Hollow Knight Lost Lore & Cut Content ft mossbag

Hollow Knight has a surprising amount of lost lore and cut content, so we decided to make a video delving into the best of it. This video is overflowing with obscure facts, narrated by nonother than mossbag.


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Research/Writing by Dr Lava
Video Editing by TheCartoonGamer
Narration by mossbag

Sources/Further Reading:
Dave Kazi email correspondence
Hyper Magazine #270

#HollowKnight #mossbag #DidYouKnowGaming

[DJIVision]

I wrote this video with help from mossbag. When I gave him the finished script to record, I’d written it so he’d plug one of his Hollow Knight videos in the outtro. But he changed it without telling me... to plug his 6 second Cuphead video lol. Wasn’t realized till late in editing. That rascal.

[hOFalt]

Multiple times throughout the video I completely forgot I was watching DidYouKnowGaming, not just Mossbag talk about random Hollow Knight trivia.

[kingsteve]

Hollow Knight is a video game that the more I learn about its dev cycle, the more I question how the hell it even came out.
That can be said about almost every other video game; game dev aint easy.
But holy hell, im surprised the game even has the content thats in the base game alone knowing what I do now.

[SonicHaXD]

I'm a pretty big Hollow Knight fan, what could I possibly not know~
"Wii U fans probably saved Hollow Knight"
...well color me surprised XD

[QyfieK]

It would be a crime to have anyone else than the lore spore, mossbag on the Hollow Knight video.

[octochan]

The fact that Team Cherry knew well enough to axe what amounted to an entire level out of the game to save time, and the finished game is still this great and doesn't feel like it's missing anything, gives me confidence these people know what they're doing. I've heard enough stories about game dev teams spiraling out of control when they get caught up in feature creep, don't have a solid plan, or don't understand project management. I don't care when Silksong will eventually drop, I know that TC is doing what they can to make it incredible.

[tphillips]

I ignored Hollow Knight for years and it was one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made. New games rarely blow me away these days, but HK did so effortlessly. I'm amazed how they were able to create such a deep (and IMO, immersive) experience with the deceptively minimalist approach they chose.

[HarmonickyTV]

Thank you for not capitalizing mossbag's name in the title. You've done your research

[eonamiella]

The cut abyss content is what hurts the most, especially because it's likely it won't be in Silksong. I loved HK, and the lore about the void and abyss was some of the best stuff in the game. I wish they did add the area or at least talked about the lore surrounding it, going into the void lake sounds incredible and the final game just teasing it was kinda frustrating

I hope they bring it back someday

[TheDominusIgnis]

This is all fascinating. It's a shame about the cancelled Wii U port, especially if it's supporters had such an impact in supporting the game.

[skiepern]

It seems like the one and only problem with Team Cherry is that they promise things faster than they can actually do them. It’s a shame that they didn’t figure out an accurate time for when Hollow Knight would be released, as I would gladly have waited another year or even two for the forest of bones and the true abyss.

[slothman]

I'm going to guess the third character was THE HOLLOW KNIGHT as a type of prologue as how he got there.

[RelyeaGaming]

I bet that Mossbag is forgot more lore and most people on the community will ever know.

[MikeRedead]

It would be funny if Zote ends up making a cameo in silksong. Maybe we have to save his ass once again.

[foster]

holy crap I just realized that Hornet's jump in silksong is like a Monster Hunter's insect glaive's aerial dodge, omg i'm gonna love this game

[kmandestruction]

I wish I had known about the hollow knight Kickstarter. I would have thrown so much money at it. The abyss is my favorite zone in hollow knight. It just feels so eerie. I would have LOVED to see it expanded on

[FrigidOven]

Now I want a bigger hollow knight, the fact that the abyss we saw was just the shore is so cool. And the forest of bones seems amazing

[glo_bin]

Man, this feels like my first days with Hollow Knight, when I watched mossbag's videos to learn the lore even though I didn't even have the game. I can't wait for Silksong!

[angler_wacked]

4:36 this is honestly hilarious to hear like 3 years later

[RigalicReign]

I was one of the backers on the game that wanted a Wii u version, I actually gave my code for the switch because I didn't have one at the time to a friend of mine rather than let it go to waste.