The Shapeshifter physical Game Boy cartridges ship this month

Another day, another Game Boy cartridge on its way to consu-- wait, what?

For some time now, retro-minded indie developer Green Boy Games has been producing new games for the original Game Boy hardware and its compatible successor hardware. The Shapeshifter, the latest in the studio's line of games, is finally available in digital form and the physical cartridges are due to start shipping on July 15.

In The Shapeshifter, players assume the role of Elliot, a boy who meets an elf and embarks on a quest to save the elven world. To do so, he'll change form to become various animals as he explores a strange world.

Included in the game's physical edition are a pocket guide, a collector's coin, protective packaging and even a Code Wheel of the sort that used to ship with old PC games. This should be the first time such an extra has been included with a Game Boy title, even though it took an unlicensed release to make that happen.

Official game features include:

• New Game Boy game in cartridge format –including a box and a manual.


• Lead Elliot in a fantasy adventure in which you can turn into the animals you touch and save the elven world from the wizard's spell.


• Save and load your game.


• More than 4 hours of gameplay.


• Animated pixel-art graphics.


• Music composed by Cesc Mozota and Oscar Latorre.


• Compatible with all Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handhelds.

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Staff article by Jason Venter (July 05, 2021) Jason Venter has been playing games for 30 years, since discovering the Apple IIe version of Mario Bros. in his elementary school days. Now he writes about them, here at HonestGamers and also at other sites that agree to pay him for his words.