Comments on: Brief hands on with Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure on the DS

By: aesquire

aesquire — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:55:41 +0000

How long do we have to wait before someone makes a proper video game musical? Rhapsody is a good start, but where’s my Fiddler on the Roof FPS?

By: Keriaku

Keriaku — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:47:51 +0000

This makes me so incredibly, unbelievably happy. I can’t wait for this.

I never thought we’d see this day. Does that mean if they rerelease Little Princess for the DS as well there’s a chance of getting it? Not that I’m not happy about this. Maybe it will actually have some difficulty? And replay value sounds good.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:16:51 +0000

@Louise – Good question. I don’t know! I didn’t get far enough in it to find out if vocal songs will be included.

@Kurt – A very intelligent deduction! Rhapsody for the DS throws out movement and the tactical RPG hybrid system. I know this is hard to believe, but the interface is even simpler than the other Marl Kingdom games in respect to the menu layout.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:39:23 +0000

I’m guessing the battle system is closer to Little Princess than the original Rhapsody, which used a tactics-style battle system? That’s what I’m guessing from the screenshots.

It’d make sense, Rhapsody’s battle system was completely overdone for how easy it is.

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:57:39 +0000

You know, I never did get very far into my PS1 version. Is the DS version going to have all the singing and songs too? I especially like the pirate song in the PS1 game.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:31:41 +0000

@Chuck – I wasn’t sitting side by side with a copy of Rhapsody on the PS1 to make a fair comparison. Also I was honestly rushing through the text to see if the gameplay has changed at all and that’s when I found Kururu. It’s difficult to get an honest answer when you have such a limited amount of play time.

@matty – There wasn’t a difficulty level setting. I might be wrong here, but I think Rhapsody DS is going to be even easier since you start out with an extra character. Also it looks like from the interface and such NISA wants to make it appeal to a broad audience.

By: matty

matty — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:44:58 +0000

Was there a difficulty setting? The original game was insanely easy, even set on the highest level.
Balance is the main concern I have with this layout. In La Pucelle, battles took way longer than they should have, and I haven’t played Angel’s Present but I’m leaning on that it was also taken to an extreme. I just hope they took that into consideration to make a good game great.

Glad to hear that it’s coming to the U.S.! I’ve been meaning to play the original for old times sakes before this is set for release.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:40:06 +0000

Obvious questions, How’s the translation compare? and I are the songs still included?

By: FoliathR

FoliathR — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:17:26 +0000

Put in cameos from other games!

Just kidding, haven’t had the chance to play the PS1 version, but I’m definitely very interested in this…