{"id":2202,"date":"2020-07-10T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T21:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2020-05-29T22:22:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T04:22:32","slug":"video-game-shantae-and-the-pirates-curse-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/10\/video-game-shantae-and-the-pirates-curse-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO GAME: Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2014
\nRating: T
\nTime Played: 562 minutes \/ 9.37 hours<\/p>\n

A couple of years ago, I started hearing about a cult classic Game Boy Color game known as Shantae<\/em>. While this game released near the end of that handheld\u2019s life cycle, there was plenty of buzz about how it was a solid platformer with plenty of potential. Fast forward eight years and the first sequel, Shantae: Risky\u2019s Revenge<\/em>, made its appearance as a virtual game on the DSi. I happened to jump into this series with the 3DS virtual title, Shantae and the Pirate\u2019s Curse<\/em> and I certainly enjoyed the pseudo-Metroidvania approach that WayForward took with this franchise.<\/p>\n

While I would have liked to have found a cartridge version of this game, I eventually settled on buying it from the eShop. I\u2019m glad I did, as it allowed me to play the game instead of just thinking about it. Overall, it\u2019s a solid action platformer with plenty of upgrades that lend themselves to re-exploring some of the areas that I had already beaten to find secret areas and items. And while it was a pretty short game in my experience, the world and the characters were well-defined (in more ways than one) and entertaining enough to keep me progressing through the story.<\/p>\n

Of course, one of the facets of this franchise is some amount of fan service (which is mostly why this has a \u201cT\u201d rating). While there\u2019s nothing too explicit, you might want to know who you\u2019re playing around in case they catch a glance of your screen out of context. Still, I did find the 3D effect on the 3DS to be visually attractive, even if it was only used to its full extent a handful of times (again, most of them being of the \u201cfan service\u201d variety).<\/p>\n

A fun action platformer with a unique protagonist, I give Shantae and the Pirate\u2019s Curse<\/em> 3.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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