Topic: shantae 10-4-2010

I am interested in the special prize since I completed MFC but 1200 points is kind of steep. We'll see. I think I have 300 points left so if I buy 1000...You know, I'll probably wait for the review to see how long it is, etc. I do have other DS cartridge games to finish but I will likely end up getting it.

I'm a little confused about the special prize... Does it mean that if you've finished MFC with all S ranks you get a better prize than if you haven't finished it? I'm making my way very slowly through the game (playing a bit every so often) so I'm nowhere near finished, even though I like the game a lot. Does that mean I'll have to buy Shantae after I finish MFC? That might be a long time.

@: holymakerel
If I'm not mistaken the recent NL Shantae article was only a preview of the full e-mail that will be sent to all of the Shantae fan mail subscribers due to be released before the game comes out. So I'm guessing that the special prizes will be explained in the next e-mail.

Disclaimer: not 100% sure about this (^) info.

Apparently your prize varies whether you just bought it, beat it, or "rank among the best," an obvious pun indicating good rankings. How good I'm not sure, but I only have 15 S Ranks so please go easy on me WayForward.

Mighty Flip Champs is one of my favorite DSiWare Games , and actually it was my first DSiWare Game.

I'm looking forward to the game and the prize

Love that wink. Great sprite art!

I'm glad I was able to leave my mark here in Nintendo Life.

@SUPERZELDAMAN: That's very nice, Undertaker. =P

Y'know... I have half a mind to continue pestering the Nintendo Download threads in regards to the next installment. I'd miss you guys too much. ^_~

I wish I could find the original at a reasonable price. The best price I've found was $120 for the original GBC game.

I hope the original will be on the 3DS's VC, so I can finally play it.

First review: http://ds.ign.com/articles/112/1124899p1.html

Awesome! Although I admit I really don't trust IGN when it comes to downloadable reviews, but still, it's good to know someone's saying it's awesome!

With only around a six hour story in this one I'm wondering if one of the unlockables for this one will be another game or a demo of one.

edit: random question
Is it even possible to have a six hour episodic game?
This doesn't sound right at all imho.

With ONLY six hours? What are you talking about. I've paid 5x as much for a little over double the hours. Six hours for a $12 DOWNLOADABLE game is an excellent length. Plus I'm sure it's the kind of game for speedruns, and just multiple runs in general.

@ Starcross64: post has been edited to explain my post a little better.

Basically there's no way they could've split this up into three parts; it's too short for that. That's what was originally intended and what cheapo is saying.

@cheapo- Two hours each episode I guess? That would've been terrible, thank god its all in one game!

I agree, it seems a little short, but its a great length for a downloadable game. Plus, as starcross said, it seems it may be a speed-run sorta thing...

How long was the first one, anyway?

Thanks for that, Mac. I didn't even know they were planning on making it episodic, that's always a pain.

@Sonic_Brawler95 - I remember reading in a Nintendo Power article that the first episode was supposed to be 4.5 hours in length. Don't know what happened there. Also, Soul of Darkness was only about 2-3 hours in length, and I can't find anything truly terrible about that one in any reviews, though my own opinion digresses.

I'm pretty mad that I spent 200 of my 300 left over points right before this was announced. Now I have to buy 2000.