Universes/Crypt of the NecroDancer / Cadence of Hyrule
FICTIONAL CHRONOLOGY · RESEARCH EDITION
Crypt of the NecroDancer / Cadence of Hyrule
Cadence’s connected adventures, from AMPLIFIED and Crypt to Hyrule’s alternate futures and Rift, in one chronology with uncertainty kept visible.
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AMPLIFIED → Crypt → Cadence’s later adventures. Hyrule’s future and Octavo’s alternative decisions stay on this page as connected paths. Hyrule versus Rift ordering remains an estimate; no numbered age is claimed as official.
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Reading the timelineConfirmed, assumed and disputed stories appear together. “est.” marks inference. “After” means relative order. Separate continuities retain their own history.
After AMPLIFIED; Cadence est. late teens; family memories earlier Provisional evidence-based estimate
Three linked campaigns reveal Cadence’s family and the NecroDancer’s power.
Placement Cadence’s quest precedes the resolution of Melody and Aria’s campaigns. The childhood-memory evidence supports a late-teen estimate, but 17 or 18 is not an official stated age. Calendar years are unknown.
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Crypt-era side campaigns; precise relation to the ending unresolved Stated date / relative sequence
Chaunter, Suzu and Klarinetta enter the expanded game.
Placement Additional characters share Crypt’s world. Shown adjacent to Crypt as side campaigns; this relative slot does not establish whether every character’s ending follows Aria’s.
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Est. after Crypt; Hyrule present → possible future Provisional evidence-based estimate
Cadence, Link and Zelda oppose Octavo’s enchantment.
Placement Cadence and her NecroDancer-family background link the crossover to Crypt. Its place before Rift is provisional: accessible sources did not establish an exact Cadence age or a confirmed interval between those adventures. The future excursion is a time jump within Hyrule, not a separate franchise universe.
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Edition / access: Corresponding physical edition includes the DLC packs. Check language / region. Octavo’s Ode is an update; Symphony of the Mask is included DLC, not a separate cartridge.
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Hyrule’s Octavo path; present → alternative future Stated date / relative sequence
Octavo becomes the playable focus of a new storyline.
Placement A connected alternative-decision story: Octavo can encounter his future NecroDancer self. Kept with Cadence’s shared chronology; the outcome does not have to occur after the base campaign’s ending.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Corresponding physical edition includes the DLC packs. Check language / region. Octavo’s Ode is an update; Symphony of the Mask is included DLC, not a separate cartridge.
View on Amazon ↗Cadence of Hyrule — physical Nintendo Switch edition
Hyrule’s ruined future; after its present-era events Stated date / relative sequence
Skull Kid explores an expanded Hyrule with transforming masks.
Placement Skull Kid’s campaign explores Hyrule’s future with Skull Ganon. It belongs beside the base game’s future excursion, with variant outcomes noted rather than a new selector. The time interval and one uniquely canonical ending are not verified.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Corresponding physical edition includes the DLC packs. Check language / region. Octavo’s Ode is an update; Symphony of the Mask is included DLC, not a separate cartridge.
View on Amazon ↗Cadence of Hyrule — physical Nintendo Switch edition
Est. after Crypt; provisional later-Cadence adventure Provisional evidence-based estimate
Cadence faces creatures emerging through musical rifts.
Placement The developer identifies Cadence as the returning hero pulled into a strange new world. Shared protagonist and history justify the same chronology. Ordering after Hyrule is a working inference, not a verified age gap; it can be revised without inventing a calendar year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected