Shovel Knight digs into the classics — and joins their ranks (review)

Posted byby Mike Minotti
June 26, 2014
Updated June 18, 2025
4 min

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Mega Man. Mario. Simon Belmont. Shovel Knight. You might think that that last name doesn’t belong in such company, but you’d change your mind after playing developer Yacht Club Games’ modern-retro platformer.

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