The system in question is the original PlayStation, naturally (OK, so I could've said it was the PS2, but to be honest I've always preferred Sony's first effort in this space to its second), and the focus of my renewed interest in this console has been on its amazingly diverse catalog of Japanese releases.
The game seen below, known outside of Japan as Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, is a good example. I mean, it's an RPG that stars a female protagonist and features all kinds of sing-songy cutscenes.
My original plan was to buy the North American version of this Nippon Ichi-made game, by the way, but I quickly changed course after I came across (while perusing eBay) the copy shown throughout this post.
Granted, it helped that this particular copy carried a surprisingly cheap price tag. (It was less than $5, to be exact.)
It also helped that I found The Adventures of Puppet Princess' cover art to be rather appealing in its Disney-esque simplicity.
The art produced for the front of this title's instruction manual (see above) is even nicer, if you ask me.
The inside of The Adventures of Puppet Princess' manual is stuffed with similarly adorable illustrations, with the ones shown above and below being but a fraction of what's made available to those who pick up copies of this PlayStation game.
Have any of you played some iteration or other of this lovely little RPG? If so, which version have you experienced, and what did you think of it?
See also: other recent 'Nice Package!' write-ups about Hyakumanton no Bara Bara (for the PSP), PoPoLoCrois Monogatari (for the PSone) and my new 'noble pink' Nintendo DS Lite
