Shakedown Hawaii

Shakedown Hawaii is an Action Adventure game developed and published by Vblank Entertainment Inc. for the Nintendo 3DS and was released on September 19, 2019. Like its predecessor Retro City Rampage, it is a parody of multiple subjects, including retro games, 1980s pop culture, manipulative business practices, and Grand Theft Auto and similar games. Decades after founding Hawaii-based conglomerate Feeble Multinational and writing a best-selling business advice book.

The aging and out-of-touch CEO of Feeble learns that his company is on the verge of bankruptcy, with online shopping, video streaming, and vehicle for hire mobile apps sapping Feeble’s profits from its retail stores, VHS rentals, and taxi services. The CEO, together with his unemployed adult son Scooter and a henchman known only as “The Consultant”, band together to rebuild Feeble into a corporate empire.

Their arsenal of unscrupulous tactics includes violating consumer protection standards, razing buildings to make way for redevelopment, competing on a dangerous game show, destroying package delivery trucks, raiding a drug cartel, and shaking down other businesses. A subplot centers around the CEO’s son Scooter as he joins a gang and performs tasks for the gang’s leader, Tad. Shakedown: Hawaii features an open-world island with 16-bit style graphics, a top-down perspective, over 200 accessible buildings, and a destructible environment.

In addition to a story mode following the three main characters, the player can break away from missions to free-roam the map and extort local businesses, use a variety of weapons to cause chaos, attempt arcade-like challenges and mini-games, purchase real-estate in a market that fluctuates in response, steal cars, or purchase clothing from stores. Combat is similar to Retro City Rampage, and involves using a wide variety of weapons to destroy enemies, vehicles, and property.