Super Mario Maker has a lot of Mystery Mushroom costumes, many of which have come through a combination of amiibo scans and Event Courses (in some cases both). With new additions we have an excuse to boot up the game and enjoy its delights again, and Nintendo has been so keen on the idea that it's included some rather quirky characters.
One amiibo figure, though, isn't supported. The Shovel Knight amiibo is the only third-party figure to date - bear in mind that Ryu and similar characters are part of Nintendo's own Smash Bros. range. - and as a result can't be used in the game. It would require, of course, Nintendo and Yacht Club Games to produce a workable sprite for the 8-bit Super Mario Bros. template. Redditor Haykira has gone ahead and made one of their own.
It looks rather neat, effectively shrinking the character to a 16x16 pixel form. Could it happen in real life, though? Shovel Knight is finally approaching its release in Japan, so it's certainly conceivable that if it's well received Nintendo and Yacht Club Games could collaborate - after all, the Nindie has succeeded in releasing its own amiibo.
Time will tell, and for now we can only hope to see it become a reality.
[source reddit.com]
Comments 16
Looks, a bit off but still very nice! I would love this!
I really dig this one.
Looks good. Hopefully we'll see him actually show up at some point.
If they made one, I would finally pick up the amiibo
Damnit, I saw the thumbnail and got excited, then read the title.
Oh man, that's cool. Certainly wished Nintendo and Yacht could do an official one sometime. I was pretty mad when his amiibo didn't work in SMM.
I would love to be able to use Shovel Knight in Mario Maker. A lot of those Mario recreations of Shovel Knight stages would be a lot cooler with being able to play as Shovel Knight himself.
Why did you have to get my hopes up when I saw that image . I will admit that the Sprite does look good though.
I still don't understand why Nintendo hasn't done this yet.
I wonder why they haven't released it officially
Nintendo should add all amiibos to Super Mario Maker. It's not that much work to make some 8-bit sprites.
Whoa the Japanese are just now getting Shovel Knight? Pity they've had to wait so long.
@Giygas_95 It was a long localization process for Japan.
I didn't actually know that the amiibo didn't unlock Shovel Knight until I tried. Disappointing, but hey, we live in an era when Cloud Strife made it into a Mario game, so it's only a matter of time
Scan the Shovel Knight amiibo in SMM to play as Shovel Knight... not.
Maybe one day...
Oh god no
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