
The game is a platformer and can be an unforgiving one at that with health dropped sparingly from enemies and 1ups allocated to dungeons.) The overwor ld takes place in 2 different times (Daytime - Enemies are Normal & Nighttime - Enemies have double health and I may be mistaken, but deal double damage as well.) Shantae starts out with 3 Hearts and Her Pony-tail attack. Overworld, 5 towns, 3 money making minigames, 4 Dungeons, Final Area. Gameplay: 10/10 About 16 hours first time, Following Plays about 10 hours. While the price on ebay may throw some people off (I mean, the game can climb up to a C-Note! I was even thrown from this!!!) I did get a nice deal on it and I'm glad I went ahead with buying this game! Written by NY Gamer (brother to Skygrinder, Thanks again for the buy!) I've heard alot about this game from various sources (GoNintendo.Com, Reviews, Etc.) and while I was a bit skeptical on how a GBC game grabbed all of this praise. Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned Graphics are very colorful and have fun animations, sound has nice tunes, and control is good.
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It's fun to see how the series got started, but when attacking it's easy to take too many cheap hits. I didn't get into Shantae until the 2nd game Shantae: Risky's Revenge. It wasn't out for long, and became a sleeper hit.

It came out near the end of the Game Boy Color's run w hen everyone was moving on to the Game Boy Advance. Never heard of Shantae? You're not alone. Shantae will also learn magical dances to change into different animals needed to complete tasks, and to warp to the various towns. Shantae can find other tools at item shops, save the game, and learn info in the different towns. Shantae's main weapon is her hair, which she can whip at enemies to collect gems and hearts for energy(that they drop). What's worse is Risky plans to find 4 magical relics to power up the engine into a mighty weapon! Shantae will visit towns, and search labyrinths in her quest to stop Risky. One day pirates attack, and the vile Risky Boots steals a prototype steam engine.

Shantae is a half-genie girl in charge of guarding the small seaside town, Scuttle Town. The GBC game also includes a special area and other extras which are only accessible when it's played on the GBA. Like other cartridges created for the hardy Game Boy Color, this game is also compatible with the Game Boy Advance, and Shantae includes special programming designed for better, clearer display on the 32-bit handheld. Bright colors, sophisticated lighting and transparency effects, and multi-plane scrolling give a sense of depth to the 2D presentation. Originally conceived as a SNES title, a long and involved development has fashioned a game designed to squeeze big production value out of the little Game Boy Color.

Cute but tough, little Shantae searches for the pirate Risky Boots, who has stolen important plans that may be put to evil use if not recovered. The talented genie can also fend off enemies with a flick of her long ponytail. As the title character and heroine of the adventure, gamers become a multi-talented belly dancing genie who can use her moves to transform into different creatures, including a deadly spider, an agile monkey, a powerful elephant, or even a scary harpy.
