Get your groove on by maining Shantae, the Half-Genie Heroine! Shantae uses her genie powers to utilzes a variety of spells but none are more important than the Genie Dance which allows Shantae to change her form to one of many animals such as Monkey, Elephant, Harpy, and more!
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—Description from the Super Smash Blog.
Shantae is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Infinite Beyond. She was officially revealed as part of the Fun Sun Summer Fest event in the game. Shantae is classified as Fighter #126.
Cristina Vee reprises her role as the Half-Genie Hero in international versions of Beyond, a role she's taken up since Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, while Ayane Sakura reprises her role in Japanese versions.
Shantae fires off a single fireball that travels a short distance in the same way Luigi's does and will eventually fizzle out. Charging at attack not only increases the range but also releases three Fireballs in quick succession.
Side Special
Elephant Form
Shantae will transform into her elephant form and charge forward by 2/3 FD at the speed of King K. Rool's run. In this form, she has armor frames that reduce incoming damage by 0.2x and have +40 Weight until the end of the transformation. The charge deals 13.5% damage and high knockback on hit, but there's a follow-up in which Shantae will leap up and plummet straight down, prematurely ending the transformation but dealing 19% damage and spiking.
Up Special
Harpy Form
Shantae transforms into her harpy form and takes a vertical launch into the air, similar to Pit's Power of Flight. The automatic part of the special will recover around 75% of the vertical distance Power of Flight does, however, the trade-off is that she can also fly briefly with manual input after the automatic part is over, being able to flap her wings (similar to Pit and other winged character's midair jumps) around 3 times afterward before she goes into helpless mode. The Harpy form has slightly less defense, but is lighter and speedier, being very fast in the air. Those in the harpy's range during the automatic part of the recovery will get damaged slightly.
Down Special
Genie Dance
Holding down Special brings up a menu in the shape of a "plus" with selectable transformation forms that players can select. Each one will do a particular type of attack when accessed.
Monkey ShantaeMonkey Bullet
Monkey-Shantae shoots forward while slamming into opponents. It can be used as an aerial recovery.
Spider ShantaeSpider Web
Spider-Shantae shoots out a glob of string which, when it comes into contact with the opponent, induces stun. Moving the control stick about will break the string.
Mermaid ShantaeMermaid Bubble
Releases a rising torrent of bubbles which will push opponents upwards with scaled knockback but zero damage.
Tortoise ShantaeShell Spin
Performs an area of effect spin that damages and launches anyone nearby; much like Bowser's Down Smash.
Shantae opens up a portal which sucks in nearby players. They get transported to the recreation of the boss battle between Shantae and Empress Siren sans the former. Instead, the "breaking of the crown" happens to the opponent. The half-genies Harmony, Zapple, Vera, Plink, and Fillin appear to begin taking away their "stolen" energy from the opponent which does continuous hits of damage before exploding and being launched.
Taunts[]
Up Taunt: Shantae transforms into her Monkey form and does a flip.
Down Taunt: Shantae twirls which causes magical particles to swirl about her while saying "Try your luck!"
Right Taunt: She levitates and sits down as if in a recliner. She leans back and crosses her legs while giggling to herself
Left Taunt: Shantae does a bell dance where she sways her hips back and forth. It will loop if the down taunt input is held down.
On-Screen Appearance[]
Shantae appears via teleport with a flurry of purple energy. This is the reverse of her exit animation in the modern Shantae game.
Idle Poses[]
Shakes her hips twice.
Flips her hair around herself.
Victory Poses[]
Shantae performs her signature belly dance as she weaves to and fro in front of the camera. This continues
Shantae transforms into her Elephant form and comes charging into view before unleashing a powerful call from her trunk.
Shantae jumps into the air and spins while holding her arms out as jewels home in and collide with her. This is based on her victory animation in the original Shantae.
Classic Mode Route: The Seven Seas[]
Every stage has a water element along with opponents that either have a tropical, sea, or pirate theme. Every battle is a Stamina match.
Round
Opponent
Stage
Music
Notes
References
1
Scuttle Town
Scuttle Town (Shantae: The Half-Genie Hero)
Greninja is a Water-type Pokemon, Scuttle Town is typically the first level in Shantae games.
2
Delfino Plaza
Dance through the Danger (Half-Genie Hero)
Inklings are based on humanoid squids while Delfino Plaza is a resort on the ocean.
3
Tortimer's Island
Run Run Rottytops! (Shantae and the Pirate's Curse)
Marin grew up on Koholint Island while Tortimer Island is, well, an island.
