Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove Review

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove reviewed by Mike Rougeau on Nintendo Switch.

The First 10 Minutes of Shovel Knight: Spectre of Torment on Nintendo Switch:

What We Learned After 48 Hours with Nintendo Switch:

Nintendo Switch Unboxing:

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[NintendoIndo]

I love how Specter Knight's life is called 'Will'. He is already dead, so basically when he gets hit his will to live decreases.

[noahtoad]

So here's the thing about IGN I can't understand:

If you can't say a single bad thing about the game, and it is a "near Perfect game" then how is it not a 10?

For example, Super Smash Bros. 4 WiiU was great. IGN gave it a 9.8... but why? They never listed a single negative thing about the game. What is the cautious issue that 0.2 the consumer should take heed from before the purchase of the game?

On the complete other hand, there are plenty of games with 10's that still have problems. Why do they get a perfect score? They have problems. It's telling the game developers that THIS is the definitive way to go. This is perfection. In some cases, it makes sense. Give Mario Galaxy a 9.8, Nintendo fixes the problems and they get a 10 on the sequel.

Then you have Paper Mario Color Splash that goes out it's way to fix a lot of the problems of Sticker Star, and... it gets a lower score? It's not a great game, but it certainly improves upon Sticker Star.

Heck, Kirby Triple Deluxe got a 6 because it was "Too Easy". I mean, It's not like it's purposely designed to be simple and enjoyable by everyone for a reason. That would be ABSOLUTELY STUPID. (Sarcasm, if you couldn't tell.)

Teachers can't lower grades just because they have no reason... unless they do have no reason, and are just terrible teachers.

So basically, IGN, don't be a crappy teacher. Give a rating that tells us how good it does it's job. Tell us what it fails to do if it's not perfect. Tell us why something is truest worth the purchase.

I can tell this is a good game, because you said it was a good game, but why is it a 9. Is it the Knockback, was the ending anticlimactic, did you get a lot of cheap deaths? Specify.

So there's my little IGN rant nobody will read.


"A good critic can change the tides of consumers and the future of a franchise...

... A bad critic can do the same, but for all the wrong reasons."

[gabinguss]

Literally nothing bad about the expansion was mentioned. Why did it get a 9.0? Not fanboying, just curious.

[KyProRen]

And people said Breath of the Wild is the only good launch title for the Switch.

[thrillhouse_vanhouten]

It's absolutely criminal how few people are talking about Specter Knight's expansion, in comparison to how good it is. If you don't already own Shovel Knight on any platform, drop everything and buy a copy. There's an insane amount of top-tier content to go through for such a small price.

[asunayuuki]

Ah, Shovel Knight.
My favorite game of 2014.

[enclosedgranddad]

This is nice, but it's very baffling that Nintendo is still silent about the NX. I mean, the Switch is alright, but why hasn't Nintendo revealed the NX yet? The NX has been known of for quite some time now, so it's crazy that it's still a complete mystery. I sure hope that the NX is unveiled at E3, because if it isn't, then Nintendo is destined to fail in the hardware industry.

EDIT: Looks like I've triggered a few people by keeping a joke running. I know some people are annoyed by seeing old jokes being run into the ground, but some people need to relax. I'm just having fun, even when I make lame/outdated jokes. No need to get angry.

[HunterOnDrums]

"Best version of shovel knight yet"
*gives it same score as original*

[arcadeperfectreviews]

Yea it's pretty great, if only I could pull myself away from Zelda for more then 5mins

[Lugardis]

Why not 10/10? I don't get these reviews, if the game is perfect why give it 9? IGN gave Zelda 10 and it has a plenty of problems. Did it get the perfect score just because it's Zelda?

[DantheMan-mklv]

Plenty of new modes and score as original😑

[GOOFYxNEWFIE]

Great to see retro platforming games still alive in 2017 (shovel knight) is great hats off to the designers great work.And deff a great title to add to your Nintendo switches library of games

[shirouemiya]

another great game to play after zelda, the switch is so worth the money

[sergiogarciac.]

who on ign is going to review persona 5?

[jonathankressbach]

I just got this for the first time on the Switch - glad I'm finally catching up on what I've been missing!

[brawlrus]

Do you still need the shovel knight amiibo in order to play co-op? What do the specter knight, plague knight, king knight, and gold shovel knight amiibos do?

[flamingpaper]

If King Knight had a shovel, his campaign could be called "King of Spades"

[justsomenerd]

So you get the Specter of Torment and Plague of Shadows included when you buy Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove?

[TMORAF]

does the current pc steam version of shovel knight tresure trove contain the exact amount of content as the switch version? becuase im not sure if the pc or switch version has more content, for example, the pc version is over 200 megabytes, while the switch version is about 180 megabytes.

[Sufinsil]

Co-op was a timed Wii U exclusive, requiring the Amiibo at the time. Your Amiibo character can be used on the Switch version.