Shantae Costumes

Costumes are outfits that Shantae can change into to change her stats and abilities. First introduced in Shantae: Risky's Revenge for the iOS to promote Shantae: Half-Genie Hero's Costume Swap stretch goal. Some characters also have different outfits that doesn't change anything but their appearance.

The Red  Bedlah Attire

A Turkish costume worn by Shantae. Most commonly, it is used to refer to the matching set of bra and belt that cabaret dancers use.  The Turkish style of belly dance is a more playful and energetic style in which it gives Shantae that iconic personality of feel. It is made of The word bedlah is Arabic for " suit".

Concept Artworks
Matt bozon made Shantae for the PC engine Before the Gameboy Color version. The sprite model was Much different than what we see her today. I recall the tiger sprite model and the harpy but I don't have any other records.	The Hair style and eyes at the time were both brown but the Iconic structure is there. Givin the look, this was clearly meant for a console game or a CD-ROM based disk game. Matt: Erin bell (my future wife) designed Shantae during the SNES era. her idea was a hair-whipping genie that could belly dance to summon up magic. She drew these first few images to explain the concept. Erin named the character after a little girl who attended her day camp. After laying down the broad designs, Erin passed the character-design reins to me. It was such a powerful act of trust that we soon were married. Well, not really, but it does make the story more interesting.
	Shantae's iconic attire for the Gameboy Color made it's debut. She wears a red bedlah and wearing a circlet with a blue stone Matt: After Escaping the y2k, Erin ( who'd been off working on seasons 1 and 2 of futurma) cam eback to WayForward. By now I'd locked in the style and proportions. Shantae's bracelets bcame wrist guards, she got her ears pierced, and she lost the long trailing sash we often had around her waist. This sketch became the promotional image for shantae [for] Game Boy Color, which was sent off to potential publishers along with the demo"
	During her adventures, She will receive an upgrade where attire is accented with Golden accessories A tiara, cuffs, sash and slippers.
2004 Standard Shantae	2004 began the transition from migrating into the Gba era where her design layout made a slight adjustment. The term standard is a meaning to showcase this will be the future ideal attire for all upcoming games. Matt: Comming off Sigma Star Saga, which featured slightly older characters, I could see how Shantae had been incrementally becoming less kidlike. This design is probably what I'd call "the Standard" Shantae, if one ever really existed. She's a young lass here, trapped somewhere between childhood and adulthood. She's got the signature hair, and the sash has been replaced by a sort of trim that does the same job. And for the first time in a while, she wasn't standing quite so tall.
[Concept] Gamecube Shantae	By 2005, the Experimental phase was initiated to find a method to have shantae from 2-d into a 3-Dimensional view, but many problems became conflicted that the ideal look was scrapped! The Cuffs and bra was changed, and the sash entirely being removed! Matt: On Gamecube, we built her 3-D model from a previous design, but found that at long camera distances she didn't read too well onscreen. AND at third-person view, she was hidden by her hair. The fix was a stumpy triangular design with overstated hips and large feet to ground the character. Seeing the character in 3_D exposed many problems with the [Design[. The harem sleeves never did attach anywhere, and her rockin '80's bangs had Flintstone Face Syndrome, needing to flip at will. We went back to the drawing board, literally."
	By 2006, Shantae has gone through various changes, where the sash is entirely removed, replaced with a black vest. The iconic sleeves also removed giving a more heroine look. Matt: I enlisted the help of several artists ( talented friends working shows like Teen Titans, and popular manga and magazines) to explore the character, really encouraging new directions. Although this was mainly an exercise, it brought about some very cool results. Sleeves were gone and grounding black elements were brought in. This is by far the most heroic she's ever looked.
	near the end of 2006, Shantae reach a pinacle of an ideal look for the next upcoming shantae GBA. Matt: At the end of the redesign phase leading up to the DS pitches, I stopped at Robert DeJesus's supercute Shantae design. It put all of the key color elements into place that we still use today, and her age nicely contrasted against Risky's. Now we had this budding kid hero battling a world-travelled tyrant woman. For the first time, Shantae and Risky didn't stand as equals, which was refreshing.
	2009 finally made her return after many years of development problems. Many also have responded to the previous design from 2006 stating that it has lost it's originality. Work went underway until they finally corrected it, bringing back the iconic red sleeves. Matt: When DsiWare was annouced we gave it another push, which resulted in the current design. each of the recent images are a product of several artists collaborating. it's a lot like cell-animation prodution. A different person handles the roughs, tie-downs, clean-up, digital ink, coloring, and then adding graphical touches. Voilà!, Today's version of Shantae".
	2012 After the success from her second release, the development team decided it was time to add a new fresh take on her adventure. Donning the theme of "pirate", Shantae, now ventures with the pirate attires that once wore by her Frenemy, Risky boots. Matt: The other things about (this game), We are doing some really fun things on the 3ds system, our portarit system, uses characters that are all layered in 3d, so they can pop out a bit more.
	After it's initial Kickstarter campaign, Shantae took a huge drastic shift in not only her change but also her wardrobe as well. The sash was completely removed, her wrist guards increased in size and her hips now showing two yellow outer trims which were inspired by Patricia from (Mighty Switch force) With the new artwork made, this will prove to be useful to make the character easily detectible on the newly made 3-D rendered textures. Matt:  Our goal is to introduce Shantae to a whole new audience with a fresh art style and a brand spanking new storyline. As always, we're putting pitch-perfect controls in the front seat. Matt to RileyAra': (Hip Trim story) I put trim on Patricia, and thought it would be a good look for Curse. But in final images the trim had evolved. For Hero and they were flared out to look dynamic & nonsensical. Volks solved this in 3D by making them loops. In Sirens I put them back to outer trim.
	Thanks to Naoko Tsutsumi and matt bozon collaboration, Shantae has now have the look and feel of both worlds, a Western influence on the character designs, with a comic book look and almost cartoon-like feel Anime.  Wayforward:  TRIGGER producer Naoko Tsutsumi (Little Witch Academia) collaborated with Shantae creator Erin Bozon (Futurama) and Matt Bozon (series director) to bring the Shantae characters to life, this time through the lens of the legendary anime studio.

The Blue Bedlah Attire

Like the red bedlah attire, The Blue attire was created as a token of gratitude towards it's fans who supported the game's kickstarter campaign. 

Concept artworks
	A blue pallet swap of the default outfit. An exclusive costume in Half-Genie Hero for backers of the kickstarter and is also bundled in Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate edition.

Dancer Attire

Concept art
	Introduced in Risky's Revenge for the iOS. Shantae's hair is now braided and she now wears a blue seashell bra and open loose stem stalk skirt. Her magic is doubled but now receives twice the amount of damage from enemies.
The new design for the Dancer costume.	In the Director's Cut edition of the game, the Dancer costume features its own stand-alone mode called Magic Mode, which sees Shantae wear the outfit for the entirety of the game. For the Director's Cut, the costume was redesigned, with a new crown that features the head of a cobra on the front and a new gold bra.

Snake Princess Attire
	Shantae briefly wears a royal variant of this costume in Shantae and the Pirate's Curse during her visit to Tan Line Island when she gets mistaken by the locals for their Princess. Rottytops, Risky Boots, and Sky also wear the outfit after ending up in the same situation. After the Tan Line Island arc ends, Shantae and the other girls regain their normal outfits, as they're not required. Shantae briefly wears it, however, during a conversation with Sky in Scuttle Town where the latter asks her to promise that they'll never speak of it again.

Half-Genie Hero

To be downloadable content in Half-Genie Hero, three costumes that affect how Shantae plays.

Officer Wagon

Based on the suit Patricia Wagon wears in WayForward's other game Mighty Switch Force!. This would give Shantae ranged Pellet Gun attacks and increased armor (but may require power restoration by way of Heart Discs).

Ninja

Gives Shantae additional speed, agility, and magic at the cost of defense.

Beach Day

Gives Shantae greatly reduced defense, but adds a few surprise moves (EX: throwing a beach ball at foes, sunbathe to restore Hearts).

Risky's Outfits

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Risky Boots' normal clothing. She wears a large pirate hat, with a skull symbol, which keeps her long hair in. She wears a top that looks like the upper half of a skull. She wears deep purple pants lined with a white rim that looks like a jaw bone. She wears a belt which holds her scimitar and pistol.

Classic

A black and red pallet swap of Risky's outfit in Half-Genie Hero based on her sprite in the original Shantae game. An exclusive costume for those who backed the kickstarter and is also bundled in Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate edition.

Trivia

• The Blue outfit is based on the original pitch for the SNES and PC. At the end of her adventure, her red outfit would turn a triumphant blue.[1]
• Shantae: Risky revenge Red attire profile is not the same as the Red attire in-game sprite. 
• Matt bozon yellow hip-trim was inspired by patricia wagon during the Pirates curse game.
• The Snake princess / Dancer attire is heavily inspired by 2 Space themed pop-culture hits: Deja Thoris ( Princess of Mars ) and Princess Leia ( starwars: Return of the Jedi )
• The bedlah attire is heavily influence in Turkish dancers for their playful and energetic motifs.