Hollow Knight: Silksong Dev Fuels Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Fever With a Picture of a Chocolate Cake

It's been six years since Team Cherry announced Hollow Knight: Silksong, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2017 Metroidvania masterpiece Hollow Knight. Throughout these years, fans have eagerly awaited updates, with Silksong appearing and disappearing from various gaming showcases. At one point, Microsoft seemed to confirm a release before June 2023, but that didn't happen. The Game Awards came and went without any news on Silksong. Now, with the recent announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, fans are buzzing with excitement and speculation.

The excitement stems from a seemingly innocuous picture of a cake. Here's the story:

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 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 turned out to be true. Nintendo announced the Switch 2, leaving many questions unanswered about the next-gen console. Was Pellen hinting at the Switch 2 reveal? If so, why?

This sparked a frenzy within the Hollow Knight community. Fans reverse-searched the cake image, leading them to a Brooklyn Blackout Cake recipe on Bon Appétit, published on April 2, 2024.

Why is this date significant? Because Nintendo has scheduled the Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 for Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Fans believe Pellen might have initiated an alternate reality game (ARG) for Silksong with his tweet and the cake image.

The speculation doesn't end there. Fans are also trying to decipher 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 plot thickens further with Pellen's new X/Twitter name, "little bomey." Fans have noted 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 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 news?

We'll have to wait a few months to find out. In the meantime, be sure to check out everything announced at Nintendo's Switch 2 reveal.