Weeks after going gold, Yacht Club Games has finally announced that Mina the Hollower will launch on May 29th. Retailing for $19.99, it will be available on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox One, PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch.
For the developers behind the beloved Shovel Knight, it’s been a long time coming. While meant to launch on October 31st, it was delayed to an unknown date for polish. Yacht Club assured at the time that this wasn’t a “major” delay, but your mileage may vary on that in retrospect.
Of course, the extra time is understandable since the studio needs this to be a success. An interview with Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier revealed that it laid off staff and even paused development on a 3D Shovel Knight title to ensure Mina the Hollower gets the time it needs.
Whether it becomes a megahit or not remains to be seen. However, there’s no denying that the project has grown beyond the initial 2022 Kickstarter into something truly massive with an overworld and other RPG elements. The true scale of the adventure remains to be unraveled, but odds are it could end up even bigger than Shovel Knight. Stay tuned for updates in the meantime.
