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Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (1998)

Nippon Ichi Software

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable

3.47 from 83 ratings

298 members have it in their collection · 6 playing now · 130 backlogged · 83 wish listed

How long? Main story 14h · with extras 10h · 100% 11h (from 5 logged playthroughs)

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, released in Japan as The Puppet Princess of Marl Kingdom is a tactical role-playing game for the PlayStation from Atlus USA and Nippon Ichi Software, the creators of Disgaea, and is part of the Marl Kingdom series. Rhapsody, along with its sequels, are considered musical RPGs, meaning in place of FMV cutscenes, there are musical numbers, … Read more
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, released in Japan as The Puppet Princess of Marl Kingdom is a tactical role-playing game for the PlayStation from Atlus USA and Nippon Ichi Software, the creators of Disgaea, and is part of the Marl Kingdom series. Rhapsody, along with its sequels, are considered musical RPGs, meaning in place of FMV cutscenes, there are musical numbers, complete with vocals. The game is also known for its "overwhelming cuteness" and low level of difficulty. Although this may make the game seem geared towards a younger audience, in Japan, the game and series in general has seen much success. Read less
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Developers
Nippon Ichi Software
Publishers
Atlus USA, NIS America, Nippon Ichi Software
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Themes
Comedy, Fantasy
Series
Marl Kingdom
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Release dates

  • Dec 17, 1998 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation
  • Mar 30, 2000 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation
  • Dec 21, 2006 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Japan) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
  • Aug 30, 2022 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Oct 27, 2022 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo Switch

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Octjillery

Status Octjillery Jul 28, 2025

First played a chunk of this in like...2009 via the CycloDS, because my then-boyfriend had one. I had never heard of it, but a musical RPG sounded like fun. I thought it was cute, but never got a chance to finish it.

Picked up the Steam version recently so that I could play it on my Deck. Put some time …

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First played a chunk of this in like...2009 via the CycloDS, because my then-boyfriend had one. I had never heard of it, but a musical RPG sounded like fun. I thought it was cute, but never got a chance to finish it.

Picked up the Steam version recently so that I could play it on my Deck. Put some time into it the other day, and while I have some small complaints, it's super easy and doesn't take much of my energy to play. As I go back to work tomorrow, and have been getting shit sleep all summer even when I'm not TRYING to fight it, it's scratching that itch for a JRPG while not asking much of me.

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TheBeautifulEric

Status TheBeautifulEric Dec 28, 2024 Completed

This game is underrated, I never hear people talk about it. I only knew it existed because one of my friend's grew up playing it. It's really cute and charming, feeling like a mixture between playing a game and watching a performance akin to a play. Solid tactics style gameplay with a diverse pool of puppets. Some of the dialogue …

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This game is underrated, I never hear people talk about it. I only knew it existed because one of my friend's grew up playing it. It's really cute and charming, feeling like a mixture between playing a game and watching a performance akin to a play. Solid tactics style gameplay with a diverse pool of puppets. Some of the dialogue has aged really poorly and the content gets pretty heavy both in the story events and flavor text. The game is poorly balanced, but that didn't really detract from my experience. I think the biggest flaw I found with the game is its dungeon design. All of the dungeons look similar to each other and rooms within dungeons look identical. The lack of a map makes navigation a nightmare. Despite the downsides, I had an overall positive experience with the game and I hope more people give it a try.

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Capt.ACAB

Status Capt.ACAB May 21, 2023

Idk about this one y'all... Feels like I'm playing a children's point and click adventure.

I'll probably stick it out since it's short.

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bikwin

Status bikwin Apr 16, 2021

this game is piss easy to the point where you have to be trying to lose. it's only about 10 hours long so you never get a chance to explore the mechanics. every dungeon is tedious walking through a bunch of single screen rooms that all look the same. and yet, despite everything, i would still die for cornet

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RPeterG

Status RPeterG Oct 7, 2020

So I have begun my musical adventure in Rhapsody and well, it certainly is musical. It definitely has a more light hearted tone that many other RPG's. One thing I have appreciated so far is the humor. At one point my companion warned me that if I fought that big mean looking dragon that I might die, and that would …

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So I have begun my musical adventure in Rhapsody and well, it certainly is musical. It definitely has a more light hearted tone that many other RPG's. One thing I have appreciated so far is the humor. At one point my companion warned me that if I fought that big mean looking dragon that I might die, and that would be terrible because I would have to watch this scene again. Haha. Music has been solid, which I would hope given then name of the title. Battle system is a simple tactical style which so far has not presented a challenge at all. Most of the enemies simply miss when they attack me. Hopefully it begins to pose more of challenge as I move through the game. One thing I appreciate is that the the main quest is for your character, who is a female, to save the prince. A nice reversal for how these things normally go.

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SuperFieroStatus

Status SuperFieroStatus Oct 4, 2015

There used to be ads for this in GameFan magazine all the time. I've always had a secret desire to play it. Maybe one day if I find the original PlayStation version I will. Don't know what made me thing of this game today, but it just popped in my head.

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