Hey this is coming out in a week! If you have Mighty Flip Champs you get a free gift with the download! http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/24110 (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/24110)
Sweet! I wonder if anyone on here has downloaded Mighty Flip Champs because of that offer.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Halbred on September 30, 2010, 07:35:10 PM
*raises hand*
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: TheFleece on September 30, 2010, 07:54:35 PM
I did and it's probably the best Dsiware game because it's fun and can't be recreated on another system. I've never played a Shantae game before so I'm excited for this one.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Caliban on October 04, 2010, 12:40:43 PM
Downloading it this very moment.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Halbred on October 04, 2010, 01:06:04 PM
Downloaded it the second it came online. Played it for 20 minutes during my morning med routine. It's REALLY good. The spritework is incredible.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Caliban on October 04, 2010, 02:16:44 PM
The attention to detail in regards to animations, background, and character art is amazing. I was hooked the moment I started playing it.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Adrock on October 04, 2010, 05:08:36 PM
I'm 200 DSi Points short. Motherfuc....
Does anyone have any suggestions to use up the extra points I'll be buying today? I'm thinking about downloading Mighty Flip Champs and Soul of Darkness which I heard is similar to Castlevania. Is Bomberman Blitz worth it? In particular, how does multiplayer work? My brother has a DS Lite, can we play wirelessly using just my download?
EDIT: I think I found my 4 games: Mighty Flip Champs, Shantae, Dark Void Zero, and Soul of Darkness. Should be 3000 DSiWare points. I still have the 1000 from the DSi launch.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: vudu on October 04, 2010, 06:37:27 PM
I think I found my 4 games: Mighty Flip Champs, Shantae, Dark Void Zero, and Soul of Darkness. Should be 3000 DSiWare points. I still have the 1000 from the DSi launch.
I own all of those.
Mighty Flip Champs is a fun puzzle game, but it gets hard fast. Don't expect to finish it. :) Dark Void Zero is fun, but it's only about an hour long and there's not much reason to replay it. Soul of Darkness is a pretty fun, if somewhat janky, Castlevania clone. Lots of fun, but nothing you haven't seen before (especially if you're played Order of Eclisia, which it most strongly resembles).
Your list is missing Pictobits. It's the best Art Style game on the DSi (and probably the best one period). If you like puzzle games you should strongly consider it. Also, the music is sublime.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: greybrick on October 04, 2010, 08:10:31 PM
Shantae is completely riddled with cartoon/sprite bewbage. Not saying I don't appreciate that part of the female anatomy, but good lord do you really need bouncing cartoon boobs on what look to be children in your platformers?
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Halbred on October 04, 2010, 08:18:35 PM
Yes, I know. Zach's Game of the Year, 2010.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Adrock on October 04, 2010, 08:19:11 PM
Thanks, Vudu. I passed on Dark Void Zero. I still have 500 points left.
I'm going to say good because anyone who looked over Shantae in the past has less to invest to prove the worth of the series and long time fans can grab it for only a fraction of what a cartridge release would cost and finally Way Forward can get more fan support to actually finance a 3DS release. At least that's what I'm hoping. I haven't downloaded it yet, but I will later this week when I can get more points.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: TJ Spyke on October 04, 2010, 11:27:31 PM
It's a little expensive for a DSiWare game (1200 points), I wonder if they will impact potential sales.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Caliban on October 04, 2010, 11:35:34 PM
...good lord do you really need bouncing cartoon boobs on what look to be children in your platformers?
Yes.
Did you notice how her booty shakes when she's crouched lol.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Halbred on October 05, 2010, 03:26:40 PM
So I'm in the third dungeon. It's a great game, although the map is functionally useless. At the very least, it should show the location of caves and whether you've completed them or not. As it stands, half my playtime has been spent re-locating and completing caves or finding out that I've already completed them.
PROTIPS: You can burn wooden blockades with Shantae's fire attack. That may seem obvious, but just be aware of it. You'll also need Shantae's triple-fire upgrade and her Monkey Dash to get through another cave. The Monkey Dash and Elephant Stomp are needed to access the third dungeon. The elephant stomp can be used to destroy overhead stone blocks. I highly recommend saving up your Magic Jams to buy her fully upgraded hair whip.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: KDR_11k on October 05, 2010, 04:03:13 PM
Heh, the European approach is to redeem some stars for Nintendo points.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: greybrick on October 05, 2010, 09:20:53 PM
I am not one for positive hyperbole, but I can't think of a DS platformer that I have enjoyed more than the one hour of Shantae I have played. Maybe I need to get out more, play some Hatsworth.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: TheFleece on October 05, 2010, 10:59:41 PM
I just played it and I really really like it. Having never played Shantae before I found that getting used to how the levels navigate took a short time and it would have been nice to mark up the map like in Spirit Tracks. I'm still at the beginning so I haven't done anything very amazing yet, but the art and music is great. Fans can get the official soundtrack here: http://www.biglionmusic.com/general/shantae-riskys-revenge-ost Name yer price.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Peachylala on October 06, 2010, 09:35:35 PM
I don't know what the **** I'm doing wrong, I can't find the dog for the chef girl.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: greybrick on October 06, 2010, 10:06:07 PM
I don't know what the **** I'm doing wrong, I can't find the dog for the chef girl.
Go to the far right of the frontmost layer of the forest, you meet your zombie friend and get the dog from her
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Caliban on October 08, 2010, 01:58:52 AM
Nevermind...
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Halbred on October 08, 2010, 01:20:03 PM
Did I mention I beat the game with 100% completion a few nights ago? 'Cause I did.
Helluva ride. I'm going to make a Secret Cave FAQ so that nobody has to get lost looking for the Secret Caves like I did.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Caliban on October 10, 2010, 12:07:18 AM
Hey Hal, what am I supposed to do with the 4 keys that I got in the 3rd dungeon.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Halbred on October 10, 2010, 08:06:42 PM
This had me stuck for awhile too. Remember the door that opened when you made the eyeballs look the same way? Well, you can also open the door by making the eyes look OPPOSITE ways. Also, remember the rooms with the eyes that open/close? They change based on whether both eyes are open or closed, too. So explore every possibility. You'll eventually find two halves of a skull key which you use on the locked skull door.
I swear I wrote a review for this game and sent it to be edited, but it hasn't...been...done yet.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Caliban on October 10, 2010, 08:39:20 PM
Thanks, Halbred. I knew I could be missing some sort of combination with the eye statues, but I just thought I could be missing something else not related to them that would let me continue on.
Title: Re: Shantae DSi
Post by: Halbred on October 24, 2010, 09:53:00 PM
Recommendation: Speed-run the game. Don't worry about item collection rate. Just try to get under 2 hours. Nice little Metroid nod is your reward.
