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The second Shantae game was originally released as a downloadable DSiWare game for Nintendo’s popular handheld, but it’s subsequently been ported to a wide variety of other platforms including mobile, PC, PS4, Wii U, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One - so if you have some form of modern platform, you can probably play this. Shantae is available for Nintendo Switch.

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There’s a definite touch of Metroid and Castlevania about the original Shantae, plus a little of Zelda II as well, but it manages to make itself distinct from each of those experiences with its own sense of personality and unique gameplay. The original Shantae is a free-roaming, open-structure side-scrolling 2D platformer in which you explore an overworld (split into distinct “regions”, each of which is the size of a typical platform game level), enter towns, explore caves and, perhaps most importantly, delve into dungeons.Īs you progress through the game, you’ll learn new transformations that are triggered by performing various dance moves - these are then used to solve puzzles or reach otherwise inaccessible areas. It did get a digitally downloadable release on Nintendo 3DS a while back on the off-chance you ever delved into that platform’s online storefront, but the most significant rerelease is the new Nintendo Switch version, developed as a collaboration between WayForward, Limited Run Games and retro techie specialist YouTuber Modern Vintage Gamer, who put together a whole new highly optimised emulator for the project. As one of the last Game Boy Colour titles to be released, there weren’t many copies of it out there in the first place - which means that it commands exorbitant prices on the second-hand market. The original Shantae was, until very recently, a pain in the arse to get hold of a copy of.