I was the developer of Shantae for the Nintendo Switch | MVG
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2021
- On April 22nd 2021, Shantae was released for the Nintendo Switch eshop. I was the lead developer on the project. Here's how it all went down.
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#Shantae #Switch #GameDev - Hry
Nintendo : We don't want to do Game Boy on Switch
MVG: Fine, I'll do it myself
Any sensible company would license this emulator to port other games but Nintendo is too stubborn and obtuse for that
@@wile123456 Nintendo’s like: “what, money? I already have a ton of that, why would I want to invest more to make customer’s experiences better and also make more of it”
@@wile123456 : My God, Nintendo! How could you be so obtuse!
Nintendo: What the F*** did you call me?!
(from the Shawshank Redemption)
theres a reason pirating exists
@@akiwiwithaface8911 I don't get it! Nintendo literally has money thrown to them like a beautiful stripper do and they don't want it.. and I will never understand why.. it's like they are doing anything immoral they are being simply asked to make games or rerelease a game or make the online services better.. Nintendo running from honest money makes me shake my head..
Hiring MVG for game development:
Mistakes Weren't Made
*synthwave theme starts*
Hahaha 💯
Nintendo switch: Mistakes were made
"I left a little backdoor so i could hack my switch"
"Hiring MVG for game development.
Mistakes were made." - Nintendo America
Jk
@@semnome3485 It would be the end of MVG I think.
man you're killing it!!! really happy for you!
MVG's bald brother
You need to do music for games)
I'm the half man
im the bald guy
lmfoa imagine being bold!!!!!!!!!!!
Nintendo: "You posted a video about Switch homebrew!? DMCA! TAKEDOWN! *LEGAL ACTION!!!* "
LRG: "You posted a video about Switch homebrew!? You're hired!"
Funny, but sadly true. Nintendo from a legal and business side is not your best friend. They care about keeping the average customer happy (target audience being just people who like their games), but not community homebrew creators happy who want to actually improve what's already there and do a service.
This is exactly why Nintendo needs to be less uptight about it, like it's one thing if you are posting specifically about fan projects (which while still shitty, Nintendo does technically have full right to enforce their copyright), but unrelated Homebrew shouldn't be claimed cause the devs that work on these things might end up being the next big dev working on your platform in the future in official capacity bringing you lots of sales
@@KetwunsGamingPad No company is your friend, period. Some are just more open to doing business with you than others.
Nintendo always had an answer to this particular answer just in case they were asked. They said a specific hour range but I did not pay too much attention to it. They basically that the amount of time that it is matches the normal amount of hours that the average player plays in a week. Every game that every player has ever played on emulation has been following that policy. I do not remember if it mentioned anything about how they felt about their games being pirated fully. They might have said something about it specifically, but I do not exactly remember. Do not ask me where I found this information at, because I do not remember. They have their reasons on not allowing fan made games involving Luigi on the most part being made into an actual licensed Nintendo game. Using Luigi for a party game or family friendly game should not be a problem. I know that they mentioned that rejected some of the Super Mario 64 fan made games already. There is certain facts about Luigi that Nintendo does not want anyone who knows about them to be posted anywhere where everyone can see them. Nintendo also mentioned this also when they got interviewed as well.
I know that Spirit Tracks will not let you proceed in the game if you are playing a pirated copy. Although it might have been made in a family environment, and then submitted to Nintendo like Phantom Hourglass was. I found the proof confirming how Phantom Hourglass was made somewhere on the internet. The game does act very different than a Nintendo manufactured game, so it could be possible the reason is the same as Phantom Hourglass.
Modern Vintage Developer
indeed
real
The New age
Modding Vintage Developer
exactly, what i was thinking.
That's so damn cool, man. It's gotta be surreal seeing a product you were that involved with coming to light and going on sale.
May it be the first of many!
Hi LGR
Now we just need to get cooler master or Corsair to make woodgrain case designed by you, Clint!
Dang...I love seeing a community in action.
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@@AltimaNEO THIS
Inspirational, mate. Amazing work.
May he only be the first to be presented this kind of opportunity...
Hey Lance!! Im a big fan of your work
Feels like when your favorite local band releases a hit album.
Absolutely amazing man!
But can you put a pi in it?
Hi ETA, big fan.
@@jamesb.6177 pi can already do that through GBA emulation.
ETA~
oh hey ETA prime
how about making a video about Poco X3 pro ?
"We spent many hours tightening up the input delay": I wish I heard this from everyone else who ported a retro game to a modern console. It's practically the last concern, if it is at all.
Or how they swapped A and B with each other to keep it consitent with the other games on the system!
right, the Saints Row series is a nightmare with joystick delay
Goddamn right. I want to play OoT again but the port on Wii U has soooooooooooooo much delay it's hard to play, esp combined with 20fps it just seems so laggy.
I wish i heard this from cyberbug 2067 devs ngl
Most games effectively double-buffer graphics, due to hardware limitations. They poll input and calculate new game state one frame, then the next frame send that new state to the graphics chip. With emulation you can emulate a frame ahead to get the graphics a frame earlier, removing 16 milliseconds of lag. See RetroArch's input lag compensation.
My son has these on his switch, he likes them a lot. I didnt know they were old, I thought it was just some retro style indie game.
Being recognized for your skills as a homebrew developer and being offered a commercial job for a retail game is incredible. Thanks for sharing this information! It was very informative.
My favorite part about all this is that Nintendo basically went from censoring your work to advertising it to hundreds of thousands of people on Twitter.
Congratulations man.
The powers of paying Nintendo their license fee. Don't think they managed to do that so cheaply.
Well, those were two different matters of course.
My least favorite part about this is that Nintendo has such a hostile relationship with their community in the first place. When someone is such a big fan that they volunteer lots of time to make cool stuff based on your work... that's not a threat. Don't sue that person, hire them.
But Nintendo doesn't seem to have figured this out yet. They're still stuck in an old proprietary model of thinking about the world, trying to control everyone and everything, instead of adopting a more open and cooperative model. If they weren't such a big company. their outdated community-hostile practices would have been fatal by now.
@@ToyKeeper So you figure every single pirate is skilled enough to be emplyable?
@@angelusnielson7135 If I understand correctly, you think enthusiasts and pirates are the same thing? Like, the guy who made this video was a "pirate" until he got hired?
What a strange way to view the world.
Imagine his next video be “ how the switch׳s security was defeated by a shantae”
Hahah This has a cool Inception vibe to it..
Mistakes were made
It was a trojan horse all along
@@devilmikey00 LOL hahahaha
Upvote this!
Congrats! Thats actually really cool!!
My boi play this game too
Lesss GOOOO
sonic.exe fan is here, wtf bruh
I still get impressed of how smooth and beautiful Shantae's animation are, even on GB.
I love this level of transparency from an influencer who now is also a developer. He is talking about something that he passionately worked on and sharing it with us. I would love to see other developers given this sort of voice after their games ship, as it allows us the audience to connect with the game in a more personal way. Wasn’t going to pick it up, but will now.
It is so worth buying. The controls respond very well, the animation is fluid, and music is excellent. It is a must add to your library
Same here. It's a good way to say thank you for the awesome game and for sharing your fascinating journey with us.
To be fair towards MVG, he was a developer way BEFORE he became a CZcamsr/'influencer'.
Check out his Original Xbox videos. He made some of the very emulators you played on if you owned a Modded OG Xbox.
Next video: "Here's how I cracked Shantae using an old shoe and a toothpick"
"Next on MacGyver..."
This is not "Lockpicking Lawyer" channel...
No, not the game. Shantae herself.
@@chaptap8376 yeah lemme just shatter some muscle tissues
Nobody gonna talk about how he just used the phrase "hold mustard?"
Yeah, I think he got caught between "hold water" and "pass muster". 06:47.
Pretty funny, I'll admit.
In his defense, you don't want a leaky mustard container.
Ok Dee
not nearly as bad for mixing metaphors as Clownfish TV "running at the mouth" = Running their mouths + foaming at the mouth.
...and that's just the beginning.
'cut the mustard' is what i think what was meant?
Nice work man. As a fellow software engineer, I can appreciate the gravity and difficulty of this kind of work, and so it's super cool to see it live and breathe in the hands of regular people who love it. Again, nice work!
You have gone into legendary status.
Modern Vintage God
Mvg was already legendary.
Always has been a legend
The important question nobody is asking: What’s next? 🤔
Cyberpunk 2077 for Switch.
@@bergonath8851 the only next step
Gta v on the switch
Nintendo switch on the nintendo switch
I wish Pcsx2 was an app for switch , or some type of ps2 emulation.
Your name is officially part of Shantae history man i applaud you
This was so delightful to watch. Aw yiss, really has lifted the mood on my entire day.
We need more videos such as this of developers personally showing us their work in a manner like this. Excellent work on the port job my dude.
Yo, I didn't know you developed this! This is really cool, being hired by an official developer. Congrats!
Highly recommend the videos MVG has done on the ports released for the switch and his work on homebrew with the original xbox, super enjoyable to watch
Sephiroth seems enthusiastic too XD
The on.y thing I’m worried about is if there are any legal issues with him having worked with an official dev kit.
@@admiraladama5877 if it's with a developer who got a dev kit officially then I see no problem legally
@@brandon_nope Indeed.
Thanks so much for sharing the journey, and major congrats on signing the deal and delivering. Hope this is just the beginning.
This is so awesome. Congratulations and best of luck on future projects.
In the next episode:
Shante - Mistakes Were Made
How the Shantae security was defeated
More like “mistakes wern’t made because I worked on it 😎”
lol
I want "Another Look at MVG's Shantae game on Switch"
Imagine if he left an exploit for hacking it, that would be hilarious.
Congrats on your PROD migration!
Nice!
@@PSVitaat2am most ultimate comment crossover ever
@@PSVitaat2am James
i still love coming back to this video because it's amazing to see you making games to this day and talking us through the process :)
can't say i get any joy remembering this was a Limited Run gig, but i at least get joy from a dev i've watched for years making amazing software :)
So neat to see a channel I’m subscribed to be involved in a series I love so much.
Eagerly awaiting my LRG mega bundle!
“You should jump at every opportunity, and never hesitate”
Thanks, now I’ve got syphilis.
Mistakes were made
@@ChristianTuyub 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Within reason
I would say "in the pursuit of your career", but I suppose that could give someone syphilis, too.
@@rockstopsthetraffic indeed, sex work is work too.
Ah, that's why it's a flawless port
It's emulated
@@vasili1207 your point is? emulation can go very very wrong in the hands of shitty devs
@@Cuurian ATGames as an example
@@Cuurian my point is its not a port is it..... that's like calling blue red... Think for 2 secs and get you fan boy hat off... Fan is short for Fanatical learn its meaning .
@@Cuurian Correct. But emulation is still not a port. It's as annoying as when people say "I NEED MORE STORAGE" when they have RAM issues.
Excellent work! Gonna buy it right now to support the project and your dedication.
You continue to be one of my favorite creators with such high quality content and you make me super passionate about preserving gaming history. Your videos give me joy every single day. Thank you so much for everything you do
This video sold me on the port. I was under the impression they were charging $10 for a simple ROM dump. Thanks for putting so much effort into this!
Yeah I was about to comment something similar without watching the video, but It was really nice hearing and watching the effort put in this. Very nice job indeed.
Yeah same. I figured it was just the game slapped straight into Gambatte.
Gahaha, "I'd wondered if they'd picked the wrong person."
Thinking back to all the gems I ran on my Xbox back in the day because of this man's tight, TIGHT, attention to detail and understanding of his work.
No wonder a whole group of people who do this for a living went. "We need that guy."
You're a champ man, we're all so lucky to not just have you doing work; but sharing with us.
You can serenade in my court all day with talk like that, K3NnY_G ! Play that Sweet Music!
For real, I think I've played more SNES games on xSnes9X than on my actual childhood SNES.
It was the first time I got to play a SNES emulator on my TV that ran at full speed, which Dreamcast couldn't do, and being able to hold White to speed up everything made replaying RPGs so much more palatable.
MVG, this is a fantastic achievement.
Congratulations on your first commercial game release.
You continuously release high quality content, and it is truly impressive.
Keep up the good work!
Love your work MVG! This channel has become one of my absolute favorites over the years.
Congrats man! That's awesome! Also happy birthday for the other day!
Yes what they said.
Hopefully this helps nintendo realize that homebrew devs are not just dirty pirates trying to harm their sales
No, sadly they wont.... they are dumb and stubborn with this stuff
“Like that’s ever gonna happen”
A man can dream lol
@@thenintendogamer1542 i wouldn't say dumb
But rather overprotective and business driven (they always were.. It just increased with the 2016+ Nintendo)
@@user-ti6us2br4x true. I feel them going after Switch Pirating and that stuff is perfectly acceptable and they should. But the 20+ yr old retro game roms man... really?
Nintendo should learn from Sega and sell their own ROMS on Steam or whatever
Congrats man! It's awesome knowing when I play this game I'll think of your channel. I'm always coming across you on CZcams. I of course bought this game on day 1.
This is so awesome, man. Congratulations on the release!
Next: Mistakes Were Made - How hiring a CZcamsr defeated the Switch security with a copy of Shantae!
holly shit, imagine how many sales shantae would get if there was a backdoor baked in the game.
He's too honest for this, but holy frick would I be laughing my ass off if it came out years down the road.
Shout-out to the QA Testers, those guys save customers a lot of heartache!
Yep - they're often treated like disposable trash and underpaid, but they put in the work to make sure your game works as well as possible (or in the case of some AAA games, sucks as little as possible).
@@Damaniel3 imagine what cyberpunk was beforehand.... the remnants where what they couldnt fix in time.
Yep, it was very clear we didn't matter to the higher ups when I was a tester at activision about 15 years ago. It's a thankless job
@@Damaniel3 It's sad when you consider it. Management probably views them as people just getting to play video games and get paid for it. But it's SO MUCH more than that. When you're doing real QA, you're not even remotely getting to enjoy the experience. Your mind is on the work at hand, such as the level or specific area you're assigned to explore and find bugs in. You gotta focus and pay attention to what you're doing, where you're at, and how all that translates into your report after. Add on top of that the deadlines and stress of working, it's next to impossible to enjoy yourself in any personal fashion. Once that initial rush of playing the game for the first time wears off, it literally just turns into another job. VERY tedious. QA testers do not get paid enough or near enough respect. They are not just getting paid to play video games, they're getting paid to do a damn job.
You should be proud: you deserve it, keeping everyone’s interest is no simple task
Cool to see you involved in this. I've been watching your channel for a while, and I'm waiting for the LRG physical edition to arrive. Bought a set for myself and a friend who collects Nintendo stuff.
It's an MVG game. No mistakes could possibly be made.
Imagine MVGs next video being 'Mistakes were made' with his own face and the Shantae port lmaoo
Only if you provide me the GPUs
@@verziongamesandtech83 No.
@@verziongamesandtech83 lmao, at least you got hustle
That is why no patches required, MVG WAS The patch lol! Ok slight lie there was a recent update, I just checked but I'm sure it was a minor overlooked thing lol. It says 1.0.1, that kind of increment which usually is for minor bugs or tweaks.
Supporting a fellow Australian.
Supporting Wayforward.
Big fan of Shantae.
How could I not get this day 1?
Tf2 sniper moment
Congratulations! That’s super cool and emulation is so crucial for preserving games. Wonderful job!
I'm a big fan of the original Shantae. I had been following Wayforward since they released Sabrina Zapped in 2000, an unusually good licensed title. I then picked up every release after by them, and already knew about Shantae. The game was delayed until well into 2002 by which time the GBA was out. But I still knew I wanted this GBC game and made sure I got it on it's release date. I still have the CIB game, and absolutely adore it. I had no idea at the time Shantae would end up being so rare and valuable.
I'm glad to see the original Shantae finally get a reapperatance on Switch. This is a damn good game that everyone should play. It's the GBC's swan song game for sure, but it also feels like a swan song to the era of 8-bit gaming as a whole. Shantae is incredible.
"I came into this as a bit of an unknown..."
The emus on my OG XB say otherwise....
Congratulations, sir!
Wait a second. What do you mean by "testing the game"? I thought the customers did that after paying full price and maybe, just maybe, the developer will fix the game a couple of months later.
Lol
back in the day they used to quality controll their games extensivly before release....i know the unherd legend of the qa controll
Jajaja lol
You guys test your games?
why pay an entire Department to be in charge of QA, when you can just Crowdsource it for free?
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I'm so glad that your first project was a Shantae port and you obviously put so much care into it. Really cool seeing this process in detail too.
Will be buying it tomorrow to show support to your endless work my man 👍🏻🙏🏻
that GB Rom which tests all the instructions is sooo usefull. imaging how much time it saves you from debugging instructions that are not implemented 100% accurately. great project :)
Mvg waiting for the original shantae switch port: "FINE. I'LL DO IT MYSELF"
So interesting! Thank you for sharing and good work! Got the game ordered and currently waiting for the parcel to arrive~
It's really great to see behind the scenes of such a work, thank you!
MVG: "Hold mustard"
Me: "Wtf?"
Also me: "No, that checks out"
I see you're a man of culture as well Gardiner !
I didn't know The Linux Gamer watched MVG.
Next video:
How Shantae's DRM Was Defeated... after everyone supported the developers by buying the game
Seriously though, congratulations! I'm really happy for you!
The best DRM is the one you don't need.
@@Humbird00 The best DRM is the one that's never used.
Well done! Thank you for creating this video!
Congratulations Dimitris! Hopefully this leads to more projects for you in the future to publish games, your skills are amazing. I've been following your channel since your port of Canonball to the Switch, keep up the impressive work!
It's so cool to see someone from the homebrew community put in so much hard work on a commercial product.
Congratulations! It must be an honor working on an esteemed series like Shantae!
I love how much thought you put into extras and UI! I’ve been playing the game on my Switch for a while now. It’s surprisingly challenging, but I wanted to experience Shantae’s first game before I played the more recent titles. It’s really cool that the entire series can be played on the same console!
Whoa, congrats on getting such an awesome gig! I'll definitely check it out! I hope this brings the original Shantae out of obscurity!
MVG, I mean it when I say this, but I've been on this site for well over a decade and you are the cream of the cream of the CZcams crop, all genres considered. Don't ever stop!
Watch AHOY, you won't be disappointed
Congrats on the release mate. Here's to the next one 🙌
that's super cool! definitely gonna put this one on my list to check out! looking forward to any future projects you might be involved in!
You're so inspiring man. Thank you for continuing to produce these videos about what you do.
Thank you SO MUCH for putting the actual maps in the art section! Nowhere on the internet has that kind of VGMaps-level of map existed for GBC Shantae until now!
Including maps is actually a very clever idea for older games. It actually makes the art gallery useful on top of looking nice.
@@Humbird00 It really is, especially since that kind of map is literally nowhere else for some reason. Now there is!
DUDE, exciting stuff, congrats on your first release. Now I might just need to buy this to support it.
34 seconds into the video and I'm heading into the eShop to buy it, I hope my purchase somehow supports you!
I love all of your content and I love all of your breakdowns and your explanations are perfect.
Thank you so much for the great work, cant wait for my copies to arrive!! You are the best!!!
Congrats!!
Lon TV here and congrats MVD pog
My man!!!
That's our MVG!
Amazing MVG! They truly DID hire the right person. I mean, people can really tell how much effort and care was put into this re-release, especially since you cared so much on making it faithful to the original (as well as adding the bonuses to truly define it as a "definitive edition") I have no nostalgia towards the game, but I will buy it anyway. good conversions like these should be celebrated!
So happy for you and so proud of your work.
Thank you for your crucial part in bringing this classic series to Modern Vintage Gamers.
What an amazing talent! Thanks for sharing this journey!
That's awesome. Hopefully this opens the door to you working on more projects like this
I remember having audio issues with shantae on emulators. Other game that gets messed audio on gbc emulators is "wendy: every witch way". I knew you would eventually comment on that.
"Ah, rats!"
I'm glad I found this video. Now I get to thank you for your spectacular work on Shantae. As a Shantae fan, thank you very much!
Congrats MVG. Your channel is dope, keep up the great work. Just purchased the game to support you.
You've posted a lot of really interesting content over the years, but this was my favorite. Congrats on helping to save some game history.
Like a real chad he doesn't ask if he can do it. Rather he knows he will figure it out.
Huge congrats man! I have always loved your videos and super amazing stuff!
Well done and congrats! Hopefully we'll see many more to come!
Our little MVG is moving up in the world.
Seriously though, 'grats on your first commercial gig. You've earned it.
I don't often watch a 13 minute ad, but this was dope.
I've been watching your videos for years now. This one is so different and so great.
I'm genuinely happy for you, Lantus!
Been following your channel for a long time and you really deserve this. You have all my respect and admiration :)
My best wishes to you, really hope more adventures and challenges like this awaits you in the near future.
Cheers,
Congratulations MVG. Hope it does really well!
Thank you for all your hard work. I know it most likely wasn’t an easy task, and at times might’ve been pretty tedious. But Shantae for the switch came out excellent.
The passion you and the Way Forward / Limited Run team have, most certainly shows.
Thanks to your work on making it hit the switch I have discovered and fallen in love with this series and beat them all back to back when they were all on sale on the eshop.
Awesome work man keep up all the great stuff you do.
The Shantae franchise is super addicting, thank you for all your hard work!
I love the original Shantae game come back.
I only experienced it on 3DS virtual console, so a switch port was the next logical step.
Thank you for your hard work on this!
Love this video! Love your channel! Thanks so much for all your hard work. Love this game and so glad to get a physical version again.
Congrats on your success MVG! Hoping for more to come your way!