Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution Announced for Game Boy Advance - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 August 2023 / 3,678 Views
Publisher Limited Run Games and developer WayForward have announced Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution for the Game Boy Advance.
The game is a sequel to the original Shantae that was put on the shelf nearly two decades ago. It will finally release in early 2024 on a Game Boy Advance-compatible game cartridge.
View the announcement video below:
Read details on the game below:
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution, the long-lost sequel to the original Shantae, is back in development after being put on the shelf for nearly two decades. Building off the original game code from the early 2000s, this once-canceled title will be completed and released physically on a Game Boy Advance-compatible game cartridge.
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution reunites the design team of Shantae creator Erin Bozon, series director Matt Bozon, and programmer Michael Stragey, who are using Game Boy Advance-era development tools to authentically complete the handheld experience that was planned so many years ago. Previously existing only in unfinished demo form, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution will be released as a full game with all of the hair-whipping, belly-dancing action that Shantae fans have come to expect, along with multiple chapters, numerous towns and labyrinths, six creature transformations, fierce bosses, and a soundtrack by acclaimed composer Maddie Lim, plus a four-player battle mode.
Filling in the gaps between the original Shantae (2002) and Shantae: Risky’s Revenge (2010), Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution sees Shantae protecting Sequin Land from a twisted new plot orchestrated by her nemesis, the pirate Risky Boots. Using a secret subterranean device, Risky is able to rotate and rearrange the continent, plunging it into chaos and giving her more coastal cities to plunder. Fortunately, by harnessing this technology and the knowledge of the Relic Hunters, players will be able to turn the tables on Risky, giving Shantae new paths through environments and a chance to thwart the villain’s scheme.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Crazy support for GBA =p meanwhile Remedy decides to not make a physical release of Alan Wake 2 with weak excuse.
It's mainly Epic wanting to dodge having to foot extra costs, which is hilarious, considering they have Fornite to make such a cost next to nothing.
And this is on the heels of McDonalds creating a brand new Game Boy Color game!
https://youtu.be/WugsFYmR8qg
Seeing this makes me want to try finding my Gameboy Advance SP.
I should really just start collecting games for that system again, but the second hand market is likely going to be priced stupidly high.
It's quite awesome that a portable console launched ~22 years ago is still getting some love in the form of a new game made exclusively for it.
One of the beauties of videogames is that they are sort of a time-capsule to get us back to be the children we were, to be those who we are now, and the people we will be in the future. One of the few constants in an a ever changing world.
Yeah, I recently bought a new Atari Jaguar game (someone ported "Defender of the Crown" to the Jag and released it on cartridge, and I couldn't resist!).
And did you hear that McDonalds recently released a brand new Game Boy Color game? Though not on cartridge, only online.
Awfully late. Port to more modern consoles soon I hope?
Finally an end to the GBA game drought
Wish they would put it on modern consoles, but at least we are getting it.
On the GBA, seriously? And people were stunned when the Wii saw a release in 2020.
