She is described as having few magical abilities, including being capable to whip her hair as a weapon, but has a strong sense of right and wrong and is a skilled dancer.
Shantae is a half-genie, the daughter of a human father and genie mother. Voiced by: Meagan Glaser ( Risky's Revenge), Cristina Vee (all other appearances) While he admitted that most female characters had a deliberately sexy design to them, and the male characters often displayed a variety of weaknesses, he also said that he just liked depicting Shantae's world this way "for no precise reason", and that it was certainly possible that strong male characters could appear later in the franchise's future.
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When asked about whether the Shantae series was conceived as pushing feminist values because of its strong female cast, Matt Bozon acknowledged that he liked to portray the Shantae world as having the girls "run the show" and not be defined solely by their appearances. She was altered later on in development, and the original Twitch character served as the basis for a similarly-named character and her friend in Shantae and the Pirate's Curse. Matt also elaborated a bit on the development of Sky's character, who was initially named "Twitch" and had a different appearance. animated film The Iron Giant, and the expression made its way into the script as an inside joke. The signature catchphrase from the franchise, "Ret-2-Go", was created by a friend of them who kept using it when they were working on animation clean up for the Warner Bros. Matt Bozon has stated that his main influences for the game series are Castlevania, Aladdin, Mega Man, The Legend of Zelda and anime, mostly Ranma ½ which he claims as a heavy influence, and others like Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Hayao Miyazaki's films, and Pokémon, as well as 80s cartoons like DuckTales or The Transformers, while Erin Bozon's main influence was I Dream of Jeannie. Matt has provided two contradictory stories about how the idea for the hair whip came to be: in one, he said he was inspired by the nine-foot-long hair of his wife, while in the other he claims that Erin's original sketches already featured Shantae using her hair as a weapon. This would later become the basis for the transformation dances. Erin imagined that the character could summon or charm animals by belly-dancing. Matt liked the idea and fleshed out the mythology and cast of the game. Matt later asked her what she would come up with if she was to create a video game character, and she introduced him to Shantae. In 1994, during their engagement, Erin got a flash of inspiration while coming back from her camp counsellor days, and created the character, naming her "Shantae" after one of the campers, as well as developing her dancing abilities. The character of Shantae was created by Erin Bell, the wife of Matt Bozon, the game's creator.
The series resurfaced in 2010 with Risky's Revenge, and has since enjoyed more commercial success and a growth in popularity. Its poor sales are generally attributed to its late release on the Game Boy Color, which at the time had been succeeded by the Game Boy Advance. All games involve collecting new powers and items, which vary from game to game, to strengthen Shantae and unlock access to new areas.Īlthough released to strong reviews, the first game was a financial disappointment. The setting displays oriental-inspired aesthetics with fantasy, dark fantasy and steampunk elements. Set in the fictional world of Sequin Land, the series follows Shantae, a half-genie who serves as the guardian of her hometown, Scuttle Town, and more generally Sequin Land as a whole, protecting it from various threats, which generally involve to some extent her nemesis, the pirate Risky Boots. The series consists of five games: Shantae (2002), Shantae: Risky's Revenge (2010), Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (2014), Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (2016) and Shantae and the Seven Sirens (2019). The eponymous heroine of the series, a half-genie, was created by Erin Bozon, while the games were created from this character by her husband Matt Bozon. Shantae is a series of platform games developed by WayForward.
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