Is Silksong a prequel?

Hollow Knight: Silksong is a sequel to Hollow Knight, 2017's side-scrolling action RPG. Some have called it a Souls-like for its challenging boss fights and how you recover items from the spot you died. Silksong carries those ideas forward, but with some specific changes to the way the original game worked.
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Is Silksong before or after Hollow Knight?

Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to the 2017 indie side-scrolling action platformer Hollow Knight, is coming to Xbox, Microsoft announced during the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase on Sunday.
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Is Silksong connected to Hollow Knight?

Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the award winning action-adventure. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to your nature and your past.
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Will Silksong be a DLC?

Initially planned as yet another piece of DLC, Hollow Knight: Silksong, originally called Hornet, became so large that Team Cherry decided to make it a full sequel.
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What year will Silksong be released?

Hollow Knight Silksong will be released before June 12, 2023. This information was revealed during the Xbox Showcase, where a gameplay trailer of the Metroidvania was first shown.
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Is it possible to save Myla in Hollow Knight?

Trivia. Killing Myla after she is fully Infected counts towards the Husk Miner's Journal entry. When asked about whether it is possible to save Myla, Team Cherry said in a Reddit AMA that as long as Myla is not killed, there is "always the chance of a happy ending".
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How well did Hollow Knight sell?

Sales. Hollow Knight had sold over 500,000 copies by November 2017 and surpassed 1,000,000 in sales on PC platforms on 11 June 2018, one day before releasing on Nintendo Switch, where it had sold over 250,000 copies in the two weeks after its launch. By July 2018 it had sold over 1,250,000 copies.
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Is Hollow Knight: Silksong Cancelled?

Hollow Knight Silksong isn't coming anytime soon, according to leaked release date. If fans' memories are fresh, the reactions after Hollow Knight Silksong skipping The Game Awards 2021 will be on everyone's minds.
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Who is the main character in Hollow Knight: Silksong?

Hornet is the mysterious princess-protector of Hallownest's ruins, a major character in Hollow Knight and the playable protagonist of Hollow Knight: Silksong. She wields a Needle and thread with deadly prowess.
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What is the best Hollow Knight ending?

Known as the "Dream No More" ending, this is the ideal outcome that represents true success. To get the game's good ending, you must find the Kingsoul in addition to the Void Heart. You also need to have the Awoken Dream Nail, which is available after tallying 1800 Essence.
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Do you play as Hornet in Silksong?

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Hollow Knight: Silksong is the sequel to Hollow Knight featuring Hornet as the playable character.
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What happened to Quirrel Hollow Knight?

After the conversation, the Knight can choose to sit next to him in silence. Doing so rewards the Witness achievement. After leaving the room, Quirrel disappears. His nail can be seen planted into the ground beside the Lake.
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Who is lace Hollow Knight?

Lace is a dangerous foe, cloaked in mystery, who'll delight at causing Hornet's swift, skewered demise. Lace is a recurring boss in Hollow Knight: Silksong. Lace makes two appearances in two different arenas in the reveal trailer as an antagonist.
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Is the knight the shade Lord?

Lord of Shades..." It is suggested by both this dialogue and the description of Void Heart that after the Knight gets Void Heart, the Void is united by a Lord of Shades, which is presumably the Knight. A statue of this entity is seen in the Hall of Gods after defeating all bosses on ascended difficulty.
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Will Hollow Knight: Silksong be free?

But we also know that times change, and the Nintendo Switch is quickly becoming a common (and excellent) console to own. Because of that, any backer of the game from the $10AUD and above tiers can choose to receive their copy of Hollow Knight: Silksong free on either PC or Nintendo Switch, at launch.
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Is Hornet a princess Hollow Knight?

On Hollow Knight: Silksong's steam page, Hornet is called a "Princess Knight".
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What bug is Hornet Hollow Knight?

Basic Information. Hornet is a very important character to the plot of Hollow Knight, and is also the first boss considered to be a serious heightening in difficulty throughout the progression of the game. Despite the fact that her name is Hornet in a game where everyone is a bug, she's actually a spider.
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Are Hornet and the Knight related?

The Pale King accepted, and out of this union another bug was born, and she is Hornet. This means that the Knight, who was born as a Vessel filled with Void to the Pale King and the White Lady, is indeed Hornet's sibling because both share the same father.
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How long has it been since Silksong was announced?

Hollow Knight: Silksong is an upcoming Metroidvania action-adventure video game developed and published by Team Cherry for Windows, macOS, Linux and Nintendo Switch. It was originally announced on 14 February 2019, as a sequel to the 2017 game Hollow Knight.
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Is Silksong releasing 2022?

What Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Up Against In 2022. Beyond major releases like Elden Ring and Horizon: Forbidden West, 2022 is shaping up to be a promising year for indie titles. In fact, there is already a game that has strong Hollow Knight vibes set for release in March 2022.
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Is Hollow Knight in Smash?

× Hollow Knight is an upcoming collaboration between Nintendo and Team Cherry released as a downloadable content pack for the newest Super Smash Bros. game. The pack includes two new playable characters, four new stages, new music, and new Mii Costumes.
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What language do they speak in Hollow Knight?

Deemed The Hallowscript, the fans designed a language almost completely from scratch - complete with sets of rules on how to write it. And not only have they come up with a written language - in theory, at least - you could actually speak it.
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Is Hollow Knight still popular?

Hollow Knight's concurrent player number has reached an all-time high. While it's common for a game to beat its record for the highest number of players in its early days or when a shiny new slice of content gets added, it's pretty unusual for them to randomly do so five years after launch.
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How old is Grimm Hollow Knight?

The Grimm Troupe DLC was one of three DLC content packs released for Hollow Knight that launched on October 26, 2017.
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