The campaign sees the player taking control of Shantae’s arch-nemesis, Risky Boots, in a story-line that parallels the main Shantae campaign. The DLC campaign uses a completely different play-style that is more in line with the previous installment in the Shantae series, Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse. Instead of Shantae’s magical belly-dancing animal transformations, Risky will harness the power her tools, such as using her hat to float, her cannon to jump higher, and her pistol to attack from a distance, just to name a few.
The DLC is free to all backers of the game’s Kickstarter (as will all future DLC updates), and will cost $10 for everyone else. Whether or not the $10 will carry over to the future DLC campaigns is yet to be seen.
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - Pirate Queen’s Quest is now available for download on Xbox One, PS4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
