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Shantae Switch Port and Game Boy Color Rerelease Announced

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The original Shantae is coming back. The Shantae Game Boy Color game will be be rereleased on cartridges and brought to the Nintendo Switch in September 2020. People will be able to get physical copies of both, thanks to WayForward and Limited Run Games. The Switch copies will also be available digitally.

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The original Shantae Game Boy Color game was one of the last Game Boy Color titles and came out in 2002. It’s become a cult classic and tends to go for extreme prices online. This will mark an easier means of people being able to grab it.

Another game in the series was also confirmed. Shantae: Risky’s Revenge will be getting a Switch physical release in September 2020. It will also appear digitally on the Switch and Xbox One.

Shantae Switch and Game Boy Color physical copies will arrive in September 2020. In case you missed it, Siliconera recently interviewed the series’ creator, Matt Bozon.


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Jenni is Editor-in-Chief at Siliconera and has been playing games since getting access to her parents' Intellivision as a toddler. She continues to play on every possible platform and loves all of the systems she owns. (These include a PS4, Switch, Xbox One, WonderSwan Color and even a Vectrex!) You may have also seen her work at GamerTell, Cheat Code Central, Michibiku and PlayStation LifeStyle.