Owners of the Shovel Knight amiibo will have this surprise challenge awaiting them in Gunvolt 2! Scan your Shovel Knight amiibo, select either Copen or Gunvolt, and just try to defeat Shovel Knight! It’s a pretty fun, action-packed fight, and might push your skills to their limits…we hope all Shovel Knight amiibo owners will give it a shot!
The Shovel Knight sprite was designed by Masaya Suzuki at Inti Creates, who has been working on various sprites since the original Breath of Fire series and also the Mega Man Zero sprite.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 will release in Japan on August 25, North America in September 30, 2016 and later this year in Europe for Nintendo 3DS.
Check out the Teaser:
“Owners of the Shovel Knight amiibo will have this surprise challenge awaiting them in Gunvolt 2! Scan your Shovel Knight amiibo, select either Copen or Gunvolt, and just try to defeat Shovel Knight! It’s a pretty fun, action-packed fight, and might push your skills to their limits…we hope all Shovel Knight amiibo owners will give it a shot!
Shovel Knight is available to challenge in both the digital eShop version and physical version of the Gunvolt 2 by scanning the Shovel Knight amiibo. Don’t forget, we’re publishing the physical Gunvolt Striker Pack at retail this Fall which includes Gunvolt 2! Be sure to pick it up, and support 2D action game developers everywhere!”
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A Nintendo Switch trailer was also released.
According to SteamDB.
An announcement trailer was also released.