Shantae 2006 [DS - Cancelled]

The original Shantae is a platform game created by Matt Bozon, for the Game Boy Color. It was produced by WayForward Technologies and distributed by Capcom. Various Shantae sequels were planned for the GBA, GameCube and the DS, but they were never released. In the first Shantae Club newsletter (May 2008), Wayforward has wrote some interesting infos about the DS version of Shanate: “In 2006-2007 we hit pretty hard, with a massive undertaking to redo the cast of hero and enemy sprites, and about half of the sequel’s backgrounds were created by the legendary Henk Nieborg (who then shifted to Contra 4). As you can see, the handheld market is again flooded, which is why we intentionally never made a formal announcement. But, you can see a first look here! Just be aware that this game exists as design, artwork, and tech only. Unlike the GBA game, there is no 2 hour long gameplay demo.”

In the website of Henk Nieborg we can see some of the concept that he was making for Shantae DS.

We can also remember the original Shantae 2: Risky Revolution that was in development for the GBA, but later cancelled.

Thanks a lot to Martin Konrad for the link!

Update: a new Shantae game is coming out for the DSi, probably the same project as this 2006 concept, reworked to became an episodic DSiware game. Thanks to Icefire2626 for the contribution!

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