3:02:17 The True Ending rant is so extremely relatable because even in the footage you used from me I lose the big red bomb and only happen to salvage the run out of sheer luck lol. Great video, by the way :)

Love how everyone headcanons Plague Knight's victory in Plague of Shadows against Shovel Knight never really happened and was actually him making up a story latter. "Um, actually, I defeated him first and he got me when I was distracted!"

1:42:24 There are multiple acolytes The cutscene in specter of torment showed the dark acolyte basically becoming a new recruit

Yea I just spent 3 hours, 13 minutes, and 35 seconds listening to a guy talk about the entire Shovel Knight franchise. *And I'd do it again.*

I've commented this on another video, but Black Knight's second theme "The Defender" is perfection in a musical and storytelling point. In Shovel Knight's campaign, Black Knight has been backed into a corner, his last chance to protect Shield Knight by having to reluctantly accept the Enchantress' power, this song is his theme, his determination to protect Shield Knight, but it's Shovel Knight's theme too, his own determination to beat Black Knight and the Enchantress, to save Shield Knight, the epic and triumphant reprise of "Plains of Passage" is proof of that. In Specter Knight's campaign, Black Knight's motivation is the same, protecting Shield Knight, but now he's facing off against an absolutely furious and vengeful Specter Knight, full of rage at the revelation that the Enchantress is Shield Knight, the one who made him who he is now, who he had to swear undying servitude to, and he absolutely blitzes right through Black Knight to get to her. But my favorite version of this has to be in Plague Knight's campaign, at this point in Plague Knight's story, he believes that Mona has left him because of whatever lies Black Knight said to her. So now he's even more determined than ever to finish his potion, wholeheartedly believing that if he finishes it, it will make Mona love him again. Not caring what happens as a result of making it, as long as Mona returns to him, but he doesn't realize that she has loved him this whole time. So he smashes through the Tower of Fate entrance, just to find Black Knight, the cause of his misery, waiting for him. Where he then learns that Mona was trying to protect him this whole time. Blinded by his emotions from this revelation, Plague Knight attacks Black Knight relentlessly, he NEEDS to finish this potion now, no matter the cost, and no one will stand in his way. It isn't Black Knight's theme anymore, it's Plague Knight's.

Fun fact, if you hit the black hollow stump looking thing in based enough you can find puzzle knight’s secret room that shows a hidden picture of him and his family, and honestly that changed what I thought of puzzle knight playing this game blind and immediately finding it

In King of Cards, bubblefrog trivializes the final boss. You don't have to worry about falling. Just charge, bubble, charge, bubble.

every campaign is so serious and then king of card is just "i want shiny castle >:)"

1:21:34 the best thing here is that Terrorpin dies exactly like the enemies in Super Mario Bros when you shoot them with a fireball

King of Cards may be one of my favorite comedic stories just because of how unflinchingly cynical it is in an otherwise hopeful storyline that usually shows us the best of hearts in its protagonists and takes us through powerful, emotional journeys. Sacrificing everything to honor your found family, loyalty to the end, finding out what you wanted most was always there… “Pffffft, nah screw ALL y’all! I got a castle now, bye suckers!” 😂

I'm honestly shocked you don't have more subs! Shovel Knight was like the first real indie game I played, and it opened up a whole new love for these older style platformers and the like. Gungeon and Isaac hold my heart in their bony fingers, but the hours of Shovel Knight made it all happen. I really hope the algorithm picks you up soon, and I can't wait for more!

I think the Explodatorium theme is one of the few composed by classic Megaman composer Manami Matsumae. The whole score is phenomenal. Jake Kaufman really knows how to capture that retro catchiness and infectious energy, and Matsumae’s contributions naturally fit right into that vision

King Knight would ABSOLUTELY have a behelit

56:40 isn’t a battle against a female Plague Knight. It’s the Plague of Shadows, a silhouette of his boss fight form in Shovel of Hope. It’s a battle against himself. That’s why he says “You are steadfast in your resolve… Maybe there’s hope for us yet.” It’s effectively Plague Knight’s last test, but performed against himself. He sees himself as the strongest, so he fights himself. He’s either happy that he has the resolve to stand still against the “strongest fighter” or happy he has the resolve to beat the “strongest fighter.

This was a very well made video. As someone who's obsessed with the Shovel Knight franchise amd has 100% the Treasure Trove and plans on doing so to the two spinoffs when the DLC is finished, this was such a fun video talking about my favorite 3 games of all time (technically 7, technically 8 favorite games of all time)

Brigandine is a real word. It's a type of armour made out of segmented plates and then covered by cloth

Great video. Especially because you understand King of Cards is the best one.

2:32:28 ay that’s me! (on the right) loved the vid btw, and props for even covering the board game, and god that script… im so sorry for that haha

Hell yeah! Im so happy to see this. Ever since I played Shovel of Hope, I was hooked on this series! Im so glad to see a long ass video. I can binge on my favorite game of all time. Mad respect and amazing video.

Ah yes, shovel knight most trusted weapon, the desert shovel

Making another comment for engagement so this vid is boosted in the algorithm. I really like it. I love 3 hour ramblings because it’s basically all I do. And you just so happened to ramble about Shovel Knight, which is literally peak. I like your humor, and you’re pretty good. I can’t wait to see how your content evolves. Hopefully you’ll make a 16 hour video on Darkwood before Pyrocynical does to prove that he’s a punk bitch.

Specter knight was mad that the locket was gone in plague of shadows because that’s the same locket luan gave to him

It is actually confirmed that Plague Knight is an unreliable narrator. There's a handful of things that happen in his campaign that likely don't actually play out the way we see them, mainly things such as: The Battle Royale Boss Rush at the Tower of Fate (Shovel Knight definitely landed amidst all of them canonically, Plague Knight just being the "main character" there is required for his campaign, also it's up to the Player, but I feel like Shovel Knight would definitely help the Order up) Beating Shovel Knight at the Explodatorium (Bro took an L and said "Nah I def beat him, trust me") And a few of the ending scenes, namely (THIS IS PURELY SPECULATION, BUT, YKNOW-) Getting Knighted by King Pridemoore, stealing all of Treasure Knight's gold (Maybe??? He and Mona literally talk about how it's stupid to love gold when you can make it with two simple ingredients), and maaaaybe the Propeller Knight scene??? idk I personally believe that one's real, but the scenes I have a high amount of faith in actually happening are cloning slimes with Mole Knight, Tinker Knight helping with the lifts, giving Percy and the Magicist the Explodatorium, and OF COURSE: Specter Knight cursing Plague and vowing to cut him in half for stealing the locket he was given. In the end, it's up to player's interpretation, but it's for certain that Plague Knight is not the most reliable narrator for how things happened, and also- The order of the campaigns goes: King of Cards, Specter of Torment, and then either Plague of Shadows or Shovel of Hope in whatever order you want, personally I play Plague before Shovel, but that's me.

Another great vid as always!

banger video, absolutely love the Scott the woz references

Great video!🎉❤

People also don’t like… phase locket? It’s literally OP. Like it’s just the best relic

Watched zhis Video over the Span of 3 Days Just incredible what you Made. Way too underrated

This was really high quality. A hidden gem

predominantly dig was developed by nitrome and pocket dungeon was done by vine. I do agree with most of the criticisms about dig but I would mostly blame it on nitrome being mobile/flash game devs first

Liking the watch test, upload and re-upload, you better feel lucky mr Gaz 😅

I'm sleeping good tonight!

Welp, I know what I'm watching for my last weekend day!

31:52 On PC you get a battletoads crossover, same as on xbox

You love for the rogue likes is so cool

Why do you not have more subs and likes again??? This video is being amazing till now (and I'm sure it'll deliver till the end), and I agree when you say that Showdown is lackluster. Imo they did what they wanted with the first 4 games and Showdown was just to appeal to those who wanted it. They'll probably do a sequel somewhere in the future, but until them, we can live with the fan made ones in Rivals of Aether.

Female? That’s plague knights boss appearance design. He has a longer cloak and beak, but it was edited for like better hit boxes for his playable appearance

This video needs more views

Okay underrated af????

The second you said you had a Gungeon video, I just had to watch it

Where was this when I was literally looking for a video like this

Scepter of torment is my favorite because it is basically a modernised Mega man zero to me I got all the achievements and did all the challenges for the main 4, Showdown, Pocket dungeon, but I literally just haven't bought dig and I never plan to, it just didn't look appealing.

1:43:13 did he really say the burger kingdom

so based (again)

2:32:28 Good video (unbiased)

Who's your favorite knight? Mine's Plague knight

I’ll be honest I genuinely really liked King of Cards final boss, I saw a challenge and I accepted it!

How do you only have 1.35k subs and make such good vids. What's your secret

One thing I noticed about Plague of shadows is that they kinda nerfed the relics… too hard. Like yeah, the invincible amulet was op but like… smoke bomb is utter shit

39:47 okay but I as official Scrooge McDuck expert must tell you that the duck will easily 360 noscope Kratos and light purple shovel dude every single day of the week at the same time with his eyes closed.

This video was great but for the love of god its not pronounced Trupple Chalice. The Troupple King literally tells you how it's pronounced and its not like that 😭 (Not a serious complaint just thought it was funny)

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I would’ve loved the all 4 campaigns. Except for whatever reason, they decided to make that stupid card game more important than it should’ve been, causing you to HAVE to play it for 100% completion. It fluffs game time so much and it’s so stupid, I wish it was a side thing

People find king knight hard? I beat him first try and like… I was terrible at the game. Like I must have died 20 times

Amazing video, loved every minute of it! …but please never sing again

I don’t know why people say mega man is shovel knights primary inspiration when it’s obviously castlevania with mega man second, followed loosely by all other classic 2d platformers