![]() ![]() The great thing about the Shantae games is they’ve been set in such exotic locations – simply witnessing the world has always been a delight. Now, with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, we finally have a proper HD Shantae, and by golly is it gorgeous. And, while each of the games in the series have looked as good as 2D pixel art can allow, on the big screen each of these games have indeed looked like upscaled ports overly large pixels and all. WayForward, the modern genre specialist, has always led its Shantae games with a handheld first approach. Related reading: Another of Matt’s reviews of one of the Shantae games on PlayStation 4. One that people now pay real attention to, because aside from Nintendo’s own stuff, 2D platformers just don’t come better. This series, which started out with a humble Game Boy Color game that had low circulation and received even less attention from both the mainstream and the typical niche for these kinds of games, has slowly but steadily grown into one of the highest standard 2D platformer franchises out there. Upfront and from the start, it is so very, very cool that Shantae is finally in high definition.
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