Talk:Shantae (video game)

Shantae on GBA
According to TASVideos, "Shantae (...) recognizes whether it is running on a GBA, and utilizes GBA's hardware features if available." This sounds very interesting, but it isn't mentioned in the article. Does anyone know something about this? 85.233.38.96 (talk) 14:57, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

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Emulation and the Switch version
Just to be clear, the issue with "emulated versions" is when they are released as one of many for a standard emulator, such as the Virtual Console (which is why the 3DS release isn't in the infobox). This game, however, is not that -- it's a port using an emulator as its base. As I said in my edit summery, there are many, MANY games that are like this. Also, the fact that there's a physical release should be considered, even if in general anything emulated were to get a pass. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 05:23, 27 April 2021 (UTC)


 * The game itself was never ported, it's just a modified ROM. And the emulator is not part of the game. This is the reason why there can be commercial re-releases of DOS games on digital stores (and even physical releases) using DOSBox without requiring disclosure of the source code for the actual game that it's being sold. --Lugamo94 (talk) 05:54, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * There is precedent for this via the Wii version of Super Mario All-Stars. If that, a featured article, has no issues treating the Wii version as a separate release, I don't see how this doesn't qualify either. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 13:59, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Good point. I still think that it's a contradiction (since it's essentially the same thing as a regular Virtual Console release, the game it's not running natively in the new platform), but I won't remove the emulated Switch release from the Infobox (and the category) anymore. --Lugamo94 (talk) 15:05, 27 April 2021 (UTC)