nickwoz

1- Skip did, in fact, make his first appearance in the armor outpost. On the 3DS he's fond of handing out money in exchange for play coins!

2- They may share the same color scheme but I don't believe they are intended to be the same character. But possibly?

3- Yes that is Percy practicing his ballistic physics. Before Plague of Shadows we simply referred to him as "Horse Scholar"

4- Cooper and airship enthusiast are indeed one in the same. Pay close attention to the end of King of Cards and you may catch a glimpse of the reason for his unfortunate fate.

A little. Keeping the canon of what shovel knight is in our heads is pretty difficult. I'm looking forward to trying new things but i'm also looking forward to returning to the world of Shovel Knight after having left it for a while.

I'm excited to call it done and see what we do next! I'm most excited everyone will be able to play all of the content we've been thinking about for the past 6+ years.

King Knight considers his rats his subjects, it would be very uncouth of him to pet such peasantry. He might pet an animal if he ever estimated one to be his equal in regalness and stature.

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