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Shovel Knight Showdown is a 2019 fighting video game developed and published by Yacht Club Games. It is an add-on to the platform game Shovel Knight. Players battle using one fighter among twenty characters, each with various movesets and fighting styles. Modes include "Treasure Clash", to collect the most gems, and a "free for all" battle to death. In story mode, a single player battles against AI-controlled opponents across several stages before facing a boss. Completing this mode with each fighter allows the player to unlock new stages and characters. Yacht Club Games envisioned Showdown as a small minigame similar to modes in Mega Man 7 (1995) and Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988). The developers gradually built a more expansive title which they compared to a party game. Showdown was released for Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Wii U on December 10, 2019. It received average reviews on release, with praise towards its characters and multiplayer gameplay, but many reviewer's criticized the single-player mode for its difficulty balancing. (Full article...)

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Main editors: The Night Watch
Promoted: May 2024
Reasons for nomination: ... but this the 5th anniversary of release.
Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:39, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Fathoms Below (talk) 18:19, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]