Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution (Switch eShop) News Articles
Thursday30th Oct 2025
News Surprise! The Next Shantae Game Is Now Officially In Development
"We hope you look forward to it"
WayForward's Shantae series has been expanded with all sorts of games over the years, and following the recent revival of the lost GBA title, the series director Matt Bozon has now shared a major update. The next Shantae game, which marks the seventh major title, is now officially in development. This was shared at...
Round Up Limited Run Games 10th Anniversary Special - Every Switch Announcement & Physical
Now including Capcom titles
The physical distributor Limited Run Games held a 10-year anniversary special this week, revealing over 25 new physical releases. We've already highlighted one rare NES platformer on the way to the Switch in 2026, and now, here's a round up of all the other Switch-related reveals. Limited Run also announced during this...
Tuesday9th Sep 2025
News Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution Receives A Small Update On Switch
"We fixed stuff!!"
Wayforward was able to revive a slice of history last month with the release of Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution. This Switch eShop release, originally planned for the GBA, has now received an update across all platforms. It addresses a bug that caused Shantae to "freeze or disappear", corrects some language-related issues, and...
Thursday14th Aug 2025
Nintendo Download 14th August (North America)
Drag x Drive! Shantae Advance! TMNT: Tactical Takedown!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. (We've also got a couple of games that dropped during and after the Indie World but weren't featured on last week's download — oops!) As always, be sure to drop...
Monday4th Aug 2025
Video 13 Exciting New Games Coming To Switch 1 & 2 In August 2025
Shinobi! Shantae! Kirby!
We are barreling straight into another month of Switch 2, and while August might not be quite as packed as the last, there's still plenty of new game goodness coming our way. Here to run us through all of the big hitters coming to Switch 1 and 2 in the next four weeks is the lovely Zion, who's rounded up a sweet 15 games...
Wednesday30th Jul 2025
News Shantae's Long Lost GBA Sequel 'Risky Revolution' Gets Switch Release Date
Risk it all in August
WayForward has given us a Switch release date for Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution, the once-cancelled GBA sequel to the original Shantae game. Coming to Switch on 19th August 2025 — a few months after some fans got hold of a GBA cartridge with the game on it from Limited Run Games — Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is...
Saturday28th Jun 2025
Video Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution Extended Gameplay Trailer Revealed
The once-lost GBA chapter returns this Summer
It's been another week of action-packed showcases and to top it off, WayFoward gave fans another look at Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution. A new trailer was shared during the 'IndiaMania 2025' showcase, with extended gameplay footage on display. It highlights how this modern version of the revived GBA...
Friday9th May 2025
News Shantae's Revived GBA Game 'Risky Revolution' Finally Scores Switch Release Window
I whip my hair back and forth
Back in July 2023, we heard that developer WayForward was returning to a previously cancelled GBA entry in the Shantae series, Risky Revolution, for a release on both the classic hardware and modern consoles. While we're still waiting to hear a solid launch date, the dev has finally provided us with a release window,...
Monday4th Mar 2024
News Several WayForward Prototypes Appear Online Following Data Leak
Upcoming Shantae game will reportedly remain untouched
WayForward, the developer behind the likes of the Shantae series and last year's Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, has apparently suffered a data leak which has seen developmental prototypes and game backups posted online. As noted on Twitter by Lance McDonald, the leaked information is said to...
Friday23rd Feb 2024
News Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution GBA Limited Run Pre-Orders Now Live
Update: Get yours now
Update [Fri 23rd Feb, 2024 17:00 GMT]: Pre-orders for the physical GBA versions of Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution are now available, courtesy of Limited Run Games. Don't forget, these are only available until 7th April 2024. We've got all of the deta
Tuesday14th Nov 2023
News Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution Is Bringing The Lost GBA Adventure To Switch Next Year
20 years in the making
WayForward took to today's Indie World Showcase to reveal that a lost chapter of the Shantae series, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution, will be hair-whipping its way onto Switch in 2024. This one was originally in development for the Game Boy Advance back in 2001 before being shelved, but now WayForward has brought back the...
