Shovel Knight – Plague of Shadows

Shovel Knight – Plague of Shadows is a Platforming game developed and published by Yacht Club Games for the Nintendo 3DS and was released on September 17, 2015. Running parallel to Shovel Knight, Plague Knight, a member of the Order of No Quarter, plots a scheme. He plans to steal essence from Shovel Knight and the other members of the order to use as ingredients in the ultimate potion, capable of granting any of its user’s desires.

He is aided by his alchemists and assistant Mona, who pursue alchemy in secret due to the local villagers fearing and rejecting it. Plague Knight gradually defeats the other members of the Order of No Quarter as well as Shovel Knight and gathers their essences into his alchemical machine. While collecting the essence, Mona and Plague Knight are revealed to harbor hidden romantic feelings for each other.

Mona later leaves Plague Knight after a conversation with Black Knight, convinced that Plague Knight is only using her as a tool for his scheme. Like Shovel Knight, Plague of Shadows is a 2D side-scrolling platform game. Players take control of Plague Knight, an alchemist on a journey to create the ultimate potion. Plague Knight attacks enemies by throwing bombs and can perform both a double jump and a powerful “burst jump” in which he triggers an explosion beneath himself to send him through the air.