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Shovel Knight Gets His Own amiibo
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 28, in the year of our Lord 2015
– During a presentation at Nintendo’s Nindies@Night event at EMP
Museum in Seattle, Nintendo made several announcements about the
future of independent games on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
systems. These announcements included the reveal of a Shovel
Knight amiibo figure from Yacht Club Games that unlocks
exclusive features for the game on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS,
making it the first indie game to support amiibo technology.
Other reveals at the event include the upcoming launch of Kerbal
Space Program for Wii U early next year with exclusive features
and functionality, first-look Wii U debuts for Hive Jump and
FAST Racing Neo multiplayer game play, along with exciting
details concerning each of these anticipated Nindies.
“It’s been a great honor to work directly with Nintendo,
creating a Shovel Knight amiibo that sits beside their most
beloved characters,” said Yacht Club Games. “We are elated to
expand the world of Shovel Knight, and to keep developing unique
game-play experiences on Nintendo’s platforms.”
For the first time, exclusive to the Wii U version of the game,
players can scan the Shovel Knight amiibo and take on Shovel
Knight’s quest cooperatively with a friend. On Nintendo 3DS and
Wii U, the amiibo can be used to level up and customize Shovel
Knight with new visual enhancements, relics and abilities. These
abilities can then be used in new, exclusive amiibo challenge
levels. To top it off, the amiibo figure will be supported in
future Shovel Knight games.
Yacht Club Games also revealed that the free DLC for Shovel
Knight that lets players play as fan-favorite enemy Plague
Knight will launch in September. Shovel Knight can be purchased
in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS for $14.99.
Packaged retail versions of the game for both Wii U and Nintendo
3DS will also be available in North America this October.
To talk about FAST Racing Neo, Shin’en Multimedia joined the
presentation to discuss multiplayer game play. FAST Racing Neo
earns the title “Fast” by throwing players into a futuristic
racer with hyper-fast anti-gravity vehicles. Up to four players
can race against each other in split-screen local multiplayer,
with up to eight racers able to participate in online
multiplayer. (Additional controllers are required for local
multiplayer). FAST Racing Neo will launch exclusively in the
Nintendo eShop on Wii U before the end of the year.
Squad’s Kerbal Space Program, with the help of Flying Tiger, was
announced for Wii U and will launch early next year. A
physics-based space flight simulator, Kerbal Space Program
allows players to manage their own space program by building and
flying spacecraft. In the Wii U version of the game, players can
control their ship from inside the cockpit using the Wii U
GamePad controller, as well as create flight plans with the
touch screen and steer with motion controls. The critically
acclaimed Kerbal Space Program will launch in the Nintendo eShop
on Wii U.
In all, 19 games were available to play at the Nindies@Night
event at EMP Museum, showcasing a variety of content for all
attendees. All these upcoming games and updates coupled with
recent efforts like Nindies@Home further reinforce the growing
support Nintendo has shown for independent developers. With
numerous other indie games launching on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
in the near future, fans will always find a wide variety of
Nindies to play on Nintendo systems.