The Original Shantae Is Headed To The 3DS Virtual Console

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: May 6, 2013 09:00 am

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WayForward Technologies’ Game Boy Color Shantae game is headed to the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, the publisher has announced. Shantae will be available in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand towards the end of June.

As previously reported, WayForward are also working on a new Shantae game for the Nintendo eShop. Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse is a Metroid-esque game with connected areas and upgradeable items. A release date hasn’t been announced yet.

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Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.