Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse Sails Onto Wii U December 25th

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: Dec 17, 2014 10:59 am

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Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse will be released for Wii U on Christmas—December 25th—in North America, WayForward Technologies have announced.

The Wii U version will feature HD character portraits by Azure Striker Gunvolt developer Inti Creates, Off-TV play, support for the Classic Controller Pro and Wii U Pro Controller, an unlockable “Pirate-Mode,” and multiple endings.

Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse is already available on the Nintendo 3DS, where it debuted in October. A European release for the game is planned as well, but a release date has not yet been finalized.

You can read Siliconera’s interview with the director of Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse at this link.

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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.