Player defeats the same boss 1,258 times. He keeps doing this because he has been waiting 6 years for Silksong
It's been almost three and a half years since players fought the character from Hollow Knight: Silksong in the previous game of the series, yet there's still no news of a sequel.
1258 times - that's how many times a Hollow Knight fan defeated Hornet, who along with other players has been waiting for the release of Silksong for 6 years.
The prolonged wait for a dream game can lead fans to strange places. Probably everyone who has followed the history of Grand Theft Auto 6 "teasers" knows this. Or metroidvania fans, who fell in love with the game of Team Cherry studio from 2017 - a title that became famous as one of the leading indie games of recent years (and a creation that made players feel guilty about the price to the offered content).
Today, it's easy to forget, but there was a time when the announcement of Silksong was seen as an outstanding and unexpected culmination of the Australian studio's efforts. The team initially overwhelmed players with large updates featuring new content, which significantly extended the enjoyment of the game. Then it confirmed that instead of another paid DLC with the fan favorite (Hornet), we will receive a full-fledged sequel. What more could the fans want?
From hope to desperation
The obvious answer to the question from the previous paragraph is: release date. It seemed that we wouldn't have to wait long for this one. In the end, the Nintendo Direct 2019 trailer featured a lot of gameplay, and subsequent years provided even more gameplay footage. So the release of Silksong was just a matter of time...
... or at least it seemed so. Meanwhile, after over 6 years, the devs - although they show signs of life - have not posted anything that would suggest the imminent launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong. Or at least the release date announcement.
Fans remained patient because Team Cherry had gained a huge amount of trust from them. However, their current moods are well illustrated by the fact that in mid-2024 and currently, perhaps the most popular graphic associated with HK was/is a modification in which the main character or other characters are dressed up as clowns—usually in the context of successive "confirmed" reports of the imminent release date of Silksong.
Almost 3.5 years of fighting with Hornet
One of the curious trends on the Internet is a series of videos based on a simple concept: a player performs a certain action every day until the developers announce or release a new installment of the series or introduce some anticipated new feature to the game. For instance, a character in a fighting game, which can sometimes take almost 2 years (599 videos...).
Of course, a Hollow Knight fan was found who took on a similar challenge. The question is whether Illnar K realized that his daily cycle of defeating Hornet would reach 1,258 days, which is over 3 years and 5 months. For so many days the YouTuber was defeating the character of Silksong in the first installment of the series.
Even by the standards of the memes, this is quite a lot, and so far, there's no sign that the Illnari K cycle will conclude after 1258 days. Or even 1300. Let's hope that the YouTuber doesn't reach a five-digit result...
