"Shovel Knight" offers additional ways to unlock co-op gameplay with its own Amiibo figures. Yacht Club Games officially revealed the news with its own Amiibo figure for "Shovel Knight" and the main figure will be featuring the main protagonist.
"Not only can Shovel Knight guard your desk and party with the other amiibo in your collection, but it also unlocks new ways to play the game you already love! Yacht Club Games announced.
"Shovel Knight" co-op play means that an additional player can join another players' campaign. Now you can either help out a friend to finish a mission or a friend can help other gamer out. The Amiibo figure will also be offering deep customization features that include cosmetic options, power, additional abilities, new relics and of course, cool looks for the available playable characters. The figure can also be used in the future, for other compatible games from Yacht Club.
"Pac-Man," "Mega Man," and "Street Fighter's" Ryu are the previously released Amiibo that were all designed for "Super Smash Brothers." This is actually the first time that Nintendo is allowing third party developer to manufacture and distribute its own Amiibo.
Damon Baker, Senior Marketing Manager for Publisher and Developer Relations, said that, "We really do have a very creative landscape and toolset to work with for independent developers. They can come up with some very unique ways of playing their existing games or come up with brand new unique concepts," Forbes reported.
"Shovel Knight" developer has been working on the figures for over a year and they were very excited to let everybody know about it.