After a number of years in the making and a special presentation earlier this year in August, the talent over at Yacht Club Games is finally ready to launch Shovel Knight: King of Cards and Shovel Knight Showdown.
Both standalone games/updates will arrive on 10th December 2019. On the same day, the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove physical Switch edition, amiibo 3-pack, and gold edition Shovel Knight amiibo will be released. Here was the Yacht Club message via Twitter:
Let the countdown begin! Shovel Knight Showdown and King of Cards arrive December 10th.
For more information about these upcoming releases, check out our previous post.
Will you be spending some time with the new Shovel Knight games this holiday season? Let us know!
[source yachtclubgames.com]
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Woah, this STILL isn’t out? I swear I played Shovel Knight years ago but if that isn’t an excuse to play this gem again, I don’t know what is.
Finally!!!! The wait is nearly over. It'll be fired up day 1 without a doubt. This is such great news and im hoping it's as good as shovel of hope and spectre of torment.
does this update also included in the 3ds version?
Yeah I'm getting that physical, been waiting for this.
I've been diggin' this for a while!
@Dawn-Shade From Yacht Club's Twitter: King of Cards will be a free update for current owners of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove on 3DS.
From the Yacht Club website: Shovel Knight Showdown not available on 3DS or Vita.
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For Wii U owners: King of Cards and Showdown will both be available on Wii U.
This is great news and it's wonderful to see that they followed through with all the promised content. That's going to serve Yacht Club well for future projects. With that said, man, this one took forever.
It's nice to see the amiibo pack with a release date. It's been—what, 3 years?
Seeing Shovel Knight end is somewhat bittersweet, but that doesn't underscore its brilliance. Easily one of my favorite platformers of the last decade.
Suh weeet! Now all we need is a nintendo exclusive feature now that miiverse is gone
is it worth a double dip? i bought shovel knight as-is for like $10 on the eshop when it was on a big sale. i haven’t played it much, but it seems fun. i usually stick to physical-only but the sale was good and i felt splurgy. i really want the physical but i’m hesitant to double dip.
Long as I can do King in 3ds I'm good. That's what I have treasure trove on
@PBandSmelly You got amiibos
@Entrr_username
Yeah, but I would much rather have Battletoads or Kratos fights than fairies. Playstation and Xbox players can get amiibos for their shelf as well so...
Just gimme my crossover with style savvy dress up
Is Showdown going to be included in the physical release?
It seems silly to (finally) issue a "complete" physical release and not include it. o.O
Yes, I'm very excited for this!
As soo as I see a pre-order I will take it!
It's been 84 years... But it'll be worth it
That's all well and good but will it be available for owners of the Wii U version? I know it's dead and buried but some of us still play wii u.
@Zeldafan79 From Yacht Club: King of Cards and Showdown will both be available on Wii U.
@Silly_G Yes, it should be.
From Yacht Club:
The physical version of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove contains all game content and modes right on the disc or cartridge.
Got my physical Switch version pre-ordered. I'll probably play King of Cards on PS4 if Amazon doesn't deliver on time (again.) Glad Yacht Club are wrapping this up so they can get to work on Super Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight 64 or something else.
A poor report, I assume the 3DS version is getting this final update too.
I have had the physical for switch on pre-order with Amazon for years.
At Last!
Huzzah! I've been waiting for these for ages now, it's finally time.
Why, I've been waiting since... wow, since the Switch launched actually, that was when we got the Spectre of Torment expansion.
@Arbor I’d double check that you don’t already have the ‘Treasure Trove’ version. I’m in the UK, and I’ve just had a quick check on the eShop here and you can only get the Treasure Trove or the stand-alone Spectre of Torment chapter.
Chances are you won’t need to double dip and your game will just update to include the new modes.
This is the last game I’ll buy this year! What a year it’s been
It's really special that this didn't end up cancelled for Wii U like many other originally Wii U games in the Switch era. I'll be playing on Switch but I'll still load up the old Wii U to do the updates.
@Arbor If you bought treasure trove you'll get it for free!
Sheesh! I've had the Shovel Knight 3 pack on pre-order for literally 2 years now!
Preordering physical for switch!😃🙌🏼
I think I pre-ordered the Switch Physical version over a year ago...
I hope it is actually complete and doesn't requires any downloads or patches.
Oh man, I am H Y P E D beyond belief. It's been one hell of a journey, my friends, over 5 years of the gold standard for Indie content.
Early christmass present!
Can't wait to play their take on wario's moveset! The previous three were absolutely awesome (Spectre knight needs a sequel!!!)
It's finally comming, so psyched!
@Dawn-Shade It should be
The 2 final expansions and presumably the Amiibo 3-pack. Shovel Knight is easily my favorite game, so I’m pumped.
YAAAAAAAWN... FINALLY! The final hurrah for my 3DS begins at last. Now what, YC?
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