After it's original reviews came out I wrote that I didn't trust them and that I wanted to see someone like Gamefan and Play Magazine's Dave Halverson that really understood the genre review the game before I formed an opinion on it ( the Review linked to in this N4G posts http://n4g.com/news/1405524/knack-its-not-perfect-but-its-special-in-a-sadistic-way though not by Dave Halverson echoes many of the things that I thought Halverson would probably have to say about the game ). Well, a couple of week's later Knack's reputation seems to be growing by leaps and bounds and beating Mario in the UK is a huge feather in its cap.
So, I feel justified ( even without seeing a Dave Halverson review for the game ) in thinking that "Knack" was being heaily misunderstood. And in give or six years when IGN compiles their list of the Top 25 PS4 games, I definitely think Knack will be considered to be a true classic and that it will be included on the list.