Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure

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Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure
System(s): Nintendo 3DS
Publisher: Sega (JP), Sega of America (US), Sega Europe (EU)
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Distributor: Nintendo (EU), Nintendo Australia (AU)
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Nintendo 3DS
JP 		¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090)[3] CTR-P-ARTJ
TSA-CTR-ARTJ-JPN
CERO: B
Nintendo 3DS
JP
(Sega the Best) 		¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940)[3] CTR-2-ARTJ
CERO: B
Nintendo 3DS
JP ▼
CERO: B
Nintendo 3DS
US 		CTR-P-ARTE
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Nintendo 3DS
US ▼ 		$19.9919.99[1]
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Nintendo 3DS
US ▼
(Demo) 		FREEfree
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Nintendo 3DS
EU ▼ 		FREEfree
PEGI: 12+
Nintendo 3DS
EU ▼
(Demo) 		FREEfree
PEGI: 12+
Nintendo 3DS
EU
(ES/PT) 		CTR-P-ARTP
TSA-CTR-ARTP-EAP
PEGI: 12+
Nintendo 3DS
DE 		CTR-P-ARTP
TSA-CTR-ARTP-GER
USK: 6
Nintendo 3DS
DE ▼ 		FREEfree
USK: 6
Nintendo 3DS
DE ▼
(Demo) 		FREEfree
USK: 6
Nintendo 3DS
FR 		CTR-P-ARTP
TSA-CTR-ARTP-FRA
PEGI: 12+
Nintendo 3DS
IT 		CTR-P-ARTP
TSA-CTR-ARTP-ITA
PEGI: 12+
Nintendo 3DS
UK 		CTR-P-ARTP
TSA-CTR-ARTP-UKV
PEGI: 12+
Nintendo 3DS
UK ▼
(Demo) 		FREEfree
PEGI: 12+
Nintendo 3DS
AU 		CTR-P-ARTP
TSA-CTR-ARTP-AUS
OFLC: General (G)
Nintendo 3DS
CA
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Nintendo 3DS
KR ▼ 		₩33,00033,000[11]

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Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure, called Rhythm Kaitou R: Koutei Napoleon no Isan (リズム怪盗Ｒ 皇帝ナポレオンの遺産) in Japan, is a puzzle and rhythm game developed and published by Sega for the Nintendo 3DS.

History

The game was removed from the eShop on January 18 2017.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure
English (US) Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure
Japanese リズム怪盗Ｒ 皇帝ナポレオンの遺産 Rhythm Kaitou R: Koutei Napoleon no Isan

Production credits

  • Producer & Director: Shun Nakamura
  • Character Artist: Akira Mekame
  • Art Director: Toshiyuki Yonekura
  • Sound Director, Composer & Sound Effect: Naofumi Hataya
  • Music Director & Composer: Tomoya Ohtani
  • Game Designers: Takashi Hirai, Daisuke Shimizu
  • Title Logo Artist: Taro Hino
  • In cooperation with: xeen inc.
  • Producer: Kazuhiro Kawakami
  • Director: Sayako Yamato
  • Rhythm Level Designers: Masahiko Sawa, Toshiyuki Hata
  • Adventure Planners: Toshihiro Nakagawa, Daisaku Teramachi
  • Lead Programmer: Naoki Takishita
  • Programmers: Yoshihiro Matsuzaki, Tadayuki Akiyama, Fujio Tani, Hirokazu Makiuchi, Toshihiro Kawaguchi, Takashi Harada, Mamoru Miyamoto, Takahiro Yamada
  • Lead Artist: Naoki Matsue
  • Artists: Hideo Mao, Tomomi Kobayashi
  • Character Artist: Megumi Yamashita
  • Lead Animator: Keisuke Iwano
  • Animators: Naoki Sawamura, Nao Kujime, Shinji Onishi
  • Visual Effect Artist: Kazuhiro Kohata
  • Lead User Interface Artist: Ayumi Fujikawa
  • User Interface Artists: Kazuhito Usui
  • Special Thanks: Kazuo Shiomi


  • Japanese ver. Opening Theme: 『クレアデルネ』
    • Vocal: miwa
    • Words & Music: miwa
    • Arrange: L.O.E.
    • Sony Music Records Inc.
    • Directed by: Naoki Yoshitake (Sony Records)


  • Japanese ver. Ending Theme: 『Story』
    • Vocal: AI
    • Lyrics: AI
    • Music: 2 SOUL for 2 SOUL MUSIC INC.
    • ©2005 Dentsu Music And Entertainment Inc.


  • International ver. Ending Theme: "Je te dis au revoir"
    • Vocals by: Kahimi Karie
    • Written by: Tomoya Ohtani
    • French Lyrics by: Tomohiro Kato
    • Strings & Piano Arranged by: Takahito Eguchi
    • Strings: Kuwano Hijiri Strings
    • Piano: Koji Igarashi
    • Bass: Mitsutaka Saito
    • Drums: Tsuyoshi Miyagawa
    • Recorded by: Shigeo Sakurai at ONKIO HAUS Studio, Tokyo.
    • Vocal recorded & Mixed by: Yoshitada Miya (at Sega Digital Studio, Tokyo.)
  • Voice actors - Japanese: Ayame Gouriki, Yoshimasa Iwasaki, Fumihiko Tachiki, Hana Takeda, Syunsuke Sakuya, Yuhko Kaeda, Yoji Ueda, Takuya Kirimoto
  • Voice Recording Director: Takatoshi Yoda (TFC)
  • Voice Recording Producer: Takuya Ohno (TFC), Norifumi Yamada (TFC)
  • Voice Recording Studio: The Tokyo Television Center Co., Ltd.
  • Voice actors - English: Bruce Sherfield, Lois Pparker Smith, Paul Bandey, Rachael Berger, Les Clack, Saul Jephcott, Stephanie Campion, Tom Morton
  • Voice Director: David Gasman
  • Voice actors - French: Brigette Lecordier, Denis Boileau, Fily Keita, Jean-Francois Vlerick, Mare Alfos, Philippe Catoire, Stephanie Lafforgue, Vincent Deniard, Yves Lebeau
  • Voice Director: Hubert Drac
  • Sound engineer: Camille Meens, Julien Deslandes
  • Project Manager: Claire Astorg
  • Artistic Manager: Nathalie Sionneau
  • Audio Managers: Raphael Monier
  • Localization Manager: Cécile Irlinger
  • Additional Composer & Arranger: Takahito Eguchi
  • Arranger: Yutaka Minobe
  • Additional Arranger: Hideaki Kobayashi
  • Keyboards & Brass Arrangement: Takeshi Watanabe
  • Drums: Masuo
  • Drums & Percussion: Tsuyoshi Miyagawa
  • Bass: Akinori Yamada, Mitsutaka Saito
  • Guitars: Susumu Nishikawa, Chewtaro Moritake
  • Piano: Koji Igarashi
  • Harpsichord: Akiko Kuwagata
  • Accordion: Yoshiaki Sato
  • Violin: Hijiri Kuwano, Michiko Miura, Akiko Tajima
  • Viola: Sachie Onuma
  • Cello: Masami Horisawa
  • 1st Trumpet: yusuke nakano, Futoshi Kobayashi
  • 2nd Trumpet: yoshiaki kayano, Isao Sakuma, Shiro Sasaki
  • Trombone & Bass Trombone: Makoto Igarashi, Gakutaro Miyauchi
  • Saxophone: Shuichi Kuwata, Masaki Kayou, Naoya Takemura, Ryoji Ihara
  • Saxophone, Flute & Clarinet: Kei Suzuki
  • Chorus: Yoshihiko Chino, Paris Lundon
  • Vocal: Tahirih Schultz
  • Translator: George Cockle
  • Additional Recording Director: Tadashi Otsubo
  • Recording & Mixing Engineers: Yoshitada Miya, Shigeo Sakurai (Onkio Haus), Toshiyuki Yoshida
  • Assistant Engineers: Takuya Komiyama (Onkio Haus), Ryuichi Misawa
  • Recording Studios: SEGA Digital Studio, Onkio Haus Studio, Sound City Studio
  • Recording Coordinators: Kazuyuki Doki (Re-Birth), Hidetaka "Carl" Shibata (Power House Studio), Yoji Sugiyama (Withceraft)
  • Mastering Engineer: Kazushi Kyogoku
  • Mastering Studio: Hitokuchi-zaka Studios
Movie Sound Department
  • Sound Editors: Masaru Setsumaru, Tatsuyuki Maeda
  • Sound Editor & Mixing Engineer: Kazutaka Someya
  • Additional Mixing Engineer: Kazushige Sato
  • Foley Artists: Julian Tanikawa, Michi
  • Foley Editor: Yoppy
  • Foley Recording Studio: TOEI DIGITAL CENTER
  • Mixing Studio: Panasonic Visual, Inc, SEGA Digital Studio
  • Special Thanks: MOMOSE HARPSICHORD CO.,LTD., Fumiko Masaki (3-D CORPORATION LTD.), Naoki Ninomiya (Music Brains, Inc.), Haruka Matsumoto (Music Brains, Inc.), Miki Kashiwagi (Smash Room), Katsuko Matsumoto (Jet ONE), Yukifumi Makino (delfisound, Inc.), Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Kenichi Tokoi, Tomonori Sawada
  • Choreographer: ebato
  • Dancer: J
  • Motion capture Section: Takeo Iwata
  • Motion Capture Manager: Hitoshi Noda
  • Motion Captuer Staff: Satoshi Kitagawa, Sachie Hirano, Shigeki Tanaka
  • Story: Makoto Goya
  • Animation Director: Yukio Takatsu
  • Chief Animation Director: Tadasi Shida
  • Key Animater: Hiroyoshi Iida, Mayumi Okamoto, Rie Kawai, Maki Kawano, Satoshi Kubo, Kanae Komatsu, Mitsuyasu Takekoshi, Akira Tabata, Choi Boo Kyoung, Masahiro Hamamori, Hideaki Matsuoka, Sakiko Yoshida, Yoshinori Wakana
  • In-betweener Animation Checker: Eriko tabata
  • In-betweeners: DAEJIN Animation, DR MOVIE
  • Color Coordinator: Hiroshi katsuno
  • Painting: Studio Step, Wish, Studio Elle
  • Background Art director: Ayumi Miyakoshi
  • Background Art: Team TillDawn, Kazuto Shimoyama, Naoko Akuzawa, Shinji Nagaoka, Yuri Sanami, ASAHI PRODUCTION, Design Office Mecaman, KUSANAGI INC., Moon flower, Tonbo Studio
  • 3DCG Director: Yuji Asawo
  • 3DCG: Kiminori Katoh, Hachiya Masayuki, Shinjiro Mori, Ryoco Molinaca, Welz Animation Studio, Studio Twinkle
  • Special Effects: MAD BOX, Production Reed
  • Animation Producer: Yuuki Miyahara
  • Production Progress: Manabu Tateno, Tomonori Iwata
  • Point • Pictures
Source:
In-game credits[12]

Digital manuals

  • Nintendo 3DS, KR

  • Nintendo 3DS, KR (English)

Magazine articles

Main article: Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure/Magazine articles.

Artwork

  • RhythmThief logo.png
  • RhythmThief raphael.jpg
  • RhythmThief fondue.jpg
  • RhythmThief Marie.jpg
  • RhythmThief arcdetriomphe.jpg
  • RhythmThief notredameparis.jpg
  • RhythmThief notredameday.jpg
  • RhythmThief PlacedelaConcorde.jpg
  • RhythmThief PontAlexandreIII.jpg
  • RhythmThief arc with chars.png

Physical scans

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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
80
[13]
Nintendo 3DS
 80
Based on
1 review

Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure

Nintendo 3DS, JP
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Cover
Nintendo 3DS, JP (Sega the Best)
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Cover
Nintendo 3DS, US
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Cover
Nintendo 3DS, UK
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Cover
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Card
Nintendo 3DS, FR
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Cover
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Card
Nintendo 3DS, DE
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Cover
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Card
Nintendo 3DS, ES/PT
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Cover
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Card
Nintendo 3DS, AT
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Cover
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Card
Nintendo 3DS, IT
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Cover
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Card
Nintendo 3DS, AU
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Cover
Nintendo 3DS, CA
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Nintendo 3DS
 ?
CRC32 0cb9c95b
MD5 4734a99e9f895dcaed3183350c84bcaa
SHA-1 ed4d224024bbb0e6768f733d3d6d05df6cd2e630
2048MB Card (JP)
Nintendo 3DS
 ?
CRC32 212f0a55
MD5 5cbf0f9866327c296a968df30f35b41c
SHA-1 90b855b6498dfe0640c508f30d7cfcd2673197c5
2048MB Card (EU)
Nintendo 3DS
 ?
CRC32 76521c3a
MD5 007ba4599f8a1c371b182b93290f4aad
SHA-1 6f79d7a57c630c850b4783d077188f04e088345d
2048MB Card (US)
Nintendo 3DS
 ?
CRC32 3ccdb3a7
MD5 50c4b708df9188052bbf3391c6038768
SHA-1 6cf59b0ccbf8d35d429510a2431ad342d2bac94c
1024MB Card (EU)
Nintendo 3DS
 ?
CRC32 21923234
MD5 03cfcb96ea036bf19db5a020fd705cf8
SHA-1 5e6b91a777671c1daa467cb331b28437d1aa223f
1024MB Card (JP)

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/rhythm-thief-and-the-emperors-treasure-3ds (Wayback Machine: 2016-08-25 17:28)
  2. ↑ https://segabits.com/blog/2013/10/03/rhythm-thief-now-available-on-the-nintendo-eshop/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-10-04 04:48)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 http://sega.jp/3ds/kaito-r/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-04 06:00)
  4. ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/50010000008123 (Wayback Machine: 2016-09-16 09:02)
  5. ↑ http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-3DS/Rhythm-Thief-the-Emperor-s-Treasure-274754.html (archive.today)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-3DS/Rhythm-Thief-y-el-Misterio-del-Emperador-274754.html (archive.today)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-3DS/Rhythm-Thief-der-Schatz-des-Kaisers-274754.html (archive.today)
  8. ↑ http://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Nintendo-3DS/Rhythm-Thief-les-mysteres-de-Paris-274754.html (archive.today)
  9. ↑ https://www.nintendo.pt/Jogos/Nintendo-3DS/Rhythm-Thief-the-Emperor-s-Treasure-274754.html (archive.today)
  10. ↑ http://www.nintendo.it/Giochi/Nintendo-3DS/Rhythm-Thief-e-il-Tesoro-dell-Imperatore-274754.html (archive.today)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://www.nintendo.co.kr/3DS/eshop/rhythmThief/index.php (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-09 22:35)
  12. ↑ https://youtu.be/eWWXYI_U4Zk?t=21222
  13. ↑ Famitsu, "2012-01-26" (JP; 2012-01-12), page 1



Rhythm Thief series of games
Nintendo 3DS
 Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure (2012)
iOS
 Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper (2014)
Rhythm Thief related media
Music
 Rhythm Kaitou R: Koutei Napoleon no Isan Special Selection CD (2012) | Rhythm Kaitou R: Koutei Napoleon no Isan Original Soundtrack (2012) | Rhythm Kaitou R Premium Live Original Soundtrack (2014)
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