This is starting to get previous .

After yet another Nintendo Direct without any news of the long - awaited Hollow Knight sequel , Hollow Knight Silksong , I understand the fanbase ’s anguish . With the original Hollow Knight releasing way back in 2017 , and the sequel announce in 2019 , the lack of a release date is proving to be torturesome .

Nintendo’sjam - packed showingon June 18th , 2024 revealed a whole gem treasure trove of new titles , include heatedly anticipate game such asMetroid Prime 4andThe Legend of Zelda : Echoes of Wisdom , but absolutely nothing on Hollow Knight Silksong . No just .

A meme showing two news anchors with Hollow Knight characters superimposed on their faces with the headline “There is no news”

Naturally , fans are starting to go a little mad , suspect that the game will never in reality be released . Maybe it ’s all just been a dream . 2019 ? That feel like decades ago . perchance this has been some variety of corporate delusion .

Hollow Knight Silksong is n’t a material game . We together with hallucinated it .

This spiral of desperation has leave the passionate yet good - humored Hollow Knight biotic community on Reddit to poke fun at all the things that haveactuallybeen annunciate and free before Hollow Knight Silksong . A new Metroid game , a new Zelda game , even … Leonardo da Vinci as a Magic the Gathering card ?

With GTA VI supposedly releasing in 2025 and Metroid Prime 4 finally being unveiled with full gameplay and all the works , Hollow Knight buff are slowly but sure as shooting realise they are the ones being left behind – stuck in an agonizing sort of purgatory knowing that Silksong exists somewhere out there , yet not knowing if and when they ’ll actually be able to represent it . An tiring state of being , to say the least .

Perhaps the system of weights of the expectancy has gotten to Hollow Knight developers Team Cherry . The original game is surely a beloved title , having even reached classic status in the centre of many gamers . So I can imagine the pressure to deliver on ( and exceed ) expected value must certainly be high . But come on , Team Cherry – throw a dog a bone . The fans merit something : a development update , new screenshots , maybe even some gameplay . Here ’s to trust Hollow Knight fan will be freed from their agony earlier rather than by and by .

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