Mona The Potion Brewing Alchemist Joins The Battle In Shovel Knight Showdown

Not a fan of Smash bros clones but I would like to know when this is coming to the Switch. Hopefully a demo launches of it soon so I can get a better feel of it and it's cloneliness lol

I think I saw Perceval and that hat guy in the trailer.

I bet no one expected this character to get so much focus when Shovel Knight first released.

@MagnaRoader The controls (from what I can see) don't seem to stray too far from the way the core platformer works. If you've ever played Shovel Knight before I imagine it won't be far from that with some PVP twists. If you haven't played Shovel Knight it's a really solid series of games, and both the 4th chapter (King of Cards) and Showdown will be free updates for people who own the Shovel Knight Treasure Trove that already comes with the first three games. I don't expect there'll be a demo just because I don't remember there being any for the previous three games.

@DonSerrot wow thanks for the info. Might have to invest in the shovel knight game before this one then!

Will this come free for the people who bought Shovel Knight for WiiU ?? ..... (me)

I don’t remember, is Showdown part of the Treasure Trove or is it a separate purchase entirely?

So Kratos and the Battletoads will not be in this game even though they are exclusive guest characters in the non-Nintendo versions of Shovel Knight?

@Liam_Doolan thanks! Glad I purchased TT then, this should be a fun little diversion!

@fafonio I'm pretty sure it will. What's now called the Treasure Trove edition is the only version that was ever released on the WiiU.

In general I'm not a fan of the Shovel Knight series, despite playing one of the games on 3DS but this actually looks incredibly fun. I'll keep an eye on it.

@MagnaRoader This game isn't a Smash clone in any way. They even use health instead of a percentage. Is in Shovel Knight Graphic, Original Characters (no crossovers like in Smash), and doesn't even have the Launch a fighter to kill them mechanic found in Smash Bros. Stop Trolling and get informed.

@MagnaRoader If I wanted to keep to myself I wouldn't be on the comments section now, would I? Comments like "This is a Smash Clone" diminishes the value of truly original fighting games. So you do need to get informed and stop writing stuff off so fast. Maybe think before you speak too, Internet aggression on the site can get your comments deleted buddy.

@Reigestugatensho Dang kid, pop a chill pill. They weren't trolling, they just didn't grasp the difference between the games. Intention counts for a lot. There's no need for hostility.

@Reigestugatensho Wouldn't that be a compliment to the inspiration though? When I hear Zelda clone I instantly get excited. Tbh saying smash clone really isn't derogatory though.

I remember seeing Mona requested as a playable character on Twitter, and YCG giving the "people want that?" response.

@ARPK You must not have seen his comment it was deleted and asking for hostility.

@Chunkboi79 when has a clone of anything been deemed as positive in the gaming community? Especially when 'smash clone' enters the fray. You may see it as a basis for its own individual success but overall, it's not good to call a game a 'clone' of something else. The same reasoning of being a 'cloned' game being its success also can be its downfall. Think of all the indie games that have been called 'Zelda Clones' in the past and have faded into obscurity. Saying something is a 'Clone' can ruin the game. That is all I'm trying to say.

@Reigestugatensho Zelda clone...like 3D Dot Game hero, Ittle Dew 1+2, blossom tales, okami, darksiders 1, and hob? All of those games seemed to sell decently well and are universally praised to this day. Sure this game is it's own thing but it's a platform fighter. The only platform fighters out there are slap city, brawlout, and there is another one that I can't remember it has a frog in it lol but this is going to get compared to smash bros since smash bros basically made the platform fighter genre

@Chunkboi79 Oh yeah remember Playstation All-stars? Or TMNT (forgot the subtitle in it) for the Wii? They faded into obscurity because they were deemed as Clones even though they were original games. Although the TMNT one is actually a clone. A cloned game doesn't care if it's an original or not. Otherwise, we wouldn't have so many "Super Mario" Games on Mobile Devices lol.

@Reigestugatensho To be fair I totally forgot about Playstation All Stars. However, that game just didn't click with me. I had no idea there was a TMNT clone. However, playstation all stars wasn't the most well received and it only has a 74% on metacritic. I still liked it but I don't think that they fell into obscurity due to it being a smash clone. I think they fell into that due to the quality of the games.

@Chunkboi79 That game is literally a clone. But they are probably both right. It is a clone, and the game wasn't made well.