There are plenty of fun relics that enhance the gameplay among with armor and shovel upgrades you buy with treasure found everywhere in the game. You will find the bosses interesting characters, and you will get to like the setting of the game which is made very well with a great mix of 8-bit graphics, great music, interesting characters and a fun story. You will care about Shovel Knight and his quest to save Shield Knight, his adventure partner gone missing. Jake Kaufman and Manami Matsumae made most of the tunes and they sound so nice and genuinely 8-bit it makes you shiver.The story is very basic but fun.

Doing some platforming with the pogo stick move similar to the one in Duck Talesīut speaking of music… It is really really good. They are all unique and all bosses have their own tune which is awesome true dedication. The highlight of the gameplay are probably the boss fights. The game controls very well, the stages are well made, shovel knight has some sweet moves. I am not going to tell you the basics of the game since that info is everywhere and it is easy to google “Shovel Knight” but i will still tell you what i think of some aspects of the game. Stage select similar to the one in Super Mario Bros 3 You have the platforming and pogo jump from Duck Tales, relics you use with Up+B like in Castlevania, a stage select from Super Mario Bros 3, shovel beam when you have full health like in Zelda and more. you see right away that it takes a lot of features from some of your favorite NES games games and mashes them together in an amazing way. Shovel Knight is a fun basic but innovative platformer. (If you are only interested in the co-op feature then just scroll down) I am going to give you my thoughts on the Wii U version of Shovel Knight but the main purpose of this article is to review the new Amiibo unlocked co-op function and see if it is the real deal or a bust! We had seen some releases like Mega Man 9, other indies and fun handheld games but nothing felt as fresh and innovative as Shovel Knight. Shovel Knight was a breath of fresh air to a video game environment deprived of great retroesque experiences.

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