Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

Beat the game with all of the Magic, Heart Squids, and upgrade items.

• Purchase the three-pack of Monster Milk at the item shop in Scuttle Town for 130 gems. Leave the shop and travel all the way left to the crying Town Mayor. He will pay you 50 gems for each Monster Milk you give him. This results in a total profit of 60 gems. Repeat the process as many times as desired.
• After obtaining the scimitar, go to Spiderweb Island and use the downthrust attack on the zombies. Each time you hit one of their heads, you will get a single gem. Keep bouncing on their heads to collect gems until it dies. The zombies respawn, allowing you to repeat this as many times as desired.

Collect all twenty Dark Magic from the Cursed Cacklebats, then defeat the final Boss. A new cinematic will play, followed by a second phase of the Boss battle and finally an alternate ending.

Beat the game.

Once you have the boot, on the first dungeon on Saliva Island, in the first room, ram into the little steps. You'll be able to go through a level from the first Shantae game, including GBA graphics (some bits that are used elsewhere in the game will still be in the 3DS style)

Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding wallpaper.

To make infinite money, you need to have at least 130 gems (but preferably 260, or even better, 390). Then all you have to do is go to the item shop in Scuttle Town, and purchase the three-pack of Monster Milk (NOT the individual ones sold for 50!) for 130 gems. Once you have that, exit the item shop and head all the way left to the sobbing Town Mayor - who just happens to have an endless thirst for Monster Milk, and will happily pay you 50 gems for each one you give him. Since you bought the three-pack for less than the price of three individual Monster Milks, giving him all of your Monster Milk nets you a profit of 20 gems per 3 Monster Milks sold - meaning that once you can buy 9 Monster Milks, you'll be making 60 gems profit every single time you do it, quickly racking up the cash.

Complete the game once with any ending to unlock Pirate Mode, then select it when starting a new game. Playing in Pirate Mode gives Shantae all of the Pirate Gear from the beginning, allowing for new shortcuts and faster clear-times.

Obtain the boot, then ram the small steps in the first room of the first dungeon on Saliva Island. You will start a level from the Game Boy Color game, Shantae.

Normally a long running space is needed to start a Boots Dash, this can be circumvented by using the circle pad and the d-pad in tandem. Start by moving the circle pad in one direction. Then press the d-pad in the opposite direction, letting go and pressing again as necessary. This will allow you to run in short spaces and execute Boots Dashes that were not intended, allowing you to sequence break the game heavily.