[Update] Video added.
Since Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game released last month, people have been wondering when we were going to unlock the final secret character in the game. Nega Scott is easily attainable in the game, but there has always been a series of question marks indicating one character was missing. Speculation pointed to Knives Chau, Scott's 17 year old ex-girlfriend, and that she would be an unlockable with the DVD/Blu-Ray release of the movie. This is mostly true, as--yep--Knives Chau is the final playable character, and she will be coming, along with two new versus modes, for $2 to both XBLA and PSN sometime in November to coincide with the home release of the film.
Knives herself is pretty awesome. Sporting the striped scarf she's known for, Knives has some very powerful attacks and can easily clean up the packs of emo and hipster opponents. For her special moves, she can throw explosive sai, a move that are probably the most powerful I've seen in the game and lights dudes on fire. Even more, when she's played, every character can only summon Knives' dad or mom, depending on the level. Overall, she looks and plays awesome, and has--by far--the most flair and outlandishness of any of the characters.
Like I said, she's not the only addition. Two new modes will be showing up, and while they aren't ground breaking, they are fun. The first is a Dodge Ball mode, in which the only way to damage enemies and other players is with a giant beach ball. So it's not really a dodge ball mode, but it's at least different! Finally, the last mode is a variation on king of the hill, called Battle Royale. Players duke it out on a platform, and when knocked off, they have ten seconds to get back on. Again, it's not radically different, but it's a fun mode all the same.
Finally, a patch is going to release as well. This patch will balance some of the difficulty problems and take into account some of the major bugs in the game. All in all, it's not a bad addition to Scott Pilgrim for only two bucks, and while they say this is the last bit of downloadable content, fingers-crossed we might be able to get even more.
Contest:
11:20 AM on 09.30.2010 | 
tears.
Online co-op would be nice, but I'm fine without it.
Can you read or are you just a troll?
Still might get it though because I am kind of in love with the game. It’s only 2 quid but still...fuckin’ Ubisoft.
/dead horse
/beaten
/pantsless
Personally, I would love to see new content for this game other than two minigames and a paid character. It's a hell of a fun time, and the lack of online co-op really hurts this game in unimaginable ways.
I still have friends who visit my house, I couldn't care less about online co-op. Besides, would any of my friends buy a game such as Scott Pilgrim just to play online with me? Nope, come to my house, kthxbai.
not exactly worth it if I have to drive 2 hours to get home to play a quick level of this with my scott-pilgrim-fan friends, then drive 2 hours back, now is it?
Also, the music by Anamanaguchi never gets old. It actually gets better and better with each play through. Another Winter! =)
The game would be really cool online, but it's probably out of their scope. Programming netcode can be a nightmare and requires a huge testing effort.
Sorry if I'm not as "cool" as you.
If someone's playing as Knives, then all assists are Mr./Mrs. Chau. This is both a good and bad thing: good that you get Mr. Chau's ability to straight up murder people with the press of a button, bad that Ramona loses that big f'n cup of coffee - instant hyper is a great thing.
Also yay, Knives is awesome and I couldn't help awww'ing at her in the film....
Speaking of which, this film needs to be released on DVD NOW.
And fulldamage, every character in the game calls knives as an assist. You can also call Mr Chau or Mrs. Chau, even if they are hanging out in the background.
Logic: it's not necessary.
Aha! Thanks for the heads-up - it's a minor detail but I was curious how they'd handle it.
Maybe it didn't take off because it didn't have online co-op in the first place (see Occams)?
I think a lot of people are underestimating online co-op's draw. It's great a lot of you party it up with friends over frequently, but I'm 36 freaking years old, and old people like to stay home where it's quiet and peaceful, with their significant other, enoying their pasttimes, and maybe once a month pushing the beds together for 3 minutes of missionary sex.
I have multiple e-friends who would have bought it had it had online co-op, so that's a nonsense argument, I would say.
Sadly, this is not the kind of game that Ubisoft tends to have a lot of faith it. Scott Pigrim is a tribute to 15-20 year old games from the 8bit and 16bit eras. Ubisoft didn't even start in-house development until the mid-90's. They have no nostalgia for the NES or Genesis.
And now there's Dodgeball?!? Lovin it
Do I really have to say it?
Please for the sake of god, give us online co-op. I want to enjoy the game more.
Another Winter!
I think this franchise will become one of those long-lasting cult classics. The marketing for the entire thing was a botched experiment - trailers that didn't really do the content of the movie justice, no real marketing for the game (and online co-op would have done wonders, think about how that would have affected a game like Castle Crashers), and to top it all off, they released the movie on the same weekend as ScrotumPalooza (The Expendables) and Tears'n'Tampons (Eat, Pray, Love). It had no chance at all. I'm glad to see support still existent for it, but Ubisoft wouldn't normally touch something like this unless it had money behind it. I think that the money will start rolling in once it hits Blu-Ray/DVD/Redbox/Netflix. It's a really good movie with a lot of heart, and I think that karma will treat it kindly over time.
Also, @ Blasto: Ding. You are correct. Except for the missionary sex, I'm a man of variety.
Well fucking said. You are correct, sir. Your name is Everyday Legend, although from what you've said, you should change your name to "Living Legend". Long live Scott Pilgrim vs. the World in all of its forms.
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