Bayonetta is already a pre-existing IP. Some of us have played the first one and don't care for it much.
I suppose you do have me there, but it's something for 2014 and it's something I feel is an important stop-gap between now and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
I also want to say that I very much enjoyed the Space Suit discussion and all. that puffer for it was especially interesting.
What I actually want to make the main body of this post about though is Shovel Knight, and your rousing discussion of it. it's just good to get a segment of gushing about it! I ended up playing through most of the game in the Conjurer's armor because taking increased damage will not deter me from badass purple armor! I believe I had 43 deaths by the end of my new game playthrough, with most of those being accounted to The Final Boss, and Propeller Knight. It wasn't so much that I had trouble with his stage, but I just could NOT get his pattern down...!
I didn't back the kickstarter because I had mostly plugged my ears to the crowdfunding thing, and only heard about shovel knight in the last couple of it's days during a time I was broke. I didn't follow it all that closely either. I kinda freaked out when
The Baz from Dive Kick randomly showed up. I was not expecting that.
In response to
the panel wanting Shovel Knight to pull off his helmet and be a girl, I actually would prefer if He pulled his helmet off and he was a miniature Bull furry, because that'd totes work considering the countless furries that are wandering around the towns.
Alex's (I think it was Mr. Culafi, sorry if I'm wrong about this) rant about indie games having stupid pretentious meme/meta jokes in it kinda perplexed me. I guess Shovel Knight did a good job hiding some of it's jokes, then? I've caught at least 3 jokes directly relating to the fact that the game was crowd funded, and the first level very distinctly makes a Monty Python and the Holy Grail joke when you encounter the Black Knight for the first time. that I specifically pointed out in Daan Koopman's Shovel Knight video.
Anyhow, the game is pretty great. I'm really looking forward to those free add-ons. particularly Plague Knight mode and having to grenade my way through piles of dirt. Still kinda sad that the folks on the kickstarter voted for King Knight to be playable over one of the more interesting bosses like maybe Tinker Knight or Propeller Knight.