Switch 2 Exclusive The Duskbloods' Hub Keeper Is 'Something Cute For a Change,' Because of Its Partnership With Nintendo

FromSoftware has shared immoderate much info astir its precocious announced Switch 2 exclusive, The Duskbloods. The concern with Nintendo seemed to impact not conscionable the benignant of crippled FromSoft is making, but adjacent the plan of the keeper of The Duskbloods' hub country into thing antithetic — something... cute.

The trailer shown during the Switch 2 Direct this week closed connected a changeable of a winged rat character, with glowing glyphs drawn each implicit it, looking astatine the camera. Curious fans mightiness person wondered what this rat's woody was. As it turns out, this is our caller hub companion.

"That quality shares a akin relation with the occurrence keepers from the Dark Souls series. They stay successful the hub area, providing the subordinate with proposal and guidance," manager Hidetaka Miyazaki said successful an interrogation with Nintendo.

"I accidental you could accidental we tried doing thing a small Nintendo-esque successful the tone of the partnership."

When asked what Miyazaki means by that, helium added: "We tried thing cute for a change. Although I volition accidental this quality is really an aged man (laughter)."

FromSoftware's shrine keepers person been cardinal figures for player's journeys done their worlds. Familiar faces similar Melina, the Maiden successful Black, the Doll, and others are characters you instrumentality to implicit and implicit connected your trip, often offering powerfulness to assistance you determination forward.

With a PvPvE crippled similar The Duskbloods, though, it remains to beryllium seen what benignant of proposal and guidance the winged rat volition offer. Miyazaki said the squad astatine FromSoft has tried its hands astatine introducing "a batch of caller and absorbing ideas," truthful expect the unexpected erstwhile it hits Nintendo Switch 2 sometime successful 2026.

We've got plentifulness much connected The Duskbloods, including Bloodborne instrumentality reaction, and Miyazaki's comments connected whether FromSoft plans to permission single-player behind.

Meanwhile, if you're looking for much Switch 2 news, cheque retired our archetypal hands-on with Nintendo's newest console, its large motorboat rubric Mario Kart World, and the upcoming Donkey Kong Bananza.

Eric is simply a freelance writer for IGN.