Shantae Discussion

Discuss, share opinions, ideas, etc. about Shantae.

I'm very happy about her inclusion, but I think the face on the sprite could use work, most notably the eyes.

If neutral special isn't transform, someone screwed up.

Expecting lots of hair whips, spells, and pirate equipment (cannon up special?).

Very. Hype.

Might main. Just a feeling.

sprite needs work imo

childpit92 wrote:

sprite needs work imo

I totally agree.

Ok, so I made some color changes to the Shantae sprite. I'd like some thoughts on it!

Roy wrote:

If neutral special isn't transform, someone screwed up.

Eh.

TheRealHeroOfWinds wrote:

Ok, so I made some color changes to the Shantae sprite. I'd like some thoughts on it!

Defiantly looks better.

TheRealHeroOfWinds wrote:

Ok, so I made some color changes to the Shantae sprite. I'd like some thoughts on it!

Much better. The eyes are still horrible, though.

If you guys are going to critique the sprite I suggest you giving some actual information as to why you think it looks bad.
It's probably really frustrating for the spriter.

I honestly think the sprite looks fine, though the eyes might need retouching. I believe that the colors are based off of her latest design in Shantae: Half Genie Hero.
Here's a photo:

Dustination wrote:

If you guys are going to critique the sprite I suggest you giving some actual information as to why you think it looks bad.
It's probably really frustrating for the spriter.

I don't find the sprite to be bad, but here's what I imagine people dislike:

-Huge eyes
-Dull colors
-I guess the arms look kinda weird? I dunno how to pinpoint it.

That's really it imo.

Pakeli wrote:

I honestly think the sprite looks fine, though the eyes might need retouching. I believe that the colors are based off of her latest design in Shantae: Half Genie Hero.

Except that image is incorrect. One of the first few updates they did was fix the coloring since she was too white.

This is the best image I could find...

Her HGH sprite also has massive eyes so that's probably why it's like that
http://thegamingpixelshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Shantae_HalfGenieHero_new_shantae_design_9671669863_l-1.jpg

Regarding the arm keep in mind you are looking at a static sprite but yes these things will be relayed to the spriter

Pakeli wrote:

snip

The sprite obviously isn't based on that. It's based on her Risky's Revenge/Pirate's Curse design, hence why the CSS art is based on the same thing. There's also no reason to base the sprite's colors on Shantae's sprite. We wanted colors that are closer to her official art, throwing in some more colors into the mix as well.

Shantae's sprite looks perfect to me. She retains her look that everyone who knows, well knows and loves XD. The bigger eyes just add on to cuteness factor, just my personal opinion. The sprite is really well done overall. Though, her arms do seem a tad bit on the short side, but that's just me nitpicking. I look forward to how she'll play and what palettes she'll have (hoping for Nega-Shantae palette). Great work spriter!

The sprite is based on HGH. The art is not, as it was, admittedly, drawn with no reference to the sprite.

No wonder she looks as cute as she is. Great job on the trailer Dustination!

I don't get why people have issues with the sprite. Looks fine by me

Definitely looking forward to seeing her moveset tho

So much hype for her though! I've been super into Shantae as of recently and have been wanting her to fight against others in Smash for a bit. I feel like more characters are on their way though.

shantae aint white

That was actually an error in the lighting of the engine that Wayforward used to showcase Half-Genie Hero

well ill be damned

racism manifests in all forms and u cant even be a proud woc in this country without even the machines turning against u

XD True that. I'm hoping for the Nega Shantae palette the most. I don't really want Nega-Shantae to become an Alt, like Pichu did.

I think Dark Pit is a better comparison than Pichu.

I mean in Crusade, how Pichu ended up being an alternate character instead of having his own slot. My bad for not clarifying that ^^;

Am I allowed to post a move set prediction for her here? Or does that go somewhere else?

I'd say that it's fine if you want to post it here.

Has anyone played her games? Only opinions worth recognizing should be the ones who even played the games, which I doubt any men here have the guts to says it hahaha. I know I pushed it away back in the GBA days.

You can add a tanned Shantae for red team color.