I have never seen a copy of the original Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure in my life, and I probably never will. Believe it or not, I have a thing for musicals. Not so much the Fiddler on the Roof style fluff, but the good stuff like Little Shop of Horrors, The Rocky Horror Show and Return to the Forbidden Planet. Naturally, I find the concept of the musical videogame fascinating, and this is why the news of Rhapsody hitting the DS was so pleasing for me.
The only other musical videogame I can recall (discounting rhythm action games, of course) is The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge, which had terrible gameplay, but fantastic musical boss battles, including some amazing reworkings of classic Nightmare songs.
Rhapsody looks utterly silly, but I am looking forward to it nonetheless. Hopefully this old RPG stands the test of time when it reemerges on Nintendo's handheld.
[Via GoNintendo]
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7:40 AM on 08.10.2008
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Pankcake attack FTW indeed.
Very odd game, but still good.
Not that it's bad that they are. It's that that is what the word means. The context you used meant the proper word was "conventional", as Fiddler is conventional and the others are not.
As for the game, I wonder what X-Play would have to say about it, since it was their uber example for their segment "The Horror of Song".
I think they probably meant Marjorie, which is also the name of my grandmother's sister.