The third and last was Shovel Knight: King of Cards, another prequel where the player controls former enemy King Knight with new levels and mechanics like combat enhancements and a full card game titled Joustus. The second was Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, a prequel where the player controls former enemy Specter Knight with new levels and mechanics like wall running and aerial combat.
The first was Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows, a standalone campaign where the player controls former enemy Plague Knight with new levels and mechanics like projectiles and magic resources. The game has since received several free updates. The game has since been ported to most major platforms, with content exclusive to those versions, including boss battles against God of War's Kratos on PlayStation consoles, and Rare's Battletoads on Xbox One and PC. The game received universal praise for its fun gameplay and attention to detail, and open the door for many other self publishers to fund their games through crowd funding. Serving as an homage to classic NES platformers, the original game, retroactively dubbed Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope, stars the titular Shovel Knight in his adventures to the Tower of Fate to save Shield Knight from a cursed amulet, and defeat the Order of No Quarter in the process. While the game was initially planned to release on September 2013, it was delayed several times and eventually released in June 2014. By its closure on on April 13, the campaign reached $311,502 on a $75,000 goal. The team decided crowd funding was the best plan to acquire funds for the game, and a Kickstarter campaign was announced March 17, 2013. The name of the titular charactes was "pretty much settled" almost immediately, with the only other option considered being Plummet Knight. Nick Wozniak specifically mentioned the game started out as "sort of as a joke conversation over lunch that kind of got too serious". The franchise started out as a passion project between a group of friends. 3 Games with elements appearing in the Super Smash Bros.
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