Shovel Knight Amiibo Release Date Revealed

Shovel Knight Amiibo Release Date Revealed

Shovel Knight / 3 Dec 2015

Coming Dec. 11, 2015 in EU and Jan. 8, 2016 in the US. By Michael Martin

The Shovel Knight amiibo has a release date, and it’s coming soon.

Yacht Club Games announced on its blog that the Shovel Knight amiibo will be released on December 11, 2015 in Europe and on January 8, 2016 in the U. S and will retail for $13 USD.

The developer cites “production difficulties” as the reason for the delayed launch in the U. S.

“It was an agonizing decision, as production difficulties forced us to choose between rushing to ship a tiny, insufficient number of amiibo units before Christmas, or ship a good healthy supply of stock to North America just after Christmas,” Yacht Club Games said.

“We’ve received hundreds of emails bemoaning the difficulty in finding some of your favorite amiibo, racing for a pre-order window, issues with scalpers, having trouble unlocking the new features you want to play; so we made the decision to launch the amiibo in January so there would be enough units available.”

Yacht Club also expects plenty of stock in each territory, advising prospective buyers to not import or purchase the amiibo for more than retail price from scalpers.

In addition to the release date and price, Yacht Club also released a trailer and details on the new content coming to Shovel Knight.

Shovel Knight players can level up to 50 by finding treasure, find new relics and abilities, as well as customize Shovel Knight with cosmetic options.

The Wii U version of Shovel Knight will receive cooperative multiplayer modes exclusive to the Wii U. The campaign is completely playable cooperatively and new challenges modes will be available as well.

Shovel Knight is an 8-bit, retro-inspired platform game featuring a knight that uses a shovel to dig, bounce, and slash his way through various levels and bosses. IGN’s review called it one of the best games of 2014.

Yacht Club released the expansion Plague of Shadows for free to owners of Shovel Knight and the game was recently released at retail after being available via digital download only.

Michael Martin is a full-time freelance writer with way too many pop culture mash-up t-shirts to count. Follow him on Twitter @Bizarro_Mike.

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