Comments on: Falling Flat – Encountering Rhapsody’s DS Glitches

By: Bangomon

Bangomon — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:45:05 +0000

I just got Whapsody this week and I have the Blank Screen Glitch right after the “Let’s Go On – Contest”. I played through it three times and kept the Glitch kept happening. Has anybody started the game over from the beginning with a fresh save file and experienced the glitch that time around?

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:21:40 +0000

And it really is sad, because Rhapsody deserved better treatment from NISA, it’s a charming game.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:20:41 +0000

@ arollo: just more sloppiness from NISA.

Now that I’ve gotten to the Egg Brothers Side Quest, I too am experiencing the glitch. I’ve tried twice, but they just won’t give me their item, “TieWithBrothers”. =(

By: arollo

arollo — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:56:50 +0000

I just beat Rhapsody, and was bummed out that there was no post-game bonus content. But did anyone else think that the inclusion of the English cast in the end credits was really weird? I thought that not getting the English songs was a bug.

What’s going on with this game?

By: ness151

ness151 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:39:39 +0000

I’m just angry that my copy (after finishing koro’s quest and JUST ABOUT TO START the chimera quest) said my save was corrupt and had to wipe it.

By: R-1

R-1 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:24:04 +0000

NISA has had these lax moments before. One time in Atelier Iris I got a menu option that was still in japanese that was asking me to do the life mana action tutorial since I missed the spirit mana and upgraded the water mana who had the same field action as the spirit mana.

By: matty

matty — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:59:33 +0000

I guess that’s what you call a cartridge of bad eggs!

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:02:57 +0000

It’s so disappointing. All these glitches and more importantly the missing extra content.

I really like NISA and have supported them from the beginning but this MUST be fixed.

I think a recall is the only option right now. And they really need to put the bonus content back in and fix all the bugs. It’s the only way to really make up for this unfortunate situation.

I’m a huge Marl Kingdom fan and to see the game getting such poor treatment is extremely depressing.

I hope you guys at Siliconera can get some more info out if NISA since you seem to have contacts there.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:36:10 +0000

It is a good game, and the glitches aren’t horrible. If you reload, the second or third time around you should be able to get past the point that originally glitched.

Its just a shame that these problems keep popping up for Rhapsody DS.

I agree with Zhemos on two counts though. I think that Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure for the DS was rushed, and that caused little things to slip past that normally wouldn’t. And second, this is very uncharacteristic of NISA. I own all of the NISA games released in the US except for GrimGrimoire, and this is the first problem I’ve ever had with one of their games.

The black screen glitch is more of an annoyance than anything, since it isn’t happening to everyone and doesn’t seem to be a permanent thing. I think the egg brothers quest glitch is more disappointing.

By: Zhemos

Zhemos — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:01:44 +0000

NISA totally rushed this game. I think they wanted to get it out along with the release of Disgaea DS, hoping people would pick it up too.

Every game I own from NISA I consider high quality and well done.

This is very uncharacteristic of NISA, a company that’s pretty much held together by It’s niche fan base. There’s probably gonna be a rough backlash on NISA for this unfortunate screw up.