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Shantae, the Half Genie Protector of Scuttle Town! (A Switch To A New WayForward)

Do you think shantae can make it?

  • Yes, as a fighter

  • Yes, as a assist trophy

  • No, not as a assist trophy

  • No, not at all


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KirbyWorshipper2465

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For tonight, a video from GamExplain towards damage control if a Nintendo Direct is not happening this month. Have something to keep you grounded from being overwhelmed by salt later on.
So, basically, do the same thing I've been doing all this time.

All that's really needed is Smash news this month, Direct or no Direct, if there's a delay to next month, that wouldn't blow over well, undoubtedly.
 
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Interesting... could be a spinoff with a female cast? Would love to see them do a beat em up. Have they done that before? I feel like they may have
They did, in fact it was Double Dragon Neon, a different Technos/ArcSys property. It ended up being incredibly niche with the extreme 80's tone and I honestly felt like it had a kinda slow pace but it had REALLY nice music.
 

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So Im getting eager to say with this new game news we're getting possibly some WF small focus during E3.
 

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Double posting, but have some nice shantae art to share.

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So here's some WayForward news...
https://gonintendo.com/stories/332956-wayforward-rating-for-river-city-girls-appears
Wayforward doing an RCR/Kunio-kun game? Or maybe it's just some new series that happens to be similar? Will we get to see Shantae and co. in a beat-em-up?
What what? You got my attention. I loved River City Ransom a Lot! And now youre saying girls? I wanna know more :)
I wouldn't think it's related since kunio stuff is japanese, but either way im intrigued :)
 
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Double posting, but have some nice shantae art to share.

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Shantae X Tron Bonne,
Should of been Risky, Cuz then you could give the Servbots little Tinker Bandannas.
 

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So here's some WayForward news...
https://gonintendo.com/stories/332956-wayforward-rating-for-river-city-girls-appears
Wayforward doing an RCR/Kunio-kun game? Or maybe it's just some new series that happens to be similar? Will we get to see Shantae and co. in a beat-em-up?
Interesting... could be a spinoff with a female cast? Would love to see them do a beat em up. Have they done that before? I feel like they may have
Ohboy.jpg. Finally, they're getting to do side game jobs again! I guess Kickstarter campaigns don't give you much legroom to work on much else when the stretch goal content has to be included.

I wonder if this'll be revealed at E3.

What what? You got my attention. I loved River City Ransom a Lot! And now youre saying girls? I wanna know more :)
I wouldn't think it's related since kunio stuff is japanese, but either way im intrigued :)
Well, it's actually possible. River City Ransom Underground was made by canucks. Shame that one's still limited to computers...

They did, in fact it was Double Dragon Neon, a different Technos/ArcSys property. It ended up being incredibly niche with the extreme 80's tone and I honestly felt like it had a kinda slow pace but it had REALLY nice music.
And yet still a better game than DDIV.
 
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Well, it's actually possible. River City Ransom Underground was made by canucks. Shame that one's still limited to computers...
I wonder how that worked. I guess Arc just hired them to make it and provided japanese staff or something.

All these cross country projects is actually great. Including Cadence of Hyrule and all, games like Shantae have more and more chance to cross with japanese companies :)
 

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I wonder how that worked. I guess Arc just hired them to make it and provided japanese staff or something.

All these cross country projects is actually great. Including Cadence of Hyrule and all, games like Shantae have more and more chance to cross with japanese companies :)
If both Shantae 5 and River City Girls get coverage during say Nintendo's E3, imagine if we get like a little mini section of the diret dedicated to their new projects capped off by an afterwards Shantae Smash reveal.

also Mighty SWITCH Force on the Switch! COME ON ALREADY WAYFORWARD!
 

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I wonder how that worked. I guess Arc just hired them to make it and provided japanese staff or something.
That and Kickstarter funds.

If both Shantae 5 and River City Girls get coverage during say Nintendo's E3, imagine if we get like a little mini section of the diret dedicated to their new projects capped off by an afterwards Shantae Smash reveal.

also Mighty SWITCH Force on the Switch! COME ON ALREADY WAYFORWARD!
I'd be surprised if they show any attention towards their non-Shantae properties at this stage, nearly all of them will be nuked from the 3DS and Wii U e-shops are the rate things are going.
 

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To be honest I can see them putting attention towards River City Girls on stage, for some odd reason the Kunio-kun series has been gaining some traction in the west outta nowhere for like the past year and they could easily cash in on the in-general retro interest for River City Ransom like they did for Double Dragon, and it ain't like Japan's gonna ignore it either. I think ArcSys at least knows WayForward exists, since the page for Double Dragon Neon flat-out has both logos on the bottom.
 

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That and Kickstarter funds.



I'd be surprised if they show any attention towards their non-Shantae properties at this stage, nearly all of them will be nuked from the 3DS and Wii U e-shops are the rate things are going.
They just have to show the attention in Shantae games. At the very least Mighty Switch Force could co-exist with Shantae like Donkey Kong Country does with Mario. Imagine Patty & Gendarmor pulling over Dribble & Spitz in space to check for their Octablazooka licence.
 

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They just have to show the attention in Shantae games. At the very least Mighty Switch Force could co-exist with Shantae like Donkey Kong Country does with Mario. Imagine Patty & Gendarmor pulling over Dribble & Spitz in space to check for their Octablazooka licence.
Now that you mention it, Xtreme Sports could fit in a little easier, since at least Fin & Guppi are closer to Shantae, art-wise.

Besides, it wouldn't be that weird to have a genie occasionally doing extreme sports, seeing as we have another purple-clad hero having done just that.

 
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Now that you mention it, Xtreme Sports could fit in a little easier, since at least Fin & Guppi are closer to Shantae, art-wise.

Besides, it wouldn't be that weird to have a genie occasionally doing extreme sports, seeing as we have another purple-clad hero having done just that.

Well, it's already reality. Shantae races on magic carpets and Beach mode shows her dabbling in surfing.
 

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I want to support! I wanted her as a fighter, but accidently clicked assist trophy. Still, I'll support! :)
 

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Wow! Nice fan art! We need more of this!!! I wish Shantae had a partner who is just like Genie. Anyone agree with me?
How much like Genie, though? Shantae has a known inferiority complex about her half-status so I don't think she'd be comfortable hanging out with one for long (unless maybe it's her mother). If you just mean his personality and mannerisms though, a friendly Slimegal might do the trick with her shapeshifting abilities.
 

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I just want to say that have mixed feelings about this post. On one hand I like that you incorporated monkey's paw(Because Genie's) and RWBY(Because Ruby icon), but on the other you reminded me of the Internets desire to lewd everything.

But this did remind me of something Genie related in RWBY. I would put a picture of it in a spoiler tag(Because it is a spoiler thing for the show), but I won't because it might be NSFW. Or not. Depends on how you classify something that is pretty much naked but has none of the anatomical features.
 

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How much like Genie, though? Shantae has a known inferiority complex about her half-status so I don't think she'd be comfortable hanging out with one for long (unless maybe it's her mother). If you just mean his personality and mannerisms though, a friendly Slimegal might do the trick with her shapeshifting abilities.
Nice suggestion. I meant by personality.
 
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Is it something that references Aladdin? Maybe it could be okay to post here...
It is a reference, yes. A lot of things in RWBY are references to such tales. I guess I will just put an image of it in a spoiler with the proper warnings. Really, the character is pulling what the Shantae mermaid enemy's do, in that they are exposed but have nothing lewd. Still, you would not probably want to pull up such characters during work, so I still kinda count it.

I don't see that many other female Genie's in fiction, so I thought this character would be worth bringing up. I guess she doesn't have your typical Genie wish rules(She can answer any 3 questions ever 100 years as long as it's not about the future), but she's tied to a lamp and is literally called Jinn, so I figured it counts.
This does make me wonder, what are some other Genie's in fiction that maybe we could look at?
 

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It is a reference, yes. A lot of things in RWBY are references to such tales. I guess I will just put an image of it in a spoiler with the proper warnings. Really, the character is pulling what the Shantae mermaid enemy's do, in that they are exposed but have nothing lewd. Still, you would not probably want to pull up such characters during work, so I still kinda count it.

I don't see that many other female Genie's in fiction, so I thought this character would be worth bringing up. I guess she doesn't have your typical Genie wish rules(She can answer any 3 questions ever 100 years as long as it's not about the future), but she's tied to a lamp and is literally called Jinn, so I figured it counts.
This does make me wonder, what are some other Genie's in fiction that maybe we could look at?
I know one. Her name is Jeannie from this old show called I Dream of Jeannie. Don't know it? Look it up, I guess... or not :(. I looked up Jinn, is it a type of genie?
 

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It is a reference, yes. A lot of things in RWBY are references to such tales. I guess I will just put an image of it in a spoiler with the proper warnings. Really, the character is pulling what the Shantae mermaid enemy's do, in that they are exposed but have nothing lewd. Still, you would not probably want to pull up such characters during work, so I still kinda count it.

I don't see that many other female Genie's in fiction, so I thought this character would be worth bringing up. I guess she doesn't have your typical Genie wish rules(She can answer any 3 questions ever 100 years as long as it's not about the future), but she's tied to a lamp and is literally called Jinn, so I figured it counts.
This does make me wonder, what are some other Genie's in fiction that maybe we could look at?
Well, there is the genie that Hei-Cob summons for a bomb attack in Gunbird 2. And she does grant wishes as long as she's not granted freedom from her lamp (which does happen in one of the endings, to the dismay of a certain character in the Dreamcast version who struck a bargain with her master).
 
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I know one. Her name is Jeannie from this old show called I Dream of Jeannie. Don't know it? Look it up, I guess... or not :(. I looked up Jinn, is it a type of genie?
I looked up what you are talking about. It's certainly an older show. As for Jinn, I think it's the original term for Genie, as "Genie" is the Anglicized version of the word.
 
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