The latest update for Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda is live, bringing achievements and co-op leaderboards. However, if you haven’t had a chance to experience the game, there’s a free demo available on the Nintendo eShop. Check it out here.

Alternatively, you can watch the accolades trailer below, which reveals some of the critical praise that Cadence of Hyrule has received. The gameplay itself takes the rhythmic hack and slash, dungeon crawling of Brace Yourself Games’ Crypt of the NecroDancer and combines it with the setting of The Legend of Zelda. Link and Zelda, each with their own moves, are playable, along with Cadence.

As a Zelda spin-off, it’s well worth trying. That said, a “true” Zelda game is out in September with The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. A remake of the Game Boy classic, Link’s Awakening features a cutesy art-style and heavily revamped graphics. It also has a tool for creating your own dungeons via Dampe the Grave-Keeper, which is a feature that provides different rewards. The remake is out on September 20th for Nintendo Switch.

Brace Yourself Games has a new update for Cadence of Hyrule, its rhythmic dungeon crawler which features Crypt of the NecroDancer mashed up with The Legend of Zelda. Along with adding achievements and numerous bug fixes, there are other new features like leaderboard categories for co-op. Keep in mind that using co-op during a run will put you in contention for the co-op leaderboard as opposed to regular leaderboards.

Another new option is Beat Rumble. This sees the controller vibrating gently, which should help players get a better feel for the rhythm. Other fixes have been added for map escapes and dungeon skips. Check below for the rest of the patch notes for update 1.0.2 (courtesy of Reddit).

Cadence of Hyrule released this past June, shortly after Nintendo’s E3 Direct presentation. The game has garnered praise for its implementation of NecroDancer’s gameplay into the world of Zelda. And don’t worry if you’re not a rhythm game player – there are options for playing rhythm-free as well.

Cadence Of Hyrule Update 1.0.2 Patch Notes

• Added achievements
• Added leaderboard categories for co-op. If co-op is used at any point during a run, the run will become a “co-op” run for leaderboard purposes
• Added more granularity to time-based leaderboard scores
• Added a “Beat Rumble” option, that gently vibrates the controller on the beat
• Added “(<character> only)” flyaway when a player picks up a weapon their character cannot currently use
• Added collision in several areas to prevent map escapes and dungeon skips
• Added an option to see the credits from the main menu
• Adjusted enemy movement behaviour when an enemy is being pushed against a wall by wind
• Adjusted player movement behaviour when holding an object while being pushed by wind
• Adjusted player movement behaviour when pushing an object while sliding on ice
• Added an option to change some HUD elements to improve readability for colour-blind players
• Changed HUD elements to grey-out when the player does not have enough stamina for that action
• Prevent giving out dagger/shortsword in “Flawless Victory” blue chest
• Fixed a bug that could cause enemies to take an extra move when the song looped
• Fixed a bug where bombs could be lifted after they had exploded, with unintended results
• Fixed a bug where game time would continue to count up if the console was put to sleep or quit to the home menu
• Fixed a bug where skipping the cutscene between phases of the Ganon battle could prevent him from refilling his health
• Many other bug fixes

Contrary to earlier reports, it seems that Nintendo didn’t release Cadence of Hyrule on May 30th for the Nintendo Switch. However, it has unveiled a new trailer as part of its Indie World presentation. New gameplay featuring Link and Zelda, classic Zelda areas, and much more was showcased, along with a June release window.

No specific release date was provided, sadly. But if Nintendo’s earlier promise of “Spring” consistent with the Northern Hemisphere, expect the game to be out by June 21st. Maybe we’ll see some more gameplay and a concrete date at Nintendo’s E3 2019 Direct presentation. Perhaps it will release on the same day.

Cadence of Hyrule is essentially a crossover between The Legend of Zelda and Crypt of the NecroDancer. Developed by Brace Yourself Games, it mixes the rhythm-based dungeon crawling of the latter with the setting and characters from Zelda. With randomly generated areas, remixes for 25 classic Zelda tunes, and much more, it certainly looks like a ton of fun.

Nintendo surprised a lot of people when it announced back in March that it would be teaming up with indie developer Brace Yourself Games of Crypt of the NecroDancer fame to release a crossover between the rhythm title and their own The Legend of Zelda, with Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer.

The rhythmic action adventure title was slated for a Spring 2019 release, but now it looks like we might know exactly when that’ll be. As Twitter user @NWPlayer123 discovered, the source code for the game page of Cade of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer was recently changed by Nintendo of America, and the code is now showing the release date as May 30, 2019, which is literally two days from now. You can see a picture of it below (via Nintendo Life).

If this does indeed happen, it very well might end up being a shadow drop. If it’s not shadow dropped, that means there’s going to be an announcement very soon. Of course, there’s also the chance that the release date mentioned isn’t accurate and this was all a huge mistake. Either way, stay tuned, and we’ll keep you updated.

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