Hollow Knight's Hornet Strikes Hard! Support for a new Indie rep!

[Megadoomer]

Working my way through my Switch backlog, I'm having trouble with getting into Hollow Knight. I'm on the Greenpath area, and compared to other indie Metroidvanias like Guacamelee or Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, I find that I'm lacking defensive/mobility options. It doesn't help that an enemy that I just encountered as a mini-boss became a normal enemy in the very next room (a large green knight with a sword and shield), and the room where it's a normal enemy has you fighting it in a much smaller space than the mini-boss fight on top of that.

Is there something on the map that tells me where upgrades are, or something else that I should be keeping an eye out for on the map? Or is there a dedicated dodge button that I've forgotten about? It's been a while since I started playing it, so not everything's come back to me.

 

[Cadillac]

I can see Hornet easily as a fighter, but Knight as a Mii sword fighter myself.

But with how much Nintendo is pushing Silksong, even mentioning it as a top nintendo game to look for this year... yeah I can see Hornet appearing.

Nintendo released a graphic of some of the games coming to Switch in 2020, and they are teasing many more announcements to come. pic.twitter.com/EhlWnTKzuT

— Stealth (@Stealth40k) January 20, 2020

I do wonder though. Hornet getting in may make people think its just a promotional pic like Byleth, but would people be as upset by that for her ?

Some people would be, as they would think 'It's another swordfighter' or 'It's not the Knight'. I mean people being upset by DLCs is inevitable so expect that amount of salt, although not as close as Byleth. Mostly I think people would be surprised since she is an indie character.

Working my way through my Switch backlog, I'm having trouble with getting into Hollow Knight. I'm on the Greenpath area, and compared to other indie Metroidvanias like Guacamelee or Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, I find that I'm lacking defensive/mobility options. It doesn't help that an enemy that I just encountered as a mini-boss became a normal enemy in the very next room (a large green knight with a sword and shield), and the room where it's a normal enemy has you fighting it in a much smaller space than the mini-boss fight on top of that.

Is there something on the map that tells me where upgrades are, or something else that I should be keeping an eye out for on the map? Or is there a dedicated dodge button that I've forgotten about? It's been a while since I started playing it, so not everything's come back to me.

Some things you can buy from Iselda tells where the Shops and benches are if you visited them before. I suspect you already have Wayward Compass.
Also defeating Hornet in Greenpath gives you dash ability.

 

[Megadoomer]

Some things you can buy from Iselda tells where the Shops and benches are if you visited them before. I suspect you already have Wayward Compass.
Also defeating Hornet in Greenpath gives you dash ability.

I do have the thing that lets me know where benches are, and I think I also have the thing for shops. Not sure where Hornet is, but that's good to know - my big issue when fighting the shield guy is that I find it hard to get close to them, attack, and get away before they can counter, and hopefully a dash helps with that.

Also, if you want to quote multiple people at once, you can either use the +Quote button (next to reply) or edit the quote into your first post, so you can avoid double-posting. I merged the posts together this time, though double posting is considered a light form of spam.

 

[Cadillac]

If we are getting an assist trophy what do you think about this guy?
He was shown in the trailer, in the 'New Legends' section.

 

[Zeb Nasaki]

Honestly, which indie character can enter now when sans and cuphead are disconfirmed?

 

[Cadillac]

Honestly, which indie character can enter now when sans and cuphead are disconfirmed?

Hornet, Knight, Quote, Reimu, Drifter.... and I'm out of ideas. Maybe the Celeste girl but I don't think she has that much of a moveset.

 

[fogbadge]

Honestly, which indie character can enter now when sans and cuphead are disconfirmed?

yooka laylee, gunvolt, brothers, hat kid, that goose

 

[Cadillac]

https://twitter.com/42_HollowKnight/status/1221710800601042944?s=19
Silksong has taunts.
Best game ever.

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

I have yet to play the game yet, but Nintendo really does seem to be promoting Hollow Knight quite a bit, Silksong being listed as a major release and getting released in the Chinese market for Switch.

I don't know if it's enough to get a Hollow Knight character playable in Smash, since other big indie stars have been made Mii Costumes or other roles, but I'd be very surprised if Hollow Knight doesn't get some sort of content in Smash by the end of it's development.

That said, if we do get a Hallow Knight character as a Mii costume, what song would y'all want to be the song bundled with them?

 

[Cadillac]

I have yet to play the game yet, but Nintendo really does seem to be promoting Hollow Knight quite a bit, Silksong being listed as a major release and getting released in the Chinese market for Switch.

I don't know if it's enough to get a Hollow Knight character playable in Smash, since other big indie stars have been made Mii Costumes or other roles, but I'd be very surprised if Hollow Knight doesn't get some sort of content in Smash by the end of it's development.

That said, if we do get a Hallow Knight character as a Mii costume, what song would y'all want to be the song bundled with them?

YES A PERSON
For the song, I think Sealed Vessel or Hornet.

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

I thought y'all might like this

The art is by @lubellide00 on Twitter, here's the rest of Ultimate's roster in Hollow Knight form

Everyone is bugs!
Here's a hollow-knight version of the ssbu full roster#HollowKnight @TeamCherryGames #Nintendo #SuperSmashBrosUltimate @Sora_Sakurai #SmashBros pic.twitter.com/ANBsplmZ1s

— Lub (@Lub_De00) November 5, 2018

edit: here's a Hornet Icon

 

[fogbadge]

I thought y'all might like this

The art is by @lubellide00 on Twitter, here's the rest of Ultimate's roster in Hollow Knight form

Everyone is bugs!
Here's a hollow-knight version of the ssbu full roster#HollowKnight @TeamCherryGames #Nintendo #SuperSmashBrosUltimate @Sora_Sakurai #SmashBros pic.twitter.com/ANBsplmZ1s

— Lub (@Lub_De00) November 5, 2018

edit: here's a Hornet IconView attachment 262686

oh yes, ive seen those about they are pretty cool, in fact id say that terry is cooler than the actual terry, but thats just me

 

[Cadillac]

https://twitter.com/AllSourceGaming/status/1229172243214848005?s=19

Y'all gotta vote for Hornet here if you haven't

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

I just realized that Silksong was announced just a little over a year ago, maybe we can get an actual release date with the next Nintendo direct.

 

[Cadillac]

I just realized that Silksong was announced just a little over a year ago, maybe we can get an actual release date with the next Nintendo direct.

I hope

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

Today Hollow Knight turned 3 years old!

Also I found out there an entire subreddit for Hollow Knight memes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HollowKnightMemes/comments/f8863b Surprisingly it has over 30,000 members!

the regular Hollow Knight subreddit has over 124,000 members, which is pretty impressive for an indie game

 

[Cadillac]

I wish more people posted here.

 

[zferolie]

I wish more people posted here.

Once we get more info on silksong i think this place will liven up. Hopefully its soon, if not this week with that rumored direct then in march in the rumored indie direct

 

[Cadillac]

The Dynamic Duo.

 

[QQS]

I totally support and would love to see Hollow Knight joining the battle!

 

[zferolie]

https://twitter.com/jeffgrubb/status/1237525608503996417?s=21

Updated the story. Indie thing next week. Nintendo Direct the week of March 26. We're going to talk about it right now on the podcast. https://t.co/34FU0yTwKE

— Grubb (@JeffGrubb) March 10, 2020

Update: Just got retweeted, if he is right then I guess we know Nintendo's lineup for March.

Looking very likely we will get an nindie showcase next week. Maybe finally more infor and release date on Silksong?

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

Looking very likely we will get an nindie showcase next week. Maybe finally more infor and release date on Silksong?

Hopefully, it’s been over a year since Silksong’s announcement and team Cherry has been pretty tight lipped about it.

 

[Cadillac]

Looking very likely we will get an nindie showcase next week. Maybe finally more infor and release date on Silksong?

Hopefully we can. And if we don't, we might get one in the general direct.
Also, do you think Hornet will be a good pass-starter?

 

[zferolie]

Hopefully we can. And if we don't, we might get one in the general direct.
Also, do you think Hornet will be a good pass-starter?

If I wasn't so sure shantae was gonna be the western indie rep, I would say Hornet was the next most likely.

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

Hopefully we can. And if we don't, we might get one in the general direct.
Also, do you think Hornet will be a good pass-starter?

I’d say Hornet would be a pretty good pass starter, having an indie character start it off kind of would be pretty unexpected and get people talking.

 

[zferolie]

Man still no silksong news. I thought for sure indie world would have something about this game.... whats going on?

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

Man still no silksong news. I thought for sure indie world would have something about this game.... whats going on?

Perhaps the next general direct? It does seem to get extra promotion from Nintendo than most indies.

 

[Cadillac]

I kind of wished we get one in a general direct, since then there's more chance for a smash reveal

 

[Cadillac]

I feel like we forgot about crests. That might do something.
Sorry about doubleposting, but not much people post here.

 

[Iko MattOrr]

I check here occasionally but there isn't much to talk about until we have more informations about Silksong...

Some months ago I got the physical version of Hollow Knight for Switch that includes all the DLCs (I formerly played it on PC), but I didn't start it yet because I've other stuff to play (I'm waiting for a better moment because I want to do a full immersion in the game when I will play it).

 

[[Maple]]

I hope we will see a bit more of Silksong in the next Direct. Not really surprised we didn't see it in the Indie World. HK is one of the main argument for Nintendo this year. It would have take all the spotlight at Indie World.

 

[Cee_SSB]

Wow, I see that there's been a lot of support for this thread recently. I'll read through all your comments soon.
In the meantime, I'm working on re-doing the moveset, taking in ideas that I've seen from bits of gameplay I've re-watched and things that you guys have said (with better illustrations!).

 

[Cadillac]

Wow, I see that there's been a lot of support for this thread recently. I'll read through all your comments soon.
In the meantime, I'm working on re-doing the moveset, taking in ideas that I've seen from bits of gameplay I've re-watched and things that you guys have said (with better illustrations!).

You're back!

 

[Cee_SSB]

Yeah, I've been pretty inactive for a while. I've been hearing a lot of chit-chat about Smash DLC and Hollow Knight on my other socials and realised that I should probably check back here. I've got plenty of new ideas though, and I'm still open to suggestions!

 

[Cadillac]

Yeah, I've been pretty inactive for a while. I've been hearing a lot of chit-chat about Smash DLC and Hollow Knight on my other socials and realised that I should probably check back here. I've got plenty of new ideas though, and I'm still open to suggestions!

Maybe use tools in her moveset? Also it seems she can airdash, so that might be a gimmick, like Terry's dodge attack.

 

[Cee_SSB]

Maybe use tools in her moveset? Also it seems she can airdash, so that might be a gimmick, like Terry's dodge attack.

I was thinking about incorporating her Tools into a moveset, however we only know of one currenty (the throwing pin thing). I might add that as a placeholder in case we learn of anything more.

 

[Cadillac]

I was thinking about incorporating her Tools into a moveset, however we only know of one currenty (the throwing pin thing). I might add that as a placeholder in case we learn of anything more.

There's Pimpillo(the bomb), so maybe that can be in the moveset?

 

[Cee_SSB]

I haven't seen this part of the gameplay. That could work though.

 

[Cadillac]

https://www.reddit.com/r/HollowKnight/comments/g4c2yr Yoo look at this!

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

For a Hollow Knight character, I'd feel the best fitting series icon would be the Crest of Hallownest AKA the save symbol

Also I decided to try my hand at some Hollow Knight spirit ideas and their rankings if Hornet was a character. I haven't thought of what their spirit battle would actually play yet.

The Knight ★★

Void Entity (Enhanced) ★★★

Zote the Mighty ★

Quirrel ★★

Cornifer ★

The Last Stag ★★

Grub ★

The Dreamers ★★★

Troupe Master Grimm ★★★

The Hollow Knight ★★★★