Megatron
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Okay, so "The Shovel Knight Shared Universe" or SKSU is made of 3 series (maybe 4, but i refuse to count "Double Dragon" has canon):
while the Greek Saga and Norse Saga are set in the same universe, the kratos of both is the same etc... The time of the norse saga doesn't influence that much the Greek Saga, so discussing it now so we can move away from this. Cory Balrog stated that the game happens before the Viking Age which happens in the 8th century; In real life there is a recorded event wich was called fimbulwinter which happened in 536-539 CE. Since Mimir in the game stated that the winter arrived 1 century earlier then GoW4 happens in 436 CE.
Now for the Greek Saga, we can follow 3 sets on dates based on 3 games:
During GoWIII, there are the Labyrinth Projects that can be interacted it that reference the fact that it was commioned by Zeus the same day that Kratos was made the God of War and was completed after 4603 Days (or 12.6 years), Which is crucial since also in GoWIII is stated that it was completed recently, so GowII and GoWIII are set in 1242 BCE.
Legend:
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Battletoads = 008000
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Comics
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Timeline
Simplified Order
Nintendo Power Magazine (1988) #25, "Battletoads"
- Battletoads (BT)
- God of War (GoW)
- Shovel Knight (SK)
while the Greek Saga and Norse Saga are set in the same universe, the kratos of both is the same etc... The time of the norse saga doesn't influence that much the Greek Saga, so discussing it now so we can move away from this. Cory Balrog stated that the game happens before the Viking Age which happens in the 8th century; In real life there is a recorded event wich was called fimbulwinter which happened in 536-539 CE. Since Mimir in the game stated that the winter arrived 1 century earlier then GoW4 happens in 436 CE.
Now for the Greek Saga, we can follow 3 sets on dates based on 3 games:
- GoWCoO: has an undefined Persian King attacking Attica, matching with the Persian War of 480 BCE.
- GoWII: Has the Colossus of Rhodes, which was destroyed in 226 BCE.
- GoWIII: Hercules stated that the 1st game happened during one of his 5th Labor which is dated in 1255 BCE.
During GoWIII, there are the Labyrinth Projects that can be interacted it that reference the fact that it was commioned by Zeus the same day that Kratos was made the God of War and was completed after 4603 Days (or 12.6 years), Which is crucial since also in GoWIII is stated that it was completed recently, so GowII and GoWIII are set in 1242 BCE.
Legend:
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Battletoads = 008000
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Comics
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Timeline
Simplified Order
Nintendo Power Magazine (1988) #25, "Battletoads"
