Hollow Knight Switch 2 Edition Launches Today, Nintendo Confirms

UPDATE: As leaked earlier this morning, Hollow Knight volition so motorboat its Nintendo Switch 2 Edition today. Confirmed by Nintendo during today's Partner Direct, owners of the acclaimed platformer connected Switch volition beryllium capable to upgrade to its Switch 2 Edition for free.

For overmuch more, here's everything announced successful today's Nintendo Partner Direct.

ORIGINAL STORY: With conscionable hours to spell until today's Nintendo Direct broadcast, an updated ratings committee listing suggests Hollow Knight could get an imminent Switch 2 release.

Team Cherry's long-awaited crippled is present listed for Switch 2 with a February 5, 2026 merchandise date, per the website of European ratings committee PEGI. Hey, that's today!

Of course, Hollow Knight primitively launched for Nintendo Switch backmost successful 2018, though we learned a mates of months agone that the crippled would beryllium getting an updated Switch 2 Edition astatine immoderate constituent this year. Now, it seems, that caller mentation is moments away.

Nintendo is owed to aerial its latest Partner Direct aboriginal today, astatine 6am Pacific, 9am Eastern oregon 2pm UK time. This third-party crippled showcase volition see 20 minutes of announcements featuring titles headed to Switch and Switch 2 that aren't developed by Nintendo itself — specified arsenic Hollow Knight.

Don't tune successful expecting a caller Mario crippled announcement, then, but bash support an oculus retired for much quality connected different upcoming Switch 2 releases specified arsenic this month's Resident Evil Requiem, and the promising-looking 007: First Light. Oh, and Hollow Knight present too. What volition this caller variation contain?

Alongside releasing Hollow Knight again connected Switch 2, Team Cherry is present engaged moving connected Sea of Sorrow, its archetypal enlargement to Hollow Knight: Silksong. Will we spot much of this contiguous arsenic well? Time volition tell, but arsenic ever IGN volition beryllium reporting each of the large announcements live.

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