Again in December, we discovered that the unique Hole Knight can be getting a Nintendo Swap 2 Version of its personal sooner or later in 2026. In true Group Cherry type, issues have been radio silent ever since, however a newly-emerged PEGI score might recommend that we’re nearer to launch than we had initially anticipated (thanks, Nintendo Every thing).
As noticed on the official PEGI web site, Swap 2 has been added to the Hole Knight platform record, beneath the unique sport’s ‘7’ age score. The score cites “delicate violence to fantasy characters and footage or sounds prone to be scary to younger youngsters” as the explanation for this classification, none of which is all that shocking if you happen to’ve ever set foot in Deepnest *shudders*.
The opposite factor price mentioning is that the Swap 2 model is accompanied by a launch date of fifth February 2026. Tha- that is at the moment!
After all, this could be nothing, and we even have months to go earlier than we get to dive into Hallownest once more. PEGI rankings have a behavior of cropping up out of the blue with a ‘launch date’ that appears to correspond to the date that the score was added moderately than the date the sport was launched — see Hello-Fi Rush and its fifteenth January Swap date from final month.
However we won’t assist however discover that there’s a Accomplice Direct at the moment, and we suppose a shadow drop for this type of factor may very well be on the playing cards.
We’ll simply have to attend and see what the showcase brings. For reference, Group Cherry has confirmed that Hole Knight – Nintendo Swap 2 Version will boast “excessive frame-rate modes, increased resolutions and lots of further graphical results”, and it will be obtainable as a free improve to all these with the Swap 1 model.
Apart from that, we even have the Hole Knight: Silksong ‘Sea of Sorrow’ enlargement to stay up for sooner or later this yr. Whereas Group Cherry mentioned it was conserving “additional particulars a secret for now” at its reveal again in December, it teased new areas, bosses, instruments and extra.
Do you suppose we’ll see Hole Knight – Nintendo Swap 2 Version crop up at at the moment’s Direct? Tell us within the feedback.
[source pegi.info, via nintendoeverything.com]
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