Nintendo has made some canny moves when it comes to collaborations in recent years. When it became clear that Puzzle & Dragons was a big deal, the veteran firm worked with the developer to create a Mario-themed offering for the 3DS, and more recently it has teamed up with Mojang to give Minecraft an injection of Nintendo goodness on Wii U.
One game we're sure everyone would (still) like to see get a Nintendo cameo is Shovel Knight, and given that the title was the first indie release to get its own amiibo, that might not be beyond the realms of possibility. Yacht Club has previously been open to the idea, but we've not heard much since.
Tried of the silence, Destructoid got in touch with Yacht Club to see what the score was, and was told:
I wouldn't say [the door] is 100 percent closed, but I'd be surprised if it happened. That said, I would have said the same for the amiibo a year ago...
That's a long way from being a confirmation, but it's encouraging to know that it's not entirely out of the question. But who would you want to see in the game? Let us know by posting a comment.
[source destructoid.com]
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Link will be the best candidate to appear in this game, I means seriously he fits the game perfectly too if he ever were to be playable in the game. All they had to do was give him his 2D Zelda II and Link's Awakening gameplay mechanics.
I thought Yacht Club was already working on it, not that it was still merely at talk level. At this point, we have to accept the fact that our version has technically less stuff than the PS4 and X1 versions.
Use Samus. She's on the dole at the moment and could do with the work.
Though Link would probably be best suited.
Sure but who?
Tingle.
I've always fancied seeing a Ganondorf boss for ShovelKnight. Just when you think youve beaten him in a usual (but hard) battle, Ganondorf rises again but this time to have to play 'dead man's volley' ala a Ganondorf fight in the Zelda game albeit on a SK plain
Link and Zelda dual boss fight! Link attacks Shovel-Knight directly to keep him away form Zelda.Zelda uses arrows and spells but,when Link is defeated,she start using her rapier.
@martynstuff Ganondorf would be too obvious.
Why not Pit of Kid Icarus???
Mario, Link or Samus are the best bets.
Meta Knight? Anyone?
Zant
Nintendo is too darn proud for their own good sometimes. I understand "protecting your IP" to extent, but I think they need to learn to get over that a bit.
I wanted it the other way around, Shovel Knight in Smash Bros, BOOOOOOOOOOOO
Sony got Kratos and MS got the Battletoads. It'd be interesting to see who Nintendo would get.
@AlexSora89 "At this point, we have to accept the fact that our version has technically less stuff than the PS4 and X1 versions."
Really? That's such a pessimistic way of seeing things.
@Freeon-Leon
Well, Shovel Knight used to a Nintendo exclusive, and I'm still pretty proud of that game. But when the title went multiplatform, we lost another exclusive... and then the other versions got extra levels, and while the PS4 Kratos level might not be that much, the Xbox One version really did hit a painful nerve, what with Battletoads undeniably being a golden age Rare title and said game getting its embassy in Shovel Knight. And with a Nintendo-themed level for the 3DS and Wii U version still nowhere in sight, we ended up again getting the short end of the stick. Kind of ironic, considering all the Nintendo backers in Shovek Knight's Kickstarter. That's the depressing thing about all this.
@AlexSora89 Wii U got co-op, which the other versions don't have. And to me that's much better than Kratos or Battletoads.
Waluigi
@AlexSora89 So the Wii U exclusive co-op mode and Custom Knight together amount to less than the one fight Sony and Microsoft got?
@bro2dragons
@sketchturner
I said that mostly out of jealousy. I mean, why a Zelda stage isn't a thing yet? That stage would kind of design itself!
How about Pit? He can show up also. Link needs a break.
Being that Nintendo had the game exclusively at first (and it did well), there's less incentive to put the type of stuff in the game that the PS and Xbox versions got to sell them especially this late in the game.
What seems more likely is that we'll get our Nintendo crossover with Shovel Knight showing up in Smash Bros. Which would in my honest opinion would be the superior option to Link or Mario showing up in Shovel Knight.
They should have done that already (and for free), seeing as Sony-followers have Kratos for free and Microsoft-followers have the Battletoads for free!
@Whopper744 Minecraft on WiiU just got a huge bundle of Mario-themed dlc..
Meeegaaa Mannn
@mariovslink62 YES. WE NEED MORE META.
Or Kirby! Or both!
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