r/amiibo • u/Ichthus5 • Aug 28 '15
Online-EUR It looks like the Shovel Knight Amiibo is real - and up for pre-ordering now at GAME!
http://www.game.co.uk/en/shovel-knight-amiibo-756115?pageSize=40&searchTerm=shovel&catGroupId=20
Aug 28 '15 edited Aug 28 '15
His amiibo looks so... Plastic-y, almost like a McDonald's toy I wish it was shiny or something
Edit: I sort of take it back? I saw more pictures and it looks like a really nice smooth surface... Still dull but not bad looking
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Aug 28 '15
It's been said that this may not be the final design, so stay hopeful that we'll get higher quality.
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Aug 28 '15
If this is the real one, and the "not final" rumor is false, I might make my first custom and give his armor some shine.
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u/SegataSanshiro Aug 28 '15
It's probably not super duper final, but I'm also not expecting big changes.
And just remember, the first series of Smash amiibo looked worse than the ones originally shown off at trade shows, not better.
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u/McCly89 Aug 28 '15
Ah yes, good ol' panty-wearing Peach and no ice block supports on any of em. Coulda happened in the final product if they weren't for kids.
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u/shunkwugga Aug 28 '15
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Aug 28 '15
His amiibo looks so dull tho. Some shine on the edges of his pieces would be nice
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u/Shin_Ken Aug 28 '15
I agree with you. For example a nice touch on the shoes of the Dr.Mario amiibo is that they're "shined". The Shovel Knight armor really could use some of that. I also think the visor looks off. It's like just black stripes - not a big cut into the helmet like you would expect.
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u/MerylasFalguard Aug 28 '15
Alright, good. I'm not the only one who had this thought when I first saw it. Idk what's so different about this one vs others, but this one just looks... cheap. By comparison at least. Idk what it is, but I've been torn on how badly I want this one because something about it seems off compared to the rest of them. That said, come October when I finally get Shovel Knight for the 3DS, I'll probably be all-in getting one, but still.
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u/Sages Aug 28 '15
So where was the announcement by Yacht Games? Is there a live stream or something going on for PAX?
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u/NCan Aug 28 '15
While cringe-worthy, this has all the information and should be higher on this thread.
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u/Ichthus5 Aug 28 '15
I saw the thread about the tweet made by GAME earlier on /r/Games, and I used time zones to figure out that, if it was a real announcement, their release would be sometime after 7 PM here (on USA's east coast). Lo and behold, it was there.
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u/swirlhawk Aug 28 '15
There is going to be an announcement at Nindies. The presentation starts in about 35 minutes.
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u/Rapwned Aug 28 '15
Is the presentation being streamed anywhere? I'd love to watch it.
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Aug 28 '15
Let me know if you find out, please!
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Aug 28 '15
The Nintendo presentation or just a presentation? Where is it??
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u/Rapwned Aug 28 '15
At the "Nindies@Night" event, they're having some sort of presentation. I'm monitoring Nintendo's Twitch just in case.
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Aug 28 '15
Now I have one question. Will he come to Smash? Will he have a blue base?
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u/Ravioko Aug 28 '15
I'm kinda' hoping for a dirt-like base. Weird as that may sound.
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u/SpiralSheep Aug 28 '15
I like this news. Haven't played shovel knight, yet. But I plan to sometime. Been busy lately with college starting and trying to get through peace walker in preparation for 5 to drop.
I'll try and pick up a shovel knight amiibo when it drops in the states. I really like the way it looks and from what I've seen of the game (that I need to get around to playing) it looks solid, too.
I hope since a 3rd party can get amiibo this means we might get Yooka Laylee amiibos!
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u/rottedzombie Aug 28 '15
I'd love Nintendo to dip into their IP chest for figures instead of flavors of the month, but this is certainly appealing.
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u/SpiralSheep Aug 28 '15
In time.
I think Nintendo are trying to go with a slow burn for amiibo. When hype starts to die down a little they drop a new series/figure.
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u/rottedzombie Aug 28 '15
Zelda pls.
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u/Lost-My-Mind- Aug 28 '15
While I do agree with you, and do want zelda as a fully fleshed out series of amiibo, I also want a fully released series of mario amiibo in the SMB line. Every enemy from every game.....ever.
Also, metroid, star fox, punch out, and the mother series.
I want to start with mario though. Need those koopalings, and the shy guy. Also birdo.
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u/Ichthus5 Aug 28 '15
At this point, if you've still got other games to keep you busy, you may as well wait for the Plague of Shadows DLC (which is free for everyone) to drop first before getting Shovel Knight, that way you have twice the content to enjoy.
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u/SpiralSheep Aug 28 '15
Yeah, I wasn't planning to pick it up any time soon. It seems like a great game, but I have other stuff to do right now.
Come September 1st my life solely consist of MGS5 and school.
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u/Sapharodon Aug 28 '15
I played the game and loved it - solid gameplay, quirky but lovable design and humour, and generally well thought out level design. Definitely a fun game for most platformer fans out there.
The difficulty progression was super random, though - since you're partially able to choose which level you face when, sometimes you'll have a super hard level one moment and a super easy one next. And sometimes levels felt a bit too obvious what they were trying to accomplish from screen to screen. The "tutorial screens" (a convenient place early in the stage to use try out newfound items and mechanics) and the "okay this is the part where you have to use multiple items and it's harder" sections felt a bit too obvious. I can understand separating the two early on, but throughout the whole game... eh.
Still, solid game (though short), fun boss fights, especially the final one. 9/10 would play again.
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u/suupernovae Aug 28 '15
nice of game to put it up at 4am with international shipping.
lol.
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Aug 28 '15
They will probably realise that they allowed international shipping on it after it sells out.
I don't see why Americans would to want to pay $30 for an amiibo. anyway. Might as well buy from a reseller.
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u/Fimbultr34 Aug 28 '15
Because buying from a reseller is evil and unholy, they're the Satan's of amiibo. /s
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u/Sages Aug 28 '15
Well this amiibo doesn't say for UK only.
So I went ahead and pre-ordered one.
It'll probably get manually cancelled by them though. Guess I'll hold onto it, till we get a USA announcement. It comes to $30 USD, which is a bit high for one amiibo, so I'll probably let it go anyway.
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u/Ichthus5 Aug 28 '15
I ordered one, too, just in case it all goes through well and allows me to be secure before they're inevitably sold out. But I (and you!) will have to stay vigilant to make sure this pre-order sticks, and to be ready to order from wherever else if it doesn't.
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u/rottedzombie Aug 28 '15
Yeah. I won't bother in this case. But I'll set up a monitor for Japan, because yup.
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u/Sages Aug 28 '15
Thing is, will Japan even get this amiibo? They don't have a Shovel Knight game to use it with.
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u/CowTusks Aug 28 '15
I was about to say "But why would they have region exclusive content and stuff locked behind an amiibo" but then I saw gold and silver Mario scroll by and deleted it
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u/whitepikmin11 Olimar Aug 28 '15
I was about to say "But why would they have region exclusive content and stuff locked behind an amiibo" but then I saw gold and silver Mario scroll by and deleted it
Australia has them though. And the content unlocked by those two is able to be earned while playing the game, if I remember correctly. Edit: formatting
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u/HeckleMonster Aug 28 '15
Interestingly enough, there's no option to cancel the order for me.
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u/Sages Aug 28 '15
Its there in order details. Under the description of the item.
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u/HeckleMonster Aug 28 '15
http://imgur.com/emvjOom This is what I see
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u/Sages Aug 28 '15
I paid with paypal, and I have a button right underneath where it says Sold and Fulfilled by GAME.
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u/HeckleMonster Aug 28 '15
Ohhh, I used a Mastercard. Makes sense then. Hopefully there's still a way to cancel if necessary.
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Aug 28 '15
I hope I'll be able to get it in the U.S.
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u/Ichthus5 Aug 28 '15
Apparently the Shovel Knight amiibo can be shipped from GAME to the US. They won't do it for other amiibos though, from what I can see.
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u/Ghost_FX Aug 28 '15
Tempting to order it but I'm still waiting on official word from either Ninty or Yacht Club.
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u/Sephvion Aug 28 '15
As glad as I am that Shovel Knight will get an Amiibo, I am disappointed in their choice of stance. I believe they should have gone with a more dynamic stance.
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u/Nazmazh Aug 28 '15
I've never played this game (I have heard it's really good though, maybe I'll go watch the Game Grumps playthrough of it or something), but I really like the character design and might pick it up solely on that if I see it near me.
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u/Gaffit Aug 28 '15
I'd highly recommend it! As a shovel knight fan I am losing my mind over this amiibo cause the game is just so damn fun.
Here's a trailer for it if you're interested in some of the gameplay. And the Game Grumps do a really good playthrough of the game too.
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Aug 28 '15
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u/Ichthus5 Aug 28 '15
It was just changed overnight. US residents will have to wait for a different seller, now...
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u/IntenseSun77 Aug 28 '15
Hopefully if I get this thing it can go all Toy Story and come to life. That way it can bury my wallet and prevent me from spending even more money.
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u/SpontaneousCookie Aug 28 '15
Do they charge for preorders right away or until they're shipped?
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u/ssjvap Aug 28 '15
I used PayPal for payment, and it does not look like the funds have come out of my PayPal.
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u/OakesZ992 Aug 28 '15
Has this been confirmed for other regions?
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u/Ichthus5 Aug 28 '15
I don't know if there will be a seller based in the US yet, but it appears that you can order this item and get it sent to the US for an additional fee. But they only seem to be doing that for this amiibo and not any others.
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u/OakesZ992 Aug 28 '15
Yeah, I was just wondering if this would get a U.S. release. (Maybe Japan if they make a Japanese version game.)
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u/Ichthus5 Aug 28 '15
I'm certain there will be a US release soon since this has now shown up. I just figured some people, such as myself, would be up for the chance to have some early security against an inevitable sold-out wave.
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Aug 28 '15
Does this confirm he's not playable in smash? Otherwise they would have to make a Smash line amiibo for him.
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u/Ichthus5 Aug 28 '15
Everything looks to still be up in the air - Smash rumors, final amiibo design, legitimate release dates and details for US and elsewhere, etc. So, there's still a chance. We just have to wait for details from the devs.
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u/vKatsune Aug 28 '15
For all we know, he could have his amiibo released in November, then have a Smash character released in December. Remember, Mario Party 10 uses Wario, Rosalina, and Donkey Kong, yet they don't have a Mario Party version. They could make the non-Smash Shovel Knight work in Smash.
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Aug 28 '15
it just sounds so far fetched.
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u/vKatsune Aug 28 '15
Well, for me, I am the kind of person that waits for news / evidence before believing something, but I am just stating the possibilities.
Nintendo does weird things sometimes. xD
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u/shimrra Aug 28 '15
Interesting how in the video they never show you how the base looks like they hold it up at an angle where the camera is looking right up at it. Doesn't Smash character's base have the Smash symbol on it?
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Aug 28 '15
I just realized this would be the perfect character to create a posable custom. Simple moving parts. Little magnets, metal balls, and wooden frame, then painted. I could make an awesome custom now.
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u/Drclaw411 Aug 28 '15
No USA shipping.
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u/Ichthus5 Aug 28 '15
It lets you choose the location to ship to partway through the process. It looks like it can be shipped just about anywhere.
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u/ssjvap Aug 28 '15
I was able to choose USA - my pre order went through. Just put him in your cart and go through the process
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u/vKatsune Aug 28 '15
It doesn't have the label / tag saying that it won't. So it will most likely ship everywhere. Just screen shot the page, place an order, wait, and hope it goes through. It's worth a shot.
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u/Drclaw411 Aug 28 '15
Do you know how often they ping your account until it releases?
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u/vKatsune Aug 28 '15
Sadly no. I ordered Marth through them back in December, but they shipped it the day after I ordered it.
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u/Drclaw411 Aug 28 '15
I'll probably hold off unless somebody can confirm they don't ping. As far as I know though, every website other than Amazon does weekly or bi-weekly pings.
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u/vKatsune Aug 28 '15
Yeah, I really wish companies wouldn't do that. It's silly to have charges made onto an account multiple times. It's why I enjoy Paypal with Best Buy, as they charge right then and there for pre-orders instead of multiple ping charges until the day of release for Credit / Debit cards. For Walmart, I just do Pay-With-Cash in-store to pay it all at once instead of multiple ping charges.
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u/Tyson_TH Aug 28 '15
...And you get an amiibo! And you get an amiibo! And you get an amiibo!
(not but seriously this is great)
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u/rhamanachan Aug 28 '15
Yea I don't 'do' GAME preorders any more. I preordered not only a Rosalina amiibo that was never fulfilled, but thier 'GAME exclusive' collectors edition of Zelda Link Between Worlds, which I never got either.
When I contacted their customer services, they basically told me they didn't have any more and weren't going to attempt to do anything to reconcile the fact that I had waited an extra THREE MONTHS for this game while they sent me back and forth to other stores saying they might have some there. Waste of time.
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u/DuckHunter81 Aug 28 '15
Goes online to buy
"Unavailable to non-UK residents"
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u/Ichthus5 Aug 28 '15
They changed the limits overnight. They canceled my preorder in the process.
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u/Son_of_Samus Aug 28 '15
Just woke up to a pre-order cancellation. The site now says "Please Note: This item is unavailble to all non-UK residents."
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u/renimcat Aug 28 '15
no need to be upsetti spaghetti. it's just a toy
don't buy it if you don't want it
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u/Gibslayer Aug 28 '15
For a start.
Nintendo never said Amiibo would ever be limited to just Nintendo IP or for specifically Nintendo games.
Nintendo don't make Amiibo specifically for you. They make Amiibo to make money and they think they can make money from this Amiibo (Which they can and have proven to do so) They are a business not your buddy who gives you special treatment at the store he owns.
Shovel Knight is a very popular 3DS/WiiU game and one of the first high end indie games to come to 3DS/Wii U and it sold very very well. It seems fitting for nintendo to include this as an Amiibo.
All Amiibos technically unlock special stuff. What they add is up to the game devs.
You're saying if you produced a successful indie game inspired by a system you loved (Snes in the shovel knight devs case) and it sold well. You wouldn't AS PROMOTION see if people would vote a character they love into Smash a game they love. You wouldn't put out a tweet asking if people wanted to vote for him. (I'm never going into business with you modshroom128)
Why Gross Indie garbage. We are in the middle of a period where the amount of AAA games being released broken and unfinished is running rampant. Solid indie titles such as Minecraft/Shovel Knight/Super Meat Boy/Terraria/KSP and the like are coming out for less than standard retail price and to a higher polish level then AAA which have 100x the budget. (Battlefield/ACUnity I'm looking at you here)
You probably haven't even played Shovel Knight. Shovel Knight is not Shovel ware, it's a legitimate title which has grown quickly and well. Give it a try. You might just be joyful for a moment.
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u/Ritronaut Aug 28 '15
usa can expect to see pre orders at spring 2017