Well damn, I guess that's the megaton.....is it?
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Rumor (with a side of salt): Shovel Knight coming to Smash Wii U/3DS?
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PhoenixDawn
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Coop Shovel Knight sounds spectacular. I wouldn't even be mad if that turns out to be the megaton, as it really is one in my mind. I had come to terms with it not existing after it was said to be too much work/ out of the project's scope during the kickstarter, so it would be a nice surprise for it to come out later!
BassForever
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Save you relics and health/magic upgrades to your amiibo, put them in your friends game. It also advertises exclusive relics for the mode so I imagine you'd save them to the amiibo as well.
Would mean if SK is coming to Smash he'd NEED a second Amiibo as they can only have save data for 1 game
spyroflame0487
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If we're speculating, I would reason the Shovel Knight amiibo isn't Smash related; it doesn't have the same packaging as the Smash ones. In fact, it would appear the "base" probably would have the logo on the box, the head of the shovel with SK's head silhouette on it. That'd be easy to incorporate into Smash however....
The curious part (and maybe someone could chime in here) would be whether or not an amiibo would actually be able to download character data into the game. I can't really remember, but I thought someone once mentioned the amiibos can save about 1 MB of data, and the Smash characters are larger than that. That's not to mention the fact that most all amiibos have been a "Read/Write" thing going on, where they can only read and write data to one game. Basically, if this amiibo comes out, it'd only be able to create data/save data on Shovel Knight, and not to Smash too.
That's not to say they can't do it and change everything, but based on what we've seen so far, it seems unlikely this amiibo would work with Smash. But they could make a Shovel Knight Smash amiibo too; the pose here in the SK one is an odd, stationary pose and the "logo" SK where he's holding his shovel up would be dynamic enough for a Smash amiibo.
The curious part (and maybe someone could chime in here) would be whether or not an amiibo would actually be able to download character data into the game. I can't really remember, but I thought someone once mentioned the amiibos can save about 1 MB of data, and the Smash characters are larger than that. That's not to mention the fact that most all amiibos have been a "Read/Write" thing going on, where they can only read and write data to one game. Basically, if this amiibo comes out, it'd only be able to create data/save data on Shovel Knight, and not to Smash too.
That's not to say they can't do it and change everything, but based on what we've seen so far, it seems unlikely this amiibo would work with Smash. But they could make a Shovel Knight Smash amiibo too; the pose here in the SK one is an odd, stationary pose and the "logo" SK where he's holding his shovel up would be dynamic enough for a Smash amiibo.
Probably.
balladofwindfishes
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There's something about that Amiibo design that feels off. Like the Amiibo seems too small for the packaging. He'd only be as tall as some of the smaller Smash Amiibo. Which feels king of weird, since it seems out of proportion and his shovel's stick would be thinner than most Amiibo pieces generally are. His waist also seems thinner than official art portrays it as.
Aaronrules380
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Didn't we already know most of this stuff earlier? Except the customization, we saw that box and coop listings hours ago
It's a toy.
Coffee Dog
Banned
This is by far the worst example of amiibo locked content so far, jesus.
Chezzymann
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If he's in it I hope they don't base his model off the illustrations and instead hes literally exactly the same as he is in the game. Just an 8 bit character.
Yes, look at their source for the translation
Coffee Dog
Banned
If he's in it I hope he's a 3D model on wii u and 8bit on 3ds.
balladofwindfishes
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And? It still seems out of proportion and the shovel is thinner than Amiibo parts tend to be.
The12thGripper
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;_;
Aaronrules380
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All they say is they aren't hosting one themselves. Nintendo still might
OrbitalBeard
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Wait wait wait....a Shovel Knight Amiibo is confirmed?!?
Same. I booked #TeamNeutral, so it doesn't matter to me either way. But the Local Co-Op mode seems to be the megaton announcement along with the Amiibo.
Yes, but it's unrelated to Smash.
OrbitalBeard
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.....BUT THERE'S A SHOVEL KNIGHT AMIIBO!!!
Holy.....!!!!
Congrats to YCG!!! This is awesome!
Holy.....!!!!
Congrats to YCG!!! This is awesome!
balladofwindfishes
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Pac Man was revealed in a closed doors press conference and wasn't officially revealed to the public until 6 hours later with no fanfare at all.
At an event Sakurai was at. Is Sakurai at PAX?
Yeah, I'm fairly certain that - if we were to get an announcement even vaguely related to Smash - someone would have mentioned something.
They'll announce the Shovel Knight amiibo, it'll be out later this year. In a month or two we'll get a Direct (or an alternative announcement) of the next DLC character(s). If the rumor pans out, Shovel Knight will be among them. If not, he won't be.
Moreover, I expect there'd be two Shovel Knight amiibo - one "generic" brand, similar but not identical to the picture being passed around, and one specific Smash version released early next summer. Overkill? Probably, but I imagine one of the two would be fairly low-print and hard to find.
They'll announce the Shovel Knight amiibo, it'll be out later this year. In a month or two we'll get a Direct (or an alternative announcement) of the next DLC character(s). If the rumor pans out, Shovel Knight will be among them. If not, he won't be.
Moreover, I expect there'd be two Shovel Knight amiibo - one "generic" brand, similar but not identical to the picture being passed around, and one specific Smash version released early next summer. Overkill? Probably, but I imagine one of the two would be fairly low-print and hard to find.
WiiRevolution1
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You don't understand. NOA held him at gunpoint and said "Put a Indie in to show we support them or ELSE!" and now he won't talk or host a direct about Shovel Knight because he is mad salty. In the next Famitsu interview, he will pretend like Shovel Knight doesn't exist. So him not being at Pax means NOTHING!
#truestory
I have no idea if hes there, but he might not be due to Iwata's passing.
I find it extremely hard to believe they would reveal a DLC character with no prior fanfare whatsoever at an event that AFAIK won't be streamed and that has barely been acknowledged by Nintendo social media themselves (all I'm seeing is a retweet on NoA's twitter). Sure Pac Man was a behind closed doors reveal, but that was at a Sakurai-hosted E3 event that everyone knew about beforehand.
If SK really is in Smash, I highly, highly doubt he will be revealed tonight. Anything is possible I guess though.
If SK really is in Smash, I highly, highly doubt he will be revealed tonight. Anything is possible I guess though.
The12thGripper
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I highly doubt we'll see anything about Smash at PAX. I am hoping we see a confirmation to the Shovel Knight amiibo with the respective new content it "unlocks" though.
Beelzebufo
Banned
We already got that!
Dimitri LH
Member
.....amiibo unlocks mii swordsman costume for smash maybe?
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
It was obvious from the beginning since Sakurai haven't tweet anything about upcoming announcement.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
http://www.sourcegaming.info/2015/08/26/the-end-of-the-pre-ballot-content/#more-2051
This Source Gaming article brought up a good point on how all the DLC characters besides Mewtwo have shared resources in regards to animations and such.
Diddy Kong = Dixie Kong
Wolf = Fox or Falco
I am not even reading that as requiring the amiibo for the co-op. The co-op is just WiiU exclusive.
The RB4 singing here is torture.
Aaronrules380
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Not sure it would be there, given that it's not actually taking place at PAX technically
They literally just brought Elvis back from the grave a few songs back. It was twitch history.
It's not, they're showing some "PAX rising" thing sponsored by Amazon after RB.
This is awful. I'm going back to watching Sexy Commando.
balladofwindfishes
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Smash maintenance on the 31st was announced
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/network/en_na/network_status_interim.jsp
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/network/en_na/network_status_interim.jsp
AcademicSaucer
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If they are making an amiibo, theyre gonna have to make a sequel to cash into the hype.
And for Smash Wii U/3DS.....Oh OH.
balladofwindfishes
Member
It's only an hour as well, same as the other DLC patches. Same exact time of the day as well as the last DLC
oh fuuuuuuuuck
Maybe it's just a balance patch?