{"id":14851,"date":"2016-04-22T00:01:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T00:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14851"},"modified":"2016-03-31T18:28:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T18:28:14","slug":"shantae-riskys-revenge-directors-cut-wii-u-ps4-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/22\/shantae-riskys-revenge-directors-cut-wii-u-ps4-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Shantae: Risky’s Revenge Director’s Cut (Wii U, PS4, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SHANTAE_BOX\"<\/a>Ever since I got the original Shantae title on Game Boy Color (still have my boxed copy), I\u2019ve been a huge fan of the Shantae series. In the game, you play as Shantae, a half-genie half-human girl who can attack with her hair and dance to transform into animals to help her get around, like a wall-climbing monkey or an elephant that can bash rocks.\u00a0 You explore various 2-D platforming locations, similar to classics like Castlevania or Metroid.\u00a0 Years later, the folks at WayForward made a downloadable sequel on DSiWare.\u00a0 And now you can play an improved version on the Wii U, PS4, and PC (Wii U version reviewed here).<\/p>\n

In the first game, Shantae had to battle a female pirate named Risky Boots, who was trying to take over Scuttle Town and Sequin Land. In the sequel, Risky is out for revenge, and steals a magic lamp.\u00a0 This lamp has the ability to steal Shantae\u2019s genie powers, but luckily it won\u2019t work without three hidden magic seals.\u00a0 So now it\u2019s up to Shantae to find those seals before Risky does!\u00a0 Like the other games in the series, Shantae: Risky\u2019s Revenge is a 2-D platformer with exploration elements similar to Castlevania, Metroid, or Monster World 4.\u00a0 So if you like any of those games, you\u2019ll definitely want to check this one out.<\/p>\n

Shantae can run, jump, and whip enemies with her hair. Defeated enemies drop gems that she can collect to buy other items in a shop, including potions that will refill her health and magic, as well as attack spells and other goodies.\u00a0 Shantae will explore fields, forests, deserts, and even underwater to find hidden dungeons that hold the magic seals and other secrets.\u00a0 Most importantly, she\u2019ll eventually learn three dances that will transform her into animals that will help her get around the land.\u00a0 She can turn into a monkey that can climb walls, an elephant who can smash rocks, and a mermaid for swimming underwater.\u00a0 You can also jump in and out of the background in some areas like the town and forest.\u00a0 The Director\u2019s Cut adds a few new features, like a Magic Mode that unlocks after you beat the game once.\u00a0 In Magic Mode, you can use more magic spells without depleting your magic meter as much, but your defense is lowered.\u00a0 And you also get a new outfit.<\/p>\n

I have a few minor problems with the game. They aren\u2019t really worth mentioning, and don\u2019t ruin the game at all, but I\u2019ll go over them anyway.\u00a0 I was hoping the Director\u2019s Cut of this game would also improve the graphics to look more like the sequel, Shantae and the Pirate\u2019s Curse.\u00a0 But it\u2019s still the original graphics, so they look a bit pixelly on the big screen.\u00a0 But in a way, I also like the older visuals, pixelly or not, because it reminds me of playing a lost classic SNES game.\u00a0 Risky\u2019s Revenge is also my least favorite in the series because it has fewer dungeons to explore and only three animal transformations, while the other games had more.\u00a0 It\u2019s also pretty short, and I beat it in less than six hours casually (the Magic Mode should boost the replay value, though).\u00a0 But just because it\u2019s my least favorite, doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s a bad game.\u00a0 It\u2019s still fantastic and I\u2019m glad they released it on the Wii U and it\u2019s a great deal at only ten bucks on the eShop.\u00a0 And it also makes a great tide-me-over while we wait for the next game in the series: Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait for that one!<\/p>\n

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Shantae: Risky\u2019s Revenge Director\u2019s Cut is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Mild Fantasy Violence and Suggestive Themes. You can attack enemies with your hair and magic spells, so the violence is mostly cartoony. Defeated enemies usually just explode, but some enemies blow up into a flurry of bones.\u00a0 Some of the female characters\u2019 outfits can be a bit revealing.\u00a0 I\u2019d be OK with any kid playing these, but reading skill is a must for the text, and younger gamers may get frustrated at the difficulty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever since I got the original Shantae title on Game Boy Color (still have my boxed copy), I\u2019ve been a huge fan of the Shantae series. In the game, you play as Shantae, a half-genie half-human girl who can attack with her hair and dance to transform into animals to help her get around, like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14851"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14853,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851\/revisions\/14853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}