Hollow Knight: Silksong And Hollow Knight Switch 2 Physical Editions Announced, Pre-Orders Live

Wow, those look really impressive, and a strange one that the Switch 2 packs play on the OG Switch, I do feel there's a possibility for some confusion with these like... "why doesn't Pokopia work on the Switch 1 when Hollow Knight Switch 2 edition works on OG Switch?"

I was thinking these were going to come much later, so very cool they released now! Fangamer always does great physical releases so I definitely will consider picking up Silksong, since I already have Hollow Knight

Hollow Knight is a great game, but not a key card? Yeah, that's unfortunate. Gonna have to be a skip for me. Maybe I'll reconsider if they rerelease this with nothing on the cartridge.

@Stormcloudlive These are really just Switch 1 physical games. And then you can download the Switch 2 upgrades. At least, that's the way I understood that.

Cool thats theres physicals. But would've preferred they be one release bundled together. Especially with those prices.

They come with a manual? That just hits right in the nostalgia... I might have to check that out

would have made more sense if they waited until Sea of Sorrow was fully out before doing these tbh so they could include everything on the cart.

Fantastic and of course I'll definitely be picking one up.

Oh heck yeah! Fangamer continues to do a better job than LRG!

@AussieMcBucket Correct.

I abandoned Silk Song after 4 hrs (Bought the compass, got killed before finding a bench, went back to buy the compass again and it was gone from the shop and literally never came back) HOWEVER... that map is beautiful. I'd like to convince myself that the physical map would make a difference

@DangerZone
dying doesn't reload your save. you carry on, just with your cocoon left behind where you died. the compass wasn't for sale any more because you still have it.

@EarthboundBenjy People have said this to me before... but I don't see it anywhere 🤷‍♀️

@Nintendemon Okay, you saw that too? Nice. It's like when they repackage things to say, "Also compatible with [X console]."

Sure they're "expensive" compared to their digital versions but 40/45$ for these games is more than a steal.

Especially if you compare it to first party prices. 30$ less than most Nintendo releases!

Planning on buying both. I'd like them portably, and team cherry didn't take enough of my money for either of these games

Tempted, but I might wait for a version that ships with Sea of Sorrow (and whatever other DLC might still be coming) already on the cartridge.

I assume this means there won’t be a Switch 1 physical box + game. Shame because I’d like to have matching boxes and already own Hollow Knight physical. They knew this would have some people buying Hollow Knight again. I don’t like all the extra text at the bottom of the box art

@AussieMcBucket
You sound like one of those weird people who read the article before going straight to the comments section to give their input.

@OneArmedGiant XD I think I'm doing it wrong.

I waited for the physical version of Silksong and didn’t buy the digital version. Finally!

I want to support physical Switch 2 releases but I played Hollow Knight on Switch 1 and found it extremely challenging. And if Silksong is even harder, I think I'll give it a pass. But, to show that support, I will probably double-dip on Hollow Knight for Switch 2.

Even if Silksong is one of my favorite games ever I'll wait. Crossing fingers for a collector's edition like the one HK got, that will be an insta buy!

I'm absolutely getting Silksong. It's very likely one of my favorite games from last year, and I want the physical trinket as a memento of my time spent in Pharloom.

The goblins in my head are urging me to get the Hollow Knight SW2-edition as well, but that's a bridge too far. I bought the Fangamer edition for SW1 years back already.

I was originally planning on buying Silksong as a physical copy even though I already have it digitally, since I have the Switch 1 physical version of Hollow Knight and loved the paper manual and map that came with it. But the increased and unfair difficulty in Silksong made it such an unfun game to play I never bothered to finish it, so I'll be skipping the physical edition too. Maybe if Team Cherry would add an option to adjust the difficulty level so you could make it the same as in the first game, I'd consider coming back to Silksong and even buying the physical. But I doubt that's gonna happen.

So it's the same as before but with a banner on the top and now you can download the Switch 2 upgrade for free.... even though it's already free? I'm very confused as to who is getting this, other than collectors........ who themselves will probably wait for a collector's edition?

Nice PSA, pre-ordered last night as soon as I got the e-mail from Fangamer. Didn't think this would come so soon. Yay!

@Stormcloudlive because it’s a Switch 2 Edition, which has always meant it is compatible with both consoles.

The text on the bottom of the box even says so.

@Res462 @AussieMcBucket Yeah I'm just saying, I completely understand the system and how those games work, I'm just saying would an older person who was buying something for their kids be fully savvy enough to know that some Switch 2 software like these Switch 2 editions do work on the original console but then you've got stuff like Mario Kart World which obviously (to us) does not.

It's even stranger if you look at the box to something like Kirby Forgotten Land or Mario Wonder with Bellabel Park those boxes show the dlc on them which obviously will not work on the OG systems but the base Forgotten Land / Mario Wonder will work.

@DangerZone You need to equip the compass into one of the slots in the Crest menu (or whatever it was called). Need to sit on a bench to do that, though.

@AussieMcBucket If I understand it correctly, the Switch 2 Edition cards have both the Switch 1 version as well as the Switch 2 upgrade on the card. So basically when you try to play it on Switch 1, it plays the Switch 1 version. But when you play on Switch 2 it will also apply the Switch 2 Edition upgrade to the game.

Bought Silksong on Steam but will happily double dip for a true physical version.

Already have a HK Physical version for S1 and that has a free S2 upgrade, so no need to buy again.

@CaleBoi25 While the Switch 2 upgrade is free and can be downloaded if you bought Hollow Knight physical or digital for Switch 1 this Nintendo Switch 2 Edition obviously has the Switch 2 upgrade on the cartridge so no download necessary.

@Stormcloudlive To be fair, these aren't getting retail store releases, so the chances of casual consumer confusion is very low.

I held off on Silksong. Now it's on sale on the eshop for $16, which is much more appealing than $45. As much as I like physical versions, I am on a budget.

@HotGoomba People buying non-GK card games don't realize they're sending the wrong message.

@link3710 Where does it say it isn't getting a retail store release? Because Hollow Knight Switch 1 physical (also Fangamer) can be bought everywhere. Just curious.

Also don't see the confusion. All Nintendo Switch 2 Edition releases work like this. It's not more confusing than buying the Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of Zelda BOTW/TOTK.

@link3710 @Yosti It's not true. It's already listed on Best Buy.

@Stormcloudlive Yeah, that's a good point.

@KoopaTheGamer Do you think they have the upgrade on the card? I understood it to mean that you have to download that part. Kind of like how the GKC's work.