GAME Confirms Shovel Knight amiibo

I'll admit that amiibo looks awesome!

WELL, THEN! Looks like this is something I'll be needing! Though seeing as how it doesn't have Smash Bros. on it, this doesn't mean that he's in. Still, I want it!

The more Shovel Knight, the better. I'm looking forward to adding him to the collection.

I wonder if THIS is the megaton announcement they were referring to?

Anyway, it's a shame that they're going this route to unlock content in their games.

This will prob end up being the only amiibo I buy

I'm wondering if that'll be his pose in the render if he DOES make it into Smash.

Huh... the possibilities just became endless. Maybe there will even be a costume for Super Mario Maker.

Does that mean there will be more indie amiibo? It's really unlikely, but I would love an Octodad amiibo

If this were to unlock a Nintendo exclusive battle like Kratos and Battletoads then that's pretty bull.

More fuel to the Smash rumour fire, Sakurai's Wild Ride never ends!

Hmm...

Anyways, time for me to camp down at retailer A,B, or C.

What he should do is unlock the dlc! But obviously the dlc should still be available to download separately for those who don't want to buy the figure 😀 it's the same way the smash ones for new characters should work!

Hrm... Not sure if I like the idea of locking content behind amiibo in this case.

@Undead_terror, Yeah that would be pretty bull. Still, would this work with Super Mario Maker or Yoshi's Wooly World? If he DID get into Smash and eventually got his own amiibo in that line, would you be able to use this before it even came out?

Most amiibo boxes have the box art shown in the same pose as the amiibo inside. But it's totally different here. Suspicious?

It looks amazing! I might want it!

Probably the first amiibo I'll actually buy.

I want...if I can find if that is.

Looks alright, assuming this tweet screenshot is legit.

As long as he's not coming to Smash over someone else I'm good. I may even get this if it comes to NA, though I only own the Steam version of SK.

Apparently, it's easy for many to forget that "Nintendo news does not always equal Smash Bros. news". The amiibo looks great though, the fact that Shovel Knight has one shows how far Yacht Club has come with the game.
Wonder if Shovel Knight amiibo will become a series ala Smash and Super Mario, or a one-off? Probably the latter.

Well that sucks. While PS and Xbox One owners got their exclusive content built-in, we have to shell out 15 bucks for it.

@LN3000 - No, because Inkling Girl says hi.

@SanderEvers well it's not definite is it, it might be an indication but it's far from definite

I look forward to the future Yooka Laylee amiibo!

It looks brilliant, but I feel a bit fobbed off consisering the Playstation and Xbox versions have their own exclusive content for the initial price. Then again, 3DS and Wii U version still have their own exclusive modes, and the fact that the amiibo exists at all shows that Yacht Club give a damn!

I dont know about this one. Never tried shovel knight however this little guy is really cute and would be a cool figure to have!

I'm not convinced this is real... if it is, surely whatever it unlocks will also be available for purchase at a lower cost.

I highly doubt Shovel Knight will come to SSB in full form because he hasn't been around long enough... but I'll bet it unlocks a costume... if real.

I NEED this! Probably will miss the sell window and won't find one ever though...

I'm not a fan of amiibo, but I want this to keep company to my yarn Yoshi amiibo.

The rumours of Shovel Knight appearing in Smash were unsubstantiated. People just assumed that because Shovel Knight was getting his own amiibo that it was some sort of implication that he would be added to the Smash roster. Judging by the packaging, this was never the case. Most of the characters in Smash each have their own legacy. While Shovel Knight has become very successful in such a short space of time, I don't think that it is noteworthy enough to justify its inclusion in Super Smash Bros. I certainly wouldn't care if it were in Smash anyway (as I'll buy the DLC regardless, being the completionist that I am =P), but there are many other legendary characters that I would rather see in its place, and I think giving a character like Shovel Knight TWO separate amiibo releases (if it were to be included in Smash) is extremely unlikely and makes absolutely no sense from a business perspective as this will probably be among the lesser produced amiibo given its niche appeal.

But this is quite an honour for Yacht Games. I'm glad to see that they've come such a long way. I was on the fence about buying the retail release on Wii U and 3DS, but now I'll have to get both to complement the amiibo. Nintendo's vendetta against my wallet continues. -.-"

@holygeez03 I've have some "friends" who totally don't work at store that rhymes with LAME who aren't pointing at this leak a silently nodding right now

He's gonna be in smash lets get ready lol

He's gonna be in smash lets get ready lol

I'm wondering if Shovel Knight was the character that was voted on to appear in Smash Bros. Would find that hard to believe...

That's actually a nice looking figure, it would be great if it unlocked some extra content for Shovel Knight too but I think I'll pick it up regardless.

Note that the upper left corner says ''Shovel Knight'', as opposed to ''Smash Bros. Collection'' just like any other playable character figure for the game. Pretty much indicates that the 'SK in Smash' rumours were unfounded/based only on the knowledge that an amiibo was coming out. That is how I perceive this, anyway.

Cool amiibo, though. Interested to know about the details of the unlockable content, although I'm not sure at all I'll grab it.

This will be impossible to find.

I decided to look into this "rumour" and I phoned the original GAME store that posted the tweet and I received "We are unable to comment on that product"

I phoned another GAME store that I am a regular visitor of and the staff member that I spoke to said "We cannot say anything about this, but wait until tomorrow. About 6.00am."

This is cool

I ever cared about Shovel Knight, but getting an amiibo is a pretty big deal. You happy now, Liam?

It's not out yet and I'm sure its sold out of stock.

Pretty cool that the first third party amiibo (that's not part of Smash Bros) is an indie character. Day 1!

I'd like a more interesting pose, but oh well. I hope this is true, I voted for him. An unlikely scenario, but it would be awesome if Nintendo got an exclusivity arrangement with Yacht Club. Shovel Knight feels so at home on Nintendo systems, it would make so much sense to have him as an exclusive.

The Smash assumption kind of makes sense to me, a lot of people in the retail sector might not necessarily realize not all of the amiibo are made for Smash Bros. Interesting that this rumor seems to be legit, or at least the amiibo part of it.

@argh4430 I guess......?

I wonder what it'll be used for. The box design is different to the Smash Bros amiibo, so it's possible he won't be in that game. It would be annoying if it was used to unlock a special Nintendo boss battle in Shovel Knight since those are free on the other systems. Or perhaps it'll be used for something unexpected that'll be a nice little suprise, but not something people would think they're missing out on if they don't have it.

@NintendoFan64 Did you feel that? It was the sensation of me stealing your icon and running screaming to a tattoo shop.

@Alundra-1998 All signs point to the PAX Nindies event (6am UK time = 10pm Pacific).

@LiamR i'm being a jackass, and I apologize. I' m just cranky this morning, forget I said anything. I should just stop posting here at all, it doesn't do anyone good.

This all looks off to me. I've seen more convincing fake images, and a £5 deposit? Since when have GAME taken deposits for Amiibo?

@Alundra-1998 @Grumblevolcano
EDIT: My mistake! Strange that GAME take deposits on Amiibo and not actual games!

@Buizel GAME have always taken £5.00 deposits on amiibo as the very first wave I preordered was at a GAME store and they took £55.00 to begin with as I had preordered 11 amiibo.

11 x £5.00 = £55.00

@Buizel GAME has always taken £5 deposit for amiibo (since Smash Wii U launch).

Shovel Knight is still on my list of games I have to try. It looks really fun but I only have that much money, and I'm saving for other stuff as well. I just pre-ordered the NFC reader, so I'm a little short now. Even though the amiibo looks awesome, I won't even bother getting it unless I either get Shovel Knight the game first or he turns out to be in Smash (and be great in it)

Amazing news! I already have the Shovel Knight plushie. This gives me hope of a Shantae amiibo one day.

This looks good.

@russellohh COME BACK HERE, YOU RAPSCALLION!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!

Absolutely yes please. I'll be sure to pre-order this one, as my love with Shovel Knight has been rekindled with the upcoming DLC! I'm still praying that he makes it into Smash, but I guess it's less likely now...

Definitely looking forward to getting the physical version of Shovel Knight. So glad that I didn't buy it digitally.

I will buy this.

@Inkling shantae amiibo NOW!

Here's the thing though. Aren't Amiibos posed in the same way in both figurine and cover decal? This isn't.

What games other than SSB could the Shovel Knight Amiibo work with? Runbow maybe?

Yes please!

@Discostew Not all of them. The Splatoon amiibo have different poses than the renders on the packaging.

Cute. I won't be getting it, but I know some people who will be happy with this. I guess we know who won the contest.

Looks like it doesn't feature as part of the Smash Bros. amiibo collection and the small print says that the amiibo will work with 'future Yatch games'. Nothing about Smash Bros anywhere.

@ThomasBW84 Tweet must be hidden away in private w/ the Kerbal space program vid.

King K. Rool should come before Shovel Knight to Smash imo, but if Shovel Knight does come to Smash that'll still be pretty awesome.

@IAmDeclanJay True, but nothing's stopping them from making this amiibo compatible with Smash if Shovel Knight does end up getting in.

This is fantastic! I will certainly be buying this amiibo. I'm gonna redownload shovel knight right now to my new 3ds!!!! I beat it then uninstalled it because my micro SD card is full. I'll have to make some room!

I so want that now.

This casts doubt on a Smash Bros appearance. For now, at least.
Third party amiibo has always been on the cards but not necessarily in the Smash Bros series. Those loose lipped retailers were half right!

This will be a Kmart exclusive in the US sold in a 3 pack with a Chia Pet and a Pet Rock.

@JaxonH
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But the Yacht Club Games made an official statement declaring the amiibo fake.

Oops.

@rjejr

It was fake. The image used on the Italian site was lifted from reedit. It was fan created.

@rferrari24
Totally agree. Surprised that Playtonic didn't add a target, but guess as they just hit £2mil, there probably wasn't enough time left in the end

Heh.

Bayonetta amiibo next please!!

Not sure I like this being from GAME, seeing as they charge 30-40% more than elsewhere as a base price. Don't like content being locked either if it's the only way to get it - what if I don't want yet another plastic figure? Not that I'm not seriously thinking of getting it though...maybe I should get Shovel Knight on the WII U now too...

i'm throwing money at the screen but nothings happening!!!!

Shouldn't the British version of this headline read "GAME Confirm Shovel Knight amiibo"? LOL.

Gimme gimme gimme!

I would love to get a Shovel Knight amiibo for sure!!! Sign me up! I'm still divided on him being in Smash for a few reasons, but amiibo merchandise for him? Definitely no complaints for that! I hope this means we can except to see more third party amiibo soon besides the non-Nintendo characters in Smash. Yooka Laylee would be neat, for instance

I have scepticism for one reason: This is GAME being enthusiastic about a Nintendo product. Has hell frozen?

Oh great, not only Nintendo locking content out of amiibos that will probably sell out in 5 seconds but indie devs too with below McDonald's tier quality figures as if Nintendo hasn't be dangerous close to being below that.

Wow! That's awesome! I wonder if the unlockable content is Shovel Knight himself.

@Ras Both "confirm" and "confirms" are correct. It just depends on whether one considers the singular noun "GAME" to encompass the plurality of the company members or not. American English more often uses the singular with company entities, but British English is less precise in this instance - we will even use the singular one sentence and the plural the next.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv358.shtml

Scroll down on that site for an explanation.

Not that it matters a great deal - whatever is commonly used is "correct" if it is understandable by the majority. However, this is one example of where declining nouns/verbs, etc, can be a distinct advantage in clarifiying meaning of language. "What's the le/la/les for?" "Disambiguation!"

"If the baby won't eat the banana, mash it to a pulp!"

Issues arising from such statements as the above, are far less common in languages using noun/pronoun/adjective etc "agreement". I'm afraid English does not make it all that clear whether the "it" to be "mashed" is the banana or the baby.

Very cool.

It will be interesting too see what stuff this unlocks. If it's anything like the content on the other consoles it could be pretty sweet.

@NintendoFan64 Maybe that's because it's a Shovel Knight brand amiibo and not a Smash Bros. brand amiibo. It's probably too expensive to make a Shovel Knight amiibo for both Shovel Knight and Smash. That or I'm grasping at straws because I really want the rumor about Shovel Knight being in Smash to be true.

@LiamR If the rumor of Shovel Knight being in Smash is true, but he isn't revealed tonight like GameXplain's Ash said he would (according to his source), then I'd guess he would be revealed on October 3rd, the day the ballot closes.

@DarthNocturnal Yeah, I wouldn't bet on an actual Smash Bros. character, not just yet at least, but a Mii Fighter costume doesn't seem like too much of a stretch.

This isn't a real surprise, but I'm glad we have finally received some tangible confirmation. The real question in my mind is if Shovel Knight is coming to Super Smash Bros or not. That is all I want to know... I don't really care either way, I'm just curious.

@ottospooky Oh, and I'm sure YCG made it very clear that it was indeed fake but the real amiibo was still coming.

@Damo @Sakura Thanks for the explanation, Sakura. I was aware of the reason it is treated differently in British and US English, but not that it was used both ways in the UK. Also, I was unaware that NL policy was to treat the company as a singular entity. I misremembered reading a "Nintendo Have" headline, though it might have been that other British Nintendo news site. Either way, I'm not making fun or complaining. I enjoy being an American reader and being exposed to the British usage.

Calling a hoax on this one

Maybe I should just mail my wallet to Nintendo at this point.

@Ras @Damo Hmm, I may have given a slightly more in-depth explanation than was needed for an issue that's essentially unimportant!!! Language is my "thing", but English, especially British English, is less rule-bound than most, and so, is extremely flexible in its usage. It often doesn't matter all that much - babies and bananas aside, of course

I don't know what it is with Shovel Knight. I instantly adored that game and this amiibo... I will fight for it.

Nobody wants a Shovel Knight amiibo more than I do, but I must say that pose is disappointing. I prefer action over stoicism.

Sweet! Can't wait to download that new content. And I can just do it with an Amiiqo, so suck it scalpers.

...I guess Meat Boy would be next.

How come companies fail so hard with posting things at the right time?

Preorders are now live for the Shovel Knight amiibo on GAME.

@NintyMan So it literally locks something that should be apart of the game, and something as big as flipping coop is locked behind a freaking amiibo? That's MUCH worse than I expected.

@Chaoz Ask Yacht Club about it. That's on them.

@NintyMan UK./EU has not Black Friday...

also link to pre-order http://www.game.co.uk/en/shovel-knight-amiibo-756115?pageSize=40&searchTerm=shovel&catGroupId=

I'm not into Amiibos but have to say this is the coolest looking one so far

I'll be getting this one for sure. Doesn't look like its for Smash Bros from the packaging though. I still think Nintendo needs to make a Skylanders type of game for use with all of the Amiibos.

@ThomasBW84 Shinen just announced that Fast Racing Neo will have 4 player local multiplayer splitscreen at launch, as well as 8 player online multiplayer.

Meanwhile, Hive Jump has been announced for the Wii U eShop and will have Nintendo exclusive features, including possible amiibo support.

Reveal trailer:

Pre-ordered mine this morning. GAME overcharge when compared to Nintendo store but totally worth it in this case. Will just cancel if found cheaper elsewhere in the meantime.

That trailer is great!

That looks cool. There's some logo in the right hand corner that suggests it's part of a different series so maybe Nintendo is planning a series of amiibo for indie game characters? A Commander Video one would be awesome! I've actually skipped Shovel Knight, but all this focus is causing me to reconsider...

@IceClimbers That was pretty neat - Mario Pinball in the background!

Okay, first, SQUEAL.

And second, when you said it unlocks content, I initially thought you meant that it unlocks the character in Smash Bros. That would actually have been a brilliant approach to allowing access to DLC characters. Not like in a restrictive way where you would have to buy the figure. More like if you buy and scan the figure, you wouldn't have to pay the four or five bucks for the DLC character, but that'd still be an option if you didn't want the toy.

I think that'd be cool, anyway.

@IceClimbers You 'bout to make me squeal again. Nintendo sure seems to like Game Grumps, and it fills me with joy.

@ottospooky fake, and yet, plenty of people have already bought theirs, its been shown in person, and many, many websites have it for sale.
so...
FAKE!!!!!

@russellohh you misunderstand my comment, sir. I was referring to the picture posted on the Italian site. It was the same as a fan created picture on a Reddit community.
I am aware of the validity of the GAME listing