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Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure

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Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure combines the beat-tapping enjoyment of Rhythm Heaven and stylish European vibes inspired by the Professor Layton franchise.

A mobile-only sequel, Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper was released on October 30, 2013.

Unused audio#

Unused Audio for Phantom R and The Main cast for a Result VA Line [6]

Developer Data Notes/Readme#

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On the root of the filesystem is a file called "00_readme.txt". Interestingly, the version and date text suggests that the game started development around 3 - 5 months after the reveal of the Nintendo 3DS at E3 2010. It contains the following:

# -*- Mode: text; tab-width: 2; c-basic-offset: 2; coding: utf-8-unix; -*-
# @version  $Id: 00_readme.txt 313 2010-10-21 08:44:32Z miyoshi-masayuki@xeen.co.jp $
# @revision $Revision: 8 $
# @author   $Author: miyoshi-masayuki@xeen.co.jp $
# @date     $Date: 2010-09-04 16:57:36 +0900 (土, 04 9 2010) $

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2d
 2Dデータ入っています

fonts
 フォントを入れる予定

rhythm
 リズムゲーム用データを入れる

shaders
 シェーダを入れておきます。

sound
 サウンドデータをいれておきます。

sample
 確実にこれは開発時しか参照できません。
 サンプルデータを入れておきます
 作業が終ったものは消去してください。
 debug/sys用データはsample/sysにいれてください

adventure
 アドベンチャーパート用のスクリプトデータが入っています。

Regional Differences#

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Opening Movie#

Watch on YouTubeThe Japanese version features a special opening video with the song "Clair de Lune" by Miwa playing in the background. This was removed (and left unused) from the international versions.

Sound Effects#

In the international versions, the gunshot sound effects have been muted out in order to obtain a lower rating.

Ending Credits#

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The Japanese version's ending song is "Story" by Ai Carina Uemura. This was changed to "Je te dis au revoir" by Kahimi Karie, due to licensing issues.

Jukebox#

In the Japanese version only, "Clair de Lune" and "Story" are unlocked in the jukebox after beating the game.