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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 reviewers criticized the single-player mode for its difficulty balancing . (Full article... )
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