Developer WayForward Technologies is currently working on Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW!, Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby in 8-Bit Land, and Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse … but the busy studio has another project it wants to get started on.
WayForward began a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter today for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. The platformer is a sequel to the original Shantae for Game Boy Color, and WayForward plans to release it for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Steam.
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Check out WayForward’s pitch video below:
WayForward typically works on licensed titles and is probably best known for the recent DuckTales: Remastered as well as Contra 4 on the DS. Shantae is one of the studio’s original properties. The original game debuted on Game Boy Color in 2002 and many consider it a cult classic. The company released a sequel, Shantae: Risky’s Revenge, for the DS in 2010.
The other upcoming Shantae game, Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse, is still due out “this winter,” according to WayForward’s Kickstarter page.