“Decisions made by younger me created a ton of headaches for modern me”.
It’s not often that a developer gets to revisit a chapter of their past and pick up where they left off on a project two decades prior, but the revival of Shantae Advance in the form of Risky Revolution has given WayForward creative director Matt Bozon just that opportunity.
Having co-created the character with his partner, Erin Bozon, the second game in the series following Shantae’s Game Boy Color 2002 debut was started but shelved after WayForward struggled to find a publisher. However, with the help of Limited Run Games, the developers are now revisiting this ‘lost’ chapter in the series, with the now-completed game getting a limited-time release on Game Boy Advance and a wider modern console release courtesy of Limited Run’s Carbon Engine later this year.
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