Shantae: Half-Genie Hero DLC “Friends to the End” Release Date Confirmed

The recently announced DLC for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, “Friends to the End,” which will have the player taking control of Shantae’s friends Sky, Bolo, and Rottytops, has been given an official trailer and a release date of December 12th. The expansion will have the player swapping between the three allies of Shantae on the fly, using their unique abilities to rescue their friend from her dark counterpart Nega-Shantae.

WayForward Technologies announced in the latest Kickstarter update for the game that the “Friends to the End” expansion will be released on December 12th to the public, and they are currently sending out codes of the DLC to backers of the game, though there has been a bit of confusion due to a temporary shortage of codes from WayForward’s partners.

The trailer showed off a bit of gameplay for each of the three characters and demonstrated how the player can swap between the three on the fly in order to take on enemies and solve puzzles in a manner similar to games like Trine, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, and Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse. It was also revealed that the campaign will feature a few new levels not seen elsewhere in the main game or its other DLC, in which the team of tagalongs will navigate through nightmare worlds of Nega-Shantae’s creation. 

If you’d like more details on the gameplay of “Friends to the End,” then you can check out our article about the expansion or head to the expansion’s Kickstarter page.