The Story:
The story revolves around Cornet’s adventure, who can talk to puppets and owns a magical horn that could grant wishes that she inherited from her mother. Her best friend is a puppet named Kururu who has a soul and heart of a person. She has a big crush on the next king of Marl Kingdom, Prince Ferdinand Marl. She joined and won a contest and was able to dance with the prince but the night ended with the prince being kidnapped. The witch, Queen Marjoly, took the prince and screwed up the spell that turns the prince into a stone.
The Game Play:
Players can choose the game difficulty that would determine the length of the game (I suggest that you just start playing the hard mode). Unlike any other RPGs you can save anytime except during battles. Battles are fought in tactical style. Cornet is the main fighter in the battles and three more puppets or monsters can be used. Normal battles are pretty easy to defeat and usually doesn’t last for a minute. Boss battles on the other hand requires a bit more tactics but still pretty easy. Monsters occasionally join after a normal battle.
The Graphics:
The Graphics are in 2D and the characters are pretty cute especially the illustrations that you could collect during the game. The map design is annoying though, the design is the same everywhere. There are three main map design and the only different thing is the color used.
The Ending:
It’s pretty predictable. What can you expect from a title like this?
My Verdict:
As the title says “a musical adventure”, the songs are quite good but some of them are very simple. One of my favorites “Evil Queen”, Marjoly’s theme song, I like the personality of the song and I find myself singing it sometimes. ^_^
For a hardcore RPG player this could be considered as a child’s or a girl’s game. The controls are pretty easy. One thing I find hard on this game is the mazes because they look all the same and I got lost quite a few times. But with a little imagination you can pass through swiftly.
Another annoying thing I encounter through out the game is some treasure chest that doesn’t have anything on it and you’ll only get a simple song that says “ATLUS U.S.A.!” yeah Atlus is the game publisher.
originally posted: January 31, 2008
