Shantae has starred in four platformers now, starting on the Game Boy Color way back in 2002. While all of these are extremely solid games, I suspect that WayForward does this contract work mostly to pay the bills for the games they really want to make, including the Mighty series and Shantae.
The studio mostly does contract work, frequently laboring on licensed projects like Adventure Time, though it’s also worked on sequels and remakes like Contra 4, Double Dragon Neon, and Ducktales: Remastered.
WayForward may be one of the most underrated developers in the games industry.
