Jawmuncher
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Sources can say a lot of things. I don't care if he comes to smash or not.
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GAME Brighton post Shovel Knight amiibo - November 27th [Up: 4U2Play as well]
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Tamaki's sources still adamant on the Smash rumor
Doubling down.
Tamaki's sources still adamant on the Smash rumor
Shovel Knight DLC is vague enough to mean Mii Costume. And it isn't outside the realm of possibility when we've had other franchises represented via Mii Costumes (though they were Bamco franchises, you get the idea).
I wouldn't hold my breath just on the vague notion of "Shovel Knight DLC" from an unknown source (unknown to us, I mean).
If this is the case, why make 2 versions of Shovel Knight? At least with Mario, he's a big enough character to justify multiple versions of himself.
Tamaki's sources still adamant on the Smash rumor
Tamaki's sources still adamant on the Smash rumor
Notice how he says "Shovel Knight DLC", so it could be a Mii Costume and it could technically still be right.
Tamaki's sources still adamant on the Smash rumor
This is going to get pretty interesting, then. I'd be enthusiastic if Shovel Knight gets in Smash, honestly. Shovel Knight not in Smash would be negative for Tamaki's reputation of reliable enough insider/someone with reliable enough insider sources.
Tamaki's sources still adamant on the Smash rumor
I remember the last time we had an adamant Smash source.
Never forget Monado Monday.
Industrialist
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There's no guessing about it, sadly. You will just have to deal with it.
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Rumour source says that the image of the Shovel Knight amiibo (which I saw before that Twitter posted it FYI) is "not final".
efyu_lemonardo
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Am I the only one that thinks the real news here is how a small kickstarter project by a relatively unknown team (correct me if I'm wrong about that) has in an amazingly short time become an industry darling big enough to justify producing an amiibo? (which as far as I know is something reserved by Nintendo almost exclusively to their own characters?)
Possible the amiibo would unlock the costume for free.
Don't forget Isaac and Quote!
I don't even know if there will be a conference, but YCG said there would have been a streaming of Nindies@Night. I'm waiting for any info about that, and still think it's strange they didn't give any detail about it when they first announced the event.
Also, how many hours before it starts?
Okay, it's been out for two hours or whatever.
Seriously, though, don't you think it's tacky to try and force affection for characters by immediately slapping them onto character goods as if that automagically makes them exciting and desirable?
- anyone not living in Europe/Asia
Not on purpose though. A technical glitch accidentally cancelled it.
friskykillface
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they removed the tweet lol
balladofwindfishes
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Tamaki's sources still adamant on the Smash rumor
Doubling down on Smash Rumors is a dangerous business.
Slime Scholar
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Also a lot of people who own Shovel Knight have a regular 3DS, which can't read it. They'd need to buy an adapter.
Shovel Knight Amiibo wave
First wave is Shovel Knight, Shield Knight, Black Knight, and King Knight.
Second wave is Plague Knight, Mona, the Enchantress, and Specter Knight.
Exclusive Ornate Plate Shovel Knight.
Yacht Club games denied on their official twitter account that any amiibo was in the works so who knows(or at least said they had no knowledge of it).
balladofwindfishes
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Because they hardly ever pan out and there's loads of rabid eyes on them
Jawmuncher
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Yeah I won't deny that Shovel Knight in smash could happen. Even though the tweet is vague to cover some ass. Smash DLC could just be a mii fighter costume which is still a big deal for a indie game. Which because of the packaging is what i'm leaning on. But I will say trying to apply "rule" to nintendo or smash usually doesn't pan out, so anything could still happen.
Juke Joint Jezebel
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Bruh, if Shovel Knight get's an Amiibo then we totes need a Shield Knight one as well. Would buy both.
Hurts his already waning credibility.
I feel Nintendo has become a pretty standard publisher over the last couple of years, and this is the type of thing that should be expected going forward.
-They sell lots of DLC, including DLC that adds up to more than the base cost of the game.
-They sell season passes.
-They have individual vanity costume DLC.
-They're working on free 2 play games with microtransactions.
-They sell toy figures that unlock in game content.
-They sell service model games which launch with relatively light content and have more added in over time.
-They're working on mobile games.
-They're participated in a Humble Bundle.
-They're heavily licensing out their IPs again for everything from toys to films to theme parks.
-They're making Skylanders Amiibos that are both Skylanders toys and Amiibos.
Making a toy with an indie studio they've partnered with, even if the game is multiplatform, is a pretty straightforward evolution. It's like how other console vendors work to have exclusives in various indie and retail games.
Sheriff_Battlesnake
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Awh cute, he doesn't know what he's talking about!
But seriously.
"NINTENDO KEEP USING SAME IPS, SO BEHIND THE TIMES"
makes non traditional amiibo
"WOW REALLY REACHING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL"
NumberThree
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Must be cool for Yacht Club Games to have an Amiibo of their character!
Eh, if he is still coming to Smash though, why doesn't his Amiibo have the Smash Bros branding on it? Still plenty of room for guessing if you ask me!
Candescence
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Nope. It's really kind of a breakthrough for indies in general if it turns out to be true.
I'm also guessing that Nintendo is publishing Shovel Knight in Japan.
efyu_lemonardo
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there was a "pay what you want" for Nintendo games? or just Nintendo published eshop games not made by Nintendo?
Shovel Knight is digging into every market.
The Humble Nindie Bundle, but we still have not had anything like that on PSN or Xbox Live to my knowledge.
I still consider that as trying to be a more open, modern publisher though, given we've seen EA, THQ, Sega, Deep Silver, Square Enix, and Bandai Namco all have Humble Bundles.
Exactly, why would SK get two amiibos before Sonic, Megaman or Pacman?
I guess nintendo really is pushing for them to have the best version.
Since PS & XBOX launched with hidden character boss battles, nintendo needed something to up the ante again, so amiibo support + possible new boss battle + digger diaries that already was there, they really want to keep SK close to their platforms.
No saying he's going to be in smash, but it's possible that the individual series Amiibo for SK was made as a way for YCG to retain 100% ownership of the Amiibo.
efyu_lemonardo
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Completely agree about being more open and modern. If you would've showed me that list two or three years ago I would have been positively shocked. But I was surprised by the indie bundle most of all, hence it was the one I singled out.
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