Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - Ultimate Edition

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  • Summary: Iconic genie Shantae is back in her most thrilling adventure yet! The award-winning 2D platforming series levels-up to stunning new heights thanks to an eye-popping new graphical style, an infectious soundtrack and incredible new game features. Transform into different creatures, danceIconic genie Shantae is back in her most thrilling adventure yet! The award-winning 2D platforming series levels-up to stunning new heights thanks to an eye-popping new graphical style, an infectious soundtrack and incredible new game features. Transform into different creatures, dance through dynamic, danger-filled stages, complete quests for friends and face-off against awesome screen-filling bosses in an action-packed thrill ride without equal.

    FEATURES:

    * The complete package! -- This Ultimate Edition contains the award-winning Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, plus three major expansions - Pirate Queen's Quest DLC, Friends To The End DLC and Costume Mode DLC -- all in one bumper package!

    * Day One Edition bonuses! -- Also includes the essential Shantae: Half-Genie Hero artbook, and the toe-tapping, 30-song Risky Beats soundtrack CD!

    * Incredible visuals! -- Eschewing the series' former pixel art look, 2D characters and 3D worlds combine seamlessly in Shantae: Half-Genie Hero for the most beautiful platformer yet.

    * Peerless adventuring! -- Revisit stages with new transformation abilities and morph into a wacky range of creatures (elephants! crabs! mice!) to uncover deeply hidden secrets and unexplored areas.

    * Play as the full gang! -- Shantae's got company! Take control of popular co-stars Sky, Bolo, Rottytops and even series antagonist Risky Boots herself, and use each character's unique skills to journey through new storylines and scenarios long after Shantae's quest is over!    … Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Nintendojo
    May 15, 2018
    100
    No matter what, make it your business to download Half-Genie Hero on Switch today, as it’s not just the best Shantae yet, it’s also one of the best platformers on the system, period.
  2. Digitally Downloaded
    May 3, 2018
    100
    It's time to broaden the horizons, but in the meantime, Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition is as good as platformers get on the Nintendo Switch.
  3. GameSpace
    May 6, 2018
    90
    This game is fun for all ages and provides you with the opportunity to play as a female heroine for once in a while. She uses her hair as a weapon and transforms by belly dancing to save the world. Yes this is awesome.
  4. Multiplayer.it
    May 18, 2018
    85
    ​Shantae: Half- Genie Hero Ultimate Edition includes the basic version and all the numerous additional contents of the last few months.​
  5. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Sep 5, 2018
    80
    A treasure trove of tantalizing trials for players of every possible persuasion. [Issue #34 – July/August 2018, p.72]
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  6. Worth Playing
    Aug 15, 2018
    80
    As a whole, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition is literally the complete package for fans of the series and genre enthusiasts. It's not the best platformer around, but it is a fun journey, especially with the additional DLC characters. I wish the developer would've embraced the Metroidvania aspects more, gotten more creative with some platforming segments, and included a few more environments for the DLC, but there is not much else I can hold against this truly fun platformer.
  7. FNintendo
    Aug 10, 2018
    70
    Featuring additional content that includes some varied mechanics, as well as some recycled elements from before, this edition is certain to please those who did not get their hands on the original game.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21
  1. Gloomy64
    Jul 18, 2020
    9
    Shantae is a fun collect-a-thon platformer, with beautiful visual style, smooth game play and is an absolute joy to play.
    As a long term fan    Shantae is a fun collect-a-thon platformer, with beautiful visual style, smooth game play and is an absolute joy to play.
    As a long term fan of the series I would recommend Half Genie hero as a jumping off point into the series as it captures what Shantae is as a series.
    Great fan service, fun story and game play with beautiful visual style.
    Highly recommend a purchase for new fans to the series.    … Expand
  2. Kosama
    May 19, 2018
    9
    La versión fisica es de la mejores que hay en switch.
    El juego es genial y sus DLC hacen super rejugable.
  4. Pakon
    Mar 24, 2019
    9
    A great platformer game with excellent graphics and gameplay. The Ultimate Edition is a bonus since it adds different ways to play the gameA great platformer game with excellent graphics and gameplay. The Ultimate Edition is a bonus since it adds different ways to play the game and extra story. Highly recommended if you are a platformer fan.… Expand
  5. 10bitrevolt
    Jun 29, 2018
    8
    This game is a good jump n run with great visuals, good controls and nice soundtrack.
    The main campain is pretty short but combined with the    This game is a good jump n run with great visuals, good controls and nice soundtrack.
    The main campain is pretty short but combined with the other modes you will get a solid play time for this.
    But if you played Shantae Pirate's Curse then you will realize that they made some steps backward, for example exploration here is more like super mario, Pirate's Curse was more like Metroid in exploration. Also the character interaction were better in Pirate's Curse.
    But overall it is a good game and worth your time.    … Expand
  6. chavaflyfree
    Jun 22, 2018
    7
    I've been a long running fan of the series and I was blown away with the original GBC and had great fun with the DS and 3DS installments. ForI've been a long running fan of the series and I was blown away with the original GBC and had great fun with the DS and 3DS installments. For this game, Wayforward has achieved great visuals, animations, controls and sound but the gameplay feels a bit behind the other games.
    The stages are short and pretty lineal and you can identify the location of most the collectibles pretty easily so you can get back once you have the required upgrades but the lack of a map and the amount of times you have to revisit each stage can become tedious.
    The added DLC content helps expanding the duration so you can get over 5 hours (maybe up til 10 if you go for 100%), but the stages are the same only with different mechanics.
    The worst thing has to be the spanish translation. It just doesn't makes sense, it's porrly translated and puts you off the (simple) story.
    It's a good game, though.    … Expand
  7. VixenFreya
    May 16, 2018
    6
    Never played and Shantae games but it failed to grab me. Returned the game within a day...
  8. wumbo26848
    Dec 26, 2020
    0
    It’s pretty much Super Mario Bros but with unnecessary features that make it a lot less fun. One of the only reasons people play is probablyIt’s pretty much Super Mario Bros but with unnecessary features that make it a lot less fun. One of the only reasons people play is probably the overdone fan service.… Expand

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