It’s been six years since Team Cherry announced Hollow Knight: Silksong, the eagerly awaited sequel to the 2017 Metroidvania masterpiece Hollow Knight. Throughout those years, fans have eagerly awaited news, with Silksong appearing and disappearing from various gaming shows. At one point, Microsoft seemed to confirm a launch before June 2023, yet The Game Awards came and went without any updates. Now, with the recent announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, could this finally be the moment fans have been waiting for?
The excitement stems from a seemingly innocuous picture of a cake. Let me break it down for you.
Eagle-eyed fans on the Hollow Knight subreddit noticed that on January 15, Team Cherry's co-director William Pellen changed his Twitter/X profile picture to an image of a chocolate cake. Pellen tweeted, “something big is coming. keep your eyes closed tomorrow.”
something big is coming. keep your eyes closed tomorrow
— little bomey (@everydruidwaswr) January 16, 2025
At the time, rumors were swirling about a Nintendo Switch 2 reveal on January 16, which indeed happened. Nintendo officially announced the Switch 2, leaving many questions about the next-gen console unanswered. Was Pellen hinting at the Switch 2 reveal? If so, what was the significance?
This sparked a frenzy within the Hollow Knight community. Fans reverse-searched the cake image, leading them to a recipe for Brooklyn Blackout Cake on Bon Appétit, published on April 2, 2024.
The speculation doesn't end there. Fans are also deciphering Pellen’s new X/Twitter handle, @everydruidwaswr. Redditor Representative-True proposed an intriguing theory: “The character limit on Twitter handles is 15 characters, which is the length of ‘everydruidwaswr.’ I think ‘wr’ is likely the start of a word, like wrong or something. I have yet to decipher this, but the Druid of the Moss Temple is a Silksong NPC.”
The mystery deepens with Pellen's new X/Twitter name, "little bomey." Fans have pointed out that Little Boomey is a wine from Southern Australia, where Team Cherry is based, though the spelling differs. What could this mean?
It's important to recall that when Hollow Knight: Silksong was first announced, Team Cherry confirmed launch platforms as Windows, Mac, Linux, and Nintendo Switch. However, that was six years ago. Could Nintendo have secured Hollow Knight: Silksong as a Switch 2 launch title? Is it a timed exclusive? Or is this all just the wild speculation of fans desperate for information?
We have a few months to find out. In the meantime, don't miss out on everything announced at Nintendo's Switch 2 reveal.
