{"id":74130,"date":"2019-12-11T03:09:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T10:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/shovel-knights-new-expansions-are-great-for-fans-but-they-wont-sell-you-on-the-series\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T03:09:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T10:09:50","slug":"shovel-knights-new-expansions-are-great-for-fans-but-they-wont-sell-you-on-the-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/shovel-knights-new-expansions-are-great-for-fans-but-they-wont-sell-you-on-the-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Shovel Knight\u2019s new expansions are great for fans, but they won\u2019t sell you on the series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kingOfCards_2019_07.0.png?w=900&#038;ssl=1\"><small>Image: Yacht Club Games<\/small><\/p>\n<p><em>Shovel Knight <\/em>came out back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/6\/26\/5844364\/shovel-knight-review\">in June 2014<\/a>, and it\u2019s a wonderful 8-bit-inspired 2D platformer that\u2019s one of my favorite games from this decade. As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/yachtclubgames\/shovel-knight\">Kickstarter<\/a> for <em>Shovel Knight,<\/em> developer Yacht Club Games promised an enormous amount of content in the months and years to come. This week, the studio finally released the third and final expansion, <em>Shovel Knight: King of Cards<\/em>, as well as an entirely new fighting game called <em>Shovel Knight Showdown<\/em>. For fans of the series, the new releases are a welcome excuse to dig further into <em>Shovel Knight<\/em>\u2019s charming world. But if you didn\u2019t love the original, they likely won\u2019t change your mind.<\/p>\n<p><em>King of Cards<\/em> stars the humorously pompous King Knight, and just like the other three <em>Shovel Knight&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/12\/10\/21003668\/shovel-knight-king-of-cards-showdown-treasure-trove-joustus-review\">Continue reading\u2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Yacht Club Games Shovel Knight came out back in June 2014, and it\u2019s a wonderful 8-bit-inspired 2D platformer that\u2019s one of my favorite games from this decade. As part of the Kickstarter for Shovel Knight, developer Yacht Club Games promised an enormous amount of content in the months and years to come. 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