Last July, I reported that the once-lost GBA game Shantae Advance would launch on the Game Boy Advance in 2024. While this was a neat revival, many at the time wondered if we might also see this title on platforms that aren’t more than a decade old. Thankfully, we have an answer now.
Announced during today’s Indie World Showcase, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution will also launch on Nintendo Switch next year. Based on the footage shown, it appears to be a mostly faithful port of the upcoming GBA title. This even extends to the multiplayer Battle Mode, which players can play locally in this version. That said, the character portraits do flex the better-than-GBA resolution, more closely resembling what we saw in Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse.
After the presentation, developer WayForward went on to clarify that Shantae Advance will also appear on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC. Additionally, we got confirmation that those character portraits will still be in the Gameboy Advance version of the game, just not in HD like the trailer shows.
We still don’t know exactly when Shantae Advance will arrive in 2024. But we’ll certainly keep our eyes peeled as we learn more about these unearthed games.
