Shovel Knight Meets Kickstarter Target, Moves onto Stretch Goals

Shovel Knight, the debut project from Yacht Club Games, has been backed by over 3,000 investors and has met its Kickstarter goal.

With two weeks to go at time of writing, the project is now met its initial funding checkpoint and seems set to go well beyond the $75,000 minimum. Now that the project has been funded by the community, it's onto the bonus or stretch goals - extra content that the studio are committing to if they reach a certain level of funding.

With additional money, Yacht Club Games would be able to include more playable characters, challenge mode, an interestingly titled and convention breaking "gender swap" feature plus a multiplayer battle mode.

Shovel Knight is heading to PC, Wii U eShop and 3DS eShop.

Will or have you pledged towards Shovel Knight? What do you think of the retro concept?