The Shovel Knight amiibo, which was leaked yesterday through retailer listings, has now been officially confirmed. An announcement was just made during a presentation being held at Nindies@Night.
Polygon reports that Yacht Club will be selling the figure on its own. It’s the first licensed amiibo, and Nintendo will promote the Shovel Knight figure “in line at retail” along with the other figures”.
The Shovel Knight amiibo will unlock unique content in the Wii U and 3DS games. On Wii U, the figure provides a co-op mode, and a challenge mode on both platforms.
Nintendo’s Damon Baker also teased, “There will be more Yacht Club and Shovel Knight content coming to Nintendo platforms in the future”.
The Shovel Knight amiibo will be compatible with all future Yacht Club titles on Nintendo systems.
Update: Presentation is now over!
Nintendo’s Damon Baker is currently hosting a presentation for Nindies@Night. We’ll be gathering up all of the information shared below. If anything major is shared, we’ll make a new post on the site.
FAST Racing Neo
– Martin Sauter on stage
– Out at the end of 2015
– 16-tracks including lava snow
– 4-player split screen announced
– 2-player split screen also supported
– Runs at 60fps even in split screen
– 8-people online at a time
– New trailer shown
Hive Jump
– Houston Brayton from Black Lantern Studios on stage
– Throwback retro run n gun style shooter
– 2D sidescroller
– 1-4 player co-op
– Set in a future where humanity is colonizing other planets
– Encounter aliens in a hive that you need to destroy
– Out in Q1 2016
– The team is trying to support different Wii U controllers, including classic Pro, and GamePad
– amiibo support could be coming
Kerbal Space Program
– Officially announced for Wii U
– Miguel Pina on the stage
– They wanted to make something huge and interesting
– 4.5 years in the making
– Physics based simulator
– With the GamePad, you can plan space travel using map and coordinates
– Use the GamePad as an inside view of the cockpit, of the spaceship you build part by part
– It’s said to be really fun, but scary when you crash in new 1st person GamePad view
– Comes out on Wii U as same time as other platforms but no exact date set
Shovel Knight
– Talking about Plague of Shadows, which is like a twisted remixed version of Shovel Knight
– It’s a free update
– Shovel Knight amiibo confirmed
– Been working on the amiibo since last year
– Unlock co-op on Wii U with the amiibo
– Also unlock challenges for Wii U and 3DS
– All future Shovel Knight content will support the amiibo
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SeafoamGaming has shared another video with gameplay from Gunman Clive HD Collection. We’ve gone ahead and posted it below.
Toki Tori and RIVE developer Two Tribes is interested in supporting Nintendo in the future, so long as the company continues to produce consoles.
The studio’s Martijn Reuvers told Nintendo World Report:
“If they still make consoles then, and I hope they will especially after the NX, I’ll always support them. I’m not just saying that because I want to please them, we’ve been working with them for 15 years and it just feels right. If they’re still making consoles, we’ll be there.”
Netflix has received a fairly substantial update on Wii U. New functionality has been added, and the application itself has been overhauled.
It’s now possible to select and create profiles. Also in terms of functionality, television episodes now auto-play. You can also resume from where you’ve left off as well.
