Shovel Knight is an action platforming game for the Nintendo 3DS, released through the Nintendo eShop. Developed and published by Yacht Club Games, it was released on June 26, 2014. [1]
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Players control the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest -- to defeat the evil Enchantress and find his lost beloved -- who wields the Shovel Blade, a multipurpose weapon whose techniques have now been lost to the ages. [2]
Development[]
The game was announced alongside a Kickstarter campaign to fund development on March 17, 2013, with a minimum funding goal of $75,000. This goal was reached later on in the month and the project went on to collect a total of $311,502, fulfilling all announced stretch goals for additional features by its end on April 13. [3] [4]
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