Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - Ultimate Edition

1. KSidonio

   Jan 22, 2019

   9

   I don't usually take the time to review games but this game stood out to me. Let me start by saying the soundtrack is captivating and the gameI don't usually take the time to review games but this game stood out to me. Let me start by saying the soundtrack is captivating and the game is well worth the price. There are so many different collectibles and abilities that it allows you to fully immerse yourself into the game and spend hours trying to 100% it. The game finds a good balance in not being too easy and not being too challenging. The icing on the cake has to be the visuals. This game is vibrant and colorful and runs so smoothly on the system. The only issue I had with this game is that the story is basic. Not that it's bad, there just isn't any plot twists or dynamic endings that I seem to enjoy. But that could just be narrowed down to personal preference. Other than that the game is solid and is definitely worth the price!
   
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2. JarvisPaker

   Feb 22, 2019

   9

   This is a excellent game for this one who love platform games. Fantastic graphics with good music create an amazing experience. Mechanics areThis is a excellent game for this one who love platform games. Fantastic graphics with good music create an amazing experience. Mechanics are just great. For bad things in my opinion is replaying the same levels too many times. In Ultimate version you have some other stories to discover and and they are also remarkable.… Expand

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4. 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.

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5. Pakon

   Jun 16, 2018

   8

   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

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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

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7. Winko

   May 26, 2018

   6

   Good:
   - Fantastic soundtrack that excels with a variety of genres
   - Great art style and smooth animations - Uses foreground, background,Good:
   - Fantastic soundtrack that excels with a variety of genres
   - Great art style and smooth animations
   - Uses foreground, background, and 3D space very effectively
   - Runs perfectly on the Switch
   
   Mixed:
   - Switching between forms is tedious, but it does add a lot of gameplay variety to an otherwise straightforward platformer
   - Boss fights are pretty imaginative, but being able to heal yourself in the middle of battle mitigates any real challenge
   - The DLC that comes with the Ultimate Edition adds some nice gameplay variation, but it really just boils down to running through the same stages, fighting through the same enemies, and beating the same bosses that are found throughout the campaign
   
   Bad:
   - Replaying the same levels over and over again to find secrets and progression items gets real old, real fast
   - The currency system is very easily exploitable
   - The story is all over the place; plays out as a series of seperate segments rather than a linear journey
   - The hint system is close to useless
   - Very weak final boss
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8. thisisdot

   Jan 29, 2019

   4

   This was my first exposure to the series, I had been recommended it by a few people and had some money to drop, but holy crap what the heckThis was my first exposure to the series, I had been recommended it by a few people and had some money to drop, but holy crap what the heck were they thinking? Why make a platformer with the core mechanic being "STOP!!!!!!!" why put such a focus on character writing if you aren't going to make a cohesive story, and after doing some research I also found out that all the extra modes in this game WEREN'T EVEN AVAILABLE AT LAUNCH AND WERE SEPARATE DLC... this game was already short enough as it is, but holy crap it's unforgivable to release a game like this.
   
   If I were to identify the biggest problem, it's gotta be the main mechanic, the transformation system is such a mess that I can't believe a series could've existed for nearly 20 years using this mechanic. Such a pace breaking mechanic with so little application that I can't even fathom what the idea was behind it... if that's what the rest of this series is like, I don't see this series deserving a 6 let alone an 84.
   
   I later tried Pirate's Curse as some Shantae fans said that game is great, but god dang it didn't grab me in, guess this series just isn't for me.… Expand

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