Hey guys a couple of hours ago Wayfoward released a new demo for backers of the game! Unfortunately, I was not a backer (I found out about it waaaay too late), but I found a video of someone who played the demo.

Overall it looks really good.

Style/Presentation

I really wish they would have stuck with Shantae's more original look, but other than that it looks great. Overall I like her in animations here, so I expect I won't be bothered too much when actually playing the game. The Tinkerbats (the enemies) on the other hand seem to translate well in this new art style. Their animations, however, look a bit too off to me. The backgrounds are awesome and the 2.5D look and feel seem the best so far in this demo. I really liked the sprite based art style, but this really is an improvement for the series. The remixed Scuttle Town music is amazing!

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Enemies/Hazards

I wish the Tinkerbats were a bit more aggressive on land. This is also probably just an introductory level seeing as how the other levels bolstered much more Shantae  difficulty level enemies. The fact that there is no transformation part seems to support that. I do like that when you beat one, they fly off screen with an explosion... I think that is super :P.  

The overal hazards in the stage look really good between the cannon balls that you have to watch out for and the fire tossed.

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Pirates Curse is definitely my overall favorite so far, but this does seems more in line with Risky's Revenge gameplay. That was a huge reason I'm vested in the series, so I'm really looking foward to more!

**Also, I know they said that they were aiming for a December release, but I have a feeling it may be delayed. 

That presentation looks really good... @_@ That scrolling...

It looks more on the simpler side, though it may just be an introduction level.

The music though really didn't really do it for me. It didn't catch me. I'm hoping the soundtrack if more like Pirate's Curse. I really loved the music there. : D

This game looks very impressive. This might just be my very first Shantae game. What kind of sidescroller is this? Mega Man? Metroidvania? Donkey Kong Country?

Looking great. Which systems is it for?

I would definitely put it between a Metroidvannia and Megaman type sidescroller.

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse felt like a lot more like Megaman Zero and a Metroidvannia, though this one is more than likely more like the original Megaman than Zero.

Its coming to the Wii U, PS4, XB1 and PC at launch. It might come out for the Mac later

I know what you mean music-wise. Is still think its amazing and fits, but I think Pirates Curse was just too good (then again, that blew alot of the imo). Hopefully the scale isn't set too high.

I'm sure the soundtrack will be good. This is just one song from a likely bigger track of music. Pirate's though, really good ; )

Thanks! I'll pick it up on PS4 since I can't play on my Wii U anymore. Hopefully the game sells well across all platforms.

Oh yeah, I remeber you saying something along the lines of losing your charger. That sucks. But yeah, hopefully this game gets alot of recognition now that its on other platforms!