Out of every game that has ever taken inspiration from Mega Man, Shovel Knight might just be the best one ever made. Gorgeous pixel art! One of the best 8-bit OSTs ever! An actually engaging story! Multiple waves of DLC! There was no reason for them to try this hard but they did, and they dug up a fantastic 2D platformer as a result. Even if it ended up kicking my ass more than a few times. Fuck, Shovel Knight might just completely uproot EVERY Mega Man game in terms of sheer quality! Maybe I need to actually replay the classic Mega Man series...hmm...

Oh yeah also medieval fantasy is a setting that I'm not usually too particularly fond of so that's how you KNOW Shovel Knight hits different