It's been six years since Team Cherry announced Hollow Knight: Silksong, the much-anticipated sequel to the 2017 Metroidvania masterpiece Hollow Knight. During this period, fans have witnessed Silksong appear and disappear from various gaming shows, with Microsoft once hinting at a release before June 2023. The Game Awards came and went without any mention of Hollow Knight: Silksong. However, the recent announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct has sparked new hope among fans.
The excitement stems from a seemingly innocuous picture of a cake. Here's the story behind it.
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 then 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 suggested that Nintendo would unveil the Switch 2 on January 16, and indeed, that was the day the next-gen console was announced. This has led fans to speculate whether Pellen's tweet was hinting at the Switch 2 reveal. If so, what's the significance?
This sparked a frenzy within the Hollow Knight community. Fans conducted a reverse image search on the cake picture, which led them to a Brooklyn Blackout Cake recipe on Bon Appétit, published on April 2, 2024.
The speculation doesn't stop there. Fans are now 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, although the spelling differs slightly. What could this mean?
It's important to remember 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 just the wild speculation of fans desperate for news?
We'll have to wait a few more months to find out. In the meantime, don't miss out on all the announcements from Nintendo's Switch 2 reveal.
