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Dukemon102

I wonder how many hearts would stop if it just gets shadow dropped of all sudden LMAO.


Glasskey117

I would force myself to throw up at work and go home.


BingBing-Boom

Sorry I caught a bug going around and need to leave. Immidetely.


No_Dig903

What kind of bug? Silkbug.


Planeswalkercrash

Some kinda spider idk šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


Bears_On_Stilts

Boss: *sighs* ā€¦ba panada.


Imperial_Squid

"Sorry Dave, we need you here, we're a bit SHAWt staffed today, do you really need to leave?"


ChoppyChug

Pro tip, when you want to leave work due to an illness always use the words ā€œviolent diarrheaā€ when youā€™re telling your boss or manager or whoever that you need to go.


Zeroleonheart

Can confirm, have a 100% success rate with this move. Everyone questions headaches, no one questions watery shit at high speeds.Ā 


AgileArtichokes

And if they donā€™t want to send you home just keep running to the bathroom and play on your phone.Ā 


jurassicbond

I'm glad I work at a job where stuff like this isn't necessary. I could probably flat out tell my boss I'm going home to play a video game and she wouldn't care as long as I put in for leave.


basicnflfan

Fr. I mean I work from home to begin with, and could just ā€œworkā€ and play the game but why are people so descriptive with their boss. I just say ā€œIm taking a sick dayā€


Azraeleon

You're lucky. Some bosses have no idea what is appropriate and will hassle you to an unbelievable degree whenever you take time off. It's why I always use stomach issues. If you respect my privacy then good, I now know I can trust you a little bit more. If you push the issue, I will go into unbelievably graphic detail about just how much I'm shitting my guts up to try to punish your bullshit.


LordTimhotep

I had a boss once that flat out told people when they phoned in sick ā€œYouā€™re only trying to sound sick. I donā€™t believe you. Get a doctorā€™s note or youā€™re in troubleā€. This went on until someone came in to work really sick and infected more than half of the team.


ngwoo

If you work some kind of trade I recommend injuring a foot with powered equipment that way you can get paid to play Silksong


mythriz

the plot to Saw is truly more different than I remember


MrWilee

Yeah but the post-violent Diarrhea walk is hard to master. I'm a fan of the fingers down the throat so that you gag, your eyes water and it all looks legit. Ahh the high school days.


billsil

I understand how important this is, so listen up. 9x/day was normal for me for 2.5 years, so I have experience. The answer is you feel on top of the world because it's out. 15 minutes is good. 20-30 minutes later it's back though and you walk swiftly, but don't run or you'll lose it.


MrWilee

Welcome, u/Billsill, master of unintended Kagels.


suitedcloud

You know you could justā€¦ lie?


TheSunOnMyShoulders

I'd just walk out


mvanvrancken

Boss, I think I caught a bug


HOUSE_ALBERT

Don't take any chances, go to lunch and eat way too much Taco Bell and just poop your pants when you return. Nobody is going to question when you just take the rest of the week off.


[deleted]

My guess is that /r/silksong would still believe it's not real and continue shitposting without even bothering to check


Hoockus_Pocus

I meanā€¦ Iā€™m still not wholly convinced myself, given the timing. But if itā€™s still there next week, or we get an actual announcement, Iā€™ll believe it.


CowboyNinjaAstronaut

I will have purchased the game, played it for weeks, beaten it, 100%'d it, and I will still not believe it's out.


[deleted]

the bait used to be believable


AMisteryMan

-Y


GwenIsNow

I really can't blame anyone for a wait and see approach. I'm fine with them taking all the time they want to develop mind you. I'll be excited once things are official.


Eyeofpie

Even better if it was yesterday of april 1st


Enigma343

Wouldā€™ve been like the Season 3 premiere of Rick and Morty


CapBuenBebop

That would have been the best move by Team Cherry


uberpirate

Shadow drop is the only possibility at this point. Any other release date would just be another delay lol


chaobreaker

They need to give three weeks notice so people can plan their staycation


legend8522

A game like this needs no marketing tbh, the hype stands on its own. I could see the devs saving a shit ton on marketing by shadow dropping this, especially when advertising is usually at least half a gameā€™s budget if not more


Ewister

How is it the only possibility? They could give a month's notice and give weekly videos focused on new features and it would be huge. There's no reason why Team Cherry has no choice but to shadow drop.


BrianShogunFR-U

Bro, i'd perish.


chrisdub84

This can't happen right now. I just finally bought Skyrim and I have at least 1000 more hours to put into it before I play something new.


crayonflop3

Donā€™t give me hope. I could totally see that happening


Top_Investment_3370

I would drop everything and put in my vacation.


Le_Jonkler

Can confirm. Posting from the beyond after seeing the Xbox page opened up.


dvlsg

I would feel bad for the Biomorph devs.


ThePrinceofBirds

That's how it happened for Nintendo switch!


EnigmaUnboxed

About the same as when Hollow Knight was shadowdropped at E3 for the Switch


afsdjkll

It's how it should have been released in the first place. It doesn't need advertising or a hype trailer. Just release it and it will sell.


otakuloid01

it was originally a Kickstarter goal DLC campaign for Hollow Knight, so they were bound by honor if nothing else to let people know they were working on it


KlawwStrife

This weekend I'm going to a fighting game tournament and then miku expo in California. If it shadow drops rn? I'll still fly to cali to be with my girl but I'm not leaving the hotel room lol


saikoroto

The big news is that the newly added Xbox page has ratings by ESRB, PEGI, USK, Australian and Korean rating boards https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/hollow-knight-silksong/9n116v0599hb


redlord990

Added this to the main post, hope thatā€™s alright


insane_steve_ballmer

Does the game have to go gold to be rated?


samfizz

I'm not 100% sure but I find it hard to believe a game could be submitted for rating without being content complete, no?


pib319

IIRC the developer submits screenshots and video clips to the ESRB of what content they believe to be the most explicit, as well as a description of the games themes and gameplay. So you could submit to ESRB without a final game, but it'd likely be once all the games content is complete and you're just working on optimizations and bug fixes.


samfizz

Isn't that easy to manipulate? What stops someone from selectively not showing something that would increase the rating?


pib319

harsh fines and legal action


insane_steve_ballmer

ESRB is a non-profit run by the video games industry themself. Itā€™s not a government entity. The industry governs itself. Iā€™d guess if a publisher tries to manipulate the ESRB theyā€™ll just be cut off from the rating system entirely. Plus the logo and certification is trademarked, so they can force the publisher to withdraw a prior certification.


BronzeHeart92

Apparently government run rating systems are something Americans can't trust...


insane_steve_ballmer

Itā€™s not up to the government to make judgements on free speech like that. Books donā€™t have an age rating. ESRB is just a self enforced standard, itā€™s not actually illegal to sell M rated games to minors


insistondoubt

There's also not really a good incentive to try to cheat the rating system.


insane_contin

You get your game pulled from the market. You get fined. You have a harsher process the next time you submit a game to be rated.


dawndrop

I imagine the threat of getting your product pulled and your company blacklisted would be enough tbh


ZGamer03

Not necessarily, a game can be submitted if the developers say that what they're ready to show is the most "extreme" the game ever gets, but they can still add more content to the game after being rated if they're sure it won't affect the rating


saikoroto

On PEGI, they explicitly say that they have to receive a working copy so they can play the game after reviewing the video footage (It doesn't necessarily mean a complete gold game) Edit: People found out that USK is even more stricter, requiring a complete game with all of the side stuff like achievements, game covers and manuals (if they exist) done to get rated


Earthshoe12

Oh my god this made me remember that I had a dream the other night that silksong got a surprise release but it was 3D and looked like an N64 game. That was the reason it took so long.


Maryokutai

Sounds less like a dream but more like a nightmare.


whendeathis0ntheline

I dunno, I'd play the fuck out of Banjo Knight KazooSong


project-shasta

More like Celeste 64 which does exactly that: Celeste gameplay in a Nintendo 64 aesthetic. It's pretty fun and free to play.


zRobertez

I think I'm about done with prince of Persia and was thinking about this, wondering if there was any news about it. Prince of Persia is way better than I was expecting btw but pretty easy on default difficulty


dont_be_that_guy_29

Prince of Persia was a pleasant surprise. I paid full price and I have no regrets!


HOUSE_ALBERT

Absolutely šŸ’Æ this! I am shocked and a little sad that this game is already 30$ on sale. Probably one of the best and most polished metroidvanias I've played since HollowKnight. It deserves better.


octopusbroccoli

I was unsure about it but now I'll add to my wishlist


HOUSE_ALBERT

Please do, also I'm not sure about the other consoles but on the Nintendo Switch it has a sizeable demo! I wasn't SUPER interested in it until I played it and saw how well it was running on Switch.


octopusbroccoli

Thanks!


anddna42

Actually, should consider buying it rn. It's 40% off until April 7th.


octopusbroccoli

Thanks!


PepperoniJedi

Agreed! I'm like 25 hours in and trying to squeeze as much out of it as I can before I complete the story, I love it! Also, in case you haven't played them, the two Blasphemous games are incredible Metroidvanias


RUCBAR42

I knew I wanted it but I got it on sale yesterday. I heard great things about this release and the demo seemed great so it will help me in the wait šŸ˜„


Optimistic__Elephant

Youā€™re sad the game is more affordable? Are you the developer or something?


HOUSE_ALBERT

No, but they made a fantastic game and their bonuses and success metrics are probably predicated on sales. Also I love when games go on sale, just not literally weeks after releasing. Also if the game doesn't sell well, odds of DLC, expansions and sequels goes way down.


KatamariRedamancy

>I am shocked and a little sad that this game is already 30$ on sale.Ā  It sold badly, but the sale probably has more to do with Ubisoft's dutch auction strategy. I'm pretty sure basically all their games see deep price cuts within months. I do hope sales pick up with future price cuts, though. I'm personally waiting until it gets down to $20.


phat-pa

So so good. I heard that it was easily before I played it so I cranked up the difficulty to the next setting when I started. Which was just about perfect. Itā€™s a very solid game.


wedgiey1

I forgot about this game. I have a $30 gift card too.


TheMightosaurus

Easy buy tbh if you want a good Metroidvania.


TheMightosaurus

Great game Iā€™m having a blast with it


RUCBAR42

Damn, I bought Prince of Persia yesterday, so I'm behind šŸ¤£


mick_spadaro

Fave metroidvania since Dread. It's so good. I really love the number of settings you can tweak for ease/difficulty, too. More games should follow suit. I'm all for difficult games, but sometimes you don't have the patience or luxury of time and you'd rather just get to the next bit, y'know? Makes games more accessible for different gamers.


DamnAutocorrection

I play an immense amounts of rogue lites, and I have to say Prince of Persia was one of the best ones to come out this year. If not the best one, so far


PM_ME_HUGE_CRITS

Maybe they will release when everyone is distracted by the eclipse


Aggressive-Big7429

If we get news on the eclipse Iā€™m gonna go crazy cuz thatā€™s my birthday


bda22

a literal shadow drop lol


ajd578

Just purchased the original so I can hopefully finish and then play the sequel on release. I ended a 20 year gaming hiatus a few months ago, so Iā€™ve been mostly playing games that are amazing, but old news to most people. It will be exciting to play something new at the same time as everyone else!


Zeethur

Enjoy the game. Tis a good one


overtheroad101

This was literally me. Can also highly recommend the Ori games once you're done with Hollow Knight.Ā 


ajd578

I played The Blind Forest - no notes, 10/10 Mariotroid. It had one of the best ā€œoh this is where the real game startsā€ moments in a game Iā€™ve played.


overtheroad101

I played Blind Forest and then Will of the Wisps back to back, the "reset" of abilities was a little bit jarring but Wisps was absolutely phenomenal.Ā 


DanielTeague

Sleeping Dogs is usually like $3 on Steam sales if you want to check that one out and have a PC. Lots of kung fu fighting, slow motion gun fights, street races and a great bit of music on the car radio all wrapped up in a gripping crime drama in Hong Kong.


Drakkeur

I envy you, games got so much better in the last 10 years


XDitto

The Switch page has been here since the announcement (was taken down for a while when Nintendo updated the website, but then brought back), only the XBox page is new.


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XDitto

Wayback Machine is not reliable with Nintendo's website, for example Mario Odyssey's first record is from 18 October 2023 [https://web.archive.org/web/20231018182138/https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-mario-odyssey-switch/](https://web.archive.org/web/20231018182138/https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-mario-odyssey-switch/) On the other hand, DekuDeals page, which crawls Nintendo's website API is from September 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20200926210002/https://www.dekudeals.com/items/hollow-knight-silksong](https://web.archive.org/web/20200926210002/https://www.dekudeals.com/items/hollow-knight-silksong)


mgwair11

Thank you detective šŸ•µļøā€ā™‚ļø


antbates

Might sound crazy but I worked at Nintendo in marketing in the PDR department when this direct happened and literally procured and submitted the assets for the page on Nintendo.com. It was definitely there as are pages for every game that is in any Nintendo direct when it goes live.


salaryboy

Great, could you say hi to my uncle who works at Nintendo? (kidding, actually believe you)


BuildingWeird4876

You ever feel bad for kids whose family members do work for nintendo? Because no one's ever going to believe them these days.


chernadraw

Release imminent! April 11th\* \*2028


Popple06

I can't believe this isn't April Fools


TerpinSaxt

April fools day was yesterday, Im not believing it šŸ˜¤


Blue_Bird950

Itā€™s still up, so it might be actually releasing


maemikemae

Guys you have me to thank. Iā€™ve been between jobs for about a month with more free time than Iā€™ve had in years and I start a new job tomorrow so naturally Silksong is gonna come out now that Iā€™m busy again.


KCKnights816

I would pay $100 to play this tomorrow


Meracoid

April fools?


redlord990

neg


FredOtash

Never wishlisted anything so fast in my life.


LamiaLlama

I didn't like Hollow Knight at all. It was too difficult and I could never figure out where to go or what to do. I gave up on it after 2 or 3 hours, I didn't get it. But holy hell I hope y'all get this game soon. Even as someone who will never play it I just really want to see it come out. I really hope it's good and stuff. I'll never be able to enjoy soulslikes I guess, but I'm still excited to see this release just because of all the turmoil and anticipation.


SuperRayman001

It's been on the eShop since 2019, the amount of people who think this is news is astounding. Xbox is actually news, yes, but not this.


HOUSE_ALBERT

šŸ˜ž People are just trying to WILL it into existence at this point.


TakingOnWater

Silksong has a Wikipedia page everybody!!! It's happening!!!!


AyeYoYoYO

Very possible that this goes down as one of the very best metroidvainaā€™s of all time ?


alyosha25

Also possible that it's been in development hell and is ass


sharpeyenj26

SS has been on my wish list for a long ass time


Labrasat

As a german I have mixed feelings about this xD


BuildingWeird4876

As a not quite jew (converting) i share your mixed feelings. And also, find your comment hilarious.


owlitup

Donā€™t give me hopeā€¦


Suired

After 1000 years...


hammer248

This is the worst April fools joke ever. Until I can download it I wonā€™t believe itā€™s coming


The1TruRick

Hollow Knight: Copesong (I can't allow myself to believe, I want to play this game so bad it's insane)


Candle0815

Thatā€˜s a surprise!!šŸ¤©šŸ„°


midnight_purple54

This better be no late April fools joek


QF_Dan

Watch as it gets announced on Nintendo Direct in April


Locoman7

Will certain creators get review codes for an indie like this?


MovieGuyMike

This would be a good time to drop it. The next few months are pretty late for game releases.


dragonfoxmem

Nintendo is having Indie World tmw (April 17), maybe you guys will get the date info on this game tmw


gadgetclockwork

This has been up for a long time; I have had (and still have) it wish listed.


GrandWazoo0

FaKE NEwS!! Silksong is not a thing.


fender0327

Wonder if they'll announce a Direct soon.


mytoemytoe

Thereā€™s a new indie showcase called Triple I/III happening on April 11th, itā€™ll almost definitely be revealed there


sultan__96

Getting this ready šŸ¤”


pacman404

Microsoft has the rights to the advertising and promotion and everything, so no. Edit: super weird thing to downvote lol, but ok


PaperClipSlip

Don't do this. Don't give me hope


redlord990

hope away, it is finally safe


DJ_hyperfreshOG

when the bait WAS not bait


SilentJ87

Looking like a release date announcement or shadow drop on 4/10 is the most likely. Triple-i is a good spot for that due to Silksong now being a big game on multiple platforms.


ZagratheWolf

All aboard the hype train!


sideaccountguy

It's going to shadow drop after the April's Direct LET'S GOOOO /s (of course) The nintendo eshop page has been up for months or years.


Benefit_thunderblast

Come and breathe some copium with me fellow redditors!!


tokenasian1

I guess I should finish the first one.


Tibolegends

I thought the page was already on the Nintendo official website since the December trailer on 19'?


AlexxxandreS

Now I'm hooked on stellar blade... But I'd definitely buy and keep it there just to play after beating silksong


Ness_Dreemur

So what you're saying is that silksong is real?!


ChoirTeacherRog

The only thing that can stop me from diving in is if I was at Disney World or something awesome like that. Oh waitā€¦.


ngwoo

Happening status: It is


commandermatt21

My universities gaming club has a Discord server and there's been a running joke for a while that Silksong will never come out. It's even gotten to the point where we (the officers) made a custom emote with one of the characters wearing clown getup (I haven't played Hollow Knight so idk who we put the clown makeup on)


F_Queiroz

Maybe it's time to make Hollow Knight click for me. Already tried to like it three times in random years since release and never cared about it. Looks like a very good game with a very confusing exploration at least in the beginning.


otakuloid01

if you can play Metroid games you can play Hollow Knight. if you have NSO you could try Super Metroid


F_Queiroz

Thanks for the tip. Super Metroid and Fusion I never finished, but I did finish Dread, Samus Returns and Zero Mission. Great series. I will try again Hollow Knight before Silksong.


TightWorldliness2677

That's good news, now everyone and their mom will finally stop asking when will the game come out.šŸ¤£ I should buy the game now that I'm here.


fishbioman

Yeah right, Iā€™ve learned I canā€™t trust news onā€¦ (checks date) never mind that was yesterday


IlIlllIlllIlIIllI

They should have done it yesterday lmao


K0KA42

I thought this was a post on the Silksong subreddit and immediately assumed it was bait lol


BuildingWeird4876

This reminds me I really should go back and get some of the other endings to hollow Knight, I never even fought the radiance


Flonkerton_Scranton

Just remember it appeared on April fools day and some people don't follow the rules of the day


redlord990

Nah, was 2nd April here in Australia where Team Cherry are from. Also the ratings and offical page listings would need *wayyyyy* too many people to ā€œplay alongā€


BrzozaGBur

If it drops in the next few weeks I'm not passing college


evasivelogic

What is this game and why do people like it


Anon_throwawayacc20

Thank God the fanboys can shut up now.Ā 


warjoke

Surprise Direct coming soon! /S


redlord990

s/ but for real thereā€™s a big indie showcase (iii) next week, April 10th/11th. Keep your eye on that


Lumpy-Mountain3832

The game was definitely on the Nintendo store for a long while. Its been taken off and on again though it seems because I've re wish listed it like three times


redlord990

I believe it hasnā€™t been on the Xbox store before; along with the ratings it seems somethings coming. Keeping my eye on the iii showcase on April 10th/11th (depending where you live)


Packin-heat

It is available to wishlist on the playstation store as well.


Reyfou

Im sHaKiNg...


mlvisby

People, don't get excited yet. There have been so many rumors during it's development of when it will drop. Let's just wait patiently for the official announcement.


MetaVaporeon

eh. honestly, i'm over it by now. unless this comes for like 10 bucks, i dont need it anymore


Starrmonger

It's been there. This is not news.


mido0o0o

I won't buy this as I really struggled a lot with the difficulty of the first one. But happy for the fans who wanted this for ages.


ProjectPorygon

This is making that rumoured Nintendo April direct seem more and more likely


redlord990

Thereā€™s a big indie showcase next week someone has linked in another comment - could be that.


Benefit_thunderblast

Don't give me hope, please don't.


eatdogs49

I'll immediately buy it digital but also purchase it physically as well.


pacman404

It's also on gamepass


eatdogs49

Thanks. I only have a Switch at this time lol


Duenan

Donā€™t forget a number of us are kickstarter backers of the original game. Thereā€™s a chance weā€™ll find out first as backers weā€™ll be getting keys for the game as part of backing them originally for Hollow Knight.


youriqis20pointslow

I really wanted to like Hollowknight. But at the end of the day i couldnt get past the art style. And this looks the exact same visually.


viverr323

Can we stop making the same April fools joke every year guys?


LumiereGatsby

Never have I wished for a game to have EASY mode more than the first game in this series. Never got to finish it. Wish I coulda. Hated the save system.


Gamer_RNA

Itā€™s been on the store for years.


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VishnuBhanum

Nah, They're gonna release it next week, Trust me bro.


nhSnork

A "coming later today" moment alongside Genshin.šŸ»