights, Grand Prix 4.
Official trailer
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