WayForward brings Shantae: Half-Genie Hero to Kickstarter

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This spring a crew of ex-WayForward staff used Kickstarter to finance its upcoming retro platformer Shovel Knight and now WayForward itself is following suit to fund an upcoming Shantae adventure subtitled Half-Genie Hero.
While WayForward is best known for its modern treatments on old classics like A Boy and His Blob, BloodRayne: Betrayal, and most recently Ducktales: Remastered, Shantae is one of the studio's original IPs. It first debuted in 2004 for Gameboy Colour before being brought to GBA later, and it was succeeded by its sequel, Shantae: Risky's Revenge, on DSiWare and later iOS. In fact, Half-Genie Hero will actually be the fourth title in the series as WayForward is also developing Shantae and the Pirate's Curse for the 3DS eShop due later this year.
Half-Genie Hero would reach a wider audience as the studio noted on its Kickstarter page that it's already been approved for Wii U, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC via Steam. It will be a "metroidvania" of sorts as the belly-dancing heroine uses her magical hair to fight monsters and save Sequin Land like some sort of less sexualised variant of Bayonetta.
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