BatGals are humanoid bat enemies that appear frequently throughout the Shantae games.
These ladies only appear in Cackle Mound in the first game, but will show up in various other locations in later entries (aside from Risky's Revenge). They are typically shown wearing some form of armor in conjunction with leather attire. The most noticeable features of a BatGal are their long pointed tails and helmets, which are crested with a pair of bat wings. All BatGals are decently durable, and can attack Shantae by swinging their chained flails or axe-heads. If hit, they can turn into their bat form to temporarily escape danger. Because of this, BatGals have typically held the role of labyrinth "mini bosses". It is also possible that the "cat ladies" mentioned in Library refer to these creatures in Cackle Mound, but cats don't have ears or tails like that. BatGals have about 80 HP in The Pirate's Curse.
Appearance[]
BatGals resemble humans, with a pink (blue in Twinkle Palace) color scheme in the first game and yellow eyes and green skin in later games. They wear a black helmet with wing-like protrusions, black shoulder pads with spikes, black gloves, black top and black boots. They have tails alike to that of a devil, ending with a triangular shape.
In the first game, they wore hats with small decorative wings, wore a bodysuit and lacked visible hair.
Behavior[]
Shantae[]
BatGals make their first appearance in Shantae as mini-bosses in the Cackle Mound and Twinkle Palace. They jump and launch a whip with two spikes at the end at Shantae, retract the whip, then repeat. In Twinkle Palace, they appear with a blue colour scheme and only appear from roulette blocks.
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse[]
BatGals return in The Pirate's Curse in Cackle Tower, after their absence in Risky's Revenge. They have the same abilities as in the previous game but the whip has been replaced with a flail. When they are defeated, they scream, turn into stone and crumble.
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero[]
While absent from the main scenario, BatGals make their return in the Pirate Queen’s Quest DLC. They turn into a swarm of bats when hit, and revert to attack the player with their flails. When defeated, their clothes rip apart as they scream and vanish.
Shantae and the Seven Sirens[]
They behave the same way as in Half-Genie Hero. Some roam normally, while others have to be revived from statues (via the refresh dance). Their Monster Card increases the damage of the Spark Dance from 15 to 22 points.
Trivia[]
- Before their official names were revealed, people speculated them being very different types of monsters such as succubi/devils, vampires, goblins, zombies or some other type of undead and even "cat-ladies." They are not based on any single mythical creature, and instead have signature traits of different types of monsters (transforming into a bat like vampires, having the appearance of a devil, becoming stone like golems/gargoyles, can be reanimated and having green skin similar to zombies/undead in the series.)
- They have similarities to Orcs; both species have bat wings and can alter themselves in a state where they are able to fly or attack, attack with something heavy (orcs with their bodies and BatGals with their flails), and have a similar color scheme. It is unknown if the two species are related in some way or just coincidentally similar.