Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Shantae review: Dancing in the Dark

   It's easy to tell that WayFoward is excited about Shantae's release on the 3DS.  This is the only game I have for the Virtual Console whose manual contains concept art.  It's as if WayFoward is so proud of this game that they want you to get to know it in depth.  It's understandable, considering most of what they do is based off of licensed work (Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Videogame, Adventure Time: Hey Ice King, and Hotel Transylvania) or reboots of older games (A Boy and His Blob, Contra 4, Double Dragon Neon), or both (DuckTales: Remastered).  It makes sense that a company that does quality work with other people's properties would be elated at their own creation being put out in the open for the masses, especially since Shantae had a limited release back in the days of the Game Boy Color.