Earlier this summer, a Gamefly listing outed the existence of a boxed 3DS edition of Shantae and the Pirate's Curse. A few days later, it was confirmed that the game would indeed be receiving a physical release with some extra content, and that it would be arriving roughly at the same time that Shantae: Half-Genie Hero would see its eShop debut. As it would happen, Half-Genie Hero was delayed by a few weeks, and now so has the physical release of Pirate's Curse.
The news arrived via Mark Bozon's Twitter account, which pegs the game for an 18th October release. No reason was given for the delay, but perhaps it's simply so the game releases a little bit closer to Half-Genie Hero. Regardless of the reason, a Shantae Beach 3DS theme is due to be released later this week for $1.99 to tide you over during the wait. So, at least there's that.
What do you think? Does this delay disappoint you? Will you be double-dipping for the physical release? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Sorry Rottytops, your going to have to be moved out of the rotation for this one.
Only in Americas as always in situations like this?
Mmm, beach Shantae... <3
@Elanczewski No, I believe it's Thursday for NA and Friday for Europe.
It's less than a tenner on the ps4 at the moment. Always annoys me when you see a full-price retail version of a title that can be bought for a fraction of the cost elsewhere, as I usually prefer to buy the physical version. Aside from saving a bit of space on your memory card, is the extra content worth £20?
Just finished this game on 3DS, really good. What is the chronological order of the Shantae games?
@MitchVogel Oh, nice! Found info on Rising Star Games page and you're right.
Oh well. I already have it on the WiiU.
@MJInnocent
They follow their order of release.
Shantae (gbc) > Risky's Revenge > Pirate's Curse > ½ Genie Hero.
@JohnnyC It is if you prefer having another game to display on your shelf
I'm a little bummed to see a delay but I'll get it in the end
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@Meowpheel ok, thanks. I have Risky's Revenge on Wii U and Pirate's Curse on 3DS & Wii U.
I was wondering what was going on. No one at EBgames even new what I was talking about when I asked them about its release.
I will absolutely buy the retail version of pirates curse. Hope the new half genie hero comes in physical too. My 3 yr old daughter loves shantae on wii u even though she cant get past the first level.
On a side note that shantae bikini wallpaper is a day one buy. Sexist and all, cant resist. Shantae is a hottie!
@MJInnocent the original game boy color game is not as fun as the new shantae games however. I can see why it never sold well. Just dont shell out hundreds of dollars for it on ebay and be aware people also love to sell chinese reproductions as fakes so watch out if you decide to get the gbc version.
Its definitely cool to go back and play the gbc shantae because its style is so similar and it isnt necessarily bad but in my opinion there were much better platformers on gbc in comparison. Its still not a bad game just not worth the massive price tag to collect an original cartridge.
I should really start playing this series.
Already own the digital version, so this isn't too much of an issue for me, but it sucks for those who were gonna get it physically. At least, there's a new theme that looks cool.
@bolt05 lol thank you for the reply and advice, I have no intention of shelling out anything for the GBC game! Cheers though 👍
I've already completed it.
Can we bother Rising Star Games so they can release the physical version of Fast Racing Neo over here?
@JohnnyC I can see the validity of what you said. In my opinion the Gunvolt pack is a better deal because you get both games at the same price as if you bought them digitally, AND you get to physically own them
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say that to the people literally walking around San Fransisco nude a couple days ago
I hope one day Wayforward makes a physical compilation of all 4 Shantae's (or at least the 1st 3 Shantae's on 3DS) on Wii U or NX.
@bolt05 1/2 Genie is up on Amazon for Pre-order
@Rhansley64 Limited Run Games will be doing the earlier entries for PS4 at least.
@Warruz Yeah I heard about it, I wish I could get Risky's Revenge on Wii U physical :/ oh well at least we're getting the 3rd and 4th game physically on Nintendo platforms.
Day one.
This game is at home on 3DS. That's why I never liked it on Wii U- the game looks too pixelated. But on 3DS it's perfect, and the 3D is amazing.
Kickstarted 1/2 Genie Heroe, that's almost here too. Finally
@Warruz Thanks but I need an Australian version, will ahve to wait for EBgames here or order from UK.
So why is the physical version much more expensive than the digital?
@bolt05 you know that you can download the original gbc Shantae on the 3DS Eshop's VC for $5?
@MJInnocent you can get the gbc game on the 3DS as a VC title for $5.
@JacquesLecornu thanks
@JacquesLecornu Yep, I downloaded it ages ago. I want physical for my collection though, I generally prefer physical copies.
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