The most gothic and Pokémon version.
Hollow Knight is not only one of the greatest contemporary exponents of the metroidvania genre As far as 2D action and platform games are concerned, it can also boast of having one of the most beautiful and original artistic sections of recent years. Hollow Knight’s art is easily recognizable by its black and white tones, pastel colors and gothic-style designs, so an artist has thought to combine this style with another totally opposite. The one with Pokemon.
Pokémon, unlike Hollow Knight, is all color and it has a typical Japanese anime design, more cheerful and for all audiences. What would happen then if we put Hollow Knight and Pokémon together? It is the question that the illustrator Albstar asked himself, and the result is completely charming.
“To make the wait for Silksong more bearable, I present to you a mini-project that will consist of draw various Pokémon in the style of Hollow Knight“explains Albstar through his personal Twitter account. Best of all, if you like a particular design, Albstar ensures that it will be purchased later in the form of stickers and keyrings.
Hello! To make the wait for Silksong more bearable, I present you with a mini-project that will consist of drawing several Pokémon in the style of Hollow Knight. In addition, they can be purchased in stickers and some in key chains.
The backgrounds are from the Hollow Knight game, yes. pic.twitter.com/3RHG7Vlrrs
— Albsart (@Albsart95) July 25, 2022
Apart from this illustration that brings together the first designs, such as venoknightprotagonist of the adventure, the Heracrossse Nailsmith or the poor Caterpies that are trapped in glass vessels, Albstar has been updating the thread later with the design of other pokemon in the form of Hollow Knight characters and enemies. Among them “the Dandy bugs”, Kricketot and KricketuneFlygon or “the Paras family”.
And secondly, Flygon! That it’s not a bug type but it’s based on an ant lion, so he played the same. pic.twitter.com/kFk1blrwIA
— Albsart (@Albsart95) July 26, 2022
We continue with two critters from the Deep Nest: Joltik and Galvantula 👀 pic.twitter.com/wkHfMNdO7g
— Albsart (@Albsart95) July 26, 2022
Midday update: Trapinch and Vibrava. The Flygon from before doesn’t come out alone 😛 pic.twitter.com/tDlcuYG4Zm
— Albsart (@Albsart95) July 27, 2022
We added Nincada, Ninjask and Shedinja 🙂 pic.twitter.com/WQXzSdkz6o
— Albsart (@Albsart95) July 27, 2022
Hollow Knight Silksong Release
Despite the fact that, against all odds, Hollow Knight Silksong premiered a new trailer during the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase last June to announce its launch on Xbox and its arrival Day 1 to Xbox Game Pass, the truth is that the Team Cherry game still does not have a specific release date. According to Xbox, it will arrive in the next 12 months. Its arrival is expected on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC consoles.