Shovel Knight Has an Unlockable "Butt Mode"

The Game Grumps will have a field day with this one!

I would love to see a YouTube play through with this enabled.

Still not sure which system I should get this for Wii U or 3DS. I have an XL so screen size isn't really the issue. Just wondering if it's better on one or the other.

Butt mode activate. Oh man, I can just imagine JonTron saying that. Getting this game tonite so I will have to play Butt Mode once I beat the game first time around.

@TheHumbleFellow

Nah they're too busy with Bombing Bastards

And I thought this game couldn't get any better.

@Dok5555555 Personally, i just bought both.

The game was so good that i just thought "Screw it. They deserve the money"

Looking forward to the European release, though I won't be able to afford it till later in the month. I'm sure Yacht Club did say they wanted cross-buy, and NoE seem pretty keen on the concept, so hopefully I won't have to make a decision over which version to buy!

This news and free dlc promised in the future= Awesomeness

There is a google docs page that I found on gamefaqs.com that has over 300+ cheat codes for shovel knight. There are a couple fun ones to play around with, such as a giant Shovel Knight sprite.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gbtQSPqvzV8oWqQJEQH12-5_PAGAAKx_zc1MXxXbcDI/edit?usp=sharing

Now I need this game even MORE! Or should I say, "Now I need this Butt even more"? :3

...What the butt?

Thank God, I thought we were going to see little butts as enemies or worse yet weapons. Oh the horror!

Thanks for the responses guys. I think I'll probably get both eventually but maybe go with the 3DS version first.

That's buttastic!

Im at a point where a "new 2d platformer in the style of the old 2d platformers" really has to be something special to appeal to me. They were awesome when they first re-appeared- I loved rediscovering 2d Mario, Cloudberry Kingdom was very fun for me for a few weeks, etc. Their reemergence was great for a couple years, but it's getting to the point I'm getting sick of them a 2nd time now. This game (atleast the little bit of the playthrough I watched) does not appear to do anything special to separate it from all the others doing what it does.

I hope retro 2d RPG's become the next "it" genre for indie developers. Games like the SNES and PS1 classic RPG's.

Not interested but hey "well that happened"

Wish they'd have a 2p vs mode! GOTY for Wii u so far

From the list of cheats:
Code 279: TVSVUEIO
As Above, but player model is giant, changes color when jumping. Bubble effect comes from mouth (like underwater) Can pogo off the ground (like Ducktales) 10k gold. Starts with every armor/upgrade/shovel/relic/chalice/hp/mana up, and on Tower of Fate: Entrance

I just love video games.

This beats the SNES Mortal Combat 'blood code'.

@LetsGoRetro shame, you're missing out here. This one feels more polished than any I've played in a long time. Especially reminds me of Zelda II. Well, hope at some point you rethink it, this title definitely deserves a try...

Alright, gotta buy ButtButt now!

GOTY. Just kidding. With KNOWN games (and my personal choices), I would say Smash or The Wonderful 101. I got it back in April with birthday money. The one thing I have to say is... my new favorite game EVAR.

I would have loved to tip you guys off about this, if only I had time to randomly enter captital letters for character names in arbitrary games, in hopes of perhaps finding a password for a cheat mode that may or may not exist. But maybe next time, eh?

Seriously, Idk how anyone would ever find out about this stuff, unless they knew a cheat existed and knew where to enter it, and even then there's how many possible combinations of characters? 26 letters + 10 numerals, so 36^8 combinations lol? Yeah, that ain't happenin.

@LetsGoRetro Are you paying attention to Kickstarter at all these days? There's a bunch of worthwhile-looking projects that have already been funded that go in this direction, like Undertale, Citizens of Earth, or Saturday Morning RPG, or that French one that seeks to recreate the feeling of FFVII whose name escapes me right now.

They're just more often in the "failed to fund" list than in "hit lots of stretch goals" due to lack of exposure, sadly.

@LetsGoRetro IGN gave it a 9. A freaking 9! And they're already talking it up as Game of the Year material for a reason. It's a shame you seem to be sick of a style that BUILT the gaming industry, because it's not going anywhere.

I am always in Butt Mode.

Once upon a time there was a butt princess, who lived in a beautiful butt castle. Until one day she was captured by a fire breathing butt.

When's this out in Europe?

Awww, that's it? I thought it was going to replace the shovel hopping attack with a butt stomp attack.

Awesome! I love quirky, funny stuff like this. Will try it out when I get the game after it eventually releases in my region.

Ha! That's brilliant. Cant wait to play this.

You could have mentioned that these cheats negate achievements.
And you forgot X&BUTT: Butt Mode, but with more Butts!

I, um... hmm.

Rated "I" for IMMATURE.

Well, here's hoping gaming won't ever grow too "mature" for this kind of buttsurdity... EVER.

@Adam

@TheHumbleFellow Considering they're all for toilet humor, I'd say it fits their style.

I'd whine about the game not having a European release date yet, but the first comments acknowledging JonTron's comedic genius cheered me up before I could.

Go to the Wii-U butt-shop, download butt-butt, enter the code "butt", and have a butt-smashing good time!

That list of cheat codes is impressive.

Seriously, the amount of genuine love and passion put into this game is awe inspiring. It's all the little things. All the attention to detail. Every little thing has clearly been created with great love and care. Every little nod and wink. Every little secret and hidden area. All the charm in the characters and particularly the bosses. The stunning retro visuals that mix the best of both the old and new. The awesome 8bit music. The little additions specific to each console. The upcoming free DLC. I really can't find anything that just doesn't leave me entirely joyous when looking at this game.

This is the kind of game that makes me feel like I did when I was a kid playing games back in the early days and to be clear it's not because it looks like a retro game.

Very few companies makes games with this all-round high level of realization, polish and quality any more and that includes most of the big AAA games that most people think are the pinnacle of game design these days.

And people think it's impossible to please me. Well, this game pleases me and then some.

I cannot praise this game enough and guess what...I haven't even frikin played it yet! Sometimes you just know when you see greatness.

I'm going to need to get this but I spent my Eshop balance on Grinsia. Yeah I knew it had game crashes! What a pain in the Butt! Haha

Lol, such childish guys!