Again in July 2023, we heard that developer WayForward was returning to a beforehand cancelled GBA entry within the Shantae sequence, Dangerous Revolution, for a launch on each the traditional {hardware} and fashionable consoles. Whereas we’re nonetheless ready to listen to a strong launch date, the dev has lastly offered us with a launch window, and it is proper across the nook.
In a brand new gameplay trailer, WayForward revealed that Shantae Advance: Dangerous Revolution will arrive on the Swap eShop in Summer season 2025, placing a launch in some unspecified time in the future within the coming months.
For many who have not been following the sport’s advertising and marketing up till now, Dangerous Revolution was initially in growth for the GBA again in 2002, set between the unique Shantae and Dangerous’s Revenge. Whereas it was canned after a scarcity of curiosity from the publishers dragged manufacturing to a halt, the revived challenge was launched on the GBA by way of Restricted Run Video games earlier this yr (following a delay).
On fashionable consoles, Dangerous’s Revolution boasts recent HD paintings — with the choice to toggle between traditional and modern kinds — and bonus arenas for the brand new four-player Battle Mode, which you may see in motion within the above trailer.
You may discover a rundown of the sport’s key options and a handful of screenshots beneath:
•Uncover the misplaced chapter of the Shantae saga, totally restored and launched after 20 years!
•Struggle and discover utilizing your hair-whipping capacity, magic objects, and belly-dance transformations (together with monkey, elephant, crab, and extra)!
•Spin and shift Entrance Yard and Again Yard playfields to create new routes and clear up puzzles!
•Go to cities, battle by labyrinths, buy upgrades, discover collectables, and meet with buddies like Rottytops, Sky, and Bolo!
•For the primary time ever in a Shantae sport, 4 gamers can compete in Battle Mode!
The much-anticipated LRG GBA launch arrived final month, although the bodily writer rapidly got here below hearth for utilizing recycled chips in copies of the sport — one thing that a number of patrons of the $60 launch weren’t happy to see.
Chatting with our sister web site Time Extension on the Shantae launch, Restricted Run’s Josh Fairhurst reassured patrons that “The cartridges have been examined throughout all kinds of {hardware}” and “Clients is not going to have any points taking part in or having fun with their cartridges for many years to come back”. That stated, the corporate has acknowledged that sad prospects are welcome to submit a request to the help crew for a substitute.
Let’s hope that the digital launch on Swap this summer season can arrive with rather less drama, eh?