Let Yacht Club Games Know What Game You'd Like Next

Yeah it was definitely necessary to try and sneak a political view into this article.

Download play!!!

All of them!

I'm glad to be out of the faild EU project.
I'm sure whatever Yaucht Clubs next project is, I'm sure that one will actually be a winner.

Shovel Knight 2: Would be kinda cool, but I'd be up for something more adventurous right now.

Shovel & Shield Knight: Co-op gameplay? Would be nice for some, not for me.

Shovel Kart: Would be interesting!

Mega-Man: The series never clicked with me, so I wouldn't care for this.

Metroid: ALL MY YES!

Mario: Could be a fun distraction.

Zelda: WAIT GIVE SOME YES TO THIS TOO.

Spelunky: Meh. I'm sure these guys could make it work though.

Final Fantasy: WHERE ARE THE SPARE YESSES?

Mario RPG: ^

Contra: Don't think my reflexes can take it.

Landstalker: I don't even know what this is.

Keep Plague Knight at least in a supporting role! Hee hee hee hee hee!

I'd certainly like for them to develop the Shovel Knight IP more. A brand new adventure for Shovel Knight and Shield Knight against a whole new evil group of knights. Maybe something like switching between Shovel and Shield to pass obstacles.

I vote... yes!

I voted highest for a Contra clone. As good as Shovel Knight was, I think it's a bit too early to be considering spin-offs, and they probably need to let the game take some time off to allow any sequels to feel fresh again, so "FNAF syndrome" of too much, too soon doesn't set in.

@BensonUii The Metroid option is pretty much Castlevania. The newer series, that is. But judging by your Dracula-kun avatar, it's not likely you were thinking about that.

Does Yatch Club knows that this exists?

It's still in development,so Shovel Knight could be included in the roster.

Shovel Knight as free DLC for Mario Kart 8 or Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transform would be great.

Interesting, despite Shovel Knight success they are willing to take risks with something new.
I admit I'm one of the few that didn't buy SK, but the dedication and passion of this team it's admirable for say the least.

Dare I ask what Shovel Knight's Blue Shell equivalent would be if they tried a karting game? Heh.

I'd be cool with any of the platforming options. Though a Mario (& Luigi) RPG type game would be cool with Shovel and Shield Knight. Imagine, on enemy attacks; you have Shield protecting against attacks from above (A button) and Shovel using a Charge Slash to counter head-on attacks ala M&L's Hammer defence (B button). I'd love to see something like that.

I wanna know more about the balls to the wall. What's that all about? 😯

Tough choice! Maybe the Kart idea!

a metroid. as long as nintendo doesnt consider making a 3d metroid i will gladly take a 2d metroid

A metroid style shovel knight game would be so amazing, but I honestly wouldn't mind if they just made a direct sequel to the first game. I noticed that Shovel Knight 64 was not an available option. Sad face.

Make a super shovel knight with better graphics like what Nintendo did with Super Mario Allstars. Or A Zelda.

@dizzy_boy

People with similar usernames think alike.

LANDSTALKER!! One of the best games for the Sega Megadrive

All of these types of games sounds really cool, but I think I would want a simple sequel to Shovel Knight the most. I think it's a little too early to do different things with the franchise, since the franchise only had just one game, so far.

Come on NL. I like to go here to get away from all the UK referendum talk

As for the Shovel Knight vote, it's a tough choice. All of those games sound great.

Shovel Knight 2 will be awesome but a new Mega Man, Metroid or Mario RPG sounds very cool too, where is the poll NL lol.

@Dpullam They joked about earlier that they wanted to make Super Shovel Knight and after that Shovel Knight 64.

So Shovel Knight 64 is not on the list since Super Shovel Knight (I assume it's Shovel Knight 2 in the list) is still not out yet!

as a fan of World of illusion and is desperate for a release I went with Shovel and Shield

I can't decide between Shovel Knight 2, Shovel Kart, Mega Man, and Metroid!

A Zelda. We get loads of great indie Metroid clones and many of the Yacht club games staff worked on the Shantae series (which has a great gameplay but which I'm not overjoyed with as a 'Metroidvania').

Some of the best bits of Shovel Knight are the town bits. They're quite reminiscent of Zelda 2 (not the only part of the game that is!).

I think there's a gap in the market for a really well made top down action orientated 'Zelda'. The series has been very much puzzle orientated since Ocarina of Time.

Something with the balance of Oracle of Seasons but with much greater difficulty and a great sense of humour would be fantastic!

No shovel knight 64???
Sadness

Super shovel knight

Like how they did the poll where it looks like the highest rating will win out.

I want a Metrontra.

For now, just a new Shovel Knight game would be great. A sequel in 16bit style or something like that would be awesome imo. Let's give your own character a chance to shine and become his/its own franchise rather than just helping some other company get even more rich off their characters/franchises. You've created a stunning foundation, and Shovel Knight is a character we could still be talking about in 20 years time if you give him the love a company like Nintendo has given Mario.

PS. Leave the EU, stay in the EU . . . it's all ultimately going to mean very little to the average Joe. I'm sure, however, that a bunch of rich elites, bankers, corporate heads, media moguls, corrupt politicians, and the like are either panicking or celebrating right now, depending on exactly how this affects their coffers.

PPS. It just made my day the Cameron got his butt kicked. Of all the people I've ever wanted to see the back of . . .

I would love to have a Mario RPG style game from Yacht Club with the same kind of care and attention that was given to Shovel Knight. It would have potential to be something truly spectacular.

While I would take pretty much any of those ideas the one I want most is a straight up sequel to the first game but with Super Nintendo stylized graphics! That or a Shovel Knight 64!

Make a Zelda! That's what I told them, anyway....

Very cool that they ask us, but that also shows they aren't working on anything at the moment (besides new Shovel knight dlc).

Most options sound tantalising, especially Shovel knight 2, Metroid-style, Megaman-style and Zelda-style. My least options are Spelunky-style and Shovel knight prequel, because I don't want random stages and multiplayer-only!

Too hard too choose, so many choices...

I would love a Metroid or Mario RPG, but most of the other options seem great as well.

that comment on not giving up on democratic systems really make me chuckle, thanks

just do something that makes you you, shovel knight.

I want Super Shovel Knight and I want it bad.

Are all these options for the next shovel knight game? Because I would like to see what new IPs Yacht Club can come up with in these familiar genres!

@Kirk Amen, though kind of a pyrrhic victory. While I side with neither side, I found some words written in the sand "Farage a $%@#!, signed human decency" to be somewhat comical.
Also concerning Shovel Knight, so long as it's fun as the original and more, I'm good.

If not a sequel or prequel, then a Mega Man. I'd like to see what Yacht Club is capable of in that regard after the disaster that was Mighty No. 9

As long as it comes to the 3DS, or its successor, I'm happy.

A Contra... as long as I can get an infinite lives code.

Super Shovel Knight! SNES Soundfont with SNES-like graphics please! And while we're at it, why not combine Shovel Knight with "A Metroid" and give us a Metroid-vania style world?

Super Shovel Knight! Also, Megaman, because quite frankly I think they'd do a better job at handling a comeback than Inafune.

Looking at that picture of Shovel Knight in a kart and with his favorite weapon raised, it came to mind the Road Rash series!!
Could be a kart game with some level of combat and weapons instead of power-up items!

Crazy ideas apart, I'm more on expectation for a direct sequel, like ta SK 2, including a more Metroid like progression while keeping the over world map with much more cities, secrets and mini stages - because it was fun walking around that big map and discovering secrets.
A bigger better and improved version, like they said. And with a more diverse color palette or a 16-bit style in the graphics department.
IMO, I found out the original too much 8-bit style not so good as the instrumentation for the music - it didn't look or sound retro, it has sounded and looked old.

METROID!!!! Contra and Kart and Zelda. I'll take any of those 3. But, Metroid please.

Brexit Knight with a shovel.

A Metroid style would be cool since we aren't getting one from you know who.

I'm really into a Prequel, we need more multiplayer platformers

I've never backed a Kickstarter project, but I'd give a lot, give often, and give early, for the chance to play Shovel Knight and Shield Knight.

I'll keep coming back to Shovel Knight, so give me something else to come back to! Give me a Zelda or a Metroid, and then go back to Shovel Knight!

Honestly, all of them, lol, i gotta hand it to Yacht Club, they have skills, humor, and they deliver. What a great relationship they have with their fans. Cheers to them. To be more specific on what I'd like to see, it's a no brainer I'd like to see SK2 with new locales and a new cast of "knights". A co-op of Shovel and Shield Knight, or even a solo Shield Knight adventure would be fine with me. Shovel Kart would be a humorous diversion but I can forgo that. As for all the other spoofs of known games, I'm open minded and say bring them all on. Is a new Kickstarter around the corner, YC?

A Mario RPG style game would be awesome! Zelda too.

I can't even really decide. I just want Yacht Club to make something unique instead of just using a well-known game as a template. I want to see how they can push Shovel Knight further, not make him like Link or Mario or Samus.

I would really be more interested to see if Yacht Club has something new to offer that isn't Shovel Knight. Much as I like him, I would love to see a new character come from YCG.

I'll admit Shovel Knight 2 would be fantastic, but considering how long they've been working on the first game, I think they should take a step back and do something else before revisiting the series.

I like all the ideas...forced co-op is the only thing bothering me, but I would like a game where you could play with Shovel Knight and Shield night. Shovel Kart gets a 5, though, for sure!

@Shire I second this motion. All in favor?

A Landstalker....A Mario RPG....A Metroid...A Sequel.....too hard to choose....how about.....EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Sabrewing
1) Shovel Knight came out in 2014.
2) Shovel Knight 2 wouldn't come out any time soon, probably not even this console gen.

I think it's important to note that the poll isn't for what Shovel Knight will do next, but what Yacht Club Games will do next.

I'd like to see a sequel to Shovel Knight first, before spin off titles. Develop their roster of memorable characters more, and expand, so that if the day comes for a spin off, they have a big cast to pull from that people will recognize, and there can be lots of funny references. That seems like the logical progression to me.

Next, Yacht Club Games brings us the First Person Shoveler (Shoveller? I can't imagine this is a particularly common word)

Shovel Kart would be awesome but a Yacht Club Zelda, Contra, or Metroid would be too good to be true too. A whimsical RPG? Yes please.

A mario RPG!

While a squeal to Shovel Knight would be cool I don't think they should jump on that train yet. I think they should give SK some time before tackling it again to see if any new cool ideas could come from that.
A co-op SK sounds cool but personally I am against it since none of my friends like playing platformers. Besides that though it doesn't seem like the community likes forced multiplayer like Triforce Heroes so overall it doesn't like it would work well (at least fan reception wise). I think this would shine best as a extra challenge mode or a different campaign in the same package of a potential SK squeal (think Portal 2).

Where is the shovel knight 64 option?

As much as I'd love to see Yacht Club make a Zelda or Metroid-style game, we've got BotW coming up and Axiom Verge is headed to the Wii U soon. So, what type of game are we really missing in our Wii U libaries? Super Mario RPG!! (I'll take a Final Fantasy too, please.)

@HyrulianOfHyrule Vote 5 on all of em, it's IRV.

Shovel Knight 2? I wouldn't be against it but I'm surprised it's an option. Given with Spectre and King knight campaigns in the works they've basically made Shovel Knight four times already I'd think they'd be wanting a break.

Shovel Kart? We have enough Mario Kart wannabes, no thanks. And please no forced co-op!

Now a Metroid, Megaman or Contra? I'm listening! Though as much as I like pixel art, especially good pixel art, I feel it's a bit overdone at the moment. They have amazing artists there, I'd love to see them take advantage of that with high res sprites and illustrations. I hope they change their mind about using pixel art for this one.

@CharlieSmile Doesn't change how I feel about it. In the time since it came out, NOBODY can shut up about how wonderful a game it is, so it remains at the forefront of everyone's minds. Give it some time to taper off, THEN release a sequel.

Why not try to make something totally new?

I want them to make an EU simulator

This is amazing. The "what game do you want next" is a very interesting approach.

@Sabrewing "Give it some time to taper off"
Well it does take some time to make a game, so.

I voted highest for the RPG types - someone's got to pick up the paper Mario mantle!

I don't know. Just something uniquely theirs.

I absolutely do NOT want a Shovel Knight Kart. I would rather a sequel. Give the series a few more games, THEN we can start talking about spinoffs.

The lowest votes from me were spelunky and co-op only. I wouldn't spend on that. Like someone else suggested, a co-op game would be better off tacked onto a Shovel Knight 2. I also voted the rpg and Zelda fairly low. I don't love those as much as the action games listed.

I could have sworn Shovel Knight was already in a kart racing game, 'Super Indie Kart'. I could be wrong, but I had my eye on it back when Ouya was a thing. Just found out it's less than $7 on steam right now so I might have to jump on that and find out if Shovel Knight is indeed included.

Co-op, vs and pass & play
Online & local
Download play
Every type of multiplayer you can think of!!!!

Well who wouldn't want Shovel Knight 2. Actually, all the choices sound good. Shovel Kart lol. Yeah why not.

As great as Shovel Knight 2 would be, we have a RARE opportunity to get a game in basically in genre we desire, with an almost sure guarantee it will be fantastic.

I'm sorry, but we'll have had 4 Shovel Knight campaigns by the time all the DLC drops. I don't want to squander this opportunity for another 4 Shovel Knight campaigns.

How often do we get a chance like this?

Mario RPG, Final Fantasy/Dragon Quest and Mega Man for me

Shovel knight Golf RPG

A Shovel Knight RPG would be incredible but a sequel would be nice. I just feel like they might get burnt out with a straight sequel.

Also I had a few laughs reading the comments. People whining about the political joke at the topic is hilarious, get a grip folks! What "fits in" or "suits" the site isn't up to you!

Would be so cool if Shovel Knight 2 is called Super Shovel Knight and uses "16 bit" technology

A sequel would probably be best but I'm REALLY liking the idea of a Mario RPG.

@CharlieSmile If you're content with them getting locked into making nothing but Shovel Knight games, that's your business. I'd like to see them interspare other IPs.