History VideoGame / RhythmThiefAndTheEmperorsTreasure

A rhythm game unlike any other. It essentially combines the exploration gameplay of the renowned ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' series with ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven''-esque minigames.

* ShoutOut: There are rhythm games that play like Sega's past rhythm games ''SambaDeAmigo'' and ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5''. One of them also uses music from ''Feel The Magic: XY/XX''[=/=]''Project Rub''.

** The carousel sound in Tuileries Garden is a clip of "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZHROjpfSI Merry Memory-Go-Round]]" from ''[[NiGHTS NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams]]'' (begins at about 1:45).

* XMeetsY: ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' meets ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton''.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack[=/=]RockMeAmadeus: Quite a few of the songs are actually pieces of classical music. Some of them, such as "En Garde, Jean-François," are remixed to modern instrumentation.

* NoEndorHolocaust: An assault of knights and the ruckus spread by the attack of the weather-controlling Gardens of Babylon (and their destruction) still don't deter all of Paris from celebrating a few days after.

* ConservationOfNinjutsu: The chevalier fights, where Phantom R and [[spoiler:Vergier]] mow down tens of them per minigame. The [[spoiler: true Chevaliers force Phantom R to [[EnemyMine team up with Charlie and Vergier]], but still go one with one hit each.]]

* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Implied with "Napoleon's" death after his second defeat by Phantom R. With the Hanging Garden crumbling, he steps back off the edge and falls, smiling.]]

** [[spoiler:PlotCouponThatDoesSomething: At the end of the game, Raphael harnesses the city's energy with the bracelet and destroys the reactor of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in a large beam of light.]]

* [[spoiler:SamusIsAGirl: Charlie isn't Inspector Vergier's son. Rather, Charlie is Inspector Vergier's ''daughter''.]]

* [[spoiler: TakingTheBullet: Done by Elisabeth for Marie.]]

* ShoutOut: There are rhythm games that play like Sega's past rhythm games ''SambaDeAmigo'' and ''SpaceChannel5''. One of them also uses music from ''Feel The Magic: XY/XX''[=/=]''Project Rub''.

The game follows the protagonist Raphael in his day-to-day life, as world-renowned art thief Phantom R. He faces off against Inspector Vergier of the Paris Constabulary, meets a mysterious man who claims to be NapoleonBonaparte and pursues his {{Disappeared Dad}}, doing so in style the entire time.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Quite a few of the songs are actually pieces of classical music.

* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase#

** CriticalResearchFailure: However, French gamers or people well versed in French culture can find an equal number of mistakes, such as the striking lack of non-White people among the NPCs or Raphael saying that the colours of the French flag stand for freedom, equality and brotherhood (which they don't). Not to mention Raphael's, Marie's and other main characters' names in the original Japanese version of the game are anything but French names.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Happens every now and then, most notably to Charlie. Though he has a British accent for some reason, [[UnexplainedAccent: despite being born and raised in France and that his dad has a French accent]], sometimes he sounds Australian.

** {{Justified}} for Ralph, Maria and Heinrich as their names didn't fit with the French setting. Unexplicable for Claude whose French name was changed for an Anglo-Saxon one. Most likely, this is because [[spoiler:Charlie is a unisex name and Claude is not, [[TomboyishName although females named Charlie are rare, even as a nickname.]]]]

** CriticalResearchFailure: However, French gamers or people well versed in French culture can find an equal number of mistakes, such as the striking lack of non-White people among the NPC or Raphael saying that the colours of the French flag stand for freedom, equality and brotherhood (which they don't). Not to mention Raphael's, Marie's and other main characters' names in the original Japanese version of the game are anything but French names.

* UnexplainedAccent: In spite of taking place in Paris, the game features an odd amalgamation of French, American, and British accents, with some characters even using multiple accents in the course of one conversation.

* ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding This gets taken UpToEleven. Even when Phantom R goes to world-famous Parisian landmarks like Notre Dame, Les Invalides and the Eiffel Tower ''mid-day'', absolutely no tourists or civilians are around to see him do things like find the Dragon Crown or a secret entrance into the catacombs or fight with the Chevaliers Diaboliques.

** YourMileageMayVary. Raphael looks like he could be in his mid-to-late teens, but Marie looks a bit younger, perhaps due to being flat-chested. [[spoiler: On the other hand, in Raphael's flashbacks, he is 15 and looks to be about 10.]]

* BilingualBonus: [[GratuitousFrench Lots of them.]] For example, if you read the newspaper article (or what's shown on screen of it) that Phantom R holds up in the first chapter, you can read a number of quirky details, such as that some people think Phantom R might be a woman posing as a man and that he can "hypnotize with his dancerlike moves".

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** {{Justified}} for Ralph, Maria and Heinrich as their names didn't fit with the French setting. Unexplicable for Claude whose French name was changed for an Anglo-Saxon one. Most likely, this is because [[spoiler:Charlie is a unisex name and Claude is not, although females named Charlie are rare.]]

** In [[spoiler:Raphael's flashbacks, he is 15, and looks to be about 6.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: Even dressed as Phantom R, Raphael can speak to the constables without them even suspecting him.