Hollow Knight: Silksongwas announced years ago, and it has felt about that long since the game has received a formal update. Fans held out hope that this Nintendo Indie World Showcase would be whereHollow Knight: Silksongmakes its triumphant return, and when it didn’t, it began trending online.
Team Cherry’s original game,Hollow Knight, was a beautiful action-adventure game that controlled seamlessly and featured a world steeped with mystery. WhenHollow Knight: Silksongwas revealed in 2019, fans immediately set their heart ablaze for the sequel, excited to see how it improves on the original. Somedetails aboutHollow Knight: Silksonghave been releasedin the time since its initial unveiling, like who players will be controlling this time around, but largely, not a whole lot about the game is known. As such, the game’s mystery has taken on meme status in the gaming community, its continued lack of presence in major events rivaling the likes ofElden Ringduring its news hiatus.
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It didn’t take long forHollow Knight: Silksongto trend on Twitter following today’s Nintendo Indie World event. The keywords “Hollow Knight,” “Silksong,” and the game’s full title were all trending, with Twitter describing the trend, “Some share their disappointment afterHollow Knight: Silksongdid not appear during the Nintendo Indie World Showcase on Wednesday.” As one of the most anticipated indie titles in recent memory, it is reasonable for fans to expectHollow Knight: Silksongto appear in an event dedicated to this sect of the gaming industry, thoughfans also hopedSilksongwould appear at E3 2021before Team Cherry shut it down.
Some were calling the lack ofSilksongprior to theNintendo Indie World Showcaseeven starting. In advance of the show, V for Valhalla shared a clever edit showing the Indie World logo except the text is edited to say “NoSilksong” with the time and date, as if the game’s disappearance was the event itself. After the show, many posts involvingHollow Knightcharacters and clowns were posted, the ongoing self-deprecating trend emphasizing one’s humiliation in believing something would appear and getting their hopes up.
While a lot of these conversations are in good fun, it is important to remember that Team Cherry is a very small team. While there is the point that perhaps it should not have revealedSilksongas early as it did, one can also not blame them for trying to ride the excitement coming off the hot success that was the originalHollow Knight. WhenSilksongtrends nowadays, it is mostly because of fans expressing their desire to see more of the game, not out of ill intent for the developers taking too long, but there are always those people nonetheless.Hollow Knight: Silksongwill release when it’s ready, and hopefully that day is coming soon.
Hollow Knight: Silksongis currently in development.
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