The Shovel Knight amiibo is the latest non-nintendo character brought to us through a collaboration between Nintendo and Yacht Club GAMES. The amiibo is compatible with the self titled Shovel Knight game, which pays homage to classic games of the 16-bit era, but is still distinctly different and fun for the modern gamer. It's definitely one of the better quality made amiibo and the fact that it unlocks a 2-player cooperative mode (exclusive mode only for the Wii U version of the game) makes it a lot more useful than other amiibo functionalities. In addition, the features can also be used by scanning right through the box. There is no need to physically open the box and scan the Shovel Knight amiibo. This is a much needed feature that more amiibos need to have for those of us who like to collect our amiibo and use their features, but don't want to open their box up to get the features. Keep in mind that amiibos are only compatible with Wii U and 3DS systems. The Wii-U definitely has the advantage this time because of the exclusive 2-player mode for the Wii U version of Shovel Knight.