#204: Shovel Knight

KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Society & Culture, Leisure, History

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2022

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

You may not be familiar with the concept of Shovelry, but veterans of 2014's smash-hit indie darling Shovel Knight will know all about it. Kickstarted nearly a decade ago by a new team called Yacht Club Games and launched to massive commercial and critical success, Shovel Knight is an ode to the NES era, taking liberal amounts of inspiration from the likes of DuckTales, Mega Man, Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden, Faxanadu, Zelda II, Super Mario Bros. 3, and more. Yet, it's also a adventure that can act as an excellent gateway for younger players into the days of yore. Shovel Knight is one of the greatest old-school-style romps ever crafted, full stop, and we're thrilled to talk about it on KnockBack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Knockback, the retro and nostalgia podcast is brought to you by Well You.
0:04.2	If you want to learn how to support our show, go to patreon.com slash last stand media.
0:13.9	Greetings and salutations. Welcome back to Knockback. My name is Colin Moriarty.
0:17.5	I'm joined as always by my brother, Dagen, animation knight Moriarty Dagen.
0:22.1	Thank you for joining me today. How are you my friend?
0:23.7	I really am. Animation Black Knight, like the evil knight of animation I feel like.
0:29.2	Wow. Okay. Hmm.
0:31.2	Steel like identifying as black now. You're like, I'm black and I'm going to be a black.
0:34.4	I'm going to be the black and I'm like, okay, 2021.
0:37.8	I could be white night, I guess. I got my shovel here. You know what this is?
0:43.0	This is a snoopy snow cone machine shovel.
0:47.3	I just found in the drawer as a old coffee star from the old one.
0:51.6	Like this is from no, I don't think so. This is from like the target reissue from like
0:56.4	when the kids were little. I'd die would be cool if it was there. I wonder if they're the same.
1:01.6	And then I got my other friend here. Call.
1:05.8	Nice. Steel that shovel. I don't know. See back there.
1:10.8	I don't know. This is great as I borrowed it. I don't have this myself. This is his.
1:16.3	For those of you only listening, I'm holding up a shovel knight, amiibo.
1:20.4	Oh,
1:22.4	it's back there. So I could look at him. I wanted to grab these too. Did you get these ones?
1:27.3	Let me see. No. I was looking at those on eBay last night, thinking the value shot up.
1:33.6	Calls holding up the treasure trove collection specter. Who is it? Specter King and play.
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