NIS is Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Rhapsody

Nippon Ichi Software has opened up an anniversary website celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Rhapsody series.

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure first came out in Japan on December 17, 1998, which puts us a bit past the actual anniversary, but hopefully that means they intend to do more than just commemorate the date.

For a long time, the first game was the only part of the Rhapsody series to ever get a localization, but that changed last year when NIS America announced and released Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles, a bundle of Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess and Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom, as well as Steam releases for the two games separately.

While I didn’t play the first game ahead of its sequels coming out after all, I actually started it just the other day. I had no idea about the anniversary at the time, so that was a pleasant coincidence.

And since I’m enjoying it so far, I can’t help but hope this anniversary will include new announcements.

While those three games make up the major part of the series, there was also a fourth game set far in the future called Princess Antiphona’s Hymn: Angel’s Score. If that game got a remaster and localization like its predecessors, it would be a wonderful way to celebrate the anniversary. Alternately, maybe the series could continue with an all-new game. If we’re really lucky, maybe both of those things will happen!

Or maybe they’ll just celebrate the series’ history without any new announcements. Nevertheless, I’ll be hoping for new things from Rhapsody!