"WayForward is a company that seems to have two very different representations of itself. There's the contracting company that takes on projects for third-parties, some of which are excellent, crowd-pleasing projects and other movie spin-offs that perhaps aren't, and then there's WayForward the developer of its own popular, download-only IPs. The latter is ultimately the more powerful identity, and while the Mighty games have plenty of fans, it's the Shantae franchise that seems to have the most dedicated and vocal of the company's fan-bases.
3DS owners can look forward to Shantae And The Pirate's Curse later this year, but the company made headlines recently when it launched a Kickstarter campaign for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. This'll be the first time that the iconic character will be stepping off portable devices and onto TVs, with the Wii U eShop included in its list of platforms; it's well on track to reach its funding goal, sitting on over $260,000 of its $400,000 target with 21 days to go at the time of writing.
Keen to learn more about how this project came about, we caught up with Matt Bozon, WayForward's Creative Director, to talk over the new HD project.", writes NintendoLife.
With River City Girls 2 arriving next week, it's time to look at the company's best!
Shantae co-creator Matt Bozon tells us what a new generation might hold for the chipper genie.
In an interview with Shantae creator Matt Bozon, learn more about the latest game's design, past games, the possibility of a remaster of the original game, and how "Shantae needs an anime."
They're expanding alright. This is their first original console game as far as I know. Interestingly it appears they're using the same engine as the one they developed for Ducktales Remastered. Not that I'm complaining; they did an excellent job with that game.