Shovel Knight sets out to defeat the Order and reach the Tower of Fate, hoping to learn of what happened to Shield Knight. Shovel Knight, despondent, turns to a life of pastoral solitude, and in his absence a villainous Enchantress seizes power with her eight knights, the Order of No Quarter. The plot, as laid out in the opening cutscene: In an age of adventurers, two inseparable heroes, Shovel Knight and Shield Knight, come across a cursed amulet in the Tower of Fate which whisks Shield Knight away with evil magic.
It is the first game by indie studio Yacht Club Games, which has a number of key former employees of WayForward Technologies (best known for Nintendo remakes, Disney games, and Shantae), including the designer Sean Velasco and audio designer Jake Kaufman.
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Shovel Knight was funded by a Kickstarter campaign in April 2013 and released in June 2014 for Windows, Wii U, and 3DS, then for Mac that September and Linux in October. Shovel Knight, however, builds an unmistakably modern game on these classic foundations, and the end result is a polished, fun, and surprisingly new experience. These elements certainly make the game fun, and they’re executed quite well, but they’re hardly enough to make the game fun on their own. Its derivative elements are clear – at its core, it looks and feels like a Mega Man game, but it borrows the sword swinging (and bouncing) of Zelda 2 combat and Castlevania subweapons, with a Super Mario Bros.
It’s easy to look at Shovel Knight as yet another indie “nostalgia game” dedicated to revisiting and monetizing your childhood.
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