Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure Review

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure isn't your typical role-playing game. Pivotal plot points don't unfold via CG cut-scenes; rather, the cast bursts into musical numbers. And the heroine, Cornet, has the ability to flatten enemies with giant pancakes. Yep, this is a weird game. Aside from dull dungeons that all look the same, the cute character sprites and wonderfully bright towns and backgrounds hold up very well on the DS. But the game is 10 years old (it debuted for the PS1 in Japan back in 1998), and even with the few changes, newcomers to this playful fairy tale will need to adjust their expectations accordingly. This version changes the original's tactical battles to match the more accepted -- and arguably more enjoyable -- turn-based template. Your characters line up on one side, while enemies line up on the next. And as your party uses magical spells in combat, you build up a combo meter of sorts (represented by a ... (link)