22 unlockable characters confirmed for Castle Crashers

by Jason Dobson { Mar 19th 2008 at 6:30PM }

You'll need more than your fingers and toes when counting up the number of playable characters in The Behemoth's upcoming (and long awaited) XBLA opus Castle Crashers, as the devs have confirmed that the game's roster will pack in "about" twenty-two unlockable slots.

How exactly characters will be unlocked remains, much like the game's eventual release date, a mystery, with Behemoth blogger Emil teasing only that characters will be added "by various different means." However, given that since it was first announced some two years ago the heavily-stylized side scroller has remained near the top of a short list of titles we cannot wait to sink our thumbs into, it's just shy of hyperbole to say that we'd do anything Castle Crashers asked of us anyway.

[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]

Tags: castle-crashers, castlecrashers, side-scroller, sidescroller, the-behemoth, thebehemoth, unlock, xbla, xbox-live-arcade, xboxlive, xboxlivearcade

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

carg0 @ Mar 19th 2008 6:43PM

shit, that's a lot of extra colors. time to consult that jumbo box of Crayola Crayons...

copa @ Mar 19th 2008 6:54PM

Mauve Knight and Fuschia Knight... they're FABULOUS!

Mr.ESC @ Mar 19th 2008 9:03PM

I hupe Urnge and Turkwise r included.

'cause you'll always need mo characters.

Platinum_Skeet @ Mar 20th 2008 9:50AM

The first XBLA game with a 2+year development time...

Obie @ Mar 19th 2008 6:50PM

"eventual release date" makes me sad....can't wait to get my hands on this one!

colonial.red @ Mar 19th 2008 6:54PM

26 characters and the starting four all look the same? Odd choice.

OTAM @ Mar 19th 2008 7:04PM

How long has this game been in the making? It seems ages ago that I saw gameplay footage for this. It really looks like fun.

Dracard @ Mar 19th 2008 7:14PM

HELL YES.

:D

JerJer @ Mar 19th 2008 7:17PM

it's fun to read your posts really fast and in yahtzee's voice.

Geist @ Mar 20th 2008 7:30PM

I find it's fun to do that with any material, actually.

GoldenS1104 @ Mar 19th 2008 7:18PM

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, White, Black, Gray... um, pink... brown? O shit, it's time to start making new colors.

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 20th 2008 3:56AM

Ultraviolet and Infrared knight FTW

Platy @ Mar 19th 2008 8:12PM

someome have to say ...

"Sonic for Crashers!!!11!!1!1!one!!"

...no ? =x

RobLink (McElroy Defence Force) @ Mar 19th 2008 8:45PM

Maybe Alien Hominid with a sword? In different colours? I think it'd work.....

SonicRift @ Mar 19th 2008 9:30PM

Solid Snake and Sonic FTW!

Nathan @ Mar 19th 2008 10:14PM

I had the great privelege of playing the demo for this one in Melbourne at a small independant game exhibition at ACMI last year. I was going to a different exhibition and then walked into this free thing and then I saw it and I was like WTF!?!? I replayed that sucker about 10 times I am very exited about this thing coming out.

whymog @ Mar 20th 2008 1:16AM

I've played this the last two years at PAX, and each time it's one of the most fun games present. The Behemoth captured the zeitgeist of co-op beat-em-ups with this game. It really can't come soon enough.

Normally I shy away from meticulously working to unlock everything in a game (Brawl aside) but this game might be fun enough to warrant the effort.