A Brand New Mainline Shovel Knight Game Is Now In Development

Love how the poll reads like Shovel Knight asking his audience if they still like him

(Spoilers, we do!)

I'm very excited to see something new for Shovel Knight.
Pocket Dungeon was cute, and Dig was surprisingly excellent. But moving into something other than pixel art will keep this series feeling fresh.

...it really has been 10 years, hasn't it.

Regardless, I'm always down to clown with the blue burrower. I can only wonder how he'll make the leap to the z-axis.

@LadyCharlie keep this in mind if/when the new 3D Shovel Knight is revealed to have a throwback art style akin to classic 32-bit PlayStation 1 3D

Good to hear it. I really enjoyed Shovel knight alot. I should repay it a visit soon i think.

I bet you it's gonna be a 3D game that uses a life-sized shovel pheripheral as a controler. 👍

Excited to see this, but I'm even more excited for Mina the Hollower. Wish they would've given us a release date.

I'm looking forward to it but it will be years from now until we see it in action.
I’m more excited for Mina the Hollower at the moment.

I went with "pretty excited" because, while I loved the entirety of the Treasure Trove, a move to 3D is what makes me a bit nervous. It makes sense on some level, especially if they're getting feedback from people to make a 3D game, but it's just a different set of game mechanics and level design from a 2D game that it may end up being disappointing for some. And from my perspective, I've always been more in the 2D camp and it was when things moved to 3D when I found that it was harder to find games I liked and that game reviews were a lot less helpful to me, including for well regarded titles that just didn't do anything for me. With that said, I'll be eager to see more as it comes oout and I hope it turns out to be a great game.

I loved and finished the original game, so I am very excited to see what's coming next.

Where's "I'm interested, but I've never played one?"

A new mainline Shovel Knight game? Yeah, it's pretty exciting!

Shovel Knight 64? Not really.

Well, I think Shovel Knight 64 sounds amazing - love the idea of bouncing off enemies in 3D, seeing those snoozing dragons and other marvellous designs in another dimension.

But don’t do my boy Plague Knight dirty - he’s my favourite character in the series.

Side note, like loads of others, I’m also more excited about Mina the Hollower, despite still having seen very little about it. Shows how much Yacht Club have become a trusted brand. (Pocket Dungeon was ace)

I hope it’s a beatemup style game.

Could end up being a 2.5D platformer with a 3D Shovel Knight model but still 2D platforming action.

Personally I would like to see them push the limit of 2D sprite and make it something like the Metal Slug series.

Soulsborne games are often compared to 3d castlevanias, I genuinely think Shovel Knight could move forward with some roughly similar combat (for boss battles), just in a more linear fashion. They could surprise us of course and completely reinvent the neo-3d collectathon.
Whatever it is, I trust Yacht Club Games and you can bet I'm gonna be there day one.

I'll give Yacht Club a chance every time, Cyber Shadow was pretty fun also. I think my favorite was Torment of Shadows. The main line games have been really fun. I've played puzzle dungeon and didn't really put the time in to understand it, but still enjoyed what I played

a paradox: it's somehow 5 years too late and 5 years too early to get excited about whatever this game is.

OTOH if it turns out to be a Maximo style 3D action/arcade platformer then I'll definitely be buying in. 👍

PS - I just had a mini crisis realizing that 5 years from now is... 2029?! 💀

Probably something along the lines of Super Shovel Knight with gorgeous colorful 2D graphics

Great! I've been in desperate need of more shovelry. Dig and Pocket Quest weren't really for me, not that I can complain after how much they put into Treasure Trove. Still, I hope this game treads closer to the series's action platforming roots.

@Mrkittyhead to find that option, you need to open the Nintendo eshop, find Shovel Knight Treasure Trove, and click purchase!

I only played Pocket Dungeon and it was great.

@-wc- Maximo ruled and it should be on the Switch.

@N00BiSH Something like a Mega Man Legends aesthetic would look pretty cool.

Shovel Knight 64 here we gooooooo!

Am I imagining things? I thought they announced a Shovel Knight 2 a long time ago? In one of their presentations… they said something like “Shovel Knights next game is in development but you’ll have to wait a little while for more info” or something like that. Does anyone else remember this? And if so, is this announcement referring to that same project? How long has this game been in development? Or did they scrap the earlier game? Or did I just imagine this whole thing, lol!?

Huge news obviously. I can't wait to see what they do with the series.

I only played the first Shovel Knight, but I enjoyed it, especially on 3DS. Of course I'm up for a new mainline game. I'm not sure if this 3D game will be 64-bit or just plopping his Yooka-Laylee self in his own 3D game, but I'll take it either way.

I hope they know what they're doing if they're trying for a PSX/N64 style 3D game. Been a fair share of those around the past five-ten years, and not all of them representative of the best the era had to offer. ^_^;

I have never played a shovel knight game ever and yet I’m hyped for it! And of course I love the guy he was in smash!

@BongoBongo nice😂 I have it on my 3ds, but the sleep mode doesn’t work. I just need to sit myself down and do it

Shovel Knight and his frienemy knights are akin to Mega Man and the original six Robot Masters in terms of endearment. I'm very much looking forward to a main line entry as I have been for years. I guess we'll just have to wait to see if it's 2.5D or fully 3D. Side note: Shovel Knight Dig is 50% off-- Time for me to pick it up!