Shantae's Long Lost GBA Sequel 'Risky Revolution' Gets Switch Release Date

I'd be interested if not for Wayforward throwing most of their goodwill into the gutter lately.

I've enjoyed every other Shantae game before this, though the GBC original is still the hardest. Looking forward to this one, but I can't seem to find the eshop page for the digital edition yet?

Nice to see that a once canceled game is finally releasing after 20 years! Looks good, hopefully anyone who plays it enjoys it!

Ahhhh, THERE'S my Shantae!

I'm glad they brought this back. Looking forward to it.

Honestly, I hope they'll do a digital art book for the series next from the last Art of Shantae book. I'd love to have it on the go for wallpapers and such. Not everything, believe it or not, has made it to the Internet, especially from Risky's Revenge.

This will most certainly be my last purchase from Limited Run, and only because I already own every other Shantae game physically on Switch. Really wish WayForward would find a different publisher, but there's probably a contract in place or something.
Edit: Oh wait, I do want that new Scott Pilgrim game physically...

@Nintenchrome Don't be. The outfits may be risque, but you don't get a lot of "check out my body" in the game, short of some of Risky's innuendos in the first couple games. And they're a lot of fun. If you want Metroidvanias, you got OG, Risky's Revenge, and Seven Sirens. If you want level-by-level DuckTales-like stuff, that's Half Genie Hero and, to an extent, Pirate's Curse. Lots of fun to be had that isn't coded in provocativeness.

I'm SUPER EXITED!

Glad to see that leaked 1994 outfit is getting some kind of play, rather like the look of it.

it's so cool that they finished the GBA ROM after all this time and then released it on actual GBA with stuff like link cable functionality included. It's certainly a shame they couldn't release it when the GBA was current, but it's great to see that it's no longer lost to time, and I really do enjoy how they released it in its fully-realised form.

That flame outfit is pretty risky in a good way.

Shantae is the best thing after Super Mario and Metroid. I wonder why they don’t produce more games. Really well made games.

@nuff64

• Continued collaboration with Limited Run, who's been monetizing Shantae and other WF games in their usual skeezy ways(e.g. charging 60 bucks for a GBA cart in 2025)
• recently started partnering with ModRetro(run by right-wing arms dealer Palmer Luckey) on some licensed GBC Sabrina game(see here)
• Making the Digital Deluxe version of said GBA an independent purchase that you can't upgrade to if you have the base version, meaning you gotta pay $10 extra just for a bunch of costumes

Yeah, they've been pretty much shooting themselves in the foot recently and making some pretty bad business decisions and it's made anticipation for any of Wayforward's output less enticing as a result.

@Nintenchrome Are you referring to the swimsuit covers?

Okay, the hair design of High Voltage costume is sick! I'd love for that look to come back in a future Shantae game.

@UnbreakableAlex They also made Yars Rising. Also a Metroidvania. Great game!

@N00BiSH So some fans of niche games are getting affected. I mean, I feel bad for them, but since I don't care about physical stuff, I don't care about all that drama.

Have they mistreated their staff (employees) or something?

Extra costumes on barely visible pixel art?

:/

So, only the over-priced limited run edition is getting extra content?

@Olmectron this ain't about you specifically. besides, even if they're not abusing employees that still doesn't change the fact that they're engaging in some rather anti-consumer business practices.

Was anticipating this game, finally there's a release date. Bummer that the physical copy is - like usual - exclusive to scum of the earth Limited Run Games, they're not getting another cent out of me.
Relic Hunter Shantae alone will probably get me to bite on the deluxe edition

I absolutely adore this series. Can’t wait to pick it up next month.

I was sitting here thinking about a game I missed out on recently, and all this gba talk reminded me of Pipistrello. Awesome. The GBA is one of my favorite consoles of all time.

Finally, a release date on modern platforms.

I'll probably pass on the extra costumes, though. They're super cute, but don't work as well with the pixel art style in this game.

@Nintenchrome This is, to be clear, the series where the main character wears a belly dancer outfit and could literally dance for money in the first game. Pirate's Curse on 3DS also has that entire sequence with the slave princess outfits. Light sexualization has always been an element of this series.

@N00BiSH Appreciate you expanding on your criticisms of WF. I was concerned for a moment that they were actually doing something sketchy!

I own all the other Shantae games on Switch so I'll definitely get this one. Would like to buy it on a game card, but, just like with Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, I don't really feel like waiting either and it usually takes a month or two before Limited Run gets games out to people.

@Gamer83 I can't wait for Shinobi. That's a dream game to me.

@LikelySatan
Yeah, back in the 16-bit days I was a Genesis guy so I'll always have a soft spot for that series. Part of what made me go with Sega at that time. I know they didn't get the best feed back but I also enjoyed the Shinobi PS2 game as well as the Nightshade spinoff.

@N00BiSH The continued, incestuous relationship with LRG is really hurting the appeal of Wayforward for me on a personal level. Shantae as a series is still really good, and I really want to get Advance (albeit on a modern platform like Switch and NOT via LRG directly), but ugh, it pains me greatly. LRG is such a terrible company.

@N00BiSH I know it's not about me, I'm just voicing my opinion on the matter, what this section is for.

They charging a lot of money for limited physical editions, we shouldn't really care. These games are more like collectibles basically, so 60 to 80 bucks sound alright. It's just like all those reddit people whining about the Switch 2 and Mario Kart World prices.

That doesn't make Nintendo a bad company, just a greedy company, which is okay in my book since companies need to be greedy. The same for Wayforward here.

I already wanted it because one can never get enough Shantae, but that Sizzle outfit is the icing on the cake.

Looking forward to it.

Very cool, I'll be grabbing it.

Go figure. It'll be arriving on the Switch roughly around the time that I'll be getting my GBA copies delivered to my house (got both the Standard Edition and Collector's Edition; the former for playing, the latter for collecting). I only just got the notification from Limited Run Games yesterday that it was being shipped.

I do plan on getting it for the Switch/Switch 2 as well, however, because both of my GBAs (an original model and an SP) are old and in poor condition; ditto with my DS Lite. I'm really only able to play GBA games on my GameCube with the Game Boy Player attachment these days. So if I want to take the game on the go, it'll have to be on my Switch/Switch 2, unless I can find a GBA (preferably a GBA SP) that is in relatively new condition.

@Gamer83 Same. Genesis kid that got into SNES late into 16 bit. I was all about action games, and really did not like RPGs. Then I played FFVI, and realized there was a whole world of games I wrote off. Good stuff.

How similar is it to the first one ? I have found the later ones although good looking a poor detail in terms of length.

I can't wait to play this one hopefully it's more like pirate curse than the newer ones

@Nintenchrome Sex appeal has always been a big part of Shantae I don't get what the newer games has to do with anything

@DwaynesGames thx, need to check it out.

I realize I'm a Shantae fan, and I've played all the games up to now, so this one is no exception. Looking forward to playing this lost gem.

I was gonna skip physical for this since I believe the ideas were used in later Shantae games. Thus, this would be like playing an antiquated build of a game. But it's genius for them to add some DLC to add to the uniqueness of the release, preserving the integrity and historicity of the base level product while still increasing the value proposition.

@N00BiSH How exactly would you upgrade or update a GBA cartridge?