Hollow Knight News
May2023
News Good Smile Company Reveals Two Hollow Knight Nendoroid Figures, And They Look Brilliant
"No cost too great"
Good Smile Company has today revealed the first images of two upcoming Hollow Knight Nendoroid figures as a part of its WonHobbyG 2023 Spring event. Posted from the @GoodSmile_US Twitter account, we got a sneak peek at both The Knight and Hornet — the protagonists of Hollow Knight and the much-anticipated Hollow Knight:...
April2023
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 29th)
On the Zelda home straight
Welcome back to another edition of What are you Playing, where we give you a brief rundown of the week in Nintendo before discussing what gaming we're all up to this weekend. The big news this time around is (deep breath) there are less than two weeks to go until Tears of the Kingdom!! This week, we shared our thoughts on...
Random Want To Play Hollow Knight Before Silksong? It's 50% Off On Switch eShop Right Now
Sale ends 26th April
If last week's Indie World taught us anything, it's that people are ready — really, really ready — for some Silksong news. While the showcase brought us no joy on that front (realistically, it was always going to be saved for a larger Direct) it did get us thinking about leaping back into Hollow Knight. If, however, you...
March2023
Soapbox Why I Love Deepnest, Hollow Knight's Most Divisive Area
Deeply in love
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Alana thinks back on a divisive part of a beloved game as she peers into the middle distance, rocking back and forth, mumbling 'Silksong, Silksong, Silkso—'... I'm a pretty...
February2023
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 18th)
Adventures big and small
We all needed a quieter week after last week's Nintendo Direct blow-out, and that's exactly what we got. But don't worry, there's still plenty to talk about, and plenty of games on the horizon. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's big patch is coming soon, and we've got all of the patch notes for you.
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 4th)
Game on!
Well folks, we made it through January and the upcoming months are looking bright (in gaming, at least). It's now fewer than 100 days until the release of Tears of the Kingdom so the countdown is well and truly on. This week at Nintendo Life, we had a chance to get hands on with Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, and we also
News Hollow Knight Dev Files New Trademarks For 'Fearless Fox'
Is a new project in the works?
While we wait for the release of Hollow Knight: Silksong, we've got some interesting news to share about the game's developer Team Cherry. It seems the Australian-based team has recently filed a trademark down under for the words "Fearless Fox". According to the Australian Government's IP Australia website, last month...
December2022
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 24th)
Festive edition!
"So this is Christmas, and what have you done?" These were the words sung by the legendary John Lennon in perhaps the most depressing Christmas song of all time. But in answer to your question, John, we're having quite a busy one, actually. We have been prepping all things game of the year this week, with us Nintendo Life staff...
September2022
News Gorgeous Pixel-Art Metroidvania Secures Funding For A Switch Port
Update: Kickstarter stretch goal passed!
Update [Thu 29th Sep, 2022 11:00 BST]: With its Kickstarter ending later today, the pixel-art Metroidvania Rebel Transmute has successfully passed the stretch goal required for a Switch version of the game. At the time of writing, the finding stands at $25,611, surpassing the $24,000 needed to get the game...
News These Stunning Hollow Knight Mini Figurines Need A Home On Your Shelf
Collect all eight
While we wait on the next Hollow Knight: Silksong update, Fangamer has announced its Hollow Knight mini figurine line is now available for purchase. These PVC figurines can be purchased for $10 USD each or in a set for $80 USD. These figures range between 2.4 to 3.4 inches tall and include the following characters: The Knight,...
July2022
Feature Backlog Club: Hollow Knight Does Things That Other Games Wouldn't. That's Why It's So Good
A game about bugs?! In this economy????
This article is part of our new experimental series, Backlog Club, where we (Nintendo Life!) pick a game that's likely to be on our list of "games we should get around to playing", and then we (NL + you!) spend the next month playing that game. Read part one of our Hollow Knight playthrough here! This is the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 30th)
Chronicling the weekend
As we reach the end of yet another week in the year 2022, we also sit at the cusp of the eighth month of the year! In the news this week, Nintendo finally unveiled Wave 2 of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass. Bandai Namco has asked Digimon Survive fans on social media to not spoil th
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 23rd)
Live for the weekend
School's out for a lot of kids now in the UK — hooray! How many of you will be joining your kids for a summer of gaming? Perhaps Camelot updating its official company website with Golden Sun assets is tempting you to dig into your backlog? Or maybe you'll be going through the 3DS and Wii U eShops after Nintendo gave clearer...
Feature Backlog Club: Hollow Knight Is A Perfect Game For Notebook Cartography
Leaving a paper trail
This article is part of our new experimental series, Backlog Club, where we (Nintendo Life!) pick a game that's likely to be on our list of "games we should get around to playing", and then we (NL + you!) spend the next month playing that game. In the first part of our Hollow Knight playthrough, Kate has noticed that Hollow...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 16th)
A fairy finally came to you!
Well, it's felt like quite a hectic week here at Nintendo Life! The biggest news, of course, was the confirmation that Bayonetta 3 will finally be launching in October this year, along with the delightful surprise of a physical edition of the first game. To top it off, Platinum Games confirmed that you can
Feature Backlog Club: July - If You Haven't Played Hollow Knight Yet, Here's Your Chance
Sorry to bug you
Rule number one of Backlog Club: Work through your pile of unplayed video games one at a time, and discuss them with other people. Rule number two of Backlog Club: Don't talk about Backlog Club. Just kidding! Tell everyone. Please. This article is part of our new experimental series, Backlog Club, where we (Nintendo Life!) pick a...
June2022
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 25th)
Preparing for a busy July
Is everyone feeling a bit more chilled out after not-E3? Okay, we're still waiting for a Nintendo Direct, but we did get a Xenoblade Chronicles 3-focused presentation, where a new Expansion Pass was unveiled. The AM2R devs have reunited on a brand new stunning-looking Metroidvania pr
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 18th)
A turtle-y good weekend
Is it a scorcher where you are, readers? It certainly has been in the UK this week. But the video game news has been pretty hot too! Hollow Knight: Silksong is alive with a brand new trailer! There are details of a rumoured new Fire Emblem game surfacing online.
December2021
Guide Hollow Knight Walkthrough - 100% Completion
You can do it!
Getting 100% completion in Hollow Knight is a momentous achievement. This is a massive Dark Souls-like adventure with a ton of collectibles to find, bosses to beat, and abilities to unearth. It's also really, really hard in places. That difficulty stems from both the wide variety of bosses you have to conquer, and how well hidden...
October2021
Soapbox What Makes A Game A Good Metroidvania Anyway?
Similar differences can make the genre hard to pin down
You’d be forgiven for thinking that nothing could be simpler than working out the secret formula that binds all of the great games in this popular genre together — the clue’s in the name! They need to be just like Metroid, with all the shooting and the aliens and the sci-fi-ness and the...
July2021
Soapbox The Founder Of Newgrounds Will Receive An Award At GDC - Here's Why That Matters
More than just a Flash in the pan
There are things that I could say right now to accurately determine the age of most of our readers. "But I am le tired." "Badger badger badger." "Wiggle jiggle, yellow middle." But, more than anything else, I can ask: which website did you visit the most in the early 2000s? If the answer is anything other than...
July2020
Random A Super Smash Bros. Fan Is Reimagining Every Fighter As A Hollow Knight Bug
And it's wonderful
We've seen plenty of fan-made takes on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster over the past couple of years - like the time someone decided to transform John Cena into Captain Falcon, or when the art director of God of War created an incredible collection of 'realistic' Sma
November2019
Music Treat Your Ears To This Official Hollow Knight Piano Collections Album
Available to stream or buy this week
Materia Collective and game developer Team Cherry have announced that an official Hollow Knight Piano Collections album is set to be released later this week. You likely don't need us to tell you that Hollow Knight is one of the most popular and adored indies to arrive in the gaming scenes in recent years. This...
September2019
News Australia's National Film And Sound Archive To Preserve Locally Made Games
Game saver
Now that the digital age has arrived, video game preservation is arguably more important than ever. Fortunately, steps are slowly being taken around the world to ensure this industry's rich history lives on for the benefit of future generations. Down under, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia has announced it will begin to...
June2019
News Team Cherry Shares More Hollow Knight: Silksong Details, Will Launch "When It's Ready"
Healing, cocoons and more
Hollow Knight: Silksong looks set to be yet another wonderful Metroidvania headed to Nintendo Switch. It certainly seems that fans of the original Hollow Knight will be right at home here, with the recent Nintendo Treehouse demo (below) making us want to jump right back in, and the developers have now shared a few more...
May2019
News Hollow Knight's European Physical Release Has Been Delayed
North America not affected
The European physical release of Switch indie hit Hollow Knight has been delayed, Fangamer has confirmed. The North American release is still launching as expected. The news comes from Fangamer's official Twitter account, which notes that both the physical release of the game in Europe and the worldwide physical release...
Random These 3D Concepts Have Us Dreaming Of A Nindie amiibo Line
Stunning work
Nintendo's amiibo line has been an absolute cash cow for the Japanese company since arriving alongside Super Smash Bros. for Wii U in 2014. To date, there are more than 170 amiibo available. While most of them are based on first-party Nintendo titles, there are a few exceptions such as Yacht Club's Shovel Knight. If you've always...
March2019
News Team Cherry Provides Hollow Knight: Silksong Update, New Characters Revealed
New game, new characters
As you may already be aware, Hollow Knight developer Team Cherry is currently hard at work on a sequel called Hollow Knight: Silksong. We know that Switch will be the only console to receive the game at launch, but other details are still pretty slim at present. Changing that slightly, though, the team has provided a quick...
News Looks Like Hollow Knight Is Also Getting A Physical Edition In Europe
With map, manual and more
Last week, we shared the rather exciting news that Hollow Knight will be released in a special Collector's Edition with all sorts of goodies thrown in. Exclusive to North American site, Fangamer, the bundle suggested that a Europe-specific release may well have been out of the question, but a new listing on Amazon says...
News Hollow Knight Collector's Edition Now Available To Pre-Order
With lots and lots of goodies
One of the most adored indie games on Switch, Hollow Knight's journey to a physical release has been an almighty adventure (just like the game itself, then). Luckily, you can go ahead and pre-order a super-duper physical edition right now. So what are you waiting for? Mumblings of a physical edition have been...
February2019
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 16th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
We're finally at the end of what has been a pretty eventful week - you know, with that little video presentation thingy from Nintendo and all that - so it's time to settle down and recover with some games-based chat. As ever, members of the Nintendo Life team have gathered to share their weekend plans and we'd...
News Team Cherry Teases Hollow Knight Hornet DLC Reveal Coming Later This Week
"Ready your needle"
Mark your calendars, Hollow Knight fans, because it looks like a first, juicy reveal of the upcoming Hornet DLC is just around the corner. Yes, if you're a fan of Hollow Knight's dark, sinister, and yet oddly adorable Metroidvania ways, you may already be aware that a Hornet DLC package has been promised for some time. Serving...
News Hollow Knight ESRB Classification Suggests A Physical Release Is Finally Happening
Good news, everyone!
If there's one indie game that is more deserving of a physical release than any other, it's probably Hollow Knight. Following the game's successful digital debut on the Switch and multiple other platforms, the talented people at Team Cherry released a number of free content packs for the title. The cherry on top was the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 9th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
We've reached the weekend once again and, as is tradition, the Nintendo Life team has banded together to talk over all the lovely games we'll be playing over the next couple of days. We've got farming, fighting, fishing, and fun bursting out of our Joy-Con this week, so feel free to read our entries and join...
December2018
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Christmas? (Special Edition)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
As regular readers will know, each Saturday we all get together to discuss our weekend gaming plans and see what our fellow community members are up to. This week is a little different, however, with many of us taking a little time away to celebrate the holidays and enjoy time with friends or family, or even...
November2018
News Adorable Hollow Knight Plush Bundle Now Available Despite Physical Version Cancellation
Well that's just the cutest
Earlier this month, we reported on the sad confirmation that Hollow Knight would no longer be receiving a physical edition. While physical collectors and fans of the game were no doubt upset to see the version cancelled, a new bundle has now appeared which is possibly even more alluring. Yes, Best Buy is now offering a...
News Team Cherry Has Cancelled The Physical Version Of Hollow Knight
"We will investigate other ways to deliver physical versions"
Given the success of Hollow Knight on the Switch eShop, it made sense for its developer Team Cherry to consider a physical edition in order to continue sales momentum. To make this happen, the talented people behind the title partnered with Skybound Games - a division of Skybound...
October2018
News Team Cherry's Decision To Cancel Hollow Knight On Wii U Was Hard, But Ultimately For The Best
"We’d promised to get the game on there"
The indie title Hollow Knight has been a roaring success since it was released on the Nintendo Switch eShop earlier this year. In the first two weeks, the bug-ridden Metroidvania sold over 250,000 copies. The free and final DLC -
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 13th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
It's Saturday! And that means it's time, once again, to discuss our weekend gaming plans. Team Nintendo Life has the usual range of games on the go this weekend, from RPGs to party antics and everything in between, so make sure to read through our lovingly crafted words and join in the fun with our poll and...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 6th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
As the world outside starts to get slightly chillier with every day that passes, team Nintendo Life has more reason than ever to remain safely indoors with our favourite games. Once again, we've shared our plans for the weekend - from co-op adventures to fantasy RPGs - and would love for you to join in via our...
September2018
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 15th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
It's the weekend! And you know what that means - yes, it's time for the whole Nintendo Life community to get together to chat about the games we'll be playing over the next couple of days. This time around, our esteemed team of staff are working tirelessly on review coverage, reminiscing over games gone by,...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 8th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
After another week of non-stop Nintendo news and drama, it's finally time to spend a weekend relaxing with your favourite games. As ever, the team at Nintendo Life will be aiming to do just that, too, with rounds of football, first-party megahits, old-school platformers, and even the odd "saucy" game or...
News Hollow Knight Was The Best-Selling Game On The European Switch eShop In August
The top 15 revealed
Hollow Knight has had a stellar month on Nintendo Switch, jumping right to the top of the eShop sales charts in Europe for the month of August. The news comes from the Nintendo Switch news channel, which has posted a list of the most popular eShop titles for last month. The rankings found below are based on the number of...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 1st)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Once again, it's that lovely time of the week where we get to sit back and enjoy a lovely gaming session or ten as the weekend wraps us up in its relaxing embrace. This time around, team Nintendo Life is playing online shooters, retro-inspired platformers, and Metroidvania style modern classics - a nice range...
August2018
News Hollow Knight Developers Don't Mind If You Miss Secrets In Their Game
Makes it more special for others
With the third and final Hollow Knight content pack - Godmaster - now available, Team Cherry recently spoke about the game's development process on the Kotaku Splitscreen podcast. One of the more interesting topics discussed was regarding the secrets and hidden areas within the game. Team Cherry's Ari...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 25th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
It's another lovely weekend (hopefully) full of relaxation, chilled vibes, and a good gaming session or two. As ever, Team Nintendo Life has banded together to chat about our plans for the next couple of days, with farming sims, Game Boy Advance classics, and online shooters making for an interesting mix this...
News Hollow Knight Godmaster DLC Is Now Available For Free, Game Also On Sale For The First Time
An absolute steal
The final free DLC content pack has arrived in Hollow Knight and, to celebrate, the game is now on sale for the very first time on Switch. Hollow Knight: Godmaster follows in the footsteps of previous DLC offerings The Grimm Troupe and Hidden Dreams, adding even more value to the base game. The new addition features all-new...
News Skybound Games Handling The Physical Release Of Hollow Knight
"The definitive version"
A while ago, Australian developer Team Cherry said a physical release of Hollow Knight was "absolutely" on the cards. The subject got raised again in a Reddit AMA, with the team once again confirming it was working on making it happen. Following the recent
News Team Cherry Changes Title Of Final Hollow Knight Content Pack Due To Name Clash
No more conflict
As you may recall, back in July, Australian-based developer Team Cherry announced the final, and entirely free, Hollow Knight expansion - Gods & Glory - would be released on 23rd August. Today, the developer has revealed the game will receive an "11th hour change" due to a name clash with a certain...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 11th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
It's Saturday once again, so a whole bunch of team Nintendo Life have joined forces to bring you a detailed account of the games we'll be playing - or hope to play - over the next couple of days. There's quite a range of titles discussed this time around - although that pesky Square Enix RPG has cropped...
