Hollow Knight: Silksong Release Date Trailer Shows Off Wildly Creative Boss Designs

After years of anticipation, Team Cherry has finally revealed the release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong — and the new trailer has fans buzzing, not just about the date, but about the game’s incredible enemy designs. The much-awaited follow-up to Hollow Knight will officially launch on September 4.

A Cast of Strange and Striking Foes

What really stands out in the latest trailer is how much personality Team Cherry has given to Hornet’s fiercest enemies. Every boss shown feels distinct, with no recycled designs or familiar patterns from past previews. Instead, the trailer is full of quirky, offbeat, and memorable foes that break away from the cookie-cutter monsters seen in so many Soulslike titles of recent years.

A highlight for many fans is the bug in a flamboyant red boa spotted at the 1:15 mark — a delightfully eccentric “weird little guy” that’s already winning hearts. But it doesn’t stop there. There’s a pair of refined mantis fencers, a prehistoric-looking creature drawn with deliberately crude lines that give it an unnerving vibe, and a towering beast at 1:20 that fills the entire screen.

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Breaking Free From Soulslike Tropes

For some players, the problem with many recent Soulslike games has been their overreliance on familiar FromSoftware-style tropes: big, intimidating bosses with little else to set them apart. Titles like Lies of P offered solid gameplay but fell short in terms of imaginative designs. Even bosses with evocative names, like the “Robber Weasel,” didn’t live up to expectations.

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers came closer to breaking the mold with visually arresting designs, but even there, many fell into categories of “slim, humanoid, and dangerous” or “slightly altered animals.”

By contrast, Team Cherry seems determined to revive the creativity that makes encounters memorable.

Why Weird Works

FromSoftware’s legacy has always included more than just hulking figures. Fans still remember odd and unsettling designs like the spider queen from Dark Souls 2, the infamous Ornstein and Smough duo (part boss fight, part comedy sketch), the chaotic mess of the Bed of Chaos, and Elden Ring’s Rykard, a bishop who literally let himself be eaten by a serpent.

These are fights that stick in memory not only for their difficulty but because of how bizarre and unexpected the designs were. Team Cherry looks poised to follow that same philosophy, leaning into the weird and whimsical.

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The Wait Is Almost Over

With Silksong finally arriving on September 4, fans won’t have to wait much longer to dive into its twisted yet beautiful world. If the trailer is anything to go by, players can expect not just tough battles, but unforgettable encounters full of personality — the kind of boss fights that will be talked about long after the credits roll.