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baloofarsan on 14 April 2016

Yacht Club has very interesting articles about the development and sales of Shovel Knight. They are revealing the trials and tribulations of the whole process.
Just reading their articles make me want to support their game even though I think it is too difficult for me.

EDIT: OK! Bought it!



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iamRockman on 14 April 2016

All Hail Shovel Knight! My favorite 3DS game, really should pick up the physical copy on PS4 to help even more.



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baloofarsan on 14 April 2016
HylianYoshi said:
Luke888 said:
180k Amiibos are really impressive !

I wonder if they'll first release Shovel Knight 2 or a new game.

Also I can't help but remember of when one of the lead developers at Yacht Club Games stated "If Nintendo were to ask us to work on a 2D Metroid game we couldn't say no..." , I wish that happened...

They still have a long way to go before development of Shovel Knight is complete. They reached every stretch goal for the Kickstarter campaign, which included additional single-player campaigns based on some of the bosses. And there are still two of them to go. There are also new modes too. So I wouldn't expect a new Shovel Knight game to be announced within the next 2 years.

I know you have read it, anyway quoted from the article:

"It’s Not Over Yet!

We’re still working away on the rest of the Kickstarter Stretch goals. King Knight’s campaign, Specter Knight’s campaign, Body Swap, and 4 Player Battle Mode are all being worked on at the moment. Also in production is the final Kickstarter reward: the Shovel Knight art book (lots of great stuff on the way in that department!). We hope to finally conclude Shovel Knight’s long development journey at the end of this year. It’s been a really fun few years"



b00moscone on 14 April 2016

Good sales for a good game!



 

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Normchacho on 14 April 2016
internetz said:
why is the ps4 version outselling the xb1 only by 2:1, while this kind of games tend to do better on the playstation platform?

I imagine it's because there are 3 Playstation platforms on that list instead of just one. Almost as many people bought it on Vita as did Xbox One

 

Oh, and incase anyone is wondering. The game is currently on sale on the PS Store in the U.S.



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HylianYoshi on 14 April 2016
baloofarsan said:
HylianYoshi said:

They still have a long way to go before development of Shovel Knight is complete. They reached every stretch goal for the Kickstarter campaign, which included additional single-player campaigns based on some of the bosses. And there are still two of them to go. There are also new modes too. So I wouldn't expect a new Shovel Knight game to be announced within the next 2 years.

I know you have read it, anyway quoted from the article:

"It’s Not Over Yet!

We’re still working away on the rest of the Kickstarter Stretch goals. King Knight’s campaign, Specter Knight’s campaign, Body Swap, and 4 Player Battle Mode are all being worked on at the moment. Also in production is the final Kickstarter reward: the Shovel Knight art book (lots of great stuff on the way in that department!). We hope to finally conclude Shovel Knight’s long development journey at the end of this year. It’s been a really fun few years"

Precisely this. If Yacht Club wants to work on a new Shovel Knight right after, we'll see it in 2 years. I think that they'll probably want to create some sort of new IP after Shovel Knight, though.

Also, you just bought the game? Be sure to tell me how its going for you. Shovel Knight really is an incredible game.



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Platina on 14 April 2016

Surprised to see the Wii U physical sales to be the highest



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iamRockman on 14 April 2016
Platina said:
Surprised to see the Wii U physical sales to be the highest

Not really surprising to me seeing as platformer fans are on Nintendo consoles mainly.



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Ruler on 14 April 2016
Teeqoz said:
Wow, 200k physical? Colour me impressed.

For 30€ they did



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baloofarsan on 14 April 2016
HylianYoshi said:
baloofarsan said:

Precisely this. If Yacht Club wants to work on a new Shovel Knight right after, we'll see it in 2 years. I think that they'll probably want to create some sort of new IP after Shovel Knight, though.

Also, you just bought the game? Be sure to tell me how its going for you. Shovel Knight really is an incredible game.

Died at the first dragon!

Eventually defeated the (first?) Black Knight!

It was not as difficult as I had imagined - but then I am only in the beginning!

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