{"id":17867,"date":"2018-06-06T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T00:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=17867"},"modified":"2018-06-06T02:50:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T02:50:02","slug":"shantae-1-2-genie-hero-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/06\/shantae-1-2-genie-hero-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Shantae: 1\/2 Genie Hero Ultimate Edition (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Shantae game series has always been one of my favorites, ever since the original on Game Boy Color (which I still have).\u00a0 The newest game in the series, \u00bd Genie Hero, came out last year, and now you can get the Ultimate Edition which includes all the previous DLC plus some new surprises.\u00a0 It\u2019s available for all the current home consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

Shantae is a half human, half genie dancer girl who protects her town and her friends from the evil lady pirate Risky Boots.\u00a0 She does this in 2-D platforming game fashion and attacks enemies with her ponytail hair and with magic.\u00a0 In most games, including this one, she can dance to turn into different animals, like a climbing monkey or a charging elephant, to help her bypass obstacles.<\/p>\n

The Ultimate Edition of \u00bd Genie Hero includes the full game plus all the DLC.\u00a0 You can play Shantae\u2019s game with her in different outfits, some of which give her new skills.\u00a0 You can also play it in new difficulty modes, too.\u00a0 There are also some new modes as well.\u00a0 One of which lets you play as Risky Boots in her own version of the story.\u00a0 She attacks with a sword and shoots long distance switches with a gun.\u00a0 She gets other skills later, like being able to glide down with her pirate hat.\u00a0 This mode reminded me of how you play in Shantae and the Pirate\u2019s Curse<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another mode lets you play as Shantae\u2019s friends: Bolo, Rottytops, and Skye.\u00a0 You switch between them to use their skills to solve puzzles.\u00a0 Bolo can smash rocks and grapple hooks.\u00a0 Zombie girl Rottytops can throw her head and reappear where it lands.\u00a0 Skye uses birds to make platforms, perform long distance attacks, and glide down after a jump.\u00a0 I found this mode a little more annoying and fiddly than anything.<\/p>\n

Shantae: \u00bd Genie Hero is a GREAT game, but it\u2019s not my favorite in the series.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit more linear than past entries, and I preferred the more Metroid style of exploration those earlier games had.\u00a0 In some ways, \u00bd Genie Hero\u2019s stages reminded me of Mega Man, which isn\u2019t always a bad thing.\u00a0 Also, I\u2019m a little annoyed that I bought \u00bd Genie Hero a little over a year ago, and now they\u2019re releasing it again with all the DLC.\u00a0 But I guess that\u2019s the way games are now.\u00a0 But the new modes didn\u2019t compel me to play through the same game again in different ways.\u00a0 At any rate, if you haven\u2019t played \u00bd Genie Hero yet, the Ultimate Edition is the one to get!<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shantae: \u00bd Genie Hero is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Cartoon Violence and Suggestive Themes.\u00a0 You attack cartoony enemies with things like a ponytail and silly guns and magic.\u00a0 Female characters do wear skimpy outfits from time to time, but if your kids are accustomed to these things found in anime cartoons, they\u2019ll be fine here, too.\u00a0 Reading is helpful for the text, and younger gamers may need help with the more challenging stages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Shantae game series has always been one of my favorites, ever since the original on Game Boy Color (which I still have).\u00a0 The newest game in the series, \u00bd Genie Hero, came out last year, and now you can get the Ultimate Edition which includes all the previous DLC plus some new surprises.\u00a0 It\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17867","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\/17867","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=17867"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17895,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17867\/revisions\/17895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}