Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper

Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper (リズム怪盗R プレミアムライブ, リズムかいとうアールプレミアムライブ, Rizumu Kaitō R: Puremiamu Raibu) is the iOS adaption of Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure, released on January 9, 2014. Paris Caper has a total of 50 missions and 20 songs.

The app is optimized for iPhone 5 and was intended to be free with additional paid content, but became a priced title. For a limited time, the Japanese release had a special 500 yen discount, making the app cost 400 yen. The price went to 900 yen after November 13th.^[1]

On July 28, 2015, it was announced that due to various circumstances beyond control, service for this game will end on 6AM (UTC) on September 30th, 2015. The last day of in-app purchases was also on July 28.^[2]

Plot[]

Lesson Chapter[]

Main article: Lesson Chapter

The Lesson Chapter contains one mission as a tutorial to teach players how to play Paris Caper. After the tutorial is completed, players are unable to view this mission again.

Story Chapters[]

Main article: Story Chapter

Story Chapters contain the main storyline of Paris Caper. There are 9 free chapters with 10 additional chapters unlockable with R Coins, totaling 19 chapters. Each chapter contains 1-4 missions.

Special Chapters[]

Main article: Special Chapter

Special Chapters contain plot that is distinguished from the main storyline, focusing more on NPCs and other subplots. There are also missions where players are able to obtain certain rare items necessary to promote Accomplices.

Gameplay[]

One aspect that Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper introduces is the utilization of multi-touch screens found on Apple's mobile devices. One such example is in Looting the Louvre - Remix; in the Nintendo 3DS version of Looting the Louvre, the player was limited to tapping one icon at the time, as the Nintendo 3DS' touch screen does not support multi-touch. In the mobile version, the game will now show two colors together next to a statue and the player has to press both buttons on the screen simultaneously.