Shantae's Cancelled Game Boy Advance Project 'Risky Revolution' Is Being Revived

This is exciting!
Wayforward is a fantastic developer, and I love that they're going back to finish what they started, and finally bringing this project full circle.
It'll be very interesting to see what a GBA game with 2023 design sensibilities can do.

The GBA only release has to just be a gimmick. I can’t imagine they keep this off of a collection in the future.

As soon as they announce a switch release I will be there.

Holy crap, I love when things like this happen with games that never saw the light of day finally release. First Star Fox 2 and now Shantae Advance.

I kind of always assumed it wound up mostly reworked into Risky's Revenge anyway so seems like more of a novelty than anything.

Here’s to hoping we get a switch release!
Although I’m curious if they added in THAT enemy.

Very excited for this one. Pirate's Curse and Risky's Revenge are 2 of my favourite games, and the mechanics shown in the video look pretty unique. I appreciate Limited Run for funding this project that otherwise would have probably remained forever unfinished

GBA is getting excellent games soon: Goodboy Galaxy (coming to Switch simultaneously) and Shantae Advance. Would love to see Retro City Rampage for GBA finally complete in a GBA cart.

@Waluigi451 This is Limited ***** Games we are talking about here though.

Oooooohohohoho... do I get to begin my repeated "Where's My Shantae" questions every week now?

Pretty cool to see the game finally release as it was intended. I still have my GBA so I think I might take the dive since you don't see these type of retro releases too often.

The Shantae games are always fun to play.

This is a great thing and I love to see this sort of stuff happen to old projects, but again, I don't see why Limited Run has to get their grubby mitts involved

Nice hopefully someone could dump the rom online soon so we could have the game preserve but yeah if a Switch version happen I will definitely buy it. One of my good friend had a GBA rom dumper and he's planning to get this game so if he got it I'll definitely get the rom from him instead.

@N00BiSH They're funding the project, and have worked closely with Wayforward for years now.

I would love to get this but with Limited Run Games...Hm, gonna have to think about it for awhile.

In terms of actually "playing" this, I do have the OG "Phat" DS, if ya'll love to call it that. But for me, it's the OG DS. Anyways...it can play GBA games with no problem.

But WayForward can simply release the game itself on the Eshop & other online storefronts. And THEN do the GBA cartridge release later. It's sensible that way.

@RobTheIII the ceo has gone on to say how he doesn't believe in physical only releases, itll come to digital my dude jus give it time lol

I’ve always supported Wayforward … but if this is only getting a physical release for GBA then I’ll wait to play it in a ROM

@Funneefox More reason for the company to die and wayforward to move onto a better team.

definitely buying it. im ret-2-go!

I no longer have a GBA. 😭

@CharlieGirl I know that, I'm just kind of frustrated is all

@shonenjump86 I wouldn't stress about that. If emulation is the only option, then...well...it is. But if you must get one, try ebay.

You can find most at prices between $40, 50, or 60. Or a little higher. And you can try the og DS or DS Lite as another option too.

There are many ways, just find one that fits your preference.

Such a stupid decision to release games for hardware rendered obsolete nearly two decades ago. I get the novelty and all, but it makes no damn commercial sense.

I suppose I can buy this for my DS Lite, but I think I'd rather hold out for the inevitable Switch release.

Wow, I'm impressed that they're making a fully-fledged GBA game at this time. I only wish Limited Run stuff wasn't so limited :/

I know it would never happen, but it sure would be neat for all these games made for retro hardware to also come to NSO.

Interested. I miss their sprite art. It's one of the reason's Pirate's Curse is my favorite

@DanijoEX ah, I appreciate the heads up. I also forgot the DS played GBA games.

So how long after someone get a copy will it be ripped and dump online

@Zero_0 Within hours.

Wow, looks like dreams can come true. I always wanted that game for the GBA after I saw screenshots and an article about it in a magazine, but sadly it never came to be, ...until now.

It looks fantastic and I'm sure it'll be available for download sometime. This style is the best for Shantae, in my opinion, and I never thought we'd get another one like this.

Hopefully they don't hire the same guy who made the GBC port a few years ago. The final product was poor, full of bugs on Switch version, lazy placement of LRG logo with a tiny font (where previously we had the Capcom logo), butchered title screen, bad UI etc.

Here’s hoping for a Switch port, as I don’t know where my:
-GBA original
-Golden Zelda GBA SP
-DS original
Are…
Only my new 3DS and my DSi, neither of which play GBA…

Also, any idea how much the GBA cart will be, and here’s another question, how much for delivery to the UK, as shipping has reached ridiculous levels in recent years…

Definitely looking forward to it! Shantae is one of my favorite video game franchises, so I'll definitely preorder this the minute it drops!

Now I just hope they consider making a Shantae TV series. Such a well-developed world full of quirky, unique characters is ripe for a televised adaptation!

@ChessboardMan from the GBC game that I bought recently, it cost ~£45 including VAT and £6 Shipping. Not the best comparison but it eill probably be similar. Thus is the first GBA game they are releasing (the past GBA carts were just videos with no gameplay).

This seems to be mostly a Gimmick. Fund & Release a cancelled GBA Shantae game that was mostly complete, then port it to consoles later on to get double dippers. They will probably get a cut of the digital sales as well.

the gbc version looked so good I can barely see an improvement on the gba, unlike the zelda games

Amazing. Time to boot up the good ol' GBA again!

Well that's interesting. This makes me wonder if there's more cancelled games will come back in the future.

Niiice, if at least they sell the ROM I could play it on my Bittboy or something...but hopefully it comes to Switch in some form

The return to a pixel art style is a good move I think.

@Waluigi451 I don't think it's a gimmick as much as it is logistics. After the GBA version is finished, they'll probably adapt it to emulation or rebuild using the source code to modern consoles.

This is amazing in every sense of the word lol

@MasterGraveheart Ha HA! I thought that was you! I remember that.
Man I cheered when I saw Matt Bozon give the news himself on the Showcase. So many developers don't save their stuff, so it's great they were able to bring back Shantae Advance from the dead. There's a stream of Wayforward playing the prototype on YouTube. They did it during the Half-Genie Hero Kickstarter.

I can't imagine it will stay exclusive to GBA and still make a profit as very few people will still have that hardware. That being said...I have an old GBA so I'll be one of those people.

@YoshiF2 Or you could get a GBA off of eBay. There’s fully functioning ones that are at a decent price there.

This coming from someone who still owns his platinum silver GameBoy Advance SP.

@Ruler-Of-All-Evil I still have my OG GBA … but I won’t be paying big bucks just to exclusively play Shantae on physical.

I don't understand the hate coming from some of those that think this shouldn't JUST be on a GBA. That's the whole freakin' point.......it's a revived project and it belongs on the console designed for. Sure, it will be digital some day but I think introducing it physically is an homage to the times and well-thought out. How sad ppl won't shell out the price of a piece of electronic gaming art.

The hate for anything physical......including the want to pirate, is unreal.

@RobTheIII i think we found john hancocks alt account lmao, better they work with limited run than some scumf@#$ company like piko or inin lol

@Funneefox I don't know man but I've just been hearing nothing but bad things surrounding LRG as of late.

@RobTheIII They arent the best but at the very least their better than people like strictly limited or dispatch and the two companies i previously mentioned

@Ryu_Niiyama why the hell can't they release this on Switch rn man

Time to update

This article didn’t age well. @nintendolife maybe it’s time to update this article.

@anoyonmus and this comment didn’t age well either.

@shonenjump86 it’s fine dude. It’s now coming to Switch, PC and PlayStation 4/5 as well.