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Shovel Knight is a 2D side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Yacht Club Games. Following a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, the game was initially released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii U in June 2014, and ports of the game for OS X and Linux followed in September of the same year. Ports for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One were released in April 2015, the Amazon Fire TV in September 2015, and the Nintendo Switch in March 2017. Shovel Knight is inspired by gameplay and graphics of platformer games developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game has achieved critical acclaim and won various awards. With the release of two additional campaigns, the original story received the retronym Shovel of Hope meanwhile the full game is now referred to as Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
On the genesis of the game designer Nick Wozniak had stated that the idea started out as " sort of as a joke conversation over lunch that kind of got too serious." The team had already planned to make a game in the style of the NES classics that they grew up on and eventually the sword-thrust move from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link was brought up as move that both designers liked, they soon thought that this move would be better suited in their game for a shovel as opposed to a sword and the idea of Shovel Knight was born. Besides Zelda II, other specific inspirations include Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, DuckTales, Super Mario Bros. 3, and the Mega Man titles. The game is also influenced by U.N. Squadron and Dark Souls.
Kotaku featured it in "The 22 Best-Reviewed Games That Don't Have Sequels (Yet)" in 2014 because of its high Metacritic rating. IGN editor Colin Moriarty awarded the game a 9/10 rating, calling it "arguably the best game released so far in 2014." Infendo.com called it "a brilliant homage to a bygone era, yet an equally fresh, captivating and innovative game" and Nintendo Life praised the 3DS version's "excellent controls, gorgeous graphics, an incredible soundtrack and endearing characters ... top-notch level design, varied gameplay, hidden rooms, optional challenges and a deceptively rich combat system."
Wikipedia contributors. Shovel Knight. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. May 23, 2017, 07:15 UTC. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shovel_Knight&oldid=781789864.