I’m Going To Play Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure

Over at my totally awesome Playstation Blog, I transcribed my fruitless journey to find Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure for the Nintendo DS. I tried a few different stores, but nobody within knew how to spell “rhapsody,” nor were they accepting of my help. One bright fellow did take out his iPod and consult his playlist for “Rhapsody,” as in “Bohemian.”

I could go on about the uselessness of help these days, but in the end it turned out the game is only shipping today and not in July as I first believed, so I have proven once again that I am in fact a moron.

I’ll be playing Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure for work purposes. I’m intrigued by it. It seems to be formulated with girls in mind; I wouldn’t know, since I missed the PSOne version of the game (Legend of Legaia burned me on PSOne RPGs for a long, long time, as did the theft of my precious Suikoden II. RIP). But word has it that Rhapsody is a pretty light affair, easily bolted down within five to ten hours. After slogging through Final Fantasy IV DS I can use something light and airy to guide me into DragonQuest IV.

I consulted Wikipedia and saw that the original game didn’t garner much love among critics, but I doubt any of them have fantasised about having a concert with Princess Fluffypants and her Horsie Brigade. I’m of a different breed.