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The team at Wayforward (Ducktales HD, Contra 4 and Double Dragon: Neon) have something to celebrate as their Kickstarter funded game, Shantae: Half Genie Hero, has raised $776,084. Clearing the $700,000 stretch goal “Costume Swap“, which will offer players three more fully-animated outfits for use in the game.
Shantae is a side-scrolling adventure game that Wayforward likened to Metroid and Legend of Zelda, in which players play A belly-dancing Genie who using her hair as a whip-like weapon and dancing to transform into creatures. The game encourages exploration and puzzle-solving to complete it’s chapter based levels, each which includes “subplots, friends and foes, a new Transformation to discover, puzzles to solve, hazards to overcome and a Boss to conquer.”
Shantae: Half Genie Hero will be launch on multiple platforms (PS3, Xbox 360, Steam, PS Vita, Vita TV, Wii U and next-gen consoles PS4 and Xbox One) sometime in August 2014. If you wish to continue the game’s success, you can donate to Wayforward’s Paypal, which continue funds will go to the stretch goals.
