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In dungeons, you’ll find his shop lined with golden brick walls.

Blow through the wall, and you’ll be able to enter his shop. In the overworld, you will faintly hear his singing on map tiles that have a hidden, bombable wall. Blow them up for rupees! Brace Yourself Games/Nintendo via Polygon If you hear an odd voice singing along to the song’s melody, then you know a shopkeeper is close. The shopkeeper found at them is actually the same one from Crypt of the NecroDancer - and just like that game, you can find him easily if you listen for him. You can find shops throughout Hyrule and its dungeons. You can choose whichever you like from your item menu and make it your default weapon. In fact, all weapon types will come in different flavors, allowing you to do things like sap life from enemies or poison them. They make short work of just about anything, but they’ll break if you take damage so be careful when using them. You may also run across glass weapons that are stronger versions of each weapon type. Used well, you can keep even the toughest enemies at bay and whittle down their health without a scratch. The spear in particular is powerful because you can actually hit an oncoming and attacking enemy before it can even reach you, since the spear will attack anything two spaces in front of you. Once you find these weapons - often in chests in the open world, in dungeons, or shops - you’ll notice how much they change combat. Use the spear to hit enemies from a distance Brace Yourself Games/Nintendo via Polygon

Later on, you’ll find much more interesting weapons like a spear that can attack two spaces in front of you (instead of the dagger’s one space), or the wide sword that can attack three adjacent spaces in front of you (allowing you to hit multiple enemies at once). While these meager weapons can you through the entire game, equipping and mastering other weapons will make it easier. Moving into a square that has an enemy on it will automatically attack them for one point of damage. BETTER WEAPONSĪt the start of the game, Cadence and Zelda will only have a dagger, and Link will only have a short sword. It takes time to master, especially when most dungeons have multiple enemies attacking at different times, but after a while, you’ll be able to soar through encounters untouched. Enemies show off when they are going to attack the beat before they do Brace Yourself Games/Nintendo via Polygonīy being mindful of when enemies will attack and in which direction, you can position yourself so you won’t get hit. Tektites crouch down before attacking diagonally. Moblins raise their arms before they take a swing. Knowing this will help you better read and understand how they attack.Įvery enemy telegraphs its attack on the beat before it actually attacks. PAY ATTENTION TO ENEMY ATTACKSĮnemies will also move and attack to this same rhythm. Of course, you can always turn off the beat-based combat and move things at your own pace. Struggling to stay on beat, look at the rhythm on the bottom of the screen Brace Yourself Games/Nintendo via Polygon As long as you move and attack on that beat, you’ll survive longer. Those downbeats are the rhythm you can move and attack on in Cadence of Hyrule. You’re likely nodding your head on every downbeat. Listen to any dance song and nod your head to the beat. Simply put, you can move and attack on every “beat” of the current song playing. Instead, everything in Cadence of Hyrule is grounded in a “ four on the floor” rhythm. Thankfully, you won’t need to keep up with any complex rhythmic patterns like you would in Dance Dance Revolution. To maneuver and fight your way through this rhythm-focused version of Hyrule, you’ll need to move to the beat of the music to accomplish anything. Whether you’re struggling to keep a beat or are having trouble learning Cadence’s unique style of combat, here are several tips to help you bop your way around Hyrule successfully. But if you haven’t played the game that its rhythm action is based on, Crypt of the NecroDancer, you might find yourself stumbling through this adventure. Cadence of Hyrule is one of the few Legend of Zelda spin-off ideas that is nearly as good as its source material.
