TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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Who cares about stretch goals at this point. Hope it makes the first goal.
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (PS3/4/Vita/360/XB1/WiiU/PC) Kickstarter [800K/400K Funded]
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Or you can use actual math and see it's at just shy of 68%, or 2/3rds.
Or that.Or you can use actual math and see it's at just shy of 68%, or 2/3rds.
Didn't feel like opening one of the 3 or 4 easily accessible calculators at the time :V
Oh man, we'll be ready for the OT a whole year in advance! ;P
Also, WF Facebook page linked to a pretty decent interview Matt Bozon did with Nintendo Life
Also, WF Facebook page linked to a pretty decent interview Matt Bozon did with Nintendo Life
HP_Wuvcraft
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Woo! Shantae Fan Site Kit released to Backers!
Hi-res sprites, mmmm. OP could make some nice new images (or someone can for them - I "made" these).
Pretty neato.
Oni Link 666
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I was thinking animated cutscenes. The TV would be supposed to make you think of cartoons. I doubt it's a sprite version. That would be almost like making a whole new game.
Lord British
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The fan kit doesn't seem to be accessible.
deddonpachi
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only for backers
edit:
from the interview:
"If our handheld Shantaes could be compared to Simon’s Quest, then Half-Genie Hero could become our Symphony of the Night."
that made me happy
Diomedeskun
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I'm a backer and neither the Kickstarter nor email update links seem to work.
Edit: had to copy and paste the link in the kickstarter. The email one said it had been downloaded too many times.
Edit: had to copy and paste the link in the kickstarter. The email one said it had been downloaded too many times.
Nice. I wonder if they would bother doing the same for PS4/Vita.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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LOL! By popular demand. The new, official, more tanned Shantae!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1236620800/shantae-half-genie-hero
Still too light.
I was thinking of an Saturday morning cartoon style animated short. But hey, could be anything.
deddonpachi
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Vermillion
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Eh, hardly.
FlyingSaucer
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deddonpachi
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i can upload it, if needed.. just pm me
FlyingSaucer
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Fan kit downloading, thanks a lot deddonpachi !
Giolon
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The link that was provided in the e-mail went down w/in like 2 minutes, but they replaced the link on the backer-only update on the website.
Theonik
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Just make sure you copy the link in the backer update and add www in the URL otherwise it won't work.
There's light coming from her hands, what do you expect?
twothunder
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No one posted the last update?
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1236620800/shantae-half-genie-hero/posts/599285
And in new news we have another local event for everyone in Southern California!
"The WayForward team has teamed up with Giant Robot to have a super awesome Shantae party (and Patty Wagon will be there too)! Virt will be making all your favorite funny noises and anyone who attends will be able to play Shantae and the Pirates Curse and Mighty Switch Force! 2. The Shantae: Half-Genie Hero trailer will be playing all night and who knows what else we can pull out of our pirate hats It's a week from today (Saturday, Sept. 21) so if youre local, come on over! If you arent, come over anyways!"
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1236620800/shantae-half-genie-hero/posts/599285
And in new news we have another local event for everyone in Southern California!
"The WayForward team has teamed up with Giant Robot to have a super awesome Shantae party (and Patty Wagon will be there too)! Virt will be making all your favorite funny noises and anyone who attends will be able to play Shantae and the Pirates Curse and Mighty Switch Force! 2. The Shantae: Half-Genie Hero trailer will be playing all night and who knows what else we can pull out of our pirate hats
It's a week from today (Saturday, Sept. 21) so if youre local, come on over! If you arent, come over anyways!"
Jawmuncher
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Since the Ace Attorney's 5 digital release doesn't seem to be this month I decided to use my credit on WayForward games.
Was able to Grab Shantae GBC, Shantae RR, and Mighty Switchforce 1 & 2.
Was able to Grab Shantae GBC, Shantae RR, and Mighty Switchforce 1 & 2.
Vermillion
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Excellent! I hope you enjoy all of them!
twothunder
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Current pledges.
7,193 Backers
$286,882 pledged of $400,000 goal
19 days to go
Things are going slow today. A little bit too slow.
7,193 Backers
$286,882 pledged of $400,000 goal
19 days to go
Things are going slow today. A little bit too slow.
It's now 7,253 backers @ $288,772 with 18 days to go. The funding has slowed down quite a lot. I was hoping that we'll be able to at least achieve that $700K stretch goal, but at this rate, it might not be possible.
twothunder
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It's now 7,253 backers @ $288,772 with 18 days to go. The funding has slowed down quite a lot. I was hoping that we'll be able to at least achieve that $700K stretch goal, but at this rate, it might not be possible.
Sadly. It will be difficult reaching the stretch goals unless Wayforward gets some big support/promotion or something.
I wonder if they should have waited until sometime after the 3DS Shantae's release to do this Kickstarter. Then we would have three Shantae games on the 3DS, the series would be fresh in everyone's minds, there wouldn't be the confusion I've seen about "is this replacing the 3DS game?". As a bonus, then they wouldn't be competing with Mighty No. 9, not that there was any way for them to know about that.
I think what screwed WayForward up is that they were teasing a bit beforehand, then had a countdown for it. Right around the start of their countdown they got blindsighted by Inafune.
If Inafune announced Mighty No. 9 before they started their countdown they probably could've just delayed it a month.
If Inafune announced Mighty No. 9 before they started their countdown they probably could've just delayed it a month.
RuneFactoryFanboy
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I'm just really hoping it hits the target goal so we actually get this game.
All the stretch goals sound like they have a lot of ideas on how to expand on this, it's unfortunate that they don't look like they will be met. Still though, I'd hate to see those ideas go to waste so I hope it will become DLC and would happily buy it all.
All the stretch goals sound like they have a lot of ideas on how to expand on this, it's unfortunate that they don't look like they will be met. Still though, I'd hate to see those ideas go to waste so I hope it will become DLC and would happily buy it all.
When I saw the announcement for Mighty No. 9, at first glance I thought the Wayforward kickstarter started early and it was a follow-up to their other "Mighty" games.
Then I saw it was a Mega Man game from Comcept and I was like "this is awesome, but poor Wayforward."
twothunder
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Sounds like you have some issues. Edit: Just saw the post under mine. I know that feeling bro!
On the thread. I'm glad they are going to make the goal unless something goes wrong.
But sad that the stretch goals all seem pretty far away
Currently over $294.5K. Really want those costumes. :T
Stared at this post for a minute or two before I finally understood.
Nobody wants to make Half-Life 3. I'm sorry. Maybe next next-gen?
I think there are several reasons why the Kickstarter might be going really slow:
- Shantae is not a big popular series, there simply aren't that many fans.
- The Shantae games have been fragmented over a bunch of platforms and the release timing is always horrible. They released the original on GBC in 2002, they released the sequel on DSiWare (lol), and the 3DS eShop entry still isn't out. This makes it hard to really form an attachment to the series.
- Maybe the Shantae games just aren't that great and not everyone who played them are really interested in kickstarting another entry? I dunno, I just finished the first one the other day and the design is kinda crummy.
- The majority of casual action platformer fans looking for something classic to latch on to have Mighty No. 9 to keep them busy right now.
- Shantae is not a big popular series, there simply aren't that many fans.
- The Shantae games have been fragmented over a bunch of platforms and the release timing is always horrible. They released the original on GBC in 2002, they released the sequel on DSiWare (lol), and the 3DS eShop entry still isn't out. This makes it hard to really form an attachment to the series.
- Maybe the Shantae games just aren't that great and not everyone who played them are really interested in kickstarting another entry? I dunno, I just finished the first one the other day and the design is kinda crummy.
- The majority of casual action platformer fans looking for something classic to latch on to have Mighty No. 9 to keep them busy right now.
deddonpachi
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the first one is okay, but risky's revenge is a masterpiece! imho
Hours Left
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I think the initial funding goal is a bit high and that it launched too close to Mighty No. 9. (Especially since it was afterward.)
Getting a strong initial surge is really important for Kickstarters that are based on existing IPs. Lots of people will not donate if it doesn't look like it will meet funding right away, even if it's something they wouldn't think twice about had it already met it's goal. (Or was at least really close.)
I still think it will make it, but it's in a pretty perilous position right now.
Usually the last week doubles the first three on successful projects, so I'm not too worried. I think it ends up at around 600-700k.
Also, I'm not sure the Skullgirls folks have been prodded yet- though many are probably broke due to all the funding they've done in the past year.
Unsure how much it would cost, but a port of Risky's revenge to PC might do some good also.
Also, I'm not sure the Skullgirls folks have been prodded yet- though many are probably broke due to all the funding they've done in the past year.
Unsure how much it would cost, but a port of Risky's revenge to PC might do some good also.
First one makes a lot of mistakes and feels a bit amateurish in terms of design. It's still an impressive little game.
Risky's Revenge is excellent and fixes every problem the original had.
Stone Ocean
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I'm not worried about the game getting funded, just about the stretch goals.
I think I've said this a million times already, but they need to reveal and detail the fucking goals. Project Phoenix for example made it to a million just by dangling "World Map" in front of backers, just like Mighty no 9 will most likely reach the PS4 goal. No one cares about ??? and sillhouettes.
I think I've said this a million times already, but they need to reveal and detail the fucking goals. Project Phoenix for example made it to a million just by dangling "World Map" in front of backers, just like Mighty no 9 will most likely reach the PS4 goal. No one cares about ??? and sillhouettes.
I haven't really been following this thread because I can't donate until the Paypal option is available. I'm pretty confident this will make it, but I have to say that seeing all those nice looking stretch goals pains me. I was hoping it was doing better than this. :[
But yes, Risky's Revenge is really great. You should give it a try duckroll.
The first one's nice enough when it comes to GBC platformers, but I've never been fond of those so that's not saying much. It definitely is a flawed game but it has some neat ideas, I'll give them that.
But yes, Risky's Revenge is really great. You should give it a try duckroll.
The first one's nice enough when it comes to GBC platformers, but I've never been fond of those so that's not saying much. It definitely is a flawed game but it has some neat ideas, I'll give them that.
AbandonedTrolley
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Backed and looking forward to it
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