Let's Play and Partae with Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero!

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"Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero" is a 2016 2D Sidescroller/Metroidvania by Wayforward. It is the fourth game in the Shantae series which started on the Gameboy Color. This is the first HD one! It was successfully kickstarted back in 2013 and came out on pretty much all platforms!

As the name suggests, the games feature a Half Genie called Shantae. Who attacks with her purple hair! This one in particular has some super beautiful art and levels. HGH is a little more dialogue heavy than your typical Metroidvania but no worries, the writing is mostly great!

The game basically feels like it was made for me, as it somehow features most of the things I put in a Game-jam game I made myself years back.

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I'll be playing the PC version. It's not a very long game, it has 5 linear levels you can revisit (and will revisit often) and a final 6th one. So the videos are delineated by level (like 1-1 and 1-2 to finish out the first level). Usually there's some set-up before the next level unlocks.

The game also features many different kinds of modes and DLC. They mostly re-use a lot of content/levels. I won't be playing through all of them, maybe show off a few modes or DLC after the main run.

Pods will normally be joining me for (most of) the playthrough.

Let's Play & Break?
Not this time! There's not really much to break. It's just a fun, very tight game we're gonna enjoy.

Any place to support you?
Yes! I have a patreon at https://www.patreon.com/jaffy.

You can also find my previous stuff on the kilobops website. Alternatively on LPArchive.org or on my YouTube channel itself.

Finally, you can join my discord if you wish! https://discord.gg/8hgEeuR


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Last edited by Jaffy on Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:48 pm, edited 19 times in total.

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We didn't see much actual game play yet, I didn't want to leave you hanging, so....

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Time for P.O.O.P. T.O.O.T.!

Poop Toot drew a bad lot in life. And half-genies need a union it seems.

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Kibayasu wrote:
Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:19 am
Poop Toot drew a bad lot in life. And half-genies need a union it seems.
For suure!

Time for Act 2! Is the audio mixing an improvement?

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All Monkey Business here.

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*BONK*

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What am I supposed to write here again?

It seems a bit weird that Shantae doesn't know about a ruined town in what appears to be the immediate vicinity of her hometown, but who knows how accurate that maps is.

By the way, that Spyro with the flag at the end of the videos always kind of makes me happy :3:

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Carpator Diei wrote:
Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:40 am
It seems a bit weird that Shantae doesn't know about a ruined town in what appears to be the immediate vicinity of her hometown, but who knows how accurate that maps is.

By the way, that Spyro with the flag at the end of the videos always kind of makes me happy :3:
Yeah! And thanks! I love it too. Thanks to the artist, Sapphirre98!

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WIIIIIILLLL-BURRRRR!!!

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I'm beginning to think this game gets darker the more you think about it! So let's not think, Let's race!

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Time for The BIG RACE!!

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A little late, sorry for the delay.

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SUMMON THE BOYS!!!!!

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The fetch questing ramps up.

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In which we get Down with The Sickness

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Late again! Sorry scheduling commentary with Pods has been hard. So while we wait for the next episode of the HGH LP; Let's take a peek at the game that started it all!

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VICIOGAME channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/viciogame/featured

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In this episode: UNSPEAKABLE DOOM! And monster girls!!

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CAN'T BEAT 100%* (actually 98* in this ep but okay, you get the point)

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Would YOU like to get Norted?

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We're right at the end of the game!

The finale will premiere on YouTube tomorrow! Check that out here: https://youtu.be/qXCRg_sTzUc

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That's it for the main game! Thank you so much for joining us on this LP! Look forward to the Pirate Queen DLC videos and whatever's next!!

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I wanted to show off this DLC as I quite liked it! I mean, we play as the villain!!

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We tackle levels 3 and 4 in this one and get some more cool abilities.

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We finish up the DLC, and with that, the LP! A short bonus video for concept art non-withstanding.

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A last little video showing off the Art Gallery in the game. See you soon for the next series!

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