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[Kainazzo]

A little basic color correction:

Wow, looks way better. Legacy colors aside, I think the darker skin contrasts much more nicely with the bright purple, red, and gold.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Ugh the new artstyle looks fucking awful. nooo

Spoiler

omgogmomg MORE SHANTAE YESSS

 

[Bladenic]

I kinda doubt they're gonna reach most of those stretch goals, but here's hoping.

 

[Moonlight]

Now I can't unsee how white she is now, damn you GAF.

I love my delicious brown dancers

 

[Jawmuncher]

Since this seems to be the best place to ask, is there any reason why Way Forward hasn't been doing much on the other consoles? Im guessing this game will change that. Just asking because I've found it so odd how stuff like Mighty Switchforce and the like have been really only on nintendo platforms. With only stuff payed for such as Duck Tales and Bloodrayne hitting the bigger systems. There isn't anything wrong with that but I was just curious about it.

 

[Five]

Since this seems to be the best place to ask, is there any reason why Way Forward hasn't been doing much on the other consoles? Im guessing this game will change that. Just asking because I've found it so odd how stuff like Mighty Switchforce and the like have been really only on nintendo platforms. With only stuff payed for such as Duck Tales and Bloodrayne hitting the bigger systems. There isn't anything wrong with that but I was just curious about it.

Could be as simple as cost reasons. The people paying them to do licensed games want it on other platforms enough to pay for that.

With the Kickstarter, they'll be getting more money to use than the other games they self funded.

 

[Mista Koo]

I can accept the bastardization of culture, but now she's white too? Ugh.

I don't think I will back it until they fix the color.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Could be as simple as cost reasons. The people paying them to do licensed games want it on other platforms enough to pay for that.

With the Kickstarter, they'll be getting more money to use than the other games they self funded.

That definitely does make perfect sense.

 

[Conan-san]

I can accept the bastardization of culture, but now she's white too? Ugh.

I don't think I will back it until they fix the color.

wut?

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

A little basic color correction:

Much better. Looks like her now.

C'mon WayForward, make this change!

 

[Conan-san]

Actually just thinking about it, wouldn't she be lighter because of the fireball? OK That doesn't excuse the sprite but...

 

[Totobeni]

wait a white Shantae :/

why this keep happening to female video game characters?

examples

Kat from Gravity Rush

to

Vanessa Lewis from VF

to

 

[B_Boss]

Mischief Makers by WayForward: Make it happen!!!

 

[ZiZ]

A little basic color correction:

much better.

 

[Alpha_eX]

Mischief Makers by WayForward: Make it happen!!!

That would be lovely to see but I'd want Treasure doing everything aside from the art/animation.

 

[JDSN]

Im sure Wayforward will change this soon, thats the beauty of KS, anything that can be perceived as bad will be changed quickly, especially when its race-related before blogs that thrive on clickbait like Kotaku pick it up.

 

[LiK]

Im sure Wayforward will change this soon, thats the beauty of KS, anything that can be perceived as bad will be changed quickly, especially when its race-related before blogs that thrive on clickbait like Kotaku pick it up.

Yup, people hated the face for the Broken Sword KS and they promptly fixed the dude's face to look more like the old games.

 

[Mista Koo]

wut?

They pretty much reduced middle eastern culture/mythology to belly dancing. Oh and genies who are now apparently belly dancers.

 

[Conan-san]

They pretty much reduced middle eastern culture/mythology to belly dancing. Oh and genies who are now apparently belly dancers.

Not for nothing, dood, but you're about three games too late to get cheesed at that.

 

[SnakeSlashRO]

Between this and Might No.9 I need to stay off Kickstart and GAF for a while.

Backed both!

 

[mankoto]

Spoiler

Color me excited

 

[Five]

I always thought Shantae was largely inspired by the I Dream of Jeannie show. A caucasian, belly-dancing genie goes back at least as far as 1965.

 

[Oni Link 666]

Backing with $60, because I love white girls.

 

[TheOGB]

Holy shit, I just checked out the KS page and... yes, that is quite noticable.

Wow, looks way better. Legacy colors aside, I think the darker skin contrasts much more nicely with the bright purple, red, and gold.

Yeah, that's part of what was throwing me off.

Spoiler

Color me excited

Nah, what expression is a few shades lighter than 'excited'?

 

[papercan55]

Aw yiss lets get dat brown on

of course they will say that, why would anyone admit to white washing a character.
They've actually been doing it gradually since the original, but i'm not sure if this much of a jump in whiteness is a good thing.they are treading on thin ice.
to me the colors work far better like this below.

A little basic color correction:

 

[-MB-]

Now do a 3Ds version too.

 

[JoeFu]

Her darker skin tone totally looks nicer with the purple hair and red clothes/gold accessories.

 

[Balb]

Glad they're considering changing the skin color but it's still a little troubling that they did this in the first place. They knew what they were doing.

 

[Oni Link 666]

I always thought Shantae was largely inspired by the I Dream of Jeannie show. A caucasian, belly-dancing genie goes back at least as far as 1965.

Hmm. She is a half genie. Maybe her secret origin is that she is Jeannie and Tony's daughter!

 

[Mista Koo]

Not for nothing, dood, but you're about three games too late to get cheesed at that.

Well I didn't just get cheesed by it, I only mentioned it because now she is white too.

 

[TheOGB]

I always thought Shantae was largely inspired by the I Dream of Jeannie show. A caucasian, belly-dancing genie goes back at least as far as 1965.

Eh, wasn't my first thought.

I mean, yeah, she's been getting lighter as time went on (RR art, 3DS VC art), but even in-game she was darker than that (those RR cutscene expressions above). But then again, even in that same game I think her sprites were lighter.

But again, holy fuck is she whiter than ever on the KS page.

Jesus WayForward, you're not consistent with this at all, are you? :V

 

[SnakeSlashRO]

Aw yiss lets get dat brown on

Yeah this........


Also backed for $75

I think some color palette swaps are in order at least.

 

[UncleSporky]

Since this seems to be the best place to ask, is there any reason why Way Forward hasn't been doing much on the other consoles? Im guessing this game will change that. Just asking because I've found it so odd how stuff like Mighty Switchforce and the like have been really only on nintendo platforms. With only stuff payed for such as Duck Tales and Bloodrayne hitting the bigger systems. There isn't anything wrong with that but I was just curious about it.

They've always been a mostly Nintendo studio.

On their wikipedia page, they've got 47 games listed. 36 of those were released exclusively on Nintendo platforms, 76% of everything they've ever released.

That's just how they roll!

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

A little basic color correction:

Oh god yes, please I need this. The "looking better with the background" excuse is sooo PR bullshit.

:3

Mischief Makers by WayForward: Make it happen!!!

I'd give hundreds for this

 

[Night_Trekker]

Holy shit, a Wayforward Kickstarter?

I love these guys. I'm sure this will be successful.

wait a white Shantae :/

why this keep happening to female video game characters?

Focus groups :/

 

[NotLiquid]

Eh, wasn't my first thought.

I mean, yeah, she's been getting lighter as time went on (RR art, 3DS VC art), but even in-game she was darker than that (those RR cutscene expressions above). But then again, even in that same game I think her sprites were lighter.

But again, holy fuck is she whiter than ever on the KS page.

Jesus WayForward, you're not consistent with this at all, are you? :V

The Risky's Revenge promotional art gives her a vastly different skin coloration from the VC re-release art. The former looks lighter than any of the previously posted images even though it goes against the in-game art. In the latter her skin tone is just lighter because of the particles, you can still see a tan.

Hell her original art was more peachy than tanned. There's a lot of varying inconsistencies in a bunch of Shantae art that I'd almost not put their Kickstarter post passed them.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Shantae got Vanessa'd?

TTOB is gonna be double pissed.

 

[Giolon]

WayForward made further comment on her skin color:

Creator WayForward about 2 hours ago
Hi friends! Since there were a lot of comments regarding skin tone, we lined up all the Shantae artwork from past games, and the skin tones are all over the board. We've always left this to artist discretion in the past. However, this new artwork does stand out as the lightest she's been since back in the GBC days, so I'm sure we'll adjust it once we have our character lineup established. This is a great example of Kickstarter comments shaping the eventual product, so please make your opinions heard!

I'd consider that addressed. Man, I feel like going on a Shantae binge on my 3DS.

 

[ArjanN]

So I asked WayForward about what they are planning to do with the PC version of Shantae: Risky's Revenge now that it has been greenlit on Steam.

Awesome.

Cool.

They should try to get more of their other games on Steam. I imagine a lot of the licensed stuff would be tricky though.

 

[JordanN]

She actually looks kind of yellow.

 

[Off-Kilter]

Woohoo, I love me some Shantae

Backed like it was my job. And a PS4 version to boot? Gravy.

 

[Yes Boss!]

I put my $12 in earlier.

But, yeah, I'm hoping they make her a little browner. I don't know if I would want her to be white.

 

[CTLance]

Man, what a difference to the Inafune Kickstarter. Still, this is gonna be rad and for now the virt OST shall be mine. In the days to come I'll probably splurge for some more, but between notmegaman, Ghost Song, Star Citizen and my usual gaming purchases my wallet is starting to smoke. However, I feel like I need to own the coin.

I mean... it's a coin.

Probably fake Genie gold.

And I want it.

A little basic color correction:
[img]http://abload.de/img/shantae_brown13syh.png[/img] [img]http://abload.de/img/shantae_brown_spritew9sf0.png[/img]

Looking mighty good. I hope they will correct her skin color like that. Fits way better with her color scheme.

 

[LiK]

She actually looks kind of yellow.

Asian Shantae is best Shantae.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

*deleted from Smash Bros*

 

[georgetheplushie]

That's 100% the DuckTales Remastered engine. Funding because <3 WayForward.

 

[WordAssassin]

:3

What is your avatar from, anyway? I didn't want to be a bother so I reverse-Google'd it and all I got were hits from this forum.

 

[Zonic]

Mischief Makers by WayForward: Make it happen!!!

Holy crap, that would be AMAZING. A shame it shall remain in our dreams....

Really should finish playing the original & then check out the DSiWare sequel. Hopes this gets funded, as a console version with HD graphics would look great, especially considering how well Mighty Switch Force looked on Wii U.

Also, looking forward to the Jake Kaufman music and downloading it from his site once it's up.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

What is your avatar from, anyway? I didn't want to be a bother so I reverse-Google'd it and all I got were hits from this forum.

Etrian Odyssey 4, the amazing dancer class.

play the game if you haven't, it's great. :3

 

[NotLiquid]

What is your avatar from, anyway? I didn't want to be a bother so I reverse-Google'd it and all I got were hits from this forum.

Etrian Odyssey IV

edit: ninja'd by dat brown