Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is a 2016 platform video game developed and published by WayForward Technologies. It is the fourth game in the Shantae series, following Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (2014). The game was crowdfunded via Kickstarter and PayPal, raising over US$900,000. It was first released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Windows, and Xbox One, later being ported to Nintendo Switch, Stadia, and PlayStation 5.

Like the previous installments of the series, the player takes control of Shantae, a half-genie who can use her hair as a whip to attack enemies. Throughout the game, Shantae can obtain dances that allow her to transform into various forms, each with their own abilities that can access otherwise inaccessible areas. Along with returning transformations, such as the monkey and elephant, new forms include a bat that can cross long gaps, a crab that can maneuver underwater, and a mouse that can crawl into small mazes. These transformations can be further upgraded with new abilities.