Shovel Knight - The Queen of Hearts and the Joker

[Mata Hari]

I love how the power of music does a WHOLE HALF A POINT of damage against bosses !!

[Bean]

Yeah, it might not be that effective, but it did finish off the Black Knight today, so maybe it is. Mm-hmm.

[ohmato]

WHOLE HALF A POINT

Bleeding eardrums do not impede magically charged gardeners

[BobisOnlyBob]

did raocow seriously get through the changing wind segment without dying

oh my god what

I wonder if the new controller giving him superpowers.

:D

[DullahanDodgeman]

First we had Shadow the Hedgehog and today he turned into Ryuko. There are a surprising amount of red-and-black anti-hero-ish characters running around. I wonder if he'll call him "Dante" later.

[Telamon]

Just beat the Refights, and I'm hella pissed that when I swung my shovel at that chain it SAVED one of them instead of sending them all to their doom. I just walked off, leaving the other 7 hanging. Can't wait to see what raocow does...

(he'll just save them all, I'm sure)

[raekuul]

If he even thinks to do that.

raocow, you're not entirely incorrect in your assessment as to why Ryuko Knight is antagonizing you...

[Willhart]

The boss refight order is randomized to keep it more interesting. They will be hanging of the ledge in the order you knock them down too.

[Grounder]

So...

Would Specter Knight have died from the fall, or what?

[Piter Lauchy]

raocow's thoughts on the dinner scene were really interesting. I hope Dan Brown writes a novel about it.

[Window Squeegee]

That was some of the fanciest Propeller Dagger usage I've ever seen

[Dizzybelle]

[Bean]

That save was great today.

[SpoonyBardOL]

That save was great today.

That was the room that made me briefly ragequit, and raocow manages to save himself from the worst situation possible in it.


Well done.

[ohmato]

The boss refight order is randomized to keep it more interesting. They will be hanging of the ledge in the order you knock them down too.

I always thought it was the reverse order in which you fought them previously, since coincidentally that was how it was for me. Then Mole Knight got up first.

[Joseph Staleknight]

Gotta say that is the most creative way to have a boss rush. The way it proceeds with everyone not already fighting/defeated sitting back and watching the show is also pretty amusing, as is raocow's take on the fight ending with King Knight of all people. And speaking of King Knight, I bet his reaction to the Ornate Armor was why he went through that stage with it equipped.

Also, wow, only one stage between the beginning of the Tower of Fate and the boss rush. That's a pretty small distance compared to the usual Wily Castle.

[Grounder]

Gotta say that is the most creative way to have a boss rush. The way it proceeds with everyone not already fighting/defeated sitting back and watching the show is also pretty amusing, as is raocow's take on the fight ending with King Knight of all people. And speaking of King Knight, I bet his reaction to the Ornate Armor was why he went through that stage with it equipped.

Also, wow, only one stage between the beginning of the Tower of Fate and the boss rush. That's a pretty small distance compared to the usual Wily Castle.

On the other hand, it combines the boss rush with an actual level level.

[Ashan]

That's actually super interesting that raocow's persistence in wearing the useless gold armor finally paid off with finding the only difference in the game it makes other than the flips:
if you save the knights after the boss rush and then talk to King Knight he has that extra bit of dialogue where he compliments your armor.

[Telamon]

Congrats to that raocow impersonator on steam. He's officially swung me from that 'the notifications are a fun little bit of fan interaction' to 'well, maybe it's time to give it a rest.'

I also got in the same situation at the end of the rainbow barf bird room. I also tried to get out of it with the propeller blade. I...failed miserably. That said, I actually found the 'hit it with the backswing' trick really useful, for getting past the fire droppers and hot oil.

[Zygl]

I never actually noticed Plague Knight's twisty straw. That's amazing.

[KingTwelveSixteen]

You guys DO know that you can just jump over the top of that rainbow bird room right? There's nothing stopping you.

I don't think I've ever even tried to do it 'legit' actually, now that I think about it.

[Octagon]

I love how many of the stage gimmicks are about displacable stuff.
I feel kind of sorry for Tinker Knight. This game seems very thoughtfully made overall, so it's weird how much you get to just wreck stuff by pogoing.
The Armor Outpost music always reminds me of this.
Seeing the actual stage you've just been through move and fire at you in the Propeller Knight stage was really amazing.
Frigid Flight's combination of rain and overhang reminds me of The Curtain in AUS.
I wish game developers would start replacing the usual invincibility flashing in retro games with something more video-friendly.
Black Knight EX's powers are super corny, but I like them visually.
This refight setup was a delight. I'm glad you get to steal their food.

[AlchemistHohenheim]

I'm pretty sure I didn't get a Turkey after every battle in the boss rush. Did for most of them but I'm pretty sure I had to go one or two rounds without one.

Also Steam says you've already beat the game, but I hope you went left in the final stage, raocow.

[Telamon]

You guys DO know that you can just jump over the top of that rainbow bird room right? There's nothing stopping you.

Nope, I don't know everything about a level I played for the first time yesterday ^_^

[Tenlade]

I never actually noticed Plague Knight's twisty straw. That's amazing.

King knight is sipping from a challice, Mole knight is tapping his fingers impatiently, propeller knight is swirling his drink while Treasure Knight is just fidgiting around bored. meanwhile tinker knight ducks under the table inbetween rounds for something and specter Knight's hood continues to flutter continuously indoors. And i just noticed some of them have reactions to one of them losing.

the sprite work in this game is amazing.