Hidden Easter Eggs in Hollow Knight 

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Oi don't talk shit about dung defender.

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@@CleopatraKing thank god, stay innocent.

@@mr.raider7865 I mean he's probably the one boss we can talk shit about. *looks into the camera*

Woah, never noticed that one.

@@enolathealone It's a pretty obscure game, hard to find any info on it.

Seems kinda silly to reference a game no one has even played before. They’re better off referencing a character from a game most people have played, like hungry knight, then people can get the reference.

@@Civilchaos I think there is already a reference to Hungry Knight, I mean, the main character in Hollow Knight slightly reminds me of Hungry Knight's main character. But it's probably just me overthinking this...

@@enolathealone no skele friend

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I find that a bit of a stretch, since praying mantis are solitary, and the mantis village is clearly social. I mean, who knows. Maybe it’s an obscure joke for entomolgists.

And the entire game is a refrence to real life

WHOA that is SO EPIC

now i want to see a Metroidvania without jumping

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@@Regigigas_YT That's Yoku's Island Express.

Super Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie are my favorite non-interconnected metroidvanias ever

Um banjo isn’t a metro but ok

WEEELL I would really loved going outside and touching grass but I can't because I LIVE IN A DESERT and skurry came and cut all the grass left years ago soooo no

this would be funny without the XD at the end

So true

@@tehuselessguig3138 idk it got me to blow wind out of my nose pretty hard

@@Athermostat you need more joy in your life, dude

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The Player isn’t canon. I think that TH’s life doesn’t get sucked out because the void protects it.

@@gaganzanwar it's a joke dude

@@gaganzanwar hear the sound of wind being split apart? That’s what we call ‘whooshing’ sounds that appear when you completely miss a joke.

To the 2 people who said that the joke went over my head I didn’t even know that it was supposed to be a joke so I admit that it did go over my head; I am sorry for the inconvenience

Say that to Damien from Poke646 again.

I personaly think the used nail because there are bugs so they use small sharp object like nails like swords

Woah, I really learned something today. Always wondered what a sword was.

I have a sword and I can say they did get nerfed back in the middle ages but during the controversial WW1 and WW2 updates they did get some major stat boosts which put them back in the meta

tis a coincidence

In the newer Donkey Kong games pretty much every boss does that iirc.

You can make a religion out of this

Bug bunny

do the bugs worship bug jesus or human jesus?

@@Shadest they worship Ned Flanders, God’s true messenger

@@maxbearington7565 I just now got this. This is brilliant hahaha

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This makes so much sense

Guts****

Lol

great lightsaber sage yoda

Also Kirby has that mechanic

This is hidden references, not obvious ones

@@wingdinggaster6737 That's not an obvious reference. I didn't know that was a thing in Zelda games.

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​@ziwuri13 No reference is going to be caught by every single person that sees it. Sword beams are extremely famous in Zelda. In Zelda 1 every sword fires beams when Link is full health, in some top-down Zelda games only the Master Sword gets sword beams at full HP, in Breath of the Wild and Tears the Master Sword shoots beams instead of being throwable like every other weapon, and in Skyward Sword you can fill the blade with sunlight to fire a sword beam.

hia voice is over top of it most of the time, which tricks the copyright bot into ignoring it

@@dazcarrr I mean, perhaps you are right, but I think you are missing the entire irony of the joke, my guy.

@@Pit1620 i did know it was a joke

It’s a cover.

Who knows, maybe Metroid has different music copyright laws. Or maybe Samus just said it was okay. I can vividly imagine such a conversation... Samus: "Alright, FINE. You can use a song from one of my games, as long as you don't redistribute it. Or else you're gonna get a face full of Power Beam." Other Person (Too intimidated to think clearly.): "Y-Yes sir, of course!" Samus: "'SIR'?!?" ... (I couldn't help it. I'm a huge Metroid fan.)

This is beautiful

The knights true name is actually "John Dark Soul"

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought about this

Damn I’ve never even heard of dark souls

No way

Its 100% a reference, as its twin is based on papyrus. If it were just one it wouldn't be special, but since its two, its basically confirmed

@@Hoolahups *you spelled prunsel wrong

​@@cementcitron9428forgot about that, whyd you make me remember?

I don’t see how it isn’t a reference considering dashmaster has 0 background as a character and I can’t even look at the charm without seeing sans

Hey Daily Silksong News, when will there be Silksong news?

Thank God I'm not the only one who's seen Angel's Egg I thought that was a fever dream tbh

@@astupidquestion uhmmm... daily?

Wait why does this comment say it was made 2 days ago when this video literally just came out lmao

how does this comment say it was made 2 days ago when the video game out today

whaaa??

She is speaking the language of gods

@@mixbug8384 yes

Higher beings, this words are for you alone

@@77mcgiver good one

In fairness that is how all games used to be presented, but usually they were accompanied by a manual that held a shitton of lore and mechanic explanations. The more modern idea that DS and HK use seems to be more like Miyazaki’s famous story of reading western mythology in a language he didn’t understand, giving him a feeling of mystery in its incompleteness. Or for the players, picking up the game secondhand without the manual.

Well, they are pretty small

Ah yes the world famous game “outside” tier zoo has some great videos going over the stats of those characters

People's faces when they realise that Geo are just bug corpses, most of Hallownest's "rocks" are also bug corpses, and the 'snow' in Kingdom's Edge is ash, thus realising Hallownest is almost literally a WORLD OF THE DEAD :O

They're actually a reference to A Bug's Life, not real life bugs

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But I don't hear jazz in the hive, team cherry doesn't know their references.

@@frano7172 it's sad that comments have a symbol limit

@@Amoongus Yup, I wanted to post it all, but RU-vid wont let me...

@@frano7172 continue with another comment.

That actually is very plausible

Yeah that’s a bit of a stretch

if thats true then wheres the little skeleton guy? and the cherries?? checkmate

As much as I appreciate the creativity I just can’t see hollow knight having a reference to something so obscure

reaching so hard it comes back around after orbiting the planet

nice pfp

It absolutely is.

It can't not be.

Yes, good! but me, I probably found a second reference of The Legend of Zelda games in hollow knight. So if you listen carefully to the music playing in the background; before having killed the dreamers Hêra (sorry if I made a mistake in her name) and before you sit down on the bench when you are in her den (name of this said zone: the den of the beast)! in short, as I told you a little earlier, if you listen carefully to the music playing in the background; Do you also have the impression to hear the music which is also played in some Zelda games? for example, when you are in a house or a store? Anyway and if not, to finish I agree with you that charm could clearly be a reference to Zelda

In some castlevania games, you can shoot beams when you are in max hp

@@mathewsjpt yes you are probably true with this points? So, today its was probably an obvious mechanic for most videos games. But I think the first games who using this mechanic was Zelda on NES? And after this Castelvania was created and he probably take some inspiration from the first Zelda on the NES consoles but I'm not really sure about who have been taked her inspiration on each other?

If you're familiar with Lumpy Touch, you should go look at Bad Monday Simulator for some excellent Sansfield action

You legend

Holy shit, it’s the sans garlfield guy, IN THE FLESH

I cant believe he didnt say anything for sprint master though

no fuckin way

It's definitely not an easy place to find, there's a moth statue in the resting grounds cemetery place that can be dream nailed, but it's not at all obvious

@@mothichorror446 agreed, I didn't find it until I was starting godmaster at about 60-80 hours. Even then I found the area but I didn't know to dream nail the statue, but saw it in a RU-vid vid.

@@waxocelot9395 no fuckin way

@@Last12u bruhh

Ah, I worry about what I'll do after HK. But right now, Hollow Knight is still a subject that I adore discussing and making videos about.

@@mossbag69 you are a treasure of this fandom. Can't wait for your silksong videos.

Surely he gets into Dead Cells lore afterwards

@@mossbag69 I for one will stick with you. I loved Hollow Knight, but not enough to watch all your videos. I do that because you're entertaining all on your own.

@@mossbag69 may I recommend a game called inscryption? Lot of lore, nice art direction, engaging game play. I feel it could be up your ally

James corden being compared to shit is so insulting to shit.

Had me laughing so much

Always thought the Crystal Dash was the Shinespark but that works too

Potentially it could also be that Zeldalike iconography could make people associate with positive elements of that game series therefore making their own game more marketable. Or maybe they just figured the stuff would be cool to add lol

@Minh Nguyễn That's honestly debatable considering the game is a Metroidvania-type. Not denying that Team Cherry is a fan of Zelda, but I'm sure they have their fair share of respect for the Metroid series as well. Especially considering how the game is literally progressed exactly like all the 2-D Metroid games...

I'm pretty sure the knight's "pogo stick" move is also inspired by the down thrust which is one of Link's signature moves and first appeared in Adventure of Link.

@Minh Nguyễn that’s kinda strange… I could’ve swore that their interests in Metroid games were quite evident in their interviews. Sure they talked about Zelda games when asked, but the “sparingly” mentioned Metroid has to do with the fact that one series is more popular than the other. They clearly mentioned the parallel between Samus being a familiar character in a new setting in every game and how Hornet being a powerful female character that is going to progress in a new world. Something that hasn’t been done in ANY Zelda game where the princess is the main character. But I guess that was some of the more recent interviews for the Silksong game so I don’t know which ones you’ve read/watched, but they never once said that they loved Zelda more than Metroid. They dislike certain aspects from both games sure, but that doesn’t mean one is preferred over the other…

I think this joke was even made by the devs, saying they enjoy watching his videos to know the lore lmfao

@@mithril5155 really? That's amazing hahahah

He's already working on Silksong using only the trailer. Soon, he will master all that is bug. Then he'll move on.. God fears that day

Same thing people say about Dark Souls lore experts

@@chronoshindou9848 Yes. And?

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I agree.

Definitely feels influenced by Nausicaa yeah

not to mention the infection in general, especially its being described as being "in the air" of the kingdom, which is much like poisonous nature of nausicaa's toxic jungles

I thought of the toxic jungle when in the jellyfish land of Hollow Knight

Finally someone else knows who that is.

Buhuhuh, I see what you did there. But seriously, the “easter eggs” this RU-vidr is mentioning are very weak and quite a stretch. Come on, the jellyfish are Metroid references??? Hell, then why aren’t they references to Finding Nemo? There are actual jellyfish in that movie 😏

the world renowned developer known as Team Cherry

@@michaelreynoso2201 First of all, as he said in the video, jellyfish don’t really make that much sense context-wise Second of all, the game is literally called a metroidvania, similar to how fps games were all called doom clones for awhile Third of all, the design of the small jellyfish really does look close to a metroid, with the smaller …legs? and the orb thingy

It is actually a reference to hungry knight one of Team Cherry's biggest hit games

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Yea they are always fun to find, ESPECIALLY when you weren’t expecting it

same

lmfao.

I can see it.

Honestly, yeah.

There's also the overall structure of the game tbh. You're in a crumbling civilization and you go and find 3 or 4 important lore dudes, then go back to the hub area where you unlock the final boss that's responsible for the world being the way it is, and from there you decide whether to prolong it or let it end.

@@shayposting True! and the way it handles "quests" is exactly like dark souls did even, any other game there's like some big explanation/story/lore dump between characters right in your face, you get a map marker to an exact place, you go do the thing they wanted there and then something happens next as a result. done. Dark souls and then hollow knight too, there's just a few survivors hidden around this empty fallen ruined kingdom where you randomly stumble across them on your journey for brief nice moments in an otherwise empty world of only enemies, you share some little moment together and then you continue their questline if you manage to find them in another harder location later, repeat until they either realize something about themselves and find purpose or in many cases die

Hollow Knight is, for me, the best Souls-like game after Dark Souls

@@MnWEno What does a game being a souls-like even mean at this point? A difficult game? A game with an unconventional story? A game where you spend stamina for combat actions?

@@ziwuri I mean OP defines ir very well for me. A well constructed world, that tells you Its story If you look for It, that has even in game mechanics a way to tell its story. That is why, btw, that I believe Hollow Knight its the best souls-like, because it It nothing alike DS in terms of graphics, mechanics or gameplay, but they share a lot in game design philosophy, mood and aestethics

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Sam Pak: "I love refrigerators"

Truly a man of contradictions

and he uploaded both videos at the same date, so ı can't even be sure when did he changed his mind.

I'm pretty sure he means that he doesn't like it when references or easter eggs are tossed in haphazardly. There should a reason for the reference/easter egg like peeking into the window of hyrule castle in OoT and seeing pictures of Mario and the gang. Its a castle in a Nintendo game so it makes sense.

@@shaunhayes3072 lol

@@shaunhayes3072 yeah, in x-box undertale has a secret room with a potentional refrence to team cherry soooo.....

considering the sprintmaster is also a red skeleton...

​@@user-uy2cn9cr7p i think its a reference to a merg since he did no hit omega flowey and did some other insane stuff too

What if it's a reference from Avatar, and it is the spirit named Koh?

I thought of that also..

I see your a man of culture.

Removing my comment of this goddammit but yes, that was my thought when I first spotted her, especially with the mask dropping

also raksas from berserk I think tho its really just a reference to a traditional japanese demon but im unsure what kind if at all

Yea, When I encounters him. I didn't call him Watcher Knight. Instead, I called him "Abyss Watchers the bugs"

i thought those guys's attacks were a reference to sonic

Maybe, if you forget the fact that ds3 was released in 2016, less than a year before hollow knight released, and considering that a watcher knight appears in one of the promo art for the game… the timeline simply doesn’t add up

I didn't even have a drink and I coughed 😭

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Oof.

I thought it was jack skellington

Wow finally. After Scrolling from 100 to 100 I found you.

Yes

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It's kinda the effect Half-Life had on FPS games

There are definitely mechanics and ideas coming from Dark Souls. But most ambitious + difficult + moody action games are gonna be drawing from Dark Souls. That’s where the good ideas are.

Yes, but "ruins of an ancient kingdom filled with remnants of its prior inhabitants" is a pretty widely used theme in a lot of media that long predates Dark Souls.

Yeah, that's clearly from the Faxanadu inspiration

I feel like "large, imposing martial bad guy swing at you with a heavy and slow weapon" is a pretty common boss trope. Doing a second phase or boss arena by crashing through a floor or a wall is also just a convenient way of shifting the environment while still making narrative sense.

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Seems like a stretch tbh.

And Artorias is a homage to Guts. It's Berserk references all the way down.

concept: a game where every single pixel is a reference to something