Hollow Knight: Silksong Sprite Sheet Has Players Wondering 'What Calls For Hornet to Remove her Cloak Like an Exhausted Dad Home From Work?' 

Yesterday, IGN revealed Hollow Knight: Silksong volition beryllium playable successful an Australian depository successful September 2025, and shared a sprite expanse taken from the highly anticipated game. And then… Well. The net internet-ed.

"In what concern [is] making a sprite of bare Hornet necessary?" asked 1 commenter connected a Reddit thread dissecting the exclusive sheet.

Within the dozens of images of Silksong prima Hornet, astir of which amusement her successful a scope of battle-ready and relaxed poses, determination is 1 that shows Hornet casually carrying her cloak nether 1 arm. (We've included a close-up below, but you tin besides spot it connected the archetypal expanse connected the right-hand broadside of the image, instantly nether the uppermost ring):

A adjacent up of the offending sprite, recovered connected the right-hand broadside of the archetypal image.

"What benignant of concern in-game calls for her to region her cloak and clasp it similar she's an exhausted dada returning from work? This is cursed," opined 1 redditor.

"Is this real???? There’s nary mode this is simply a sprite that is going to beryllium successful Silksong. Is that conscionable what she looks like????" posited another, portion different shouted: "IN WHAT KIND OF SITUATION WOULD THEY EVEN NEED THIS SPRITE?"

And then… good past it each gets a small thirsty.

"So, we don't person to fuss making a mod," asserted 1 respondent, portion different said: "We're going consecutive to ESRB 18+ for this one."

"HORNET PUT YOUR CLOAK BACK ON THAT'S SO INDECENT WHAT THE HELL," chastized different thread OP, to which idiosyncratic replied: "This looks truthful wrong," and "this is wholly unnecessary."

"I bash not similar this," announced another.

For what it's worth, the astir plausible mentation could beryllium that we'll beryllium capable to upgrade oregon alteration Hornet's cloak… but for now, fto your imaginations tally riot, Hornet fans.

Team Cherry’s sequel is 1 of the astir anticipated games successful the satellite close now, topping the Steam wishlist charts for years. Silksong made a little quality astatine Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct past month, and soon aft Team Cherry nailed down the 2025 merchandise window, overmuch to the alleviation of its precise diligent fans. And now, fixed we cognize it volition beryllium playable for those who tin beryllium astatine Australia’s nationalist depository of surface culture, ACMI, from September 18, immoderate are speculating that we could beryllium looking astatine a motorboat astir August… though nothing's confirmed arsenic yet, of course.

Silksong volition beryllium playable astatine the Melbourne depository arsenic portion of a video crippled accumulation called Game Worlds, which volition besides see displays that delve into the game’s plan and creator direction.

Vikki Blake is simply a reporter, critic, columnist, and consultant. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.