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Shantae and the Seven Sirens

The dancing genie's HD adventure continues! ...but does an apple a day keep the backers away?

To do:
The files for Part 1 are no longer accessible, so we can't get any more unused stuff from them. Someone find someone else who turned off auto-updates and never played Part 2 so we can get a dump.

Unused Graphics#

The overall art style (namely the sprite art) is reused from Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, but the character portraits for all select returning characters from Half-Genie Hero were redrawn and (alongside those of new characters made specifically for the game as well as the Squidsmith from Shantae and the Pirate's Curse) don't necessarily reflect the proportions of the in-game sprites anymore, instead having them be mismatched like in Shantae: Risky's Revenge, which had Shantae herself wear a vest in the sprites despite not wearing one in her portrait art until Shantae and the Pirate's Curse.

Several unfinished portraits (including ones of Rottytops, who originally just used finalized portraits of her Fillin persona) were left in the game's data, and were eventually colored in for the release of part 2 of the iOS version in March 2020.

Risky Boots Portraits (portrait_risky.pak)#

portrait risky fx risky ashamed#

Unfinished

Final

portrait risky fx risky back#

Unfinished

Final

Rottytops Portraits (portrait_rottytops.pak)#

portrait rottytops fx rottytops angry#

Unfinished

Final

portrait rottytops fx rottytops flaunting#

Unfinished

Final

portrait rottytops fx rottytops pointing#

Unfinished

Final

portrait rottytops fx rottytops posing#

Unfinished

Final

portrait rottytops fx rottytops running#

Unfinished

Final

Shantae Portraits (portrait_shantae.pak)#

portrait shantae fx shantae armsbehindback#

Unfinished

Final

portrait shantae fx shantae laughing#

Unfinished

Final

portrait shantae fx shantae prancing#

Unfinished

Final

portrait shantae fx shantae presenting#

Unfinished

Final

portrait shantae fx shantae sitting#

Unfinished

Final

portrait shantae fx shantae stretching#

Unfinished

Final

Sky Portraits (portrait_sky.pak)#

Both Sky's first and last unfinished portraits are noticeably flipped compared to their respective finalized counterparts.

portrait sky fx sky alert#

Unfinished

Final

portrait sky fx sky flippingcape#

Unfinished

Final

portrait sky fx sky perplexed#

Unfinished

Final

To do:
Character portraits leftovers from Half-Genie Hero

Unused Shops#

To do:
Try access these shops in game somehow.

While the game normally only has three shops, five are defined in the shop.ltb file. The two unused shops (Underwater and Haunted) do appear to also have fully set up inventories.

Interestingly, the Bikini Armor is present in the Haunted shop inventory, but only has the item name defined. No description or price appears to be present.

Underwater Shop#

Item Name

Price

Health Potion

25

Health Potion (x3)

60

Magic Potion

25

Magic Potion (x3)

60

Super Potion

25

Super Potion (x3)

60

Auto Potion

50

Auto Potion (x3)

120

Flamethrower

400

Pike Ball

30

Super Pike Ball

100

Scimitar

300

Triple Boomerang

400

Homing Rocket 3

350

Mirror

150

Invincibility

400

HP Saver

256

Attract

75

Super Attract

75

Max Attract

75

Silky Cream

100

Super Silky Cream

200

Mega Silky Cream

300

Shampoo

100

Super Shampoo

200

Mega Shampoo

300

Haunted Shop#

Item Name

Price

Health Potion

25

Health Potion (x3)

60

Magic Potion

25

Magic Potion (x3)

60

Super Potion

25

Super Potion (x3)

60

Auto Potion

50

Auto Potion (x3)

120

Flamethrower

400

Triple Boomerang

400

Scimitar

300

Homing Rocket 3

350

Mirror

150

Invincibility

450

HP Saver

256

Attract

75

Super Attract

75

Max Attract

75

Silky Cream

100

Super Silky Cream

200

Mega Silky Cream

300

Shampoo

100

Super Shampoo

200

Mega Shampoo

300

Bikini Armor

None

Unused Items#

Backdash#

Item

Description

Backdash

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The Backdash available in the previous games is present, complete with an inventory item and description. However, the sound that was previously used in Half-Genie Hero is no longer present, rendering the move silent.

How To Play#

Item

Description

How to Play

An unused How To Play item that simply brings up a controller overlay when used.

Nuggets#

The image files have several different kinds of Nuggets, including an Electric Nugget, a Fresh Nugget, a Ghost Nugget, and a Sleepy Nugget. Most of these seem to line up with the kind of Fusion Dances that Shantae has in the game. However, only the "generic" Nugget appears in the game, and it's unclear what purposes these other Nuggets would have served.

Item

Description

Electric Nugget

Fresh Nugget

Ghost Nugget

Sleepy Nugget