We lost count of how many crossovers and cameos Shovel Knight has made since the release of the franchise’s only game seven years ago. The count is easily north of two dozen intersections and can be three or more. The guy gets more work than Barry Manilow in Vegas. And his last show is with Arby’s.
Arby’s Kids Meals will come with an initiator token that includes a code for some DLC in Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove on Nintendo Switch and Windows PC via Steam. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the December 2019 relaunch that brought together three additional campaigns. (It is also available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but Arby’s DLC will not work there.)
A tweet from Arby’s doesn’t say exactly what this DLC does, although it looks like each of Shovel Knight’s five characters will receive some kind of cosmetic, a weapon or a skin. Interestingly, Plague Knight had to be renamed “Doctor Knight” (quotation marks mark them), probably because this is a children’s meal and we are still dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anyway, there it is. From an indie platform game funded by Kickstarter to a children’s meal from a fast-food franchise. It is the American dream coming to life.