Story
Following the events of Shantae: Risky's Revenge, in which the half-genie girl Shantae was forced to defeat the embodiment of her own powers. Shantae has been adjusting to a life without them, however, one day, Shantae is approached by her old nemesis, Risky Boots, who informs her that a curse is rapidly overtaking the land in preparation for the return of The Pirate Master, spelling doom for all of Sequin Land.
Having lost her army of Tinkerbats and her Pirate Gear due to the curse, Risky is forced to turn to Shantae for help in preventing the impending disaster. Despite not having her genie powers, Shantae nonetheless agrees to journey with Risky in order to save Sequin Land.
Gameplay
Players take control of the titular Shantae as she travels to stop the Pirate Master's revival by seeking out the sources of his dark magic and sealing them away. Unlike previous games, in which Shantae used her genie magic to take various forms, she must now seek out various Pirate Gear to progress through the game. These items include pistols, scimitars, and cannons.
Many of these items have multiple uses; the pistol, for example, can be used to activate distant switches as well as attack enemies. Some Pirate Gear can be upgraded throughout the game to make them more effective.
The second trailer for the game released during the E3 2014 showcases briefly the Dancer outfit previously seen in Risky's Revenge. Shantae, Rottytops, Sky and Risky wear it as a princess outfit in Tan Line Palace.
Shantae travels in several locations, including the returning Scuttle Town and its surroundings, and other islands. The map system from the previous installment is changed to a more Metroid-style map system and like Metroid, there are hidden paths.
The game also features 3D effects similar to Mighty Switch Force!, another WayForward title.
Development
Music
As with the previous installments, the music for the game was composed by Jake Kaufman. The original soundtrack to the game was released by Kaufman on Bandcamp on October 24, 2014.[9]
Sprites
Shantae wears the purple vest and pirate bandana in the promotional artwork but does not wear it for the majority of the game (though she does keep the vest). It is shown only once as a character portrait. Her character sprite does not wear it either, but she does while during special moves (while using Risky's Hat, Boots and Cannon). This may indicate that at one point during development there was a goal of remaking all of Shantae's sprites but then decided against, leaving only the sprites used during special move animations. This may have been an economical decision to just reuse the sprites from the previous game.
Credits
Role | Name |
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Shantae created by | Matt and Erin Bozon |
Developed by | WayForward |
Tyrannical overlord | Voldi Way |
Consigliere | John Beck |
Executive Producer | Chris Watson |
Technical Director | James Chan |
Director, Writer | Matt Bozon |
Producer | Christopher Shanley |
Assistant directors | James Montagna, Jeff Luke |
Lead Programmer | Larry Holdaway |
Programmers | David Pabers, Michael de la Peña, Chris Losorelli |
Additional programmers | Adam Lutz |
Tile set artist | Henk Nieborg |
Background artist | Chris Drysdale |
Level designer | Kyle Bardiau |
Pixel modelers | Gustav Kilman, Andrew Bado, Jeremy Dower |
Lead animator | Rafael Ventura |
Animators | Joakim Sandberg, Mark McDole, Paul Robertson |
Additional animation | Chris Kerlegon, Eunhi Oh, Danny McGillick, Randy van der Vlag |
Characters illustrations | Inti Creates |
Additional illustrations | Kristen George, Angelica Lopez, Alex Ahad, Chris Engle, Winking Entertainment |
Technical artists | Cristobal Hernandez, Diego Paz, Justin Criswell, Arvind Kumar |
Audio guy | Jake Kaufman |
Voices | Cristina Vee |
Contributors | Armando Soto, Chris Schroeder, Shannon Hatakeda, Jessie Seely |
Quality assurance manager | Jeremy Pryer |
Quality assurance testers | Chris Anderson, Michael Flores, Timothy Vinton, Robbie George, Georgeina Schaller, Nicholas Chavez, Landon Dastrup, Royal Keys, Jongsoo Yoon, Jaymes C. Taylor, Michael Bayne |
Director of consumer engagement | Brandis Hulett |
Public relations | Jordan Mayer |
Community manager | Aaron Thornton |
Powered by | Engine Black |
Glitches
See Glitches (Shantae series)#The Pirate's Curse for a list of glitches detected in this game.
Videos
Trailers
Character Spotlights
First look
Gallery
References
- ↑ http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/06/exclusive_shantae_and_the_pirates_curse_is_also_coming_to_wii_u
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WayForward/status/440582896156278785
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WayForward/status/651834409864134656
- ↑ http://majornelson.com/2016/03/02/shantae-and-the-pirates-curse-is-now-available-for-digital-pre-order-and-pre-download-on-xbox-one/
- ↑ http://www.destructoid.com/shantae-and-the-pirate-s-curse-leaps-to-ps4-this-week-355968.phtml
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WayForward/status/973589702493294593
- ↑ http://www.gonintendo.com/s/230283-gonintendo-end-of-day-thought-we-chat-about-shantae-s-upcoming-games-with-wayforward
- ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1236620800/shantae-half-genie-hero/posts/600876
- ↑ http://virt.bandcamp.com/album/shantae-and-the-pirates-curse-ost
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