Ok, but, umm, what's this thing?
Seems like a sheikah jukebox.
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Cadence of Hyrule - Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda announced (spring 2019)
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Seems like a sheikah jukebox.
Somehow, I'm not surprised that the game loaded with themes of religion-fueled child abuse was passed up for a Zelda crossover. :P
One of these days Nintendo will end their puritanical TYRANNY and give us the Super Mario x Super Meat Boy and the Legend of Zelda x Binding of Isaac crossovers that we deserve
I enjoyed Necrodancer even though I never got close to finishing it, I'll probably pick this up. I wonder if it will be less challenging than the original game.
I don't think an established indie dev team that has published games on Nintendo's systems and a group of fans organized on the internet, regardless of their skill, is a fair comparison.
I don't think an established indie dev team that has published games on Nintendo's systems and a group of fans organized on the internet, regardless of their skill, is a fair comparison.
It's a rogue game. It can be played like any rogue game where enemies only move when you do as each movement is a "turn". But there's a soundtrack playing in the background. If you time your moves (which the enemies mimic your timing) to the music, you get a multiplier bonus for staying in the beat.
Sometimes you've just gotta pause and think about your moves like and rogue game when shit is hitting the fan. So it's a balance of keeping the Tempo with your movements and surviving.
Should a team have to be "established" in order to make a game using Nintendo IP? I'm not sure if I agree with that idea.
So this is probably going to be a cool crossover proof of concept for Crypt of the Necrodancer 2 right? I'd hope that if it isn't and is a fully realized game that it maintains the spirit of the original.
If Nintendo is going to invest thousands of dollars in them, it's hard to see how they could go forward with any kind of deal if they aren't organized as a business with sufficient assets and experience to justify the expense. You can't just throw money at someone because they have a good idea
I'll wait for Links Awakening unless this gets some universal praise. Anytime I hear randomly generated I tune out. Especially a game like 2d Zelda that's always been built around a well thought out and carefully designed world. I'm glad the game exists, it seems like a cool collaboration , but most likely it's not "for me." Which is fine. I have enough shit to play already.
Cuphead on the other hand... aw yea. Looks amazing.
Cuphead on the other hand... aw yea. Looks amazing.
Then you're comparing apples to oranges, because them approving CoH has nothing to do with fan games.
There's a wide gulf between "licensed developer with a history of publishing games on Nintendo platforms" and "individual or group making games using Nintendo IP without Nintendo's licensed and contracted permission."
The Tal Tal Heights remix is amazing. It's such a great segue in the reveal, I knew it before my brain processed the information that it was a Zelda themed game.
I'm not even very good at games like this.
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I wonder how the idea for this collaboration came about. Did one of the indie devs throw the idea out there on a whim not expecting it to go anywhere, and then Miyamoto turned out to be a fan of CotND and said "Hell yes" (only it would be in Japanese, so like, "Hellfu yesfu").
But they have almost nothing to gain and a significant amount to lose by allowing whomever to do whatever they want with any of their properties.
I personally would like it if they took the Capcom approach and vetted and then legitimized good fan games, but it's a little silly to expect a multi-billion dollar company that owns the second most valuable vault of IP in the world to just let people use it whenever they want for free.
Tingle canonically has hairy nipples.
So sure, why not?
Looking forward to this.
The question is, where does it exist in the timeline?!
Going by art style similarities, I like to think it exists in the aftermath of Freshly Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland which, while never officially placed, hints at taking place in the restored land created by TWW's Great Deku Tree and the Koroks, hundreds of years into the future. I believe the Great Deku Tree of TWW and FPTRR are one and the same.
So in short, Adult timeline in the restored land of Hyrule (and not New Hyrule, which is the setting of Spirit Tracks).
EDIT: Just dawned on me that it was introduced with Link's Awakening music and will be cross-promoted as a way of hyping up the remake. In that case, Downfall timeline is most likely.
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I find it sad that people are just taking this as an opportunity to dump on the remake. Why not praise this game without tearing down another?
At any rate, I'm glad this introduced me to the original Necrodancer. I'd heard of the game, but wasn't aware of what it actually was. If I'd known it was basically Mystery Dungeon mixed with a rhythm game I would have bought it years ago.
I do wish it'd been on sale for the Switch, ended up going with the PS4 version instead. Absolutely love it, already made it to the third area (and I now hate purple goblins forever). I know there's Danganronpa content in there somewhere too, but I'm going to try and beat it with Cadence before I dig into the alternate characters and modes.
Now I can anticipate the new game as a fan of both sides of the crossover. The music should be amazing.
I do wish it'd been on sale for the Switch, ended up going with the PS4 version instead. Absolutely love it, already made it to the third area (and I now hate purple goblins forever). I know there's Danganronpa content in there somewhere too, but I'm going to try and beat it with Cadence before I dig into the alternate characters and modes.
Now I can anticipate the new game as a fan of both sides of the crossover. The music should be amazing.
I know they don't really fit tone wise (to say the least) lol, but Binding of Isaac/Zelda crossover next? :P
The Danganronpa (and Shiren the Wanderer) content is basically alternate skins and music tracks for the levels and characters (as opposed to the actually different characters like Monk or Eli). You can play with it at your leisure without affecting the gameplay of Cadence if you want.
Nintendo is giving Zelda lots of love. You can tell they know people want fresh takes on Zelda, seems like they are still sore from Zelda Skyward Sword
Shiekah stone.Ok, but, umm, what's this thing?
In Skyward Sword, OoT3D, and MM3D they are used to view hint videos. They could be used for that, or possibly teleportation/saving.
According to the IGN interview they approached Nintendo to have Zelda characters as DLC in the Switch version of their game and Nintendo told them to make a new game.
I mean I love this game but TBH I'm really really bad at it. I'd hate not to be able to experience the story because I'm too terrible to progress.
Also, there needs to be a return of Dance Pad Mode......
Also, there needs to be a return of Dance Pad Mode......
I will make it canon.
And I really do hope they'll be allowed to make a full actual Zelda game in this artstyle afterwards.
I love that this exists, I love that Nintendo is willing to let other developers goof around with their IP, and I love the concept of mashing up Crypt of the Necrodancer with more Zelda-ish elements.
The only problem is that I'm absolute trash at Crypt of the Necrodancer.
The only problem is that I'm absolute trash at Crypt of the Necrodancer.
I'd say no. The Capcom games are part of the mainline series. I think Cadence of Hyrule is as much of a Zelda game as Hyrule Warriors is.
What makes them mainline though? Before the timeline reveal they were third-party Zelda games with a tenuous connection to the Link and Zelda we knew in Lttp or Ocarina. I think Hyrule Warriors fits better than some first party Zelda games like Triforce Heroes and Four Swords Adventures on the GC.
I'm sort of playing a game here but it's interesting what fans consider mainline game or spin-off or what Nintendo would call a game that fits a timeline or is deserving of the title The Legend of Zelda.
Some people use excuses to deride the canonicity of a game and even make up categories just to shut out certain game for an argument.
This is probably the most useful way to describe what this is yes
Indie developer who respects the arts and music finds an ally in Nintendo who respects the arts and music. Such a great match of IP that I would have never thought of, but I'm so thankful someone else did.
Mainline is easy to determine: if the game's title "The Legend of Zelda" followed by a subtitle, it's a mainline game. That's it. This is excluding the CD-i games (which Nintendo had no control over) and the BS game, though there's a good chance that Ancient Stone Tablets was originally meant to be a mainline game, given it directly makes allusion to Zelda 4 happening concurrently. The format, however, doomed it to obscurity.
Also, there was no "timeline reveal", the timeline was a thing from the beginning, though retcons changed some things later, there was always direct relations between the games.
You know, I wonder if there's gonna be more characters than Cadence, Link and Zelda. Sheik would be an obvious choice, as are other Zelda characters but truth be told, I would love to see Takamaru and the Prince of Sablé. Both Mysterious Murasame Castle and For the Frog the Bell Tolls are intrinsically linked to Zelda (with MMS running on Zelda 1's engine, and For the Frog being a prototype for Link's Awakening), and it'd be awesome deep cuts that could provide some cool gameplay mechanics. Plus both games had baller soundtracks.