Hollow Knight: Silksong Community hopes on next week's Nintendo Direct

Although some communities (Like Tomodachi Life Fan) After today's Nintendo, it definitely exploded, and others are not that hot. Specifically, I mean “Knights of the Well: Silk Characters”, who have no new trailers to show a long-awaited Hollow Knight sequel.

Fortunately, there is another one next week.

Look, the silk community has been a mess of expectations and disappointments for some time. In a given day, falling into a discord in subreddit or community, you'll be overwhelmed by ongoing memes and “silk spoons”, fantasies, predictions and jokes about games that never seem to come. us Their antics were covered last yearwhen a pair of back-to-back guidance similarly sent the community's reel, again in January Photos of chocolate cake Turned into a crazy search of arg that has never been seen before. At this point, honestly, from the outside, it’s about how much serious disappointment involved, and the tight-knit community of fans laughs every time a new showcase is announced.

But, admittedly, there is some urgency about the next display cabinet. Hollow Knight was originally released for PC, but its reputation did gradually grow when it launched on the Nintendo Switch the next year, which led many to relate it to Nintendo’s Moreso instead of any other console it released. Next week's showcase also has a grand feeling, especially: This is Nintendo's direct Planning to show off Nintendo Switch 2maybe it's hardware, or maybe it's several launch titles. What better place to re-restrict silk? While there will naturally be many first-party games out there, hollow Cavaliers fans hope that the expectation and popularity of silk would be enough to guarantee a place on such a huge display case…and, importantly, the game can finally be prepared for prime time.

For the 50th time since the game was announced, will Silksong fans likely be shattering their hopes again? I don't know, maybe! There are other indicators that silk may be approaching some kind of release date. About a week ago, one passed Xbox Wire Post on Indiesthough that might just be a cheeky joke. What's more interesting is that some Latest backend changes to the game's list on Steamincluding the copyright updates in the year. However, it also took us several years to be randomly listed by silk for no reason and included from various console storefronts. So who knows?

It's absolutely certain that all we know is what Team Cherry Marketing and Publishing House Matthew 'Leth' Griffin said January after the cake incident. “Yes, the game is real, progressing and will be released.” All we can do now is sit down, wait, and dream about what it looks like to live in the post-hygiene world.

Guys, prepare clown makeup for next week!

Rebekah Valentine is a senior journalist at IGN. You can find her post on bluesky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Is there a story tip? Send it to [email protected].