Nintendo's E3 2019 Direct is over, but the company made sure to spoil fans with a ton of new announcements and gameplay during its hour-long show. One such announcement was the release date for Cadence of Hyrule, a dungeon-crawling rhythm game that lets gamers play as either Link or Zelda.

Cadence of Hyrule is an interesting concept, having players adventure around and battle enemies to the tune of music, which on its own doesn't sound that different. However, players that do so in rhythm with the soundtrack are rewarded with bonus damage and other rewards. The game is coming from the developer of Crypt of the NecroDancer, another dungeon-crawling game that shares the same concept. Cadence of Hyrule will be available soon, with the release date currently set for June 13, 2019.

It's just one of the many pieces of Legend of Zelda that fans got to see today, the biggest piece of information being that a sequel to Breath of The Wild is now in development. And while that announcement is definitely exciting, the sequel is certainly still quite a ways away. Luckily, fans will have Cadence of Hyrule and the remake of Link's Awakening to keep them happy until then.

The Direct itself was arguably the most impressive of the E3 press conferences this year, with Nintendo unveiling a heap of games and DLC that was only briefly interrupted to introduce the new President of Nintendo of America, Doug Bowser, who took over after Reggie Fils-Amie retired earlier this year. Of course, there are still a few days of E3 left, and there will certainly still be some big demos and announcements for fans that were left feeling unimpressed by the other conferences.

Cadence of Hyrule should prove to be a fun way to kill time on the Switch until the bigger titles release, and even then the actual gameplay seems interesting enough to warrant some revisiting in the future. Luckily, anxious fans only have a few short days to wait before they can get their hands on the game.

Cadence of Hyrule launches on June 13 for the Switch.

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