{"id":261173,"date":"2023-11-17T03:02:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T08:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=315596"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:39:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:39:02","slug":"the-game-boy-advance-game-that-was-canceled-twenty-years-ago-but-is-finished-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-game-boy-advance-game-that-was-canceled-twenty-years-ago-but-is-finished-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Game Boy Advance game that was canceled twenty years ago but is now finished"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Year 2002: WayForward takes a chance with a new video game for Game Boy Color with no explicit intention of creating a new series. &#8216;Shantae&#8217; becomes a critical success but remains in obscurity: <strong>the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-masterpiece-of-video-games-that-was-almost-not-made-and-received-just-one-advice-leave-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Game Boy Advance<\/a> was already on the market, and no one was going to buy something new for the Color<\/strong>, which was part of the past. It sold barely 25,000 copies. Seven years later, it would receive its first sequel, but\u2026 What happened in between? Now we know\u2026 And in a big way.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Shantae and the Seven Sirens\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/c3da613d-8bf2-41f2-a9da-d45f9d7ff8c2\/841343891\/shantae-and-the-seven-sirens-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Shantae and the Seven Sirens<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/shantae-and-the-seven-sirens.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/shantae-and-the-seven-sirens.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The sequel sneaks in<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At WayForward, they were convinced they had an incredibly fun platform game on their hands that could offer a lot, so they immediately began work on its sequel, &#8216;Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution&#8217;. Development for Game Boy Advance lasted two years before it was canceled for an indisputable reason: <strong>in 2004, no one was going to spend money to publish something like that<\/strong>. But time has allowed them to finally finish the game two decades later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, &#8216;Shantae&#8217; is a series with four sequels on the market and performing exceptionally well. With the help of Limited Run Games (the company that releases new games for retro consoles), WayForward <strong>has completed the creation of &#8216;Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution&#8217;<\/strong>, which will be released not <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/summary-of-nintendo-indie-world-everything-that-has-happened\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">only for Nintendo Switch<\/a>, PS4, PS5, and Windows with higher quality but also for the console it was always meant for: Game Boy Advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed-Youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D41wEMc3_ME?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The date will be 2024, and if you&#8217;re wondering who buys Game Boy Advance games nowadays, the answer is &#8220;a lot more people than you&#8217;d think.&#8221; What&#8217;s interesting is that to complete the game, <strong>they used a demo that was originally used to sell the game<\/strong> during their last <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/one-of-the-worst-crowdfundings-in-history-was-a-gore-videogame-starring-chucky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">crowdfunding<\/a> campaign for &#8216;Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WayForward&#8217;s heroine&#8217;s life hasn&#8217;t been easy, but in the end, <strong>just for giving the industry the finger, it has absolutely been worth it<\/strong>. Additionally, it comes with a uniquely interesting mechanic: being able to change the background and scenery to solve puzzles and find alternative paths. Shantae is back to stay. Long live Shantae!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Shantae and the Seven Sirens\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/c3da613d-8bf2-41f2-a9da-d45f9d7ff8c2\/841343891\/shantae-and-the-seven-sirens-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Shantae and the Seven Sirens<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/shantae-and-the-seven-sirens.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/shantae-and-the-seven-sirens.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It sold just 25,000 copies. Seven years later, it would receive its first sequel, but&#8230; What happened in between? Now we know&#8230; And in what way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":261176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[1015],"tags":[5785,5786,3871,5787],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-261173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionshantae-and-the-seven-sirens","tag-shantae","tag-videojuegos","tag-wayforward"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316385,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261173\/revisions\/316385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261173"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=261173"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=261173"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=261173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}