Shantae/Trivia

Deleted Scene: That's what WayForward calls it, but you can tell it's just for fun.
Doing It for the Art
Fan Community Nickname: Updates on Half-Genie Hero's kickstarter refer to backers as Tinkerbackers and Shantarians.
Fan Nickname: One of the planned enemies for Shantae Advanced was an undead Elite Mook who attacks Shantae by spanking her repeatedly whenever he catches her. When the demo of the game was shown to the public for the first time, fans were quick to dub him as Spanky Joe.
Keep Circulating the Tapes: Good luck finding the original Game Boy Color game anywhere if you don't already have it. It goes around 100-200 dollars on EBay. If the original were released on Virtual Console, the odds are it would become a bestseller on its reputation alone.
No Export for You: Neither game had been released outside of the US until Risky's Revenge was released in Europe on Feburary 11. Australia still doesn't get it, though - Way Forward have said they're not actively pursuing it, this generally being assumed to be because of the prohibitive costs of getting something classified in Australia. That said, if you have a Nintendo 3DS, there are workarounds to this through changing its region...
- Averted with the Virtual Console release, which is available in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
- The free "Dancer Outfit" in Risky's Revenge was not put in the DSiWare version for undisclosed reasons (most likely Nintendo's restrictive policy on third parties releasing patches). But at the very least it was made available for all versions of Pirate's Curse for free.
Refitted for Sequel: Done interestingly. Risky Boots, Bolo and Rottytops were all going to be playable in multiplayer in a Game Boy Advance entry that never got of the ground. One of Half-Genie Hero's stretch goals was Risky Boots getting her own campaign, and another stretch goal was to give Rottytops, Bolo and Sky their own campaign. Both goals were successfully reached.
Troubled Production: The release date for Pirate's Curse was pushed back from "2013" to Holiday 2013 to Summer 2014 to finally October 2014. Adding in a contract with Inti Creates mid-development, not to mention the shifting of personnel to work on Half-Genie Hero, are probably the main contenders in the delays.
The Wiki Rule: The Shantae Wiki.