WayForward has confirmed {that a} new Shantae sport is in growth and can be launched subsequent yr.
The developer introduced the information throughout a panel at Anime Expo in Los Angeles this weekend, the place it shared art work for a redesigned Shantae, together with a 2027 launch date for the unnamed new sport. No additional particulars had been revealed.
Shantae is a platformer collection during which gamers management the half-genie who can remodel into varied varieties, every with their very own skills.
The final Shatae title, final yr’s Dangerous Revolution, wasn’t technically a very new sport, because it was a revival of a 2004 Sport Boy Advance sport that was canceled earlier than launch.
In 2019, WayForward launched the Apple Arcade entry Shatae and the Seven Stars, which was later ported to consoles.
The collection’ most important current entry was 2016’s Half-Genie Hero, which was launched for consoles and PC after a profitable crowdfunding marketing campaign.
Whereas California-based WayForward is finest identified for Shantae, throughout its 30-year historical past it’s additionally labored on loads of licensed video games, together with titles primarily based on Double Dragon, Duck Tales, Journey Time and Marvel Puzzle Quest.
Most not too long ago, it labored on the Nintendo Swap remake of Nintendo’s Advance Wars video games, which VGC known as in our Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp evaluation “a love letter to some of the memorable dealt with technique video games ever.”
