With ten days of a thirty day crowdfunding attempt now passed, Shantae Half-Genie Hero is now at only a little over half its goal of $400K. While this is certainly an accomplishment for such a niche game, I can't help but express some disappointment in the speed (or lack thereof) of the funding in question. There is no doubt that Shantae will certainly be funded in time, but as far as any stretch goals are concerned there is a seriously large question mark hanging overhead.
WayForward have been actively creating post after post to keep their new found community invigorated, responding quickly to questions and concerns as well as changing aspects of the game and Kickstarter page on the fly to satisfy fans. And yet it is not drawing in the large crowd I personally would have expected. Some would attribute this to the poor timing given Mighty No. 9's Kickstarter launch mere days before Shantae's. Shantae's following has been strong in spite of its issues, but I feel it ought to be even stronger.
For those who don't know, Shantae is a 2D platforming series about a half-genie protecting a small town from a nefariousness pirate named Risky Boots. This iteration is the first time that WayForward has attempted to do a console iteration and for all major consoles, both previous and current generation. A certainly very promising prospect, especially for fans of platforming games.
My hope in the end is for those who donated to Mighty No. 9 as well as to other KS platformer titles to see a similar appeal in Shantae and hopefully pledge for that game as well, but because it is not nearly as well know, it really is up to gaming fans to spread the game and its kickstarter around. I can only do so much as one person, but maybe I can encourage you to this game a much stronger push. If you have other friends or actively engage in community discussions on other sites, consider spreading the link around or just opting to talk about the game with some who many not already know of it. It probably comes off as being a walking advertisement, but I feel this title may largely benefit from it.
With another twenty or so days to go and the goal still not met, I hope with this blog I can convince some of you N4G users out there to pledge, spread the word or do both (assuming you have not yet done so) and boost the game's chances of not only being made, but surpassing what the bare minimum will offer. Most people know me as one of N4G's bigger Nintendo guys, but for me the Shantae series was always the real deal and this new game is by no means any exception. I certainly cannot wait to play it and I hope my excitement is shared by all of you.
Now go out there and pledge and talk and spread the word if you can. If you're unsure, give the game a look at least. I personally don't think you will walk away disappointed.
PlayStation tweets: "Helldivers fans -- we’ve heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update. The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and PlayStation Network account linking for new players and for current players beginning May 30, will not be moving forward.
We’re still learning what is best for PC players and your feedback has been invaluable. Thanks again for your continued support of Helldivers 2 and we’ll keep you updated on future plans."
Now, will gamers take all this fervor and aim it at the likes of EA, Ubisoft, Take2, and others who have way more invasive and problem-causing apps for Steam games?
Sony is like a whipping boy for the industry and it's just lame at this point. This is like my Activision account I use for Call of Duty. I'm not a 'fan'' of Activision but it's free and it comes in handy. The PSN account would come handy if they decide to do cross saves and I'm sure some other stuff too. I have an account for practically everything, including this site. I need a Microsoft account to play some PS5 games. No one has been able to explain what the big problem with a PSN account was.
Christopher with all I do respect, your bias is showing heavily, be positive, congratulate people and ask for them to do more, no need for this passive aggressive bitterness
I’d argue there’s a better softer approach they could do, just make it optional with bonus for people who did it like some free cosmetics and make it required only for cross-play and cross-save purposes. That way the people who can do it have bonus incentives and people in countries without psn can still play without problems.
Sony is also extremely bad i think alot i mean alot of people are in the clouds thinking its 2010's.
I agree with the whole other publishers should also remove there link unless for crossplay of course but sony its the worse right now.
As of 2023 sony requires your real information dob/address/phone number even phone text's for login but the way worse part is the need for personal government id.
The way sony account creation is no one can make a account until they are a legal adult in there country then you got all that data on a server with the same security as donal trump's bathroom file cabinet.
Oh also sony's terms of service says if you use a vpn its a auto ban remember sony uses bots to monitor everyone.
With Microsoft every person that has windows 11 installed there is a very high chance you already have a account microsft account is xbox account there creation page is still basic but no doubt will get just as bad a sony soon.
https://youtu.be/h4TqFYyQ_U...
Thank goodness they went back on this decision because if it stayed then even users that could make a account might not have been able do too the lack of a govt id.
Here come the disagrees even though i left proof.
But this is n4g alot of you would give sony anything they want your fortune first born child anything so your sin/govt card is nothing for those kind.
The government id is only in certain countries and it's not Sony's decision. It's laws your governmwnt like mine here in UK made that means they require that.
“…alot of you would give sony anything they want your fortune first born child anything so your sin/govt card is nothing for those kind.”
It’ll be alright. Just breathe…
You have disagrees because everything you said was ill informed. It's like this is your first insight into regional requirements.
I would save your anger for the companies that don't listen to it's player base.
The difference is EA, Ubisoft, Take2, etc didn't release their games and then down the line implement forced account linkage under the guise of "security". Gamers know from when they buy EA and Ubisoft games that you'll need an account with those companies. Also when was the last time a company delisted an extremely popular game from over 100 countries?
It was listed on the game as a requirement and it was a decision by arrowhead so that people could get into the game. In future companies won't be able to make such decisions and you will simply be left unable to play the game.
Thank you! I have a PS account, but bought this on PC. I just hate having to do stupid stuff like this just to get into the game I bought.
You should try getting a resident evil MP working not as bad as making a sony account but its right up there i tried with a fake dump email holy spam batman. I never finished the account creation
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 remakes are likely off the table forever, as new claims from anonymous Activision devs bury your hopes for good.
"Tony Hawk himself purported that plans were in place until Vicarious Visions’ obligations to Activision’s mammoth FPS game franchise, Call of Duty, got in the way"
Same what happened to Raven Softworks sadly
We'll never get Singularity 2
This is kinda pathetic on Activision. Hire someone else to do a remake if you have to. Not every dev needs to be working on cod
In a poignant announcement, Dutch indie developer Paladin Studios bid farewell after an impressive run spanning “almost 19 years.”
Well, considering that there's been no response, I guess I'll have to dish out a heavy sigh.
Can't say I didn't give it my best shot though.
I'm more interested in Project Phoenix and Mighty No.9, but No.9 kinda screwed Shantae over.
After seeing a spiritual successor to MegaMan, people probably said to themselves 'Hm, I want to support Shantae, but I wanna support Mighty No.9 more.'
I wrote this on another forum, thought I'd post it here:
"It's weird when you compare it to Shantae, which is asking for less than half of what Mighty No. 9 is and will in all likelyhood be a longer and more dynamic adventure than anything going off the template of Mega Man. Not to mention it was being developed for nearly every platform from the start, whereas MN9 needed over half of its minimum funding just to reach current-gen consoles.
If this is going to be nearly identical to Mega Man, then the main stages will theoretically be able to be completed in a few minutes. If that's true, then a few mini-mission modes based off the campaign aren't going to help with the value much. I have no doubt MN9 will be fantastic as a spiritual successor to Mega Man, but I agree that these stretch goals are asking too much to make a complete game. The padding with that documentary and including all the story robots and such is particularly insulting. Shantae is offering a whole new version of the campaign with the first stretch goal. Whole new chapters to the game, new abilities, voice acting, ect. All for roughly a third of what MN9 is asking for in full stretch goals and the content itself sounds much more substantial and fair.
MN9 hasn't even shown real in-game assets yet (not to be confused with actual, functioning gameplay), while Shantae had a whole trailer showing them off. Mega Man's popularity must be incredibly influential, because Shantae is having to work much harder for its funding than MN9 when it isn't asking for nearly as much. It doesn't seem right."