The Australian developed Hollow Knight is making the jump to the Nintendo Switch. Team Cherry have revealed the news in a new blog post which also gives an update on the game.

“We’ve had a long conversation with Nintendo and given their recent reveals, we can now announce: Hollow Knight is making the switch to Nintendo’s new portable/home/hybrid platform!”

So here comes the other news you’re all expecting, the Wii U version of the game is getting the can.

“Though we can confirm the Switch as a release platform, we also have to confirm that Hollow Knight will no longer make its way to the Wii U. That’s not a step we’ve taken lightly. Our Wii U release has recently been hampered by several technical challenges and though we’d love to see Hollow Knight on our favourite console, we feel the quality difference would end up such that Wii U players will be experiencing a lesser version of the game.”

It’s a familiar tale with Nindies, we’re sure some of it is getting the game to run on the Wii U – the other part is obviously that the Wii U is dead.

So when is it coming on the Switch then?

“We’re aiming to release the Switch version of Hollow Knight not too long after the platform’s launch.”

Right on! Add another one to the Switch list of games!